Roughening transition in nanoporous hydrogenated amorphous germanium: Roughness correlation to film stress

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Carroll, M S ^a   Verley, J C ^a   Sheng, J J ^a   Banks, J ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS GERMANIUM; ROUGHENING TRANSITION; THIN FILM DEPOSITION; VOLMER-WEBER MODE;

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; GERMANIUM; HYDROGENATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 34047181496     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2433699     Document Type: Article

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