Phys. Rev. B 64, 085426 (2001) [9 pages]Bimodal island-size distributions in submonolayer growthReceived 5 February 2001; published 8 August 2001 We present a simple model based on the existence of exchange processes that explains the bimodal island-size distributions in submonolayer growth recently reported in the literature. The model can reproduce both the temperature dependence observed in the case of Co/Cu(100) and Ni/Au(111) and the coverage dependence measured for Fe/Au(100). We show also that, under the conditions where the model is applicable, none of the standard scaling relationships is preserved. © 2001 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.085426
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.64.085426
PACS:
81.15.Aa, 68.55.Ac
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