Time-dependent annealing and deposition on substrates with repulsive interactions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Venables, J A ^a,b   DeGraffenreid, J ^a   Kay, D ^b   Yang, P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33747034213     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.075412     Document Type: Article

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