Strong phase separation of strained InxGa1-xN layers due to spinodal and binodal decomposition: Formation of stable quantum dots

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Tessarek, C ^a   Figge, S ^a   Aschenbrenner, T ^a   Bley, S ^a   Rosenauer, A ^a   Seyfried, M ^a   Kalden, J ^a   Sebald, K ^a   Gutowski, J ^a   Hommel, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 79961044225     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.115316     Document Type: Article

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