Growth of epitaxial nanowires by controlled coarsening of strained islands

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2376-2378

  Shenoy, V B ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADATOM; CHEMICAL POTENTIAL; ELASTIC RELAXATION; NANOWIRES;

ANISOTROPY; DESORPTION; ELASTICITY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SUPERSATURATION; THERMODYNAMICS; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

EID: 7044226070     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1792374     Document Type: Article

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