The original versions of the limited-mobility growth models of Das Sarma and Tamborenea (DT) and of Wolf and Villain (WV) were simulated in one-dimensional substrates of lengths L⩽256 and ⩽512, respectively. The growth regime may be separated in two regions, giving effective growth exponents...

Considering some deposition models with limited mobility, we show that the typical decay of the interface width to its saturation value is exponential, which defines the crossover or saturation time τ. We present a method to calculate a characteristic time τ0 proportional to τ and estimate...