How pit facet inclination drives heteroepitaxial island positioning on patterned substrates

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Vastola, G ^a,c   Grydlik, M ^b   Brehm, M ^b   Fromherz, T ^b   Bauer, G ^b   Boioli, F ^a   Miglio, L ^a   Montalenti, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

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EID: 80455149679     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.155415     Document Type: Article

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