Surface diffusion dewetting of thin solid films: Numerical method and application to Si/SiO2

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Dornel, E ^a   Barbe J C ^a   De Crecy F ^a   Lacolle, G ^a   Eymery, J ^b  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

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EID: 33645275188     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.115427     Document Type: Article

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