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Self-Organized Quantum Dots for Memories

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The following chapter gives an overview of the fundamentals of this work. At first, semiconductor heterostructures are described, building the basis for MODFETs and quantum dots. An overview of the most common semiconductor memories used today, including their advantages and disadvantages, leads the way to the concept of a quantum dot-based memory device which is described at the end of this chapter.

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Nowozin, T. (2014). Fundamentals. In: Self-Organized Quantum Dots for Memories. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01970-3_2

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