Crystal Growth in Science and Technology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. A Theoretical Crystal Grower’s View of Phase Equilibria

   • R. Ghez

   Pages 1-26

3. Nucleation

   • Boyan Mutaftschiev

   Pages 27-48

4. Basic Mechanisms of Crystal Growth

   • D. Aquilano

   Pages 49-67

5. Fundamentals of Melt Growth

   • J. J. Favier, D. Camel

   Pages 69-105

6. Fundamentals of Crystal Growth from Vapors

   • Franz Rosenberger

   Pages 107-118

7. Fundamentals of Solution Growth

   • William R. Wilcox

   Pages 119-132

8. Fundamentals of Flux Growth

   • Dennis Elwell

   Pages 133-142

9. Fundamentals of Epitaxy

   • R. Kern

   Pages 143-165

10. Fundamentals Of Dendritic Growth

    • M. E. Glicksman

    Pages 167-183

11. Twinning in Crystals

    • B. Březina, J. Fousek

    Pages 185-195

12. Polytypism and Crystal Growth of Inorganic Crystals

    • Alain Baronnet

    Pages 197-204

13. Crystal Growth from Transparent Solution - Two Methods to Study Crystal Growth and Hydrodynamics of the Solution at a Time

    • F. Bedarida

    Pages 205-215

14. Industrial Crystallization

    • R. J. Davey

    Pages 217-224

15. Crystal Growth and Crystal Chemistry

    • H. Arend

    Pages 225-230

16. Crystal Growth in Solid State Physics

    • E. Kaldis

    Pages 231-238

17. Crystallization of Proteins and Other Biological Molecules

    • Charles E. Bugg

    Pages 239-251

18. Crystal Growth and Geosciences

    • Ichiro Sunagawa

    Pages 253-266

19. Crystal Growth and the Properties of Polymers

    • D. C. Bassett

    Pages 267-273

20. Growth of Shaped Crystals

    • R. S. Feigelson

    Pages 275-302

Science and art of crystal growth represent an interdisciplinary activity based on fundamental principles of physics, chemistry and crystallography. Crystal growth has contributed over the years essentially to a widening of knowledge in its basic disciplines and has penetrated practically into all fields of experimental natural sciences. It has acted, more over, in a steadily increasing manner as a link between science and technology as can be seen best, for example, from the achievements in modern microelectronics. The aim of the course "Crystal Growth in Science and Technology" being to stress the interdisciplinary character of the subject, selected fundamental principles are reviewed in the following contributions and cross links between basic and applied aspects are illustrated. It is a very well-known fact that the intensive development of crystal growth has led to a progressive narrowing of interests in highly specialized directions which is in particular harmful to young research scientists. The organizers of the course did sincerely hope that the program would help to broaden up the horizon of the participants. It was equally their wish to contribute within the traditional spirit of the school of crystallography in Erice to the promotion of mutual understanding, personal friendship and future collaboration between all those who were present at the school.

• Epitaxy
• Helium-Atom-Streuung
• Metall
• Natur
• crystal
• crystallography
• liquid
• natural science
• polymer
• polymers
• semiconductors
• technology

• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland

  H. Arend, J. Hulliger

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