Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of nucleation on a surface with periodic strain: Spatial ordering and island-size distribution

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 926-928

  Mattsson, Thomas R ^a   Metiu, Horia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000344207     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.124556     Document Type: Article

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