Effect of elastic strain energy on self-organized pattern formation

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 71-82

  Pan, E ^a   Zhu, R ^a   Chung, P W ^b  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

elastic strain energy; Green's function; kinetic Monte Carlo; quantum dot; self organization; strained semiconductor; Stranski Krastanov growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990374227     PISSN: 17403499     EISSN: 20413092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/174034905X47385     Document Type: Article

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