Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 2066–2069 (1995)Critical Cluster Size: Island Morphology and Size Distribution in Submonolayer Epitaxial GrowthSee Also: Erratum Received 2 June 1994; published in the issue dated 13 March 1995 The dynamic scaling of the island-size distribution in submonolayer epitaxial growth and its dependence on the critical island size i is studied using a realistic model of epitaxial growth for i = 0,1,2, and 3. An analytic expression for the scaled island-size distribution as a function of i is also proposed. Our results agree well with experiments on Fe/Fe(100) deposition and on Fe/Cu(100) deposition. Crossover scaling forms for the variation of the island density and critical island size as a function of temperature and deposition rate are also presented. © 1995 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2066
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2066
PACS:
68.55.-a, 61.43.Hv, 82.20.Mj
See AlsoErratum: Jacques G. Amar and Fereydoon Family, Critical Cluster Size: Island Morphology and Size Distribution in Submonolayer Epitaxial Growth, Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 2069 (1995). |
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