on a concave trough (or a re-entrant edge) and that for a layer advancing across a convex
ridge were calculated. The former was obtained by analyzing the line tension of the trough.
The results show that their energy barriers are 39 and 50% compared to that for nucleation
on a flat {111} face, respectively. Therefore, the layer advance across the ridge is found to be
more difficult than the nucleation on the trough. Based on these results, the morphology of …