A review is given of theoretical concepts and experimental results on spontaneous formation
of periodically ordered nanometer-scale structures on crystal surfaces. Thermodynamic …

Many recent advances in microelectronics would not have been possible without the
development of strain induced nanodevices and bandgap engineering, in particular …

The energetics of an array of three-dimensional coherent strained islands on a lattice-
mismatched substrate is studied. The contribution of the edges of islands to the elastic …

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and its Application presents a unified view of the rapidly
growing field of STM, and its many derivatives. A thorough discussion of the various …

Elastic relaxation on facet edges, renormalization of the surface energy of the facets, and
interaction between islands via the strained substrate are the driving forces for self …

We describe the structure of silicon surfaces oriented between (001) and (111) as
determined by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and first-principles, total-energy …

A rough-thin-film system, deposited on silicone oil drop surfaces by a rf-magnetron
sputtering method, has been fabricated and its structure as well as IV characteristics have …

A stable high-index surface of silicon, Si (5 5 12), is described. This surface forms a 2× 1
reconstruction with one of the largest unit cells ever observed, 7.7 angstroms by 53.5 …

A vicinal surface of silicon is found that exhibits an atomically accurate step pattern with a
period of 5.73 nm, corresponding to 17 atomic rows per 111 terrace. It can be viewed as …

We have studied ultrathin films of transition and noble metals on Mo (111) and W (111)
using Auger spectroscopy, LEED, thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) and scanning …