Kinetics of mesa overlayer growth: climbing of adatoms onto the mesa top

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Publication Type Journal Article
School or College College of Engineering
Department Materials Science & Engineering
Creator Liu, Feng
Other Author Han, Yong; Li, Shao-Chun; Jia, Jin-Feng; Xue, Qi-Kun; Lee, Byeong-Joo
Title Kinetics of mesa overlayer growth: climbing of adatoms onto the mesa top
Date 2008
Description We have calculated the energy barriers for an adatom climbing up onto a Pb mesa top either over a facet-facet edge or through a facet-step joint, using a modified embedded atom method. We found that the second process is not only thermodynamically more favorable than the first one but also much faster with a diminishing barrier. Our results provide a plausible explanation for the experimentally observed intriguing growth behavior of a Pb mesa. The underlying mechanisms can be generally applicable to other systems.
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Publisher American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Journal Title Applied Physics Letters
Volume 92
Issue 2
First Page 21909-1
Last Page 21909-3
DOI 10.1063/1.2827200
citatation_issn 36951
Subject Mesa overlayer growth; Adatoms; Epitaxial growth
Subject LCSH Thin films; Epitaxy; Chemical kinetics
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Han, Y., Liu, F., Li, S.-C., Jia, J.-F., Xue, Q.-K., & Lee, B.-J. (2008). Kinetics of mesa overlayer growth: climbing of adatoms onto the mesa top. Applied Physics Letters, 92(2), 021909-1-21909-3.
Rights Management (c)American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Han, Y., Liu, F., Li, S.-C., Jia, J.-F., Xue, Q.-K., & Lee, B.-J., Applied Physics Letters, 92(2), 2008 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2827200
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