Understanding the elastic relaxation mechanisms of strain in Ge islands on pit-patterned Si(001) substrates

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 45, 2008, Pages

  Vastola, G ^a   Montalenti, F ^a   Miglio, Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GERMANIUM;

DEGREES OF FREEDOMS; ELASTIC RELAXATIONS; ELASTICITY THEORIES; GE ISLANDS; HETEROEPITAXIAL; NANO ISLANDS; ORDERED ARRAYS; SI(001) SUBSTRATE;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 58149354528     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/45/454217     Document Type: Article

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