Equilibrium shapes of strained islands with non-zero contact angles

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2111-2135

  Shklyaev, Oleg E ^a   Miksis, Michael J ^a   Voorhees, P W ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic analysis; Boundary integral equations; Microstructures; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; ELASTIC MODULI; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SUBSTRATES;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; CHEMICAL POTENTIAL; STRAINED ISLANDS; VOLMER WEBER GROWTH;

CONTACT ANGLE;

EID: 33746356195     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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