Quantum Dots: Fundamentals, Applications, and Frontiers Book

	Quantum dots in the InAs/GaAs system : an overview of their formation	1
	First-principles study of InAs/GaAs(001) heteroepitaxy	27
	Formation of two-dimensional Si/Ge nanostructures observed by STM	43
	Diffusion, nucleation and growth on metal surfaces	55
	The mechanism of the Stranski-Krastanov transition	71
	Off-lattice KMC simulations of Stranski-Krastanov-like growth	89
	Temperature regimes of strain-induced InAs quantum dot formation	103
	Kinetic modelling of strained films : effects of wetting and facetting	121
	Ge/Si nanostructures with quantum dots grown by ion-beam-assisted heteroepitaxy	135
	Lateral organization of quantum dots on a patterned substrate	145
	Some thermodynamic aspects of self-assembly of quantum dot arrays	157
	The search for materials with self-assembling properties : the case of Si-based nanostructures	173
	X-ray scattering methods for the study of epitaxial self-assembled quantum dots	183
	Carbon-induced Ge dots on Si(100) : interplay of strain and chemical effects	209
	Growth information carried by reflection high-energy electron diffraction	221
	Efficient calculation of electron states in self-assembled quantum dots : application to Auger relaxation	239
	Quantum dot molecules and chains	257
	Collective properties of electrons and holes in coupled quantum dots	269
	Phase transitions in Wigner molecules	285
	Fast control of quantum states in quantum dots : limits due to decoherence	301
	Real space Ab Initio calculations of excitation energies in small silicon quantum dots	317
	Ge-Si/Si(001) structures with self-assembled islands : growth and optical properties
	Quantum dots in high electric fields : field and photofield emission from Ge nanoclusters on Si(100)	353
	Optical emission behavior of Si quantum dots	369
	Strain-driven phenomena upon overgrowth of quantum dots : activated spinodal decomposition and defect reduction	377