An Unusual Mechanism of Misfit Stress Relaxation in Thin Nanofilms

Autor: S. A. Teys, E. M. Trukhanov
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Technical Physics Letters. 45:1144-1147
ISSN: 1090-6533
1063-7850
DOI: 10.1134/s1063785019110282
Popis: A new mechanism of misfit stress relaxation in nanofilms with variable density of surface phases is established. This phenomenon is ensured by ordered mass transfer of atoms from the strained atomic layer. The 7 × 7 → 5 × 5 phase transition in a Ge film on Si(111) substrate involves partial compensation of compressive stresses in the interface between volume (bulk) crystal and superstructure by means of tensile straining of loose layers of the surface phase.
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