Contribution of Ex-Situ and In-Situ X-ray Grazing Incidence Scattering Techniques to the Understanding of Quantum Dot Self-Assembly: A Review

Autor: Vishesh Saxena, Giuseppe Portale
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nanomaterials, Vol 10, Iss 11, p 2240 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2079-4991
DOI: 10.3390/nano10112240
Popis: Quantum dots are under intense research, given their amazing properties which favor their use in electronics, optoelectronics, energy, medicine and other important applications. For many of these technological applications, quantum dots are used in their ordered self-assembled form, called superlattice. Understanding the mechanism of formation of the superlattices is crucial to designing quantum dots devices with desired properties. Here we review some of the most important findings about the formation of such superlattices that have been derived using grazing incidence scattering techniques (grazing incidence small and wide angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS/GIWAXS)). Acquisition of these structural information is essential to developing some of the most important underlying theories in the field.
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