Initial stage of the two-dimensional to three-dimensional transition of a strained SiGe layer on a pit-patterned Si(001) template

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Chen, Gang ^a   Lichtenberger, H ^a   Bauer, G ^a   Jantsch, W ^a   Schaffler F ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

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EID: 33745737669     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.035302     Document Type: Article

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