InAs/GaAs square nanomesas: Multimillion-atom molecular dynamics simulations on parallel computers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 6762-6773

  Su, Xiaotao ^a   Kalia, Rajiv K ^a   Nakano, Aiichiro ^a   Vashishta, Priya ^a   Madhukar, Anupam ^b  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARALLEL COMPUTERS; SURFACE ENERGIES; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0345329993     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1609049     Document Type: Article

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