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The effects of adsorbates on nucleation and growth of two-dimensional islands is investigated by kinetic Monte Carlo simulations and rate equation theory. The variation of island morphology with adsorbate parameters is discussed and the temperature-dependence of island density in the case of immobile adsorbates is studied in detail. A set of rate equations for the description of nucleation in the presence of predeposited mobile and immobile adsorbates is developed.
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Kotrla, M., Krug, J., Šmilauer, P. (2001). Effects of Adsorbates on Submonolayer Growth. In: Tringides, M.C., Chvoj, Z. (eds) Collective Diffusion on Surfaces: Correlation Effects and Adatom Interactions. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0816-7_22
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