Minimum energy configuration of epitaxial material clusters on a lattice-mismatched substrate

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 45, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 1835-1860

  Kukta, R V ^a   Freund, L B ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

A. diffusion; A. surface energy; B. semiconductor material; B. thin films; Surface

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

EPITAXIAL MATERIAL CLUSTERS;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

EID: 0031274228     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(97)00031-8     Document Type: Article

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