We adapt the level set method to simulate the growth of thin films described by the motion of island boundaries. This island dynamics model involves a continuum in the lateral directions, but retains atomic scale discreteness in the growth direction. Several choices for the island boundary velocity
A level set method for dislocation dynamics
β Scribed by Yang Xiang; Li-Tien Cheng; David J. Srolovitz; Weinan E
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 325 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1359-6454
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