Chemical thermodynamics of the size and shape of strained ge nanocrystals grown on Si(001)

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 425-433

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

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; SILICON;

CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR SIZE; NANOPARTICLE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033047753     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar970236g     Document Type: Review

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