Metastability in 2D self-assembling systems

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Medhekar, N V ^a   Shenoy, V B ^a   Hannon, J B ^b   Tromp, R M ^b  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRON TRAPS; METASTABLE PHASES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STRAIN;

CRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC STRAIN; SELF-ASSEMBLED DOMAINS; STACKED STRUCTURES;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 35248842710     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.156102     Document Type: Article

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