Interplay of orientational order and roughness in simulated thin film growth of anisotropically interacting particles
Eelco Empting,
Nicolas Bader,
Martin Oettel
Abstract:Roughness and orientational order in thin film films of anisotropic particles are investigated using kinetic Monte Carlo simulations on a cubic lattice. Anisotropic next-neighbor attractions between the lattice particles were chosen to mimic the effects of shape anisotropy in the interactions of disc-or rod-like molecules with van-der-Waals attractions. Increasing anisotropy leads first to a preferred orientation in the film (which is close to the corresponding equilibrium transition) while the qualitative mod… Show more
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