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DY: Dynamik und Statistische Physik
DY 34: Poster
DY 34.86: Poster
Monday, March 7, 2005, 15:30–18:00, Poster TU D
Simulation of heteroepitaxial growth and surface alloy formation — •Sebastian Weber1, Thorsten Volkmann1, Michael Biehl1,2, and Miroslav Kotrla3 — 1Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg — 2Institute for Mathematics and Computing Science, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 800, NL-9700 AV Groningen — 3Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
We study the hetero-epitaxial growth of an fcc(111) crystal surface, in which the lattice spacing of adsorbate materials differ from that of the substrate. We employ off-lattice equilibrium and kinetic Monte Carlo simulations based on simple model interactions between the particle species. Emphasis is on the formation of monolayers of binary adsorbates with a nontrivial composition profile. One important aspect is the formation of nano-structured surface alloys and the dependence on growth temperature and lattice mismatch.