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}
}
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24 pages, 18 figures