Geometric control of kinetic pathways: Characterizing equilibrium in epitaxial growth
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Paul N. Patrone1,2,∗ Russel E. Caflisch3,† and Dionisios Margetis4‡ Department of Physics, and Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA Department of Mathematics, and Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA and Department of Mathematics, and Institute for Physical Science and Technology, and Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA (Dated: August 30, 2011)
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