Enhanced elastic interactions between conical quantum dots

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Gill, Simon P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; SIZE DETERMINATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; TRACTION (FRICTION);

ELASTIC ENERGIES; QUANTUM DOT SYSTEMS; SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; SURFACE TRACTIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33751078808     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2390651     Document Type: Article

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