Alloyed Ge(Si) Si(001) islands: The composition profile and the shape transformation

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Lang, C ^a   Cockayne, D J H ^a   Nguyen Manh, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 29644435494     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.155328     Document Type: Article

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