Growth kinetics in a strained crystal film on a wavy patterned substrate

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Xu, X ^a,b   Aqua, J N ^a,b   Frisch, T ^c,d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TIME; CONTINUUM DESCRIPTION; CRYSTAL FILMS; FILM SURFACES; FUNCTION OF TIME; GROWTH DYNAMICS; IN-PHASE; KINETIC PHASE DIAGRAM; LINEAR ORDER; MECHANICAL EQUILIBRIUM; MODULATION AMPLITUDES; MORPHOLOGICAL INSTABILITY; OUT OF PHASE; PATTERNED SUBSTRATES; STRAINED FILMS;

ELASTICITY; GROWTH KINETICS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SUBSTRATES; SUPERALLOYS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

FILM GROWTH;

EID: 84862956093     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/4/045002     Document Type: Article

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