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Atomic step motion during the dewetting of ultra-thin films

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We report on three key processes involving atomic step motion during the dewetting of thin solid films: (i) the growth of an isolated island nucleated far from a hole; (ii) the spreading of a monolayer rim; and (iii) the zipping of a monolayer island along a straight dewetting front. Kinetic Monte Carlo results are in good agreement with simple analytical models assuming diffusion-limited dynamics.

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  1. LPMCN, Université Lyon 1, 43 Bd du 11 novembre, 69622, Villeurbane, France

    O. Pierre-Louis & M. Dufay

  2. Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Physique, UJF Grenoble 1, BP 87, 38402, St Martin d’Hères, France

    O. Pierre-Louis & M. Dufay

  3. Universidade Federal Fluminense, Avenida Litorânea s/n, 24210-340, Niterói, RJ, Brazil

    A. Chame

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Pierre-Louis, O., Chame, A. & Dufay, M. Atomic step motion during the dewetting of ultra-thin films. Eur. Phys. J. B 77, 57–63 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2010-00253-8

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