Self-assembly of two-dimensional islands via strain-mediated coarsening

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Publication Type Journal Article
School or College College of Engineering
Department Materials Science & Engineering
Creator Liu, Feng
Other Author Li, Adam H.; Lagally, M. G.
Title Self-assembly of two-dimensional islands via strain-mediated coarsening
Date 2001-08
Description We demonstrate two distinctive effects of strain-induced island-island interaction on island size and spatial distribution during coarsening of 2D islands. When coarsening proceeds via only mass transport between islands, the interaction broadens the island size distribution, leading to a power-law dependence of island size uniformity on island number density. When coarsening proceeds via island migration in addition to mass transport between islands, the interaction can effectively direct island motion through island edge diffusion, leading to self-organized formation of a regular array of islands with both uniform size and spacing.
Type Text
Publisher American Physical Society
Journal Title Physical Review Letters
Volume 87
Issue 12
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.126103
citatation_issn 0031-9007
Subject Two-dimensional islands; Strain-mediated coarsening
Subject LCSH Coarsening (Chemistry); Self-organizing systems; Strain theory (Chemistry); Surface chemistry
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Liu, F., Li, A. H., & Lagally, M. G. (2001). Self-assembly of two-dimensional islands via strain-mediated coarsening. Physical Review Letters, 87(12), 126103.
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