Four lectures on the physics of crystal growth

Joachim Krug

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2002, vol. 313, issue 1, 47-82

Abstract: Several aspects of the theory of epitaxial crystal growth from atomic or molecular beams are developed from the perspective of statistical physics. Lectures are devoted to the rate equation theory of two-dimensional nucleation and its limitations; the growth of multilayer wedding cakes in the presence of strong step edge barriers; the continuum theory of mound coarsening; and growth-induced step meandering on vicinal surfaces.

Keywords: Crystal growth; Nucleation; Pattern formation; Phase ordering; Surface instabilities; Surface diffusion; Vicinal surfaces (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01034-8

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