KINETIC MECHANISM FOR ISLAND SHAPE VARIATIONS CAUSED BY CHANGES IN THE GROWTH TEMPERATURE

Authors
LIU SD ZHANG ZY COMSA G METIU H
Citation
Sd. Liu et al., KINETIC MECHANISM FOR ISLAND SHAPE VARIATIONS CAUSED BY CHANGES IN THE GROWTH TEMPERATURE, Physical review letters, 71(18), 1993, pp. 2967-2970
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
71
Issue
18
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2967 - 2970
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1993)71:18<2967:KMFISV>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
By using energy calculations and kinetic Monte Carlo simulations we fi nd a kinetic mechanism that appears to control the shape of the island s formed by the aggregation of Pt atoms adsorbed on Pt(111).