Meanings
nounepifilm (plural epifilms)
plural epifilms
- An epitaxial film
The slow strain-relaxation process of in epitaxial Bi2Se3(221) can be attributed to the layered structure of Bi2Se3 crystal, where the epifilm grown along [221] is like a pile of weakly-coupled quintuple layer slabs stacked side-by-side on substrate.
2016, B. Li, W. G. Chen, X. Guo, W. K. Ho, X. Q. Dai, J. F. Jia, M. H. Xie, “Strain in Epitaxial High-Index Bi2Se3(221) Films Grown by Molecular-Beam Epitaxy”, in arXiv
Origin
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