The formation of etch hillocks was explored in the framework of a site-dependent detachment probabilities model. Monte Carlo simulations were carried out for a one-dimensional substrate within a restricted solid-on-solid model in which only first neighbour interactions are considered. We...

An analytical expression of the free energy consisting of the strain energy, surface energy and interfacial energy for the coherent island/substrate system, as well as the evolving relations of aspect ratio against volume of the island, and misfit of the system, which provides a broad...

This paper addresses the issues of scaling and self-similarity in typical nanoparticle films. The role played by microscopic processes contributing to growth on these issues is probed. While we perform this investigation for a specific system viz., Pb<Subscript>1-x</Subscript>Fe<Subscript>x</Subscript>S nanoparticle films for clarity of the...</subscript></subscript>

Vanadium and hafnium nitride nanoscale films were synthesized onto (100)-oriented silicon wafers by reactive dc-magnetron sputtering. The temperature of the substrate was fixed at 150 °C. Several analysis techniques were used to characterize the resulting films: Wave Dispersion Spectroscopy...

Growth of interfaces during vapor deposition is analyzed on a discrete lattice. It leads to finding distribution of local heights, measurable for any lattice model. Invariance in the change of this distribution in time is used to determine the cross over effects in various models. The analysis...

We study large scale surface deformations of a liquid film unstable due to the Marangoni effect caused by external heating on a smooth and solid substrate. The work is based on the thin film equation which can be derived from the basic hydrodynamic equations. To prevent rupture, a repelling...