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Diffusion of small two-dimensional Cu Islands on Cu(111)
Altaf Karim, Ahlam N. Al-Rawi, Abdelkader Kara +3
Diffusion of small two dimensional Cu islands (containing up to 10 atoms) on Cu(111) has been studied using the newly developed self-learning Kinetic Monte Carlo SLKMC method. It i…
Equilibrium shape and dislocation nucleation in strained epitaxial nanoislands
J. Jalkanen, O. Trushin, E. Granato +2
We study numerically the equilibrium shapes, shape transitions and dislocation nucleation of small strained epitaxial islands with a two-dimensional atomistic model, using simple i…
Self-learning Kinetic Monte-Carlo method: application to Cu(111)
Oleg Trushin, Altaf Karim, Abdelkader Kara +1
We present a novel way of performing kinetic Monte Carlo simulations which does not require an {\it a priori} list of diffusion processes and their associated energetics and reacti…
Strain Relief in Cu-Pd Heteroepitaxy
Yafeng Lu, M. Przybylski, O. Trushin +5
We present experimental and theoretical studies of Pd/Cu(100) and Cu/Pd(100) heterostructures in order to explore their structure and misfit strain relaxation. Ultrathin Pd and Cu…
Cluster Diffusion and Coalescence on Metal Surfaces: applications of a Self-learning Kinetic Monte-Carlo method
Talat S. Rahman, Abdelkader Kara, Altaf Karim +1
The Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) method has become an important tool for examination of phenomena like surface diffusion and thin film growth because of its ability to carry out simul…
Atomistic studies of thin film growth
Talat S. Rahman, Chandana Ghosh, Oleg Trushin +2
We present here a summary of some recent techniques used for atomistic studies of thin film growth and morphological evolution. Specific attention is given to a new kinetic Monte C…