CURRENT-INDUCED FACETING OF CRYSTAL-SURFACES

被引:66
作者
KRUG, J [1 ]
DOBBS, HT [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,ISAAC NEWTON INST MATH SCI,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0EH,ENGLAND
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1947
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
A crystal surface can be destabilized by an external field which induces the directed migration of adatoms. We specify the conditions of instability in terms of the orientation dependence of the adatom mobility and determine the resulting faceted state as the stationary solution of a nonlinear evolution equation for the surface profile. Coarsening of the facet structure is studied using an atomistic solid-on-solid model, and the analogy to spinodal decomposition is emphasized.
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页码:1947 / 1950
页数:4
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