Slow dynamics of stepped surfaces
| dc.creator | Chame, Anna | |
| dc.creator | Rousset, Sylvie | |
| dc.creator | Bonzel, Hans P. | |
| dc.creator | Villain, Jacques | |
| dc.date | 1999-12-10 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:15:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:15:31Z | |
| dc.description | Two kinds of configurations involving steps on surfaces are reviewed. The first one results from an initially planar vicinal surface, i.e. slightly deviating from a high-symmetry (001) or (111) orientation. In some cases, these surfaces separate into domains of different orientations by a mechanism which is very similar to phase separation in mixtures. The domain size initially increases with time and goes to a finite limit, whose value is related to elastic phenomena. The second kind of configurations results from making grooves in a high-symmetry surface. The surface smoothes out and takes an intermediate shape with facet-like hills and valleys, which are the source of a controversy which we try to clarify as much as possible. | |
| dc.description | 21 pages, 11 BMP figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9912188 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9912188 | |
| dc.identifier | Bulgarian Chemical Communications, vol.29 (3/4), 398 (1997) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/30055 | |
| dc.subject | Statistical Mechanics | |
| dc.subject | Materials Science | |
| dc.title | Slow dynamics of stepped surfaces | |
| dc.type | text |