Coupling atomistic and continuum length scales in heteroepitaxial systems: Multiscale molecular-dynamics/finite-element simulations of strain relaxation in Si Si3N4 nanopixels

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Lidorikis, Elefterios ^a,b   Bachlechner, Martina E ^a,c   Kalia, Rajiv K ^a   Nakano, Aiichiro ^a   Vashishta, Priya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 29744436107     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.115338     Document Type: Article

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