Phonons as probes in self-organized SiGe islands

J Groenen, R Carles, S Christiansen, M Albrecht… - Applied physics …, 1997 - pubs.aip.org
We show how optical phonons can be used as efficient probes in self-organized Si1xGex
islands grown on Si001. Both the alloy composition and residual strain in the islands were …

Disordered ultracold atomic gases in optical lattices: A case study of Fermi-Bose mixtures

V Ahufinger, L Sanchez-Palencia, A Kantian… - Physical Review A …, 2005 - APS
We present a review of properties of ultracold atomic Fermi-Bose mixtures in
inhomogeneous and random optical lattices. In the strong interacting limit and at very low …

NMR studies of localized water and protein backbone dynamics in mechanically strained elastin

C Sun, O Mitchell, J Huang… - The Journal of Physical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We report on measurements of the dynamics of localized waters of hydration and the protein
backbone of elastin, a remarkable resilient protein found in vertebrate tissues, as a function …

Strain distribution and optical phonons in InAs/InP self-assembled quantum dots

J Groenen, C Priester, R Carles - Physical Review B, 1999 - APS
The strain distribution in self-assembled InAs/InP (001) quantum dots is calculated, using an
atomistic valence force-field description. Two typical dot shapes are considered. Strain …

Phonons, strains, and pressure in semiconductors

E Anastassakis, M Cardona - Semiconductors and Semimetals, 1998 - Elsevier
The effect of strain on the electronic states of semiconductors was intensively investigated in
the 1950s and 1960s. The results obtained were highly instrumental in reaching our present …

Interface phonons in InAs and AlAs quantum dot structures

AG Milekhin, AI Toropov, AK Bakarov, DA Tenne… - Physical Review B …, 2004 - APS
We present an experimental study of In As∕ Al As (Ga As) periodical structures with InAs
and AlAs quantum dots by means of Raman spectroscopy. Experiments on the asymmetric …

[HTML][HTML] On the inverse temperature transition and development of an entropic elastomeric force of the elastin mimetic peptide [LGGVG] 3, 7

J Huang, C Sun, O Mitchell, N Ng, ZN Wang… - The Journal of …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
We report on a molecular dynamics simulation based study of the thermal and mechanical
properties of the elastin mimetic peptide [LGGVG] n (n= 3, 7). Our findings indicate that this …

Group-V intermixing in InAs∕ InP quantum dots

CK Chia, SJ Chua, S Tripathy, JR Dong - Applied Physics Letters, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
Postgrowth intermixing in In As∕ In P quantum dot (QD) structures have been investigated
by rapid thermal annealing and laser irradiation techniques. In both cases, room …

Investigation of indium distribution in InGaAs∕ GaAs quantum dot stacks using high-resolution x-ray diffraction and Raman scattering

YI Mazur, ZM Wang, GJ Salamo, VV Strelchuk… - Journal of Applied …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
Using high-resolution x-ray diffraction (HRXRD), Raman scattering, photoluminescence, and
atomic-force microcopy, we investigated In x Ga 1− x As∕ GaAs quantum dot (QD) stacks …

Raman scattering of InSb quantum dots grown on InP substrates

G Armelles, T Utzmeier, PA Postigo, F Briones… - Journal of applied …, 1997 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper we present the Raman scattering of self-assembled InSb dots grown on (001)
oriented InP substrates. The samples were grown by pulsed molecular beam epitaxy mode …