Atomic-scale Monte Carlo study of step-flow growth modes on GaAs(001) − (2 ⨯ 4)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2001, Pages

  Itoh, Makoto ^a,b   Ohno, Takahisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; GROWTH; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIMULATION;

EID: 0034905111     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.125301     Document Type: Article

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