Island nucleation in the presence of step-edge barriers: Theory and applications

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 14037-14046

  Krug, Joachim ^a   Politi, Paolo ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

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EID: 0001237070     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.61.14037     Document Type: Article

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