Strain energy of nanoislands on strained film-substrate systems

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Chiu, C H ^a   Poh, C T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; FILM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOPARTICLE; PHASE TRANSITION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 15744366624     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.045406     Document Type: Article

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