Rate Equation Theory for Island Sizes and Capture Zone Areas in Submonolayer Deposition: Realistic Treatment of Spatial Aspects of Nucleation | Zendy

J.W. Evans | Zendy; Maozhi Li | Zendy; M. C. Bartelt | Zendy

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Rate Equation Theory for Island Sizes and Capture Zone Areas in Submonolayer Deposition: Realistic Treatment of Spatial Aspects of Nucleation

Author(s) -

J.W. Evans,

Maozhi Li,

M. C. Bartelt

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

mrs proceedings

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1946-4274

pISSN - 0272-9172

DOI - 10.1557/proc-749-w2.2

Subject(s) - nucleation , ansatz , deposition (geology) , materials science , statistical physics , characterization (materials science) , nanotechnology , thermodynamics , physics , geology , sediment , paleontology , quantum mechanics

Extensive information on the distribution of islands formed during submonolayer deposition is provided by the joint probability distribution (JPD) for island sizes, s, and capture zone areas, A. A key ingredient determining the form of the JPD is the impact of each nucleation event on existing capture zone areas. Combining a realistic characterization of such spatial aspects of nucleation with a factorization ansatz for the JPD, we provide a concise rate equation formulation for the variation with island size of both the capture zone area and the island density.

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