Open AccessMONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF THIN FILMS GROWTH
Author(s) -
Ning Yang,
Guanghua Chen,
Yang Zhang,
GONG WEI-BIN,
ZHU HE-SUN
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.49.2225
Subject(s) - monte carlo method , materials science , thin film , growth model , statistical physics , chemical physics , molecular physics , nanotechnology , physics , statistics , mathematics , mathematical economics
Two-dimensional growth of thin films is simulated using the Monte Carlo method.The effect of the interaction between particles on the morphology of the films at the preliminary stage has been investigated using Morse potential.The growth of films consists of four stages,including formation of critical nucleus,growth of clusters,formation of maze structure and appearance of continuous film.The simulated results indicate that the percentage of particles,with monomers being not included,decreases with the increase of the number of adatoms,which is in agreement with the actual conditions.