Capture numbers in thin film nucleation theories
- 1 August 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Philosophical Magazine
- Vol. 26 (2) , 349-360
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14786437208227433
Abstract
The evaluation of atom fluxes to stable clusters of differing sizes is analysed for the problem of nucleation and growth of thin films on a substrate. The physical reasons for the discrepancy, recently noted by Zinsmeister (1971), between current approaches to thin film nucleation theory are discussed.Keywords
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