Interplay between thermodynamics and kinetics in the capping of InAs/GaAs(001) quantum dots

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Costantini, G ^a   Rastelli, A ^a   Manzano, C ^a,b   Acosta Diaz, P ^a   Songmuang, R ^a   Katsaros, G ^a   Schmidt, O G ^a   Kern, K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; KINETIC THEORY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SHRINKAGE; THERMODYNAMICS;

DOT SHRINKING; ENERGETIC MINIMIZATION; ISLAND MORPHOLOGIES; LATTICE MISMATCH; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33745048348     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.226106     Document Type: Article

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