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Quantum Dots: Fundamentals, Applications, and Frontiers

Proceedings of the NATO ARW on Quantum Dots: Fundamentals, Applications and Frontiers, Crete, Greece 20 - 24 July 2003

  • Breadth of coverage, from growth fundamentals to applications
  • Depth of coverage, with sections on atomistic growth fundamentals, self-organization, characterization, electronic and optical properties
  • Both comprehensive reviews and focused research papers
  • Balance of theoretical and experimental papers

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (NAII, volume 190)

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Table of contents (25 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Atomistic Processes during Quantum Dot Formation

    1. Quantum Dots in the InAs/GaAs System

      • Bruce A. Joyce, Dimitri D. Vvedensky
      Pages 1-26
    2. First-Principles Study of InAs/GaAs(001) Heteroepitaxy

      • Evgeni Penev, Peter Kratzer
      Pages 27-42
    3. Diffusion, Nucleation and Growth on Metal Surfaces

      • Ofer Biham, Itay Furman, Hanoch Mehl, John F. Wendelken
      Pages 55-70
  3. The Stranski-Krastanov Transition

    1. The Mechanism of the Stranski-Krastanov Transition

      • A. G. Cullis, D. J. Norris, T. Walther, M. A. Migliorato, M. Hopkinson
      Pages 71-88
    2. Off-Lattice KMC Simulations of Stranski-Krastanov-Like Growth

      • Michael Biehl, Florian Much
      Pages 89-102
    3. Kinetic Modelling of Strained Films: Effects of Wetting and Facetting

      • Daniel Kandel, Helen R. Eisenberg
      Pages 121-134
    4. Ge/Si Nanostructures with Quantum Dots Grown by Ion-Beam-Assisted Heteroepitaxy

      • A. V. Dvurechenskii, J. V. Smagina, V. A. Armbrister, V. A. Zinovyev, P. L. Novikov, S. A. Teys et al.
      Pages 135-144
  4. Self-Assembly of Quantum Dot Arrays

    1. Some Thermodynamic Aspects of Self-Assembly of Quantum Dot Arrays

      • José Emilio Prieto, Ivan Markov
      Pages 157-172
  5. Structure and Composition of Quantum Dots

    1. X-Ray Scattering Methods for the Study of Epitaxial Self-Assembled Quantum Dots

      • J. Stangl, T. Schülli, A. Hesse, G. Bauer, V. Holý
      Pages 183-207
    2. Carbon-Induced Ge Dots On Si(100): Interplay of Strain and Chemical Effects

      • G. Hadjisavvas, Ph. Sonnet, P. C. Kelires
      Pages 209-220
  6. Electrons and Holes in Quantum Dots

    1. Quantum Dot Molecules and Chains

      • W. Jaskólski, M. Zieliński, A. Stróżecka, Garnett W. Bryant, J. Aizpurua
      Pages 257-268
    2. Collective Properties of Electrons and Holes in Coupled Quantum Dots

      • Guido Goldoni, Filippo Troiani, Massimo Rontani, Devis Bellucci, Elisa Molinari, Ulrich Hohenester
      Pages 269-283
    3. Phase Transitions in Wigner Molecules

      • J. Adamowski, B. Szafran, S. Bednarek
      Pages 285-299

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, UK

    Bruce A. Joyce, Dimitri D. Vvedensky

  • Physics Department, University of Crete, Heraclion, Crete, Greece

    Pantelis C. Kelires

  • Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Heraclion, Crete, Greece

    Pantelis C. Kelires

  • Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

    Anton G. Naumovets

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