Effectsof Atomic Interactions in Two Component Submonolayer Growth
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We discuss effects of the different chemical bondings on the island morphology and on the island density scaling in two-component submonolayer growth. Different regimes depending on the strength of the mutual interactions and on the relative mobility of species are described and studied by kinetic Monte Carlo simulations using a two-component solidon-solid growth model. Results for the temperature and flux dependence of the island density as well as examples of the surface morphologies are presented.
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تاریخ انتشار 2001