Dislocation arrays at the interface between an epitaxial layer and its substrate

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 411-431

  Lubarda, Vlado A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EPITAXIAL GROWTH; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); RELAXATION PROCESSES; SUBSTRATES;

DISLOCATION ARRAYS;

DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS);

EID: 0032308217     PISSN: 10812865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108128659800300403     Document Type: Article

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