The self-assembly of uniform heteroepitaxial islands

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3473-3475

  Chiu, Cheng Hsin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

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EID: 0000803561     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.125300     Document Type: Article

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