Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1864684 | Physics Letters A | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We computed by a Monte Carlo method derived from the solid on solid model, the thermal relaxation of a polycrystalline thin film deposited on a Penrose lattice. The thin film was modeled by a 2-dimensional array of elementary domains, which have each a given height. During the Monte Carlo process, the height of each of these elementary domains is allowed to change as well as their crystallographic orientation. After equilibrium is reached at a given numerical temperature, all elementary domains have changed their orientation into the same one and small islands appear, preferentially on the domains of the Penrose lattice located in the center of heptagons. This method is a numerical approach to study the influence of the substrate and its defects on the islanding process of polycrystalline films.
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Authors
N. Olivi-Tran, A. Boulle, A. Gaudon, A. Dauger,