Invited Paper Simple Ballistic Deposition Models For The Formation Of Thin Films

Paul Meakin; Remi Jullien

doi:10.1117/12.941841

2 February 1988 Invited Paper Simple Ballistic Deposition Models For The Formation Of Thin Films

Paul Meakin, Remi Jullien

Proceedings Volume 0821, Modeling of Optical Thin Films; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941841
Event: 31st Annual Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Efficient algorithms have been developed for both off-lattice and lattice models of ballistic deposition. These models allow large structures to be generated (particularly in two dimensions) which can be used to explore the fractal scaling relationships which describe their geometry. A series of lattice and off-lattice models have been used to explore the effects of simple restructuring mechanisms on deposit densities as well as the self-affine fractal geometry of their surfaces. Despite the fact that ballistic deposits are uniform on all but short length scales, the growth process and/or particle connectivity can be used to define a tree-like substructure with a power law distribution of tree sizes. This substructure exhibits universal scaling properties which are shared by a variety of ballistic deposition models as well as the Eden growth model.

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Paul Meakin and Remi Jullien "Invited Paper Simple Ballistic Deposition Models For The Formation Of Thin Films", Proc. SPIE 0821, Modeling of Optical Thin Films, (2 February 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941841

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