JournalsmagNo. 119pp. 31–39

Surface evolution of elastically stressed films

  • Irene Fonseca

    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, US

  • Giovanni Leoni

    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, US
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Abstract

An overview of recent analytical developments in the study of epitaxial growth is presented. Quasistatic equilibrium is established, regularity of solutions is addressed, and the evolution of epitaxially strained elastic films is treated using minimizing movements.

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Irene Fonseca, Giovanni Leoni, Surface evolution of elastically stressed films. Eur. Math. Soc. Mag. 119 (2021), pp. 31–39

DOI 10.4171/MAG/6