Island-size distribution and capture numbers in three-dimensional nucleation: Comparison with mean-field behavior

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 24, 2005, Pages

  Shi, Feng ^a   Shim, Yunsic ^a   Amar, Jacques G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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EID: 28244446612     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.245411     Document Type: Article

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