Ripple-to-dome transition: The growth evolution of Ge on vicinal Si(1 1 10) surface

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Persichetti, L ^a   Sgarlata, A ^a   Fanfoni, M ^a   Balzarotti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

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EID: 77957748367     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.121309     Document Type: Article

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