Equilibrium configuration of atomic steps on vicinal Si(001) surfaces with external biaxial strain

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1581-1588

  Ebner, C ^a   Jones, D ^a   Pelz, J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001349693     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.1581     Document Type: Article

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