Self-organization of nanostructures in semiconductor heteroepitaxy

Physics Report

Volumn 365, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 335-432

  Teichert, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Nanostructures; Semiconductor heteroepitaxy; Strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036284751     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(02)00009-1     Document Type: Review

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