Mesoscopic Relaxation in Homoepitaxial Metal Growth

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Lysenko, O V ^a,b   Stepanyuk, V S ^a   Hergert, W ^c   Kirschner, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FILM GROWTH; METALLIC FILMS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STRAIN; STRESS CONCENTRATION; SUBSTRATES; TENSILE STRESS;

MESOSCOPIC RELAXATION;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

EID: 0037120519     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.126102     Document Type: Article

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