Ordered quantum-ring chains grown on a quantum-dot superlattice template

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Wu, Jiang ^a,b   Wang, Zhiming M ^a,b   Holmes, Kyland ^b   Marega Jr , Euclydes ^b   Mazur, Yuriy I ^b   Salamo, Gregory J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Molecular beam epitaxy; Ordering; Photoluminescence; Quantum ring

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM ARSENIDE; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MOLECULAR BEAMS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORINGS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS;

INAS QUANTUM DOTS; LATERAL ORDERING; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; ORDERING; QUANTUM DOT LAYERS; QUANTUM DOT SUPERLATTICES; QUANTUM RING; STRAIN FIELDS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; NANOFABRICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84861746830     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-0919-0     Document Type: Article

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