The harmonic interactions assumed in the Frank-van der Merwe model are replaced by Toda and Morse potentials in order to study the effect of anharmonicity on the equilibrium properties of thin epitaxial films. The extended model predicts the following. 1. (i) The misfit stability limits for pseu...
On the Si(111)-(7 x 7) surface Ph grows in the Stranski-Krastanov mode, on the Si(111)-(root3 x root3)R30 degrees -Au and on the Si(111)-(6 x 6)-Au surface in the quasi-Frank-van der Merwe (layer-by-layer) mode. On the Si(111)-(root3 x root3)R30 degrees -Ag ...
Heteroepitaxial growth of 2% lattice-mismatched EuTe on PbTe(111) by molecular beam epitaxy is investigated in the two-dimensional layer-by-layer growth regime (Frank van der Merwe growth mode) combining scanning tunnelling microscopy and in-situ reflection high-energy electron diffraction. The ...
Comprehensive overview on elastic strain relaxation mechanisms in nitride heterostructures: Stranski-Krastanow versus Frank-Van der Merwe growth modeIII-V semiconductorsmolecular, atomic, ion, and chemical beam epitaxyBoth plastic and elastic strain relaxation of GaN ...