Morphological equilibration of rippled and dimpled crystal surfaces: The role of terrace-width fluctuations

被引:25
作者
Erlebacher, JD [1 ]
Aziz, MJ [1 ]
机构
[1] HARVARD UNIV,DIV ENGN & APPL SCI,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
关键词
models of surface kinetics; stepped single crystal surfaces; surface diffusion; surface relaxation and reconstruction; vicinal single crystal surfaces;
D O I
10.1016/S0039-6028(96)01231-9
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The surface diffusion-mediated decay of unidirectional and bidirectional sinusoidal modulations of a solid surface below its roughening temperature was studied by kinetic Monte Carlo simulation. The characteristic decay time for bidirectional modulations with wavelength lambda was found to scale as lambda(3), in agreement with a prediction of Rettori and Villain and in contrast to the classical relaxation theory of Mullins for surfaces above the roughening temperature. The characteristic decay time for unidirectional modulations was found to have approximately the classical lambda(4) dependence, but a different temperature dependence. The results are explained in terms of terrace-width fluctuations and a ''terrace pinch-off'' mechanism that short circuits step-step entropic repulsion as the driving force for surface relaxation. A simple model is developed that accounts for the temperature and wavelength dependencies of the simulation results, with no adjustable parameters. Implications for the interpretation of experimental data are discussed. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.
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页码:427 / 442
页数:16
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