Prepyramid-to-pyramid transition of SiGe islands on Si(001)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Rastelli, A ^a,f   Von Kanel H ^b,c   Spencer, J ^d   Tersoff, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; GERMANIUM DERIVATIVE; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ENERGY; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; MODEL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0345308408     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.115301     Document Type: Article

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