Morphology of ledge patterns during step flow growth of metal surfaces vicinal to fcc (001)
@article{Rusanen2002MorphologyOL,
title={Morphology of ledge patterns during step flow growth of metal surfaces vicinal to fcc (001)},
author={Marko Rusanen and Ismo Koponen and Tapio Ala‐Nissila and Chandana Ghosh and Talat S. Rahman},
journal={Physical Review B},
year={2002},
volume={65},
pages={1-4}
}The morphological development of step edge patterns in the presence of meandering instability during step flow growth is studied by simulations and numerical integration of a continuum model. It is demonstrated that the kink Ehrlich-Schwoebel barrier responsible for the instability leads to an invariant shape of the step profiles. The step morphologies change with increasing coverage from a somewhat triangular shape to a more flat, invariant steady state form. The average pattern shape…
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