In semiconductor heteroepitaxy the growing film frequently undergoes a series of strain relief
mechanisms that may include surface reconstruction, step bunching, faceting, and finally …

Pulsed-laser deposition (PLD) is a powerful method to grow thin films and multilayers of
complex materials such as transition metal oxides. In this case, the most cited advantage of …

Nanotechnology, in combination with surface engineering focused on a fabrication of
various nanostructures and new materials, has recently attracted a vast amount of research …

From observations of self-assembly of Ge quantum dots directed by substrate morphology,
we propose the concept of control of ordering in heteroepitaxy by a local strain-mediated …

Surface pattering upon multi-pulse femtosecond laser ablation is modeled by a non-linear-
dynamic erosion/smoothing model, similar to structure formation during ion sputtering. The …

Besides surface chemistry, the surface roughness on the micrometer scale is known to
dominate the wetting behavior and the biocompatiblity properties of solid-state materials …

Germanium can form defect-free pyramidal islands on Si (100)-2× 1 with a height of 15nm
and a width of 60nm. Using chemical vapor deposition we have prepared substrates with …

In this single work to cover the use of plasma as nanofabrication tool in sufficient depth
internationally renowned authors with much experience in this important method of …

We investigate the morphological evolution of islands obtained by epitaxial growth of Ge on
Si (001) substrates. We are able to obtain highly uniform distributions of SiGe islands, which …

Low energy ion beam pattern formation on Si with simultaneous co-deposition of Ag, Pd, Pb,
Ir, Fe or C impurities was investigated by in situ scanning tunneling microscopy as well as ex …