Stranski-Krastanov crystal-layer growth
Crecimiento de Stranski-Krastanov de capas cristalinas
- Date
- 1937-1938 · confidence high
- Place
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Credited to
- Ivan Stranski and Lyubomir Krastanov
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
They described the growth mode of a crystalline film on a substrate in which one or more complete layers first form, followed by three-dimensional islands. It is the basic mechanism behind semiconductor quantum dots.
The paper is from 1938 (Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien); the work was done in Sofia, where Stranski was a professor. With Kossel Stranski also formulated crystal-growth theory.
What it led to
- self-assembled quantum dots
- epitaxy of thin films and semiconductors