Velocity function models of step dynamics: Theory of current-induced step bunching on Si(111) Surfaces

Surface Review and Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-113

  Liu, Da Jiang ^a   Weeks, John D ^a,b   Kandel, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 0031315290     PISSN: 0218625X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218625X97000134     Document Type: Article

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