Critical nuclei shapes in the stress-driven 2D-to-3D transition

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages R1700-R1703

  Chen, K ^a   Jesson, D ^a   Pennycook, S ^a   Thundat, T ^a   Warmack, R ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000124202     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.R1700     Document Type: Article

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