Stabilization of strained alloy film growth by a difference in atomic mobilities

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 76, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 3022-3024

  Spencer, B J ^a   Voorhees, P W ^b   Tersoff, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000996171     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.126566     Document Type: Article

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