Compositional correlation and anticorrelation in quaternary alloys: Competition between bulk thermodynamics and surface kinetics

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Albrecht, M ^a   Abu Farsakh, H ^b,c   Remmele, T ^a   Geelhaar, L ^d   Riechert, H ^d   Neugebauer, J ^b,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR CRYSTAL GROWTH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^d INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ATOMISTIC MECHANISMS; COMPOSITIONAL CORRELATION; QUATERNARY ALLOYS; SURFACE KINETICS;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 36248969681     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.206103     Document Type: Article

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