Morphological stability and compositional uniformity of alloy thin films

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 150-165

  Guyer, J E ^a,b   Voorhees, P W ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dislocation free; Elastic strain; Linear stability; Misfit

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); FILM GROWTH; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

LINEAR GROWTH STABILITY;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 0032473704     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0248(97)00845-2     Document Type: Article

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