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A Fractal Model for the First Stages of Thin Film Growth

Year: 1996

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper, we briefly review a model that describes the diffusion-controlled aggregation exhibited by particles as they are deposited on a surface. This model allows us to understand many experiments of thin film deposition. In the Sec. 1, we describe the model, which incorporates deposition, particle and cluster diffusion, and aggregation. In Sec. 2, we study the dynamical evolution of the model. Finally, we analyze the effects of small cluster mobility and show that the introduction of cluster diffusion dramatically affects the dynamics of film growth. Some of these effects can be tested experimentally.

Source: Fractals

DOI: 10.1142/s0218348x96000431

Authors: PABLO JENSEN, ALBERT-LÁSZLÓ BARABÁSI, HERNÁN LARRALDE, SHLOMO HAVLIN, H. EUGENE STANLEY

Institutions: Lyon 1 Université, University of Notre Dame, University of Cambridge, Bar-Ilan University, Boston University

Language: English

Topic: Theoretical and Computational Physics

Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2057447355

FWCI: 1.139

Cites: 3

Cited by: 13

Related to: 10