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Nonlinear dynamics of surface steps

Materials Science 2010-04-16 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

This is a review of recent theoretical work on complex dynamical behavior of steps on crystal surfaces. The first part of the article is devoted to the electromigration-driven motion of islands and voids, and the second part addresses step bunching on vicinal surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.0810.5749,
  title  = {Nonlinear dynamics of surface steps},
  author = {Joachim Krug},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.5749},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

24 pages, 18 figures

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