Preface
List of Contributors
1 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Quantum Dot Growth
Vitaly Shchukin, Eckehard Schdll and Peter Kratzer
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Length and Time Scales
1.1.2 Multiscale Approach to the Modeling of
Nanostructures
1.2 Atomistic Aspects of Growth
1.2.1 Diffusion of Ga Atoms on GaAs001
1.2.2 Energetics of As2 Incorporation During Growth
1.2.3 Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of GaAs
Homoepitaxy
1.2.4 Wetting Layer Evolution
1.3 Size and Shapes of Individual Quantum Dots
1.3.1 Hybrid Approach to Calculation of the Equilibrium
Shape of Individual Quantum Dots
1.3.2 Role of High-Index Facets in the Shape of Quantum
Dots
1.3.3 Shape Transition During Quantum Dot Growth
1.3.4 Constraint Equilibrium of Quantum Dots with a
Wetting Layer ..
1.4 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Quantum Dot Ensembles
1.4.1 Equilibrium Volume of Strained Islands versus
Ostwald Ripening
1.4.2 Crossover from Kinetically Controlled to
Thermodynamically Controlled Growth of Quantum Dots
1.4.3 Tunable Metastability of Quantum Dot Arrays
1.4.4 Evolution Mechanisms in Dense Arrays of Elastically
Interacting Quantum Dots
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