Critical misfit of epitaxial growth metallic thin films

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 419-422

  Li, Jian Chen ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Jiang, Qing ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic misfit; Dislocation; Epitaxial growth film; Interface energy

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); ELASTIC MODULI; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUBSTRATES;

ATOMIC MISFIT; CRITICAL MISFIT; METALLIC THIN FILMS; NONCOHERENT INTERFACE ENERGY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 20144374289     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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