SELF-LIMITING GROWTH OF STRAINED FACETED ISLANDS

Authors
JESSON DE CHEN G CHEN KM PENNYCOOK SJ
Citation
De. Jesson et al., SELF-LIMITING GROWTH OF STRAINED FACETED ISLANDS, Physical review letters, 80(23), 1998, pp. 5156-5159
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
80
Issue
23
Year of publication
1998
Pages
5156 - 5159
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1998)80:23<5156:SGOSFI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We consider the growth of facets associated with coherently strained s emiconductor islands. Surprisingly, the island growth rate is found to rapidly self-limit, which has important consequences for island size distributions. A new explanation for the elongation of strained facete d islands is proposed as a natural consequence of facet growth kinetic s.