A geometric model for coarsening during spiral-mode growth of thin films

DOI10.1016/S0167-2789(99)00108-6zbMath0962.74522OpenAlexW1977891050MaRDI QIDQ1809193

Yanyan Li

Publication date: 8 February 2001

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-2789(99)00108-6

zbMATH Keywords

surface diffusioncoarseningsurface roughnessfilm thicknesshigh-temperature superconductoradatom attachmentspiral densityspiral growth rate statisticsspiral-mode growth of thin films

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Micromechanics of solids (74M25) Thin films (74K35) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55)

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