Dependence of elastic strain field on the self-organized ordering of quantum dot superlattices

Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing: Mineral Metallurgy Materials (Eng Ed)

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 477-481

  Liu, Yumin ^a,b   Yu, Zhongyuan ^a   Huang, Yongzhen ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

elastic strain field; quantum dot; self organization; superlattice

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STRAIN;

CAPPING LAYER; ELASTIC STRAIN FIELD; ORDERING PHENOMENA; QUANTUM DOT SUPERLATTICES; SELF-ORGANIZATION; STRAIN ENERGY DENSITY;

SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 35648942134     PISSN: 10058850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1005-8850(07)60094-2     Document Type: Article

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