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Stranski-Krastanov mechanism of growth and the effect of misfit sign on quantum dots nucleation
J. E. Prieto, I. Markov
The thermodynamics of the Stranski-Krastanov mode of epitaxial growth and the effect of the sign of the lattice misfit are discussed. The Stranski-Krastanov mode of growth represen…
Step energies and equilibrium shape of strained monolayer islands
J. E. Prieto, I. Markov
Using a simple atomistic model of anharmonic nearest-neighbors interaction, we have calculated the step energies of strained hexagonal monolayer islands. These have been found to d…
Second-layer nucleation in coherent Stranski-Krastanov growth of quantum dots
J. E. Prieto, I. Markov
We have studied the monolayer-bilayer transformation in the case of the coherent Stranski-Krastanov growth. We have found that the energy of formation of a second layer nucleus is…
Effect of the lattice misfit on the equilibrium shape of strained islands in Volmer-Weber growth
J. E. Prieto, I. Markov
We have studied the effect of the misfit on the equilibrium shape of three-dimensional pyramidal islands grown on a foreign substrate in the case of incomplete wetting (Volmer-Webe…
Forbidden island heights in stress-driven coherent Stranski-Krastanov growth
J. E. Prieto, I. Markov
The observed height distribution of clusters obtained in strained epitaxy has been often interpreted in terms of electronic effects. We show that some aspects can be explained clas…
Quantum-dot nucleation in strained-layer epitaxy: minimum-energy pathway in the stress-driven 2D-3D transformation
J. E. Prieto, I. Markov
The transformation of monolayer islands into bilayer islands as a first step of the overall two-dimensional to three-dimensional (2D-3D) transformation in the coherent Stranski-Kra…