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Surface diffusion is a general process involving the motion of adatoms, molecules, and atomic clusters (adparticles) at solid material surfaces. The process can generally be thought of in terms of particles jumping between adjacent adsorption sites on a surface, as in figure 1. Just as in bulk diffusion, this motion is typically a thermally promoted…
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TTTA extracted 68 structured relationships around Surface diffusion. Examples in this analysis include Surface diffusion → is a → general process involving the motion of adatoms and kinks → instance of → Even in the case of a clean terrace the process may be influenced by non-uniformity near the edges of the terrace.Mass transfer diffusion takes place in the case where adparticl…. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface diffusion | is a | general process involving the motion of adatoms | 0.90 | text |
| kinks | instance of | Even in the case of a clean terrace the process may be influenced by non-uniformity near the edges of the terrace.Mass transfer diffusion takes place in the case where adparticl… | 0.80 | text |
| steps | instance of | Even in the case of a clean terrace the process may be influenced by non-uniformity near the edges of the terrace.Mass transfer diffusion takes place in the case where adparticl… | 0.80 | text |
| and vacancies are present | instance of | Even in the case of a clean terrace the process may be influenced by non-uniformity near the edges of the terrace.Mass transfer diffusion takes place in the case where adparticl… | 0.80 | text |
| the fcc | instance of | Close packed surfaces | 0.80 | text |
| fcc | instance of | One of the more dramatic examples of directional anisotropy is the diffusion of adatoms on channeled surfaces | 0.80 | text |
| Surface diffusion | related to Adatom diffusion | Diffusion | 0.60 | section |
| Surface diffusion | related to Adatom diffusion | The | 0.60 | section |
| Surface diffusion | related to Adatom diffusion | Hopping | 0.60 | section |
| Surface diffusion | related to Adatom diffusion | In | 0.60 | section |
| Surface diffusion | related to Adatom diffusion | Motion | 0.60 | section |
| Surface diffusion | related to Adatom diffusion | Figures | 0.60 | section |
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Source: Wikipedia — Surface diffusion · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout