Ostwald ripening of faceted two-dimensional islands

Details Ostwald ripening of faceted two-dimensional islands Ostwald ripening of faceted two-dimensional islands

2007-01-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0701338v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

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10.1103/PhysRevB.76.075415

We study Ostwald ripening of two-dimensional adatom and advacancy islands on a crystal surface by means of kinetic Monte Carlo simulations. At large bond energies the islands are square-shaped, which qualitatively changes the coarsening kinetics. The Gibbs--Thomson chemical potential is violated: the coarsening proceeds through a sequence of `magic' sizes corresponding to square or rectangular islands. The coarsening becomes attachment-limited, but Wagner's asymptotic law is reached after a very long transient time. The unusual coarsening kinetics obtained in Monte Carlo simulations are well described by the Becker--D\"oring equations of nucleation kinetics. These equations can be applied to a wide range of coarsening problems.

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