Understanding and control of cluster and thin-film growth on solid surfaces is a subject of
intensive research to develop nanomaterials with new physical properties. In this …

We discuss the current state of a promising area of modern physics, the study of the physical
properties of metal nanowires and atomic chains. One-dimensional nanostructures are …

The capture numbers entering the rate equations (RE) for submonolayer film growth are
determined from extensive kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations for simple representative …

During the growth of ultrathin Bi films, Bi (110) islands with a black phosphorus (BP)-like
structure nucleate initially. These Bi (110) islands reorganize to Bi (111) islands with a …

We obtain an explicit solution for the island-size distribution described by the rate equations
for irreversible growth with the simplified capture rates of the form σ s (Θ)∝ Θ p (a+ s− 1) for …

We show that mean field rate equations (MFRE) for submonolayer growth with hit and stick
aggregation can successfully predict the island size distributions (ISDs) in the …

We present a theoretical analysis of the rate equations for irreversible growth with a
monomer influx, desorption, and a power-law dependence of the capture coefficients on the …

We present an exactly solvable generalization of the rate equation model for irreversible
growth with size-independent capture numbers which includes desorption of monomers. It is …

Formation kinetics of self-organized nanocolumns during epitaxial growth of a thin film
composed of immiscible elements (A, B) has been investigated using Kinetic Monte Carlo …

We study theoretically the size distributions of nanoparticles (surface islands, droplets,
molecular chains, and semiconductor nanowires) which grow without decay and with …