Orientation dependence of the elastic instability on strained SiGe films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Aqua, J N ^a   Gouy A ^a   Auphan, T ^a   Frisch, T ^a   Ronda, A ^a   Berbezier, I ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STABILITY; WETTING;

ASARO-TILLER-GRINFELD; CONTINUUM DESCRIPTION; ELASTIC INSTABILITIES; MORPHOLOGICAL INSTABILITY; ORIENTATION DEPENDENCE; STRONG DEPENDENCES; SURFACE ENERGY ANISOTROPY; SURFACE STIFFNESS;

SI-GE ALLOYS;

EID: 79955392441     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3576916     Document Type: Article

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