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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2005★ 4 cited
Nucleation and step-edge barriers always destabilize step-flow growth of a vicinal surface
Daniele Vilone, Claudio Castellano, Paolo Politi
We consider the effect of nucleation on a one-dimensional stepped surface, finding that step-flow growth is metastable for any strength of the additional step-edge barrier. The sur…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2002★ 11 cited
Irreversible nucleation in molecular beam epitaxy: From theory to experiments
Paolo Politi, Claudio Castellano
Recently, the nucleation rate on top of a terrace during the irreversible growth of a crystal surface by MBE has been determined exactly. In this paper we go beyond the standard mo…