journal article·2026-02

Mechanism of CaSi2 Synthesis Under the Electron-Beam Irradiation During Molecular-Beam Epitaxy of CaF2 on Si(111)

Yuhan Wang, Aleksey V. Kacyuba, Gennadiy N. Kamaev, Aigul F. Zinovieva, Vladimir A. Zinovyev, Anatoly V. Dvurechenskii

Silicon· Volume 18· Issue 3-4
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