Elastic energy release rate of quantum islands in Stranski-Krastanow growth

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 3704-3710

  Yang, B ^a  

^a Structures Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIVING FORCES; ELASTIC ENERGY RELEASE; ELASTIC RELAXATION ENERGY; ENERGY MINIMIZATION; HETEROEPITAXIAL STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; ISLAND FORMATION; LINEAR ELASTIC CONTINUUM; MASS CONSERVATION; MISFIT STRAIN ENERGY; MULTI-LAYERED; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PER UNIT VOLUME; QUANTUM ISLANDS; STRANSKI-KRASTANOW GROWTH; THERMODYNAMIC PROCESS; THICK EPITAXIAL LAYERS; VERTICAL CORRELATION;

ELASTICITY; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 18644375515     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1506386     Document Type: Article

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