Spontaneous structural pattern formation at the nanometre scale in kinetically restricted homoepitaxy on vicinal surfaces

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 15, Issue 47, 2003, Pages

  Neel N ^a   Maroutian, T ^a   Douillard, L ^a   Ernst, H J ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; KINETIC THEORY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MEANDERING INSTABILITY; SPONTANEOUS STRUCTURAL PATTERN FORMATION; STEP-BUNCHING INSTABILITY; VICINAL SURFACES;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0346991531     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/47/003     Document Type: Article

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