Controlled heterogeneous nucleation and growth of germanium quantum dots on nanopatterned silicon dioxide and silicon nitride substrates

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3222-3226

  Chen, Kuan Hung ^a   Chien, Chung Yen ^a   Lai, Wei Ting ^a   George, Tom ^b   Scherer, Axel ^c   Li, Pei Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Zyomed Corporation   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION PROCESS; GE QUANTUM DOT; GERMANIUM QUANTUM DOTS; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; NANO PATTERN; NANOPATTERNING; OSTWALD RIPENING PROCESS; OXIDATION TEMPERATURE; SELF ASSEMBLY PROCESS; SIGE LAYERS;

GERMANIUM; NUCLEATION; OSTWALD RIPENING; OXIDATION; SILICA; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON OXIDES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 79960066919     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg200470f     Document Type: Article

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