Kinetic size selection mechanisms in heteroepitaxial quantum dot molecules

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Gray, J L ^a   Singh, N ^a   Elzey, D M ^a   Hull, R ^a   Floro, J A ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; AUTOMATA THEORY; DEPOSITION; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; STABILIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS; TOPOLOGY;

ELASTIC ENERGY; ELECTRON BEAM EVAPORATION (EBE); FILM THICKNESS; QUANTUM DOT MOLECULES (QDM);

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 2342458869     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.135504     Document Type: Article

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