Connectivity of diffusing particles continually deposited on a surface: relation to LECBD experiments
Abstract
We generalize the conventional model of two-dimensional site percolation by including both (1) continuous deposition of particles on a two-dimensional substrate, and (2) diffusion of these particles in two-dimensions. This new model is motivated by recent thin film deposition experiments using the low-energy cluster beam deposition (LECBD) technique. Depending on various parameters such as deposition flux, diffusion constant, and system size, we find a rich range of fractal morphologies including diffusion limited aggregation (DLA), cluster-cluster aggregation (CCA), and percolation.
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Authors
P. Jensen, A.-L. Barabási, H. Larralde, S. Havlin, H.E. Stanley