Influence of surface energy anisotropy on the dynamics of quantum dot growths

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Aqua, Jean Noël ^a,b   Frisch, Thomas ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Ecole Centrale Marseille   (France)

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EID: 77957579272     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.085322     Document Type: Article

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