Continuum Limit of a Mesoscopic Model with Elasticity of Step Motion on Vicinal Surfaces
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This work considers the rigorous derivation of continuum models of step motion starting
from a mesoscopic Burton–Cabrera–Frank-type model following the Xiang’s work (Xiang
in SIAM J Appl Math 63(1):241–258, 2002). We prove that as the lattice parameter goes
to zero, for a finite time interval, a modified discrete model converges to the strong
solution of the limiting PDE with first-order convergence rate.
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10.1007/s00332-016-9354-1Publication Info
Gao, Y; Liu, JG; & Lu, J (2016). Continuum Limit of a Mesoscopic Model with Elasticity of Step Motion on Vicinal Surfaces.
Journal of Nonlinear Science. pp. 1-54. 10.1007/s00332-016-9354-1. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/14280.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Yuan Gao
William W. Elliott Assistant Research Professor
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Jian-Guo Liu
Professor of Physics
Jianfeng Lu
Professor of Mathematics
Jianfeng Lu is an applied mathematician interested in mathematical analysis and algorithm
development for problems from computational physics, theoretical chemistry, materials
science and other related fields.More specifically, his current research focuses include:Electronic
structure and many body problems; quantum molecular dynamics; multiscale modeling
and analysis; rare events and sampling techniques.
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