CRYSTAL GROWTH — KINETIC MONTE CARLO

Surface Growth · Deposition · Step-Flow vs Island Nucleation · KMC

GROWTH PARAMETERS

GROWTH STATS

Time t: 0.00
Layers grown: 0
Roughness W: 0.000
Islands: 0
Mode:
D/F ratio: 50

ROUGHNESS

W(t) — interface width vs time

ABOUT

KMC simulates crystal surface growth atomistically. High D/F → step-flow (smooth). Low D/F → island nucleation (rough). The KPZ universality class governs roughening: W ~ t^β with β=1/3. Edwards-Wilkinson: β=1/4.
∂h/∂t = ν∇²h + λ(∇h)² + η
Top: 3D surface view   Bottom: height profile h(x)