Annotation
Slow adatom diffusion on the periodic surface of the upper layer of a growing crystal that has not yet completely formed is considered. Island (cluster) motion is investigated as a factor that accelerates adatom diffusion and results in an entropy increase compared to the case of an already formed stationary substrate layer. The diffusion coefficient, entropy, and the effective temperatures that characterize these properties of the substrate have been introduced.
Received: 2009 October 1
Approved: 2010 June 2
PACS:
05.70.Np Interface and surface thermodynamics
68.35.Md Surface thermodynamics, surface energies
68.43.Jk Diffusion of adsorbates, kinetics of coarsening and aggregation
68.35.Md Surface thermodynamics, surface energies
68.43.Jk Diffusion of adsorbates, kinetics of coarsening and aggregation
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Authors
L.S. Bulushova, O.A. Chichigina
Department of General Physics and Wave Processes, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
Department of General Physics and Wave Processes, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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