Editing Wetting layer (section)

A '''wetting layer''' is an monolayer of [[atom]]s that is [[Epitaxy|epitaxially]] grown on a flat surface. The atoms forming the wetting layer can be semimetallic elements/compounds or metallic alloys (for thin films). Wetting layers form when depositing a lattice-mismatched material on a crystalline substrate. This article refers to the wetting layer connected to the growth of self-assembled quantum dots (e.g. [[Indium arsenide|InAs]] on [[Gallium arsenide|GaAs]]). These [[quantum dots]] form on top of the wetting layer. The wetting layer can influence the states of the quantum dot for applications in [[quantum information]] processing and [[quantum computation]].