Correlations in nano-scale step fluctuations: comparison of simulation and experiments

Details Correlations in nano-scale step fluctuations: comparison of simulation and experiments Correlations in nano-scale step fluctuations: comparison of simulation and experiments

2006-01-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0601233v1

Phys. Rev. B 73, 115413 [10 pp.] (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

10 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Physical Review B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.73.115413

We analyze correlations in step-edge fluctuations using the Bortz-Kalos-Lebowitz kinetic Monte Carlo algorithm, with a 2-parameter expression for energy barriers, and compare with our VT-STM line-scan experiments on spiral steps on Pb(111). The scaling of the correlation times gives a dynamic exponent confirming the expected step-edge-diffusion rate-limiting kinetics both in the MC and in the experiments. We both calculate and measure the temperature dependence of (mass) transport properties via the characteristic hopping times and deduce therefrom the notoriously-elusive effective energy barrier for the edge fluctuations. With a careful analysis we point out the necessity of a more complex model to mimic the kinetics of a Pb(111) surface for certain parameter ranges.

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