From Bell shapes to pyramids: a reduced continuum model for self-assembled quantum dot growth

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2010.01.014MaRDI QIDQ964907zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors P. L. Evans, M. D. Korzec

Publication date 21 April 2010

Published in Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2010.01.014

zbMATH Keywords

anisotropic surface energycoarseninglinear stability analysisself-assembly of quantum dotssmall slope approximationstationary solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thin films (74K35) Quantum dots, waveguides, ratchets, etc. (81Q37) Statistical mechanics of solids (82D20)

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