Enhanced growth instability of strained film on wavy substrate

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Hangyao ^a,b   Zhang, Yu ^a   Liu, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SUBSTRATES;

ANTI PHASE; DIRECTED SELF-ASSEMBLY; FILM SURFACES; FILM-THICKNESS; GROWTH INSTABILITIES; PATTERNED SUBSTRATES; STAGE OF GROWTH; STRAIN-ENERGY; SUBSTRATE SURFACES; SURFACE UNDULATIONS;

FILM GROWTH;

EID: 51849140427     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2968223     Document Type: Article

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