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Interface Dynamics and Far-From-Equilibrium Phase Transitions in Multilayer Epitaxial Growth and Erosion on Crystal Surfaces: Continuum Theory Insights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2015

Leonardo Golubović ,
Artem Levandovsky  and
Dorel Moldovan
Leonardo Golubović*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, West Virginia University, Morgantown WV 26506-6315, USA
Artem Levandovsky
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Dorel Moldovan
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering Department, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6413, USA
*
Corresponding author. Email: lgolubovic@yahoo.com

Abstract

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We review recent theoretical progress in the physical understanding of far-from-equilibrium phenomena seen experimentally in epitaxial growth and erosion on crystal surfaces. The formation and dynamics of various interface structures (pyramids, ripples, etc.), and also kinetic phase transitions observed between these structures, can all be understood within a simple continuum model based on the mass conservation law and respecting the symmetries of the growing crystal surface. In particular, theoretical predictions and experimental results are compared for (001), (110) and (111) crystal surfaces.

Keywords

81.15.Aa89.75.Kd05.90.+mInterface dynamicsepitaxial growthnon-equilibrium phase transitions
Type
Review Article
Information
East Asian Journal on Applied Mathematics , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , November 2011 , pp. 297 - 371
Copyright
Copyright © Global-Science Press 2011

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