date-created: '2008-04-09'
date-updated: '2026-01-08'
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title: 'Molecular beam epitaxy'
description: "Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) is a material fabrication process used to produce high-purity nano-scale materials. A material is grown through interactions between a substrate and one or more beams of atoms or molecules incident upon the substrate's surface. The beams are generated by sublimation of a solid source material. The entire process is performed under ultra high vacuum. MBE exhibits many advantages over similar thin film deposition processes, like vapour deposition."
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keywords: 'nano-scale materials, high-purity, Nanotechnology'
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