| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| School or College |
College of Engineering |
| Department |
Materials Science & Engineering |
| Creator |
Liu, Feng |
| Other Author |
Han, Yong; Li, Shao-Chun; Jia, Jin-Feng; Xue, Qi-Kun; Lee, Byeong-Joo |
| Title |
Kinetics of mesa overlayer growth: climbing of adatoms onto the mesa top |
| Date |
2008 |
| Description |
We have calculated the energy barriers for an adatom climbing up onto a Pb mesa top either over a facet-facet edge or through a facet-step joint, using a modified embedded atom method. We found that the second process is not only thermodynamically more favorable than the first one but also much faster with a diminishing barrier. Our results provide a plausible explanation for the experimentally observed intriguing growth behavior of a Pb mesa. The underlying mechanisms can be generally applicable to other systems. |
| Type |
Text |
| Publisher |
American Institute of Physics (AIP) |
| Journal Title |
Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume |
92 |
| Issue |
2 |
| First Page |
21909-1 |
| Last Page |
21909-3 |
| DOI |
10.1063/1.2827200 |
| citatation_issn |
36951 |
| Subject |
Mesa overlayer growth; Adatoms; Epitaxial growth |
| Subject LCSH |
Thin films; Epitaxy; Chemical kinetics |
| Language |
eng |
| Bibliographic Citation |
Han, Y., Liu, F., Li, S.-C., Jia, J.-F., Xue, Q.-K., & Lee, B.-J. (2008). Kinetics of mesa overlayer growth: climbing of adatoms onto the mesa top. Applied Physics Letters, 92(2), 021909-1-21909-3. |
| Rights Management |
(c)American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Han, Y., Liu, F., Li, S.-C., Jia, J.-F., Xue, Q.-K., & Lee, B.-J., Applied Physics Letters, 92(2), 2008 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2827200 |
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application/pdf |
| Format Extent |
406,777 bytes |
| Identifier |
ir-main,12121 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s68s57d3 |
| Setname |
ir_uspace |
| ID |
705827 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68s57d3 |
