From bell shapes to pyramids: A reduced continuum model for self-assembled quantum dot growth

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 239, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 465-474

  Korzec, M D ^a   Evans, P L ^b  

^a WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropic surface energy; Coarsening; Linear stability analysis; Self assembly of quantum dots; Small slope approximation; Stationary solutions

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COARSENING; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FILM GROWTH; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; NANOCRYSTALS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SLOPE STABILITY; WETTING;

ANISOTROPIC SURFACE ENERGY; ANISOTROPY STRENGTHS; COARSENING BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; SELF ASSEMBLED QUANTUM DOTS; SMALL SLOPE APPROXIMATION; SPECTRAL DIFFERENTIATION; STATIONARY SOLUTIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 76349125562     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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