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A Kinetic Model for the Strain Relaxation in Heteroepitaxial Thin Film Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2011

Y.W. Zhang ,
T.C. Wang  and
S.J. Chua
Y.W. Zhang
Affiliation:
Institute of Materials Research and EngineeringNational University of Singapore, Singapore, 117602.
T.C. Wang
Affiliation:
LNM, Institute of Mechanics, CAS, P.R. China, 10080.
S.J. Chua
Affiliation:
Institute of Materials Research and EngineeringNational University of Singapore, Singapore, 117602.
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Abstract

A kinetic model is presented to simulate the strain relaxation in the GexSi1−x/Si(100) systems. In the model, the nucleation, propagation and annihilation of threading dislocations, the interaction between threading dislocations and misfit dislocations, and surface roughness are taken into account. The model reproduces a wide range of experimental results. The implications of its predictions on the threading dislocation reduction during the growth processes of the heteoepitaxial thin film systems are discussed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 673: Symposium P – Dislocations and Deformation Mechanisms in Thin Films and Small Structures , 2001 , P51.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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