Kinetic Modelling of Strained Films: Effects of Wetting and Facetting

  • Daniel Kandel
  • Helen R. Eisenberg
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Part of the NATO Science Series book series (NAII, volume 190)

Abstract

The existence of a wetting layer in strained films is not well understood, despite extensive studies of the stability of strained films. In this paper we show that the dependence of the reference state free energy on film thickness leads to a finite thickness wetting layer, which decreases with increasing lattice mismatch strain. We also show that anisotropic surface tension gives rise to a metastable enlarged wetting layer.

Keywords

Reference State Lattice Mismatch Wetting Layer Mismatch Stress Elastic Free Energy 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Daniel Kandel
    • 1
  • Helen R. Eisenberg
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Physics of Complex SystemsWeizmann Institute of ScienceRehovotIsrael

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