Shape transition of germanium nanocrystals on a silicon (001) surface from pyramids to domes

Science

Volumn 279, Issue 5349, 1998, Pages 353-355

  Medeiros Ribeiro, Gilberto ^a   Bratkovski, Alexander M ^a   Kamins, Theodore I ^a   Ohlberg, Douglas A A ^a   Williams, R Stanley ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; VAPOR;

EID: 0032535998     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5349.353     Document Type: Article

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