Measuring the surface stress polar dependence

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-242

  Metois J J ^a   Saul A ^a   Muller P ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROMIGRATION; EVAPORATION; FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

KINETIC FACETING; POLAR DEPENDENCE; SURFACE ORIENTATIONS; SURFACE STRESS;

SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 14844292621     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1328     Document Type: Article

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