Self-Organized Ordering of Nanostructures Produced by Ion-Beam Sputtering
Statistical Mechanics
2016-08-31 v1 Materials Science
Abstract
We study the self-organized ordering of nanostructures produced by ion-beam sputtering (IBS) of targets amorphizing under irradiation. By introducing a model akin to models of pattern formation in aeolian sand dunes, we extend consistently the current continuum theory of erosion by IBS. We obtain new non-linear effects responsible for the in-plane ordering of the structures, whose strength correlates with the degree of ordering found in experiments. Our results highlight the importance of redeposition and surface viscous flow to this nanopattern formation process.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0506453,
title = {Self-Organized Ordering of Nanostructures Produced by Ion-Beam Sputtering},
author = {Mario Castro and Rodolfo Cuerno and Luiz Vazquez and Raul Gago},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0506453},
year = {2016}
}
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4 pages, 2 figures