eLearning

Lowell Pritchard Jr.,
Carl Folke,
and Lance Gunderson
INTRODUCTION
As long as we are forced to make choices, we are
doing valuation. But different approaches to valua-
tion are based on qualitatively different assump-
tions. For example, the economics approach to
valuation is based on the ethical principle of con-
sumer sovereignty, and it privileges the kinds of
decisions individuals make in the marketplace. We
accept the economics approach as a useful partial
approach to decision making in relation to ecosys-
temservices if one is interested in what people think
about and want from services; if one believes that
human preferences are the basis for the value of
services; if one accepts the assumption that adding
individual …

Y. CORDIER,
1,3 P. MISKA,
1 and D. FERRE2
1.—Institut d’Electronique et de Microélectronique du Nord, U.M.R.-C.N.R.S 8520,
Avenue Poincaré, Université de Lille 1, BP 69, 59652 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France.
2.—Laboratoire Structure et Propriétés de l’Etat Solide, URA 234, Université de Lille 1,
59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France. 3.—e-mail: yvon.cordier@iemn.univ-lille1.fr
InAs islands self-assembled on InAlAs layers lattice mismatched on GaAs
substrates have been grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Both pseudomorphic
and metamorphic InAlAs buffer layers were used as a template to investigate the
effects of strain relaxation on the formation of the islands. The effect of alloy
composition in the metamorphic templates is shown on the density and the shape
of …

X Z Shang1,3
,SDWu2
, C Liu1
,WXWang2
, LWGuo2
, Q Huang2
and J M Zhou2
1
School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, People’s
Republic of China
2
State Key Laboratory for Surface Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100080, People’s Republic of China
E-mail: xunzhong@acc-lab.whu.edu.cn
Received 8 December 2005
Published 20 April 2006
Online at stacks.iop.org/JPhysD/39/1800
Abstract
Low-temperature step-graded InAlAs metamorphic buffer layers on GaAs
substrate grown by molecular beam epitaxy were investigated. The strain
relaxation and the composition of the top InAlAs layer were determined by
high-resolution triple-axis x-ray diffraction measurements, which show that
the top InAlAs layer is nearly fully relaxed. Surface morphology was
observed by reflection high-energy electron diffraction pattern and …

Cheng Cen,
Stefan Thiel,
Jochen Mannhart,
Jeremy Levy
Electronic confinement at nanoscale dimensions remains a central means of science and
technology. We demonstrate nanoscale lateral confinement of a quasi–two-dimensional electron
gas at a lanthanum aluminate–strontium titanate interface. Control of this confinement using an
atomic force microscope lithography technique enabled us to create tunnel junctions and field-effect
transistors with characteristic dimensions as small as 2 nanometers. These electronic devices can be
modified or erased without the need for complex lithographic procedures. Our on-demand
nanoelectronics fabrication platform has the potential for widespread technological application.

Abstract With this paper we present a first attempt to
combine the direct results on lithology, composition
and age dating in the boreholes BDP-93, BDP-96 and
BDP-97 with geological and seismic data from the areas
where those sections were drilled. The sedimentary
environments represented by the BDP boreholes are
markedly different and possess characteristic litholog-
ical features. The results of the deep drilling provide
the essential means for testing …

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