Numerical investigation of the submonolayer growth and relaxation of stepped Ag (110) and Au (110) surfaces

Senan I.V. Hontinfinde, Aristide B. Akpo and Félix Hontinfinde ()
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Senan I.V. Hontinfinde: Département de Physique, Université d’Abomey-Calavi
Aristide B. Akpo: Département de Physique, Université d’Abomey-Calavi
Félix Hontinfinde: Département de Physique, Université d’Abomey-Calavi

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2016, vol. 89, issue 10, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract The terrace width distribution (TWD) as well as the adatom and island densities for some stepped fcc (110) surfaces with parallel and equidistant steps of equal stiffness are studied by means of kinetic Monte Carlo simulations. Reliable energy barriers for surface diffusion are used. They have been calculated by means of many-body potentials derived within the second moment approximation to the tight-binding model. The effects of the temperature, atom deposition flux and surface diffusion on quantities of interest in the early stage of the surface evolution process have been singled out. In most cases, linear, logarithmic and power-law behaviors are recovered for the evolution of the step width and terrace defects. The TWD is well described by the Gaussian distribution (GD) in the domain of temperature investigated but deviates from the Generalized Wigner Distribution (GWD).

Keywords: Solid; State; and; Materials (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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