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Published July 21, 2008 | Published
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A study of the pair distribution function of self-organized Ge quantum dots

Abstract

We explore the use of the pair distribution function to study the self-organization process of Gequantum dots on both nanopatterned and nonpatterned oxidized Si(001) surfaces.Dots formation and ordering upon annealing of a Ge thin film are analyzed. The method we use is not limited to this case study. We show how it can be applied to determine short and long range self-ordering of nanostructures. We support our results by applying a software routine to simulate patterns of dots to finally spot the relevant physical aspects of Ge islands self-assembly.

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© 2008 American Institute of Physics. Received 21 May 2008; accepted 7 July 2008; published online 25 July 2008. The authors wish to gratefully thank Dr. Dario Del Moro for kindly sharing both his software and his expertise in the image analysis process. We also acknowledge the kind assistance of Dr. Ernesto Placidi for the AFM measurements and the insightful discussion that followed.

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