Morales-Cifuentes, Josue R.Einstein, Theodore L.Pimpinelli, AlbertoWe propose a novel island nucleation and growth model explicitly including transient (ballistic) mobility of the monomers deposited at rateĀ F, assumed to be in a hot precursor state before thermalizing.How "Hot Precursors" Modify Island Nucleation: A Rate-Equation ModelArticle