Kardar–Parisi–Zhang roughening associated with nucleation-limited steady crystal growth

N Akutsu - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The roughness of crystal surfaces and the shape of crystals play important roles in
multiscale phenomena. For example, the roughness of the crystal surface affects the …

Coulomb-gas electrostatics controls large fluctuations of the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation

I Corwin, P Ghosal, A Krajenbrink, P Le Doussal… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We establish a large deviation principle for the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) equation,
providing precise control over the left tail of the height distribution for narrow wedge initial …

Super effective antimicrobial silver-sputtered coatings on poly (lactic acid) against bacteria and omicron SARS-CoV-2

DJ Da Silva, GS Ferreira, A Duran, FLA Fonseca… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) is a biopolymer with properties potentially suitable for
fabricating packaging, medical devices, and healthcare products in a more friendly …

Morphological stabilization and KPZ scaling by electrochemically induced co-deposition of nanostructured NiW alloy films

PA Orrillo, SN Santalla, R Cuerno, L Vázquez… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
We have assessed the stabilizing role that induced co-deposition has in the growth of
nanostructured NiW alloy films by electrodeposition on polished steel substrates, under …

Faceted-rough surface with disassembling of macrosteps in nucleation-limited crystal growth

N Akutsu - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
To clarify whether a surface can be rough with faceted macrosteps that maintain their shape
on the surface, crystal surface roughness is studied by a Monte Carlo method for a …

Copper coatings on poly (lactic acid) via rapid magnetron sputtering: Morphology, chemistry, and antimicrobial performance against bacteria and SARS-CoV-2

DJ da Silva, GS Ferreira, A Duran, FLA Fonseca… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Materials with antimicrobial properties are highly desirable for making food packaging and
personal protective equipment due to their intrinsic ability to prevent the proliferation of …

Competition between Kardar–Parisi–Zhang and Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless kinetic roughening on (001) singular surface during steady crystal growth

N Akutsu, Y Kangawa - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Kinetic roughening of the (001) singular surface during steady crystal growth is studied on
the basis of a lattice model using the Monte Carlo method. At a sufficiently low temperature …

Morphological transitions in organic ultrathin film growth imaged by in situ step-by-step atomic force microscopy

S Chiodini, A Straub, S Donati, C Albonetti… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In situ atomic force microscopy (AFM) allowed us to investigate the evolution at the early
stages of the growth of organic thin films. An ultrahigh-vacuum atomic force microscope …

New Formulas for Evaluation of Cyclohexanol Solidification on Substrates with Surface Nanostructures

Y Hanawa, J Zhang, AP Sasmito, M Xu, S Akhtar… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In semiconductor manufacturing, the sublimation drying process is crucial but poorly
understood─ particularly regarding the solidification of agents such as cyclohexanol on Si …

Investigation of structural and optical characteristics of low temperature nucleated thick ZnTe epitaxy on GaAs (211) substrates by MBE

S Tyagi, R Raman, RK Pandey, UR Meena, P Mishra… - Optical Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper discusses the growth, structural, and optical investigation of ZnTe epitaxial layer
grown on GaAs (211) substrate at different growth temperatures (350° C, 380° C, and 410° …