Atomic force microscopy study of self-organized Ge islands grown on Si(100) by low pressure chemical vapor deposition

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 493-495

  Capellini, G ^a   Di Gaspare, L ^a   Evangelisti, F ^a   Palange, E ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

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EID: 0000625970     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.118191     Document Type: Article

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