Ballistic deposition model for multiple species with next nearest-neighbour interactions in (2 + 1)-dimensions

The kinetics of surface growth and its morphological structure have been studied for a ballistic deposition-like model with two kinds of particles (A and C) upon extending the interaction between particles to next-nearest-neighbours. The dynamic scaling behaviour of the surface width has been obtained for different values of the deposition probability P for particle C and system sizes. A morphological structural transition has been found as the probability increases. This transition is well defined both by the scaling of the saturation value of the surface width and the velocity of growth. It has been found that the extracted values for the roughness and growth exponents, for different values of P, do not obey the scaling law given by the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation. © 1997 Elsevier Science B.V. © 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.