How "Hot Precursors" Modify Island Nucleation: A Rate-Equation Model

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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.246101

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2014

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Morales-Cifuentes, Einstein, and Pimpinelli, How "Hot Precursors" Modify Island Nucleation: A Rate-Equation Model. Physical Review Letters, 113, 2014.

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https://doi.org/10.13016/ibut-cxu1

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We propose a novel island nucleation and growth model explicitly including transient (ballistic) mobility of the monomers deposited at rate F, assumed to be in a hot precursor state before thermalizing.

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