Formation of nanostructures by the activated Stranski-Krastanow transition method

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Chiu, C H ^a   Huang, Z ^a   Poh, C T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; QUANTUM THEORY; THICK FILMS;

FILM SUBSTRATES; KINETIC MECHANISMS; STRANSKI-KRASTANOW TRANSITION METHODS; TOTAL ENERGY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 19644378031     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.136105     Document Type: Article

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