Quantum dots stack into a 3-D array
When stacked on top of one another, tiny semiconductor dots arrange themselves into a lattice resembling the atomic structure of many materials.
References:
Springholz, G., et al. 1998. Self-organized growth of 3D quantum dot crystals with FCC-like stacking and tunable lattice constant. Meeting of the Materials Research Society. November. Boston.
Further Readings:
Peterson, I. 1998. Electrons in boxes. Science News 153(April 11):236.
Sources:
Gunther Springholz
Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Institute for Halbleiterphysik
Altenbergerstr. 69
A-4040 Linz
Austria
From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 24, December 12,
1998, p. 383.
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