Revisiting Surface Diffusion in Random Deposition

Details Revisiting Surface Diffusion in Random Deposition Revisiting Surface Diffusion in Random Deposition

2010-05-19

arxiv.org/abs/1005.3513v2

Eur. Phys. J. B, Volume 82, Number 3-4, August 2011, p341 - 347

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

6 pages, 9 figures, updation of references; rearrangement and refinement of sections for improved logical flow

Scientific paper

10.1140/epjb/e2011-10949-8

An investigation of the effect of surface diffusion in random deposition model is made by analytical methods and reasoning. For any given site, the extent to which a particle can diffuse is decided by the morphology in the immediate neighbourhood of the site. An analytical expression is derived to calculate the probability of a particle at any chosen site to diffuse to a given length, from first principles. Using the method, the probabilities for different diffusion lengths are calculated and their dependence on system size and the number of deposited layers is studied. Numerical simulation of surface diffusion in random deposition model with varying extents of diffusion are performed and their results are interpreted in the light of the analytical calculations. Thus, a clearer understanding of the diffusion process and the effect of diffusion length on surface roughness is obtained. Systems with surface diffusion show nearly random deposition-like behaviour upto monolayer deposition. Their interface widths, in a logarithmic plot, are initially linear, as in random deposition. With increase in the number of layers, correlation effects between neighbouring columns become dominant. The interface deviates from its initial linear growth and eventually becomes saturated. An explanation for this behaviour is discussed and the point of departure from the linear form is estimated analytically.

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