Overview
- Many comparative representations (tables) of scanning tunneling microscope topographs, which give a very intuitive access to the problems
- Clear and simple style
- Ideal as an introduction to the new microscopic world opened by scanning tunneling microscopy for a broader readership (students, interested laymen)
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Surface Sciences (SSSUR, volume 42)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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About this book
Crystal growth far from thermodynamic equilibrium is nothing but homoepitaxy - thin film growth on a crystalline substrate of the same material. Because of the absence of misfit effects, homoepitaxy is an ideal playground to study growth kinetics in its pure form. Despite its conceptual simplicity, homoepitaxy gives rise to a wide range of patterns. This book explains the formation of such patterns in terms of elementary atomic processes, using the well-studied Pt/Pt(111) system as a reference point and a large number of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy images for visualization. Topics include surface diffusion, nucleation theory, island shapes, mound formation and coarsening, and layer-by-layer growth. A separate chapter is dedicated to describing the main experimental and theoretical methods. The text is aimed at physicists with an interest in growth kinetics, surface scientists, graduate students, and practitioners of thin film deposition.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Islands, Mounds and Atoms
Authors: Thomas Michely, Joachim Krug
Series Title: Springer Series in Surface Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18672-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-40728-7Published: 10 October 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-62237-3Published: 21 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-18672-1Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0931-5195
Series E-ISSN: 2198-4743
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 315
Topics: Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Crystallography and Scattering Methods, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Physical Chemistry