Epitaxial Growth Kinetics with Interacting Coherent Islands

Details Epitaxial Growth Kinetics with Interacting Coherent Islands Epitaxial Growth Kinetics with Interacting Coherent Islands

1999-02-22

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9902291v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.60.R2204

The Stranski-Krastanov growth kinetics of undislocated (coherent) 3-dimensional islands is studied with a self-consistent mean field rate theory that takes account of elastic interactions between the islands. The latter are presumed to facilitate the detachment of atoms from the islands with a consequent decrease in their average size. Semi-quantitative agreement with experiment is found for the time evolution of the total island density and the mean island size. When combined with scaling ideas, these results provide a natural way to understand the often-observed initial increase and subsequent decrease in the width of the coherent island size distribution.

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