Strain maps at the atomic scale below Ge pyramids and domes on a Si substrate

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 3736-3738

  Raiteri, P ^a   Miglio, Leo ^a   Valentinotti, F ^b   Celino, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Quadrics Supercomputer World Limited   (Italy)

^c ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SCALE; COMPLEX DEFORMATION; GE ISLAND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; SI (001) SUBSTRATE; SI SUBSTRATES; STRAIN FIELDS; STRAIN MAPS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROGRAPH;

GERMANIUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

SILICON;

EID: 79956037436     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1475775     Document Type: Article

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