Self-assembly of quantum dots in a thin epitaxial film wetting an elastic substrate

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Levine, M S ^a   Golovin, A A ^a   Davis, S H ^a   Voorhees, P W ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34347352072     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.205312     Document Type: Article

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