Stress-induced surface instability of an
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Fuqian Yang
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Article
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2006
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The surface evolution of an elastic layer subjected to a far-field uniform tensile stress is analyzed by using a linear perturbation theory. The atomic transport mechanism controlling the surface evolution is the gradient of chemical potential associated with elastic strain energy and surface curvat