Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of strained heteroepitaxial growth with intermixing
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Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of Strained Heteroepitaxial Growth with Intermixing
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عنوان ژورنال: Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0935-1175,1432-0959
DOI: 10.1007/s00161-009-0118-0