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1 | Liu, Feng | Theory of equilibrium shape of an anisotropically strained island: thermodynamic limits for growth of nanowires | Using continuum elastic theory, we show that strain anisotropy removes the shape instability existing for an isotropically strained island. An anistropically strained island has always an anisotropic shape, elongating along the less-strained direction and adopting a narrow width in the more-strain... | Strained islands; Equilibrium shape; Growth; Thermodynamic limits | 2004-11 |