Preferential nucleation of Ge islands at self-organized pits formed during the growth of thin Si buffer layers on Si(110)

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 212-216

  Weil, J D ^a   Deng, X ^a   Krishnamurthy, M ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

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EID: 0001614982     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.366675     Document Type: Article

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