%0 Journal Article %D 2013 %T Analytical validation of a continuum model for epitaxial growth with elasticity on vicinal surfaces %A Gianni Dal Maso %A Irene Fonseca %A Giovanni Leoni %K singular nonlinear parabolic equations, Hilbert transform, thin films %X In this paper it is shown existence of weak solutions of a variational inequality derived from the continuum model introduced by Xiang [7, formula (3.62)] (see also the work of Xiang and E [8] and Xu and Xiang [9]) to describe the self-organization of terraces and steps driven by misfit elasticity between a film and a substrate in heteroepitaxial growth. This model is obtained as a continuum limit of discrete theories of Duport, Politi, and Villain [3] and Tersoff, Phang, Zhang, and Lagally[6]. %I Springer %G en %U http://hdl.handle.net/1963/7245 %1 7284 %2 Mathematics %4 1 %# MAT/05 ANALISI MATEMATICA %$ Submitted by Gianni Dal Maso (dalmaso@sissa.it) on 2014-01-15T08:47:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DM-Fon-Leo.pdf: 409459 bytes, checksum: 07429e936667a481a2c093217e585e84 (MD5) %R 10.1007/s00205-014-0730-4