Evolution of mosaic structure in Si0.7Ge0.3 epilayers grown on Si(001) substrates

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1292-1297

  Li, J H ^a,c   Peng, C S ^c   Mai, Z H ^c   Zhou, J M ^c   Huang, Q ^c   Dai, D Y ^b,c  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 0000277363     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.370884     Document Type: Article

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