In situ monitoring of nucleation and evolution of Ge nanodots on faintly oxidized Si(1 1 1) surfaces

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 254, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7868-7871

  Cho, Sung Pyo ^a,b   Kawano, Shinji ^b   Tanaka, Nobuo ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epitaxial growth; Ge nanodot; The critical nucleus; UHV in situ HR profile TEM

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GERMANIUM; NANODOTS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEATION; OXIDE FILMS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

COHESIVE ENERGIES; CRITICAL NUCLEI; CRITICAL NUCLEUS SIZE; GERMANIUMS (GE); GROWTH PHENOMENA; IMAGING GEOMETRY; IN- SITU MONITORING; NUCLEATION AND EVOLUTIONS;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 51249084787     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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