Step-driven lateral segregation and long-range ordering during epitaxial growth
- 30 March 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 68 (13) , 2062-2065
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.68.2062
Abstract
Lateral segregation occurring at advancing steps is identified as the origin of a new long-range-ordered phase in alloys, which has been imaged directly. The segregation occurs at monolayer-height type- steps under island growth conditions and is strongly dependent on growth kinetics.
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