Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of shape transition of strained quantum dots

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Lam, Chi Hang ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSION; ACTIVATED PROCESS; ASYMPTOTIC SCALING; ELASTIC ENERGY; GROWTH CONDITIONS; INTERFACE ENERGY; ISLAND SIZE; KINETIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; LATTICE MODELS; MULTI STATE; QUANTUM DOT; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM; SHAPE TRANSITIONS; SI(1 0 0); STEP FORMATION;

DEPOSITION RATES; GERMANIUM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77957728548     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3483248     Document Type: Article

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