title: Morphologies from slippery ballistic deposition model: a bottom-up approach for nanofabrication.
abstract: We report pattern formation using a slippery ballistic deposition (SBD) model where growth germinates from a single site or from sites distributed periodically on a lattice. By changing the sticking probability p(s) and choosing systems with different lattice constants and symmetries, we demonstrate that a variety of patterns can be generated. These patterns can be further used as scaffolds for nanofabrication. We also demonstrate that by choosing a lateral sticking probability p(l) at the base that is different than p(s), one can control both the early and late time morphologies originating from a seed. Furthermore, we indicate a possible generalization of preparing patterns to higher dimensions that in principle can have potential technological applications for preparing grooves and scaffolds of specific shapes and periodicities.
authors: Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816-2385, USA.
authors: Anthony
authors: A
authors: Robledo
authors: Christopher N
authors: CN
authors: Grabill
authors: Stephen M
authors: SM
authors: Kuebler
authors: Aniruddha
authors: A
authors: Dutta
authors: Helge
authors: H
authors: Heinrich
authors: Aniket
authors: A
authors: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D036103:Nanotechnology; D011336:Probability