Lateral Alignment of Epitaxial Quantum Dots

Lateral Self-Alignment.- Physical Mechanisms of Self-Organized Formation of Quantum Dots.- Routes Toward Lateral Self-Organization of Quantum Dots: the Model System SiGe on Si(001).- Short-Range Lateral Ordering of GeSi Quantum Dots Due to Elastic Interactions.- Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Lateral Quantum-Dot Molecules Around Nanoholes.- Energetics and Kinetics of Self-Organized Structure Formation in Solution Growth - the SiGe/Si System.- Ge Quantum Dot Self-Alignment on Vicinal Substrates.- Lateral Arrangement of Ge Self-Assembled Quantum Dots on a Partially Relaxed SixGe1?x Buffer Layer.- Ordering of Wires and Self-Assembled Dots on Vicinal Si and GaAs (110) Cleavage Planes.- Stacking and Ordering in Self-Organized Quantum Dot Multilayer Structures.- Self-Organized Anisotropic Strain Engineering for Lateral Quantum Dot Ordering.- Towards Quantum Dot Crystals via Multilayer Stacking on Different Indexed Surfaces.- Forced Alignment.- One-, Two-, and Three-Dimensionally Ordered GeSi Islands Grown on Prepatterned Si (001) Substrates.- Ordered SiGe Island Arrays: Long Range Material Distribution and Possible Device Applications.- Nanoscale Lateral Control of Ge Quantum Dot Nucleation Sites on Si(001) Using Focused Ion Beam Implantation.- Ge Nanodroplets Self-Assembly on Focused Ion Beam Patterned Substrates.- Metallization and Oxidation Templating of Surfaces for Directed Island Assembly.- Site Control and Selective-Area Growth Techniques of In As Quantum Dots with High Density and High Uniformity.- In(Ga)As Quantum Dot Crystals on Patterned GaAs(001) Substrates.- Directed Arrangement of Ge Quantum Dots on Si Mesas by Selective Epitaxial Growth.- Directed Self-Assembly of Quantum Dots by Local-Chemical-Potential Control via Strain Engineering on PatternedSubstrates.- Structural and Luminescence Properties of Ordered Ge Islands on Patterned Substrates.- Formation of Si and Ge Nanostructures at Given Positions by Using Surface Microscopy and Ultrathin SiO2 Film

The author was awarded the Philip-Morris Research Award in 2002.