BONDING-GEOMETRY DEPENDENCE OF FRACTAL GROWTH ON METAL-SURFACES

被引:140
作者
ZHANG, ZY
CHEN, X
LAGALLY, MG
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[1] University of Wisconsin, Madison
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1829
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Mechanisms for the formation of two-dimensional fractal shapes in metal-on-metal growth have been investigated theoretically. It is shown that an extended fractal growth regime, characterized by significant local edge diffusion, exists on triangular but not on square lattices. Simulations to fit observed data allow estimates of the activation barrier for edge diffusion.
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