Title

Mechanism for spatial organization in quantum dot self-assembly

Authors

Da Gao, Michigan Technological University
Adam Kaczynski, Michigan Technological University
John A. Jaszczak, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-4-2005

Abstract

Inspired by experimental observations of spatially ordered growth hillocks on the (001) surfaces of natural graphite crystals, a mechanism for spatial organization in quantum dotself-assembly is proposed. The regular arrangement of steps from a screw dislocation-generated growth spiral provides the overall template for such ordering. An ordered array of quantum dots may be formed or nucleated from impurities driven to the step corners by diffusion and by their interactions with the spiral’s steps and kinks. Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of a solid-on-solid model supports the feasibility of such a mechanism.

Publisher's Statement

© 2005 American Institute of Physics. Publisher's version of record: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1896090

Publication Title

Applied Physics Letters

Recommended Citation

Gao, D., Kaczynski, A., & Jaszczak, J. A. (2005). Mechanism for spatial organization in quantum dot self-assembly. Applied Physics Letters, 86(13). http://doi.org/10.1063/1.1896090
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/physics-fp/31

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