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Thickness-dependent surface energy and formation of epitaxial quantum dots

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العنوان: Thickness-dependent surface energy and formation of epitaxial quantum dots
المؤلفون: Kirill A Lozovoy, Ying Zhou, Roger Smith, Adam Lloyd, Andrey P Kokhanenko, Vladimir V Dirko, Nataliya Yu Akimenko, Denis V Grigoryev, Alexander V Voitsekhovskii
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: Loughborough University: Figshare
مصطلحات موضوعية: Uncategorized, Two-dimensional materials, Quantum dots, Molecular beam epitaxy, Stranski-Krastanow growth mechanism, Science & Technology, Technology, Physical Sciences, Materials Science, Multidisciplinary, Coatings & Films, Physics, Applied, Condensed Matter, STRESS-DRIVEN NUCLEATION, STRANSKI-KRASTANOW, ELASTIC RELAXATION, COHERENT ISLANDS, GE, GROWTH, NANOSTRUCTURES, MORPHOLOGY, SI(100), SI(111), Applied Physics, Engineering
الوصف: © 2020 Elsevier B.V. Numerous theoretical and experimental studies show that during epitaxial growth according to the Stranski-Krastanow mechanism in systems mismatched by the lattice constant, the change in the surface energy of the system during nucleation and further growth of quantum dots, plays the most important role. In particular, this factor determines the equilibrium and critical thicknesses of the transition from two-dimensional to three-dimensional growth, and also affects other kinetic characteristics of the ensemble of nanoclusters, including the nucleation rate, surface density, and average size of the islands. Recent theoretical studies have made it possible to determine that the surface energy in this process depends on the thickness of the material deposited on the substrate. In this paper, we construct a kinetic model of the formation and coherent growth of two-dimensional layers and quantum dots in mismatched epitaxial systems, taking into account the dependence of the specific surface energies on the thickness of the deposited material. In this approximation, we calculate the basic parameters of the formed array of nanoislands. Experimental studies were also carried out on the growth of two-dimensional layers and quantum dots of germanium on the silicon (100) surface. The results of experimental investigations confirm the proposed theoretical model.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
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Relation: 2134/13222025.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Thickness-dependent_surface_energy_and_formation_of_epitaxial_quantum_dots/13222025
الاتاحة: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Thickness-dependent_surface_energy_and_formation_of_epitaxial_quantum_dots/13222025
Rights: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.84F63D4B
قاعدة البيانات: BASE