Spontaneous ordering of nanostructures on crystal surfaces

VA Shchukin, D Bimberg - Reviews of Modern Physics, 1999 - APS
A review is given of theoretical concepts and experimental results on spontaneous formation
of periodically ordered nanometer-scale structures on crystal surfaces. Thermodynamic …

Self-organization of nanostructures in semiconductor heteroepitaxy

C Teichert - Physics Reports, 2002 - Elsevier
In semiconductor heteroepitaxy the growing film frequently undergoes a series of strain relief
mechanisms that may include surface reconstruction, step bunching, faceting, and finally …

Fundamental processes in Si/Si and Ge/Si epitaxy studied by scanning tunneling microscopy during growth

B Voigtländer - Surface Science Reports, 2001 - Elsevier
Experimental results on the epitaxy of Si and Ge on Si (001) and Si (111) surfaces, which
are obtained by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) imaging during growth, are reviewed …

[BOOK][B] Epitaxy of nanostructures

V Shchukin, NN Ledentsov, D Bimberg - 2004 - books.google.com
The general trend in modern solid state physics and technology is to make things smaller.
The size of key elements in modern devices approaches the nanometer scale, for both …

Growth and self-organization of SiGe nanostructures

JN Aqua, I Berbezier, L Favre, T Frisch, A Ronda - Physics Reports, 2013 - Elsevier
Many recent advances in microelectronics would not have been possible without the
development of strain induced nanodevices and bandgap engineering, in particular …

Composition of InAs quantum dots on GaAs (001): Direct evidence for (In, Ga) As alloying

PB Joyce, TJ Krzyzewski, GR Bell, BA Joyce, TS Jones - Physical Review B, 1998 - APS
Scanning tunneling microscopy has been used to study the growth by molecular beam
epitaxy of InAs quantum dots (QD's) on GaAs (001), with specific emphasis on measuring …

Instabilities in crystal growth by atomic or molecular beams

P Politi, G Grenet, A Marty, A Ponchet, J Villain - Physics Reports, 2000 - Elsevier
When growing a crystal, a planar front is desired for most of the applications. This plane
shape is often destroyed by instabilities of various types. In the case of growth from a …

Effect of growth rate on the size, composition, and optical properties of InAs/GaAs quantum dots grown by molecular-beam epitaxy

PB Joyce, TJ Krzyzewski, GR Bell, TS Jones, S Malik… - Physical Review B, 2000 - APS
The effect of the InAs deposition rate on the properties of InAs/GaAs quantum dots (QD's)
grown on GaAs (001) substrates by molecular-beam epitaxy has been studied by scanning …

Influence of surface stress on the equilibrium shape of strained quantum dots

N Moll, M Scheffler, E Pehlke - Physical Review B, 1998 - APS
The equilibrium shapes of InAs quantum dots (ie, dislocation-free, strained islands with
sizes>~ 10 000 atoms) grown on a GaAs (001) substrate are studied using a hybrid …

[BOOK][B] Materials and Their Applications

IHCIIVI Semiconductor - 2002 - api.taylorfrancis.com
II-VI Semiconductor Materials and Their Applications Page 1 Page 2 II-VI Semiconductor
Materials and Their Applications Page 3 Optoelectronic Properties of Semiconductors and …