Fig. 5: Aggregates in the cell-based simulations for various film height h.

The average density is \(\bar{\rho }=1{0}^{6}\) cm−2, the system size \(L=100\,\bar{b}=1\) mm, and the simulations involve 104 cells. From top to bottom, the aggregates have typical size a = 90, 65, 42, 26 ± 5 μm. From left to right, the simulation time is t = 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 × 106 MC steps. The aggregates have reached a steady state but never settle into a static configuration.