Influence of island diffusion on submonolayer epitaxial growth
Influence of island diffusion on submonolayer epitaxial growth
We investigate the kinetics of submonolayer epitaxial growth which is driven by a fixed flux of monomers onto a substrate. Adatoms diffuse on the surface, leading to irreversible aggregation of islands. We also account for the effective diffusion of islands, which originates from hopping processes of their constituent adatoms, on …