"epifilm" meaning in English

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          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "An epitaxial film"
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          "text": "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.",
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