ATOMISTIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION OF CU THIN-FILM GROWTH UNDER MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY CONDITIONS: EFFECTS OF SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE AND INCIDENT KINETIC ENERGY
A molecular dynamics framework was developed to examine the combined influence of substrate temperature and incident kinetic energy on Cu-on-Cu(001) thin-film growth under molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) conditions. The simulations solve Newton's equations of motion using the Mishin embedded-atom method (EAM) potential fo...