Dynamics of elastically strained islands in presence of an anisotropic surface energy
Abstract
The equilibrium solutions and coarsening dynamics of strained semi-conductor islands are investigated analytically and numerically. We develop an analytical model to study the effect of surface energy anisotropy on the dynamics coarsening of islands. We propose a simple model to explain the effect of this anisotropy on the coarsening time. We find that the anisotropy slows down the coarsening. This effect is rationalised using a quasi-analytical description of the island profile.
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