Bistability in the shape transition of strained islands

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Zandvliet, H J W ^a   Van Gastel, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; STRAIN ENERGY;

ELONGATED ISLANDS; PERIMETERS; SHAPE TRANSITION; SURFACE STRESS;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 34848839544     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.136103     Document Type: Article

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