On the structure of the Si(103) surface

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Ciobanu, Cristian V ^a   Chuang, Feng Chuan ^b   Lytle, Damon E ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; SILICON;

LOW ENERGY RECONSTRUCTION MODELS;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

EID: 35548962272     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2804080     Document Type: Article

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