Island Dynamics and the Level Set Method for Epitaxial Growth
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We adapt the level set method to simulate the growth of thin lms described by the motion of island boundaries. This island dynamics model involves a continuum in the lateral directions, but retains 1 atomic scale discreteness in the growth direction. Several choices for the island boundary velocity are discussed, and computations of the island dynamics model using the level set method are presented.
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