Interplay between evolving surface morphology, atomic-scale growth modes, and ordering during epitaxy
- 12 April 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 70 (15) , 2293-2296
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.70.2293
Abstract
Atomic-scale compositional ordering in alloys is directly linked to the formation of coherent islands during Stranski-Krastanow growth. The vicinal surfaces associated with nonequilibrium island shapes induce a bilayer step flow growth mode, and the ordering results from Ge segregation at kinks.
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