Fast multiscale kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of three-dimensional self-assembled quantum dot islands

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Zhu, R ^a   Pan, E ^a   Chung, P W ^b  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 34347328201     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.205339     Document Type: Article

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