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XXI International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Warsaw, Poland, August 15-21, 2004

A Cellular Automaton for Modelling Evolution of Heteroepitaxial Systems

Simon P. A. Gill
Department of Engineering, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK


An algorithm is presented for the implementation of surface and bulk diffusion within a cellular automaton. Relaxation of the elastic strain in heteroepitaxial systems via morphological change and interdiffusion is investigated.



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