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The equilibrium shape of InAs quantum dots grown on a GaAs(001) substrate

Eckhard Pehlke, Nikolaj Moll, Matthias Scheffler

mtrl-tharXiv:mtrl-th/9607012

Abstract

The equilibrium shape of strained InAs quantum dots grown epitaxially on a GaAs(001) substrate is derived as a function of volume. InAs surface energies are calculated within density-functional theory, and a continuum approach is applied for the elastic relaxation energies.

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