A review is given of theoretical concepts and experimental results on spontaneous formation
of periodically ordered nanometer-scale structures on crystal surfaces. Thermodynamic …

▪ Abstract Highly strained semiconductors grow epitaxially on mismatched substrates in the
Stranski-Krastanow growth mode, wherein islands are formed after a few monolayers of …

Quantum Dot Heterostructures Dieter Bimberg, Marius Grundmann and Nikolai N.
Ledentsov Institute of Solid State Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany Quantum …

Nucleation theory provides a powerful tool for growth modeling of a variety of objects: from
liquid droplets to thin solid films and biological structures. Theoretical approaches based on …

This book presents an overview of the current understanding of the physics of zero-
dimensional semiconductors. It concentrates mainly on quantum dots of wide-gap …

Nanoscale science and technology is a young and burgeoning field that encompasses
nearly every discipline of science and engineering. With rapid advances in areas such as …

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 …

The electronic structure of lens-shaped self-assembled quantum dots is studied as a
function of the dot size, the confining potential, and the magnetic field. The parabolic …

We report the formation of self‐assembling CdSe quantum dots during molecular beam
epitaxial growth on ZnSe and ZnMnSe. Atomic force microscopy measurements on …

Strained epitaxy has been shown to produce pyramidal-shaped quantum dot structures by
single-step epitaxy. In this paper we examine the strain tensor in these quantum dots using a …