Alloying of self-organized semiconductor 3D islands

Journal of Experimental Nanoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-305

  Ratto, Fulvio ^a   Costantini, Giovanni ^b   Rastelli, Armando ^b   Schmidt, Oliver G ^b   Kern, Klaus ^b   Rosei, Federico ^a  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alloying; Ge Si; Heteroepitaxy; Intermixing; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846582193     PISSN: 17458080     EISSN: 17458099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17458080600977782     Document Type: Article

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