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Publication
Applied Physics Letters
Paper
Lateral control of self-assembled island nucleation by focused-ion-beam micropatterning
Abstract
The focused-ion-beam micropatterning was used for the lateral control of self-assembled Ge islands on Si(001). The selective growth was achieved without modifying the initial surface topography at low doses of 6000 Ga+ ions per <100 nm spot. The topographic effects produced by sputtering and redeposition controlled the selective nucleation sites at larger doses.