Million-atom molecular dynamics simulation of flat InAs overlayers with self-limiting thickness on GaAs square nanomesas

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 3717-3719

  Su, Xiaotao ^a   Kalia, Rajiv K ^a   Nakano, Aiichiro ^a   Vashishta, Priya ^a   Madhukar, Anupam ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0035806228     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1377618     Document Type: Article

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