Mound slope and shape selection during unstable multilayer growth: Analysis of step-dynamics models including downward funneling

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Li, Maozhi ^a   Evans, J W ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645455418     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.125434     Document Type: Article

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