Published December 1, 1999
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Journal Article
A three-dimensional model of step flow mediated crystal growth under the combined influences of stress and diffusion
- Creators
- Kukta, R. V.
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Bhattacharya, K.
Abstract
This paper presents a three-dimensional model of step flow mediated crystal growth which carefully accounts for both stress and terrace diffusion. Two regularization schemes are proposed to deal with the primary difficulty, an infinite elastic self-interaction force on a curved step. The merger of impinging islands and the dynamics of step bunching in a step train are studied numerically using a two-dimensional version of this model.
Additional Information
© 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. Support from the National Science Foundation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency under the initiative 'Modeling and Simulation of Advanced Materials Processes: Virtual Integrated Prototyping Initiative for Thin Films' is gratefully acknowledged.Additional details
- Eprint ID
- 41748
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0040-6090(99)00471-X
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20131008-143238571
- NSF
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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