Abstract: Adsorbed atoms (adatoms) and vacancies have a significant role to play in the physics of surfaces and the mechanisms of film growth on a substrate. This paper investigates the effect of applied ...

Abstract: A series solution is presented for a hemispheroidal elastic inhomogeneity at the free surface of an elastic half space. The loading is either all around tension at infinity, perpendicular to ...

Abstract: The utility of surface displacement measurements as a source of quantitative information about subsurface plastic deformation is illustrated by analysis of the transformed zone in magnesia partially ...

Abstract: The elastic interaction between surface steps biases growth and can have a dominant influence on growth modes of thin films. A new continuum solution is presented that takes into account the ...