Measure of the fractal dimension of islands in epitaxial thin film growth

Journal of the Korean Physical Society

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 577-582

  Lee, Sang B ^a,b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Island; Molecular beam epitaxy

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844476383     PISSN: 03744884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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