Morphology evolution of thermally annealed polycrystalline thin films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Gonzalez Gonzalez A ^a   Alonzo Medina, G M ^b   Oliva, A I ^b   Polop, C ^c   Sacedon J L ^a   Vasco, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 80455178898     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.155450     Document Type: Article

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