The Bauer 1958 surface-energy criterion selects between the three canonical film growth modes by comparing γ_f (film surface energy) + γ_fs (film-substrate interfacial energy) with γ_s (bare-substrate surface energy). Frank-van-der-Merwe…
The Bauer 1958 surface-energy criterion selects between the three canonical film growth modes by comparing γ_f (film surface energy) + γ_fs (film-substrate interfacial energy) with γ_s (bare-substrate surface energy). Frank-van-der-Merwe…