Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of heteroepitaxial growth: Wetting layers, quantum dots, capping, and nanorings

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Schulze, T P ^a,b   Smereka, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84871730717     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.235313     Document Type: Article

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