Stable and uniform arrays of self-assembled nanocrystalline islands

被引：40

作者：

Chiu, CH ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Mat Sci, Singapore 117543, Singapore

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2004年 / 69卷 / 16期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.69.165413

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

The stability of islands against coarsening during the self-assembly process of the Stranski-Krastanow systems was explored by an energy analysis and by numerical simulation for the morphological evolution of the islands dominated by surface diffusion. The results demonstrate that the Stranski-Krastanow systems can develop islands stable against coarsening when subject to a large film-substrate interaction and a large mismatch strain. The stable systems can be adopted to grow uniform and regular island arrays by adjusting the length scale in the island formation process and by introducing a regular pattern of small amplitude on the film surface.

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页码：165413 / 1

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