Two-dimensional ordering of self-assembled Ge islands on vicinal Si(001) surfaces with regular ripples

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 620-622

  Zhu, Jian Hong ^a   Brunner, K ^a   Abstreiter, G ^a  

^a WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

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EID: 0001058114     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.121875     Document Type: Article

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