Coherent islands as preferential sites for sticking of Ge atoms in Si/Ge multilayers: Formation of conical shaped defects

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2546-2548

  Carlino, E ^a   Tapfer, L ^a   Von Kanel H ^b  

^a Centro Nazionale per la Ricerca e lo Sviluppo dei Materiali   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0001339239     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.117734     Document Type: Article

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