Ehrlich-Schwoebel instability in molecular-beam epitaxy: A minimal model

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 5114-5129

  Politi, Paolo ^a   Villain, Jacques ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

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EID: 0001609410     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.54.5114     Document Type: Article

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