Transient topographies of ion patterned Si(111).
The surface of high fluence ion-sputtered Si(111) was found to exhibit a rich variety of transient one- and two-dimensional topographies that may be exploited as tunable self-organized arrays of nanostructures. Such transient effects are only partially described by analytical models of sputter patterning. However, a discrete atom kinetic Monte Carlo simulation model incorporating curvature-dependent sputtering and surface diffusion reproduces many aspects of the transient morphological evolution, and clarifies the minimal model of sputter patterning.
Brown
Ari-David
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Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
Erlebacher
Jonah
J
Chan
Wai-Lun
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Chason
Eric
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