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epitaxy

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ep·i·tax·y  (p-tks)
n. pl. ep·i·tax·ies
The growth of the crystals of one mineral on the crystal face of another mineral, such that the crystalline substrates of both minerals have the same structural orientation.
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Noun1.epitaxy - growing a crystal layer of one mineral on the crystal base of another mineral in such a manner that its crystalline orientation is the same as that of the substrate
growing - (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state


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The group has employed molecular beam epitaxy to create first a quantum dot structure made of InAs (indiaum arsenide)/GaAs (gallium arsenide) and then a metal mask with a 0.
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A low density of InGaAs quantum dots (QDs), semiconductor nanostructures with 10 nm to 20 nm dimensions, is grown on GaAs by molecular beam epitaxy.
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