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Atomistic Aspects of Epitaxial Growth

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (NAII, volume 65)

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Table of contents (46 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Adatom, Vacancy, and Dimer Diffusion

    1. Experimental Study of Surface Diffusion in Metal Overlayers on Anisotropic Metal Surfaces

      • A. T. Loburets, N. B. Senenko, Yu. S. Vedula, A. G. Naumovets
      Pages 1-18
    2. Ab Initio Modeling of Free Energy Profiles in Thermally Activated Processes

      • I. Å tich, M. Hytha, J. D. Gale, K. Terakura, M. C. Payne
      Pages 19-29
    3. Vibrational and Structural Properties of the Nb (001) Surface With and Without a Nb Adatom by Tight-Binding Molecular Dynamics

      • Ch. E. Lekka, G. A. Evangelakis, N. I. Papanicolaou, D. A. Papaconstantopoulos
      Pages 43-49
    4. Adatoms and Vacancies on A3B(001) Surfaces

      • Ch. E. Lekka, G. A. Evangelakis
      Pages 51-61
    5. Long-Time-Scale Simulations of Al(100) Crystal Growth

      • Graeme Henkelman, Hannes Jónsson
      Pages 63-74
    6. Diffusion of Dimers on Silicon and Germanium (001) Surfaces

      • H. J. W. Zandvliet, E. Zoethout, B. Poelsema
      Pages 75-85
  3. Island Nucleation and Multilayer Growth

    1. Island Nucleation in Metal Thin-Film Growth

      • Kristen A. Fichthorn, Michael L. Merrick, Rossitza Pentcheva, Matthias Scheffler
      Pages 87-97
    2. Island Statistics Reflecting Growth Processes

      • P. A. Mulheran
      Pages 111-120
    3. Growth of an Anisotropic Surface: The Case of Ag/Ag(110)

      • C. Mottet, R. Ferrando, F. Hontinfinde, A. Videcoq
      Pages 121-127
    4. Irreversible Nucleation in Multilayer Growth

      • Paolo Politi, Glaudio Castellano
      Pages 135-144
    5. Steering Epitaxial Growth

      • Bene Poelsema, Sebastiaan van Dijken
      Pages 165-184
    6. Coarsening Mechanisms in Surface Morphological Evolution

      • Thomas Michely, Matthias Kalff, George Comsa, Matthias Strobel, Karl-Heinz Heinig
      Pages 185-196
  4. Vicinal and Patterned Substrates

    1. Growth and Ion Erosion: Two Methods for Patterning Surfaces

      • F. Buatier De Mongeot, C. Boragno, U. Valbusa
      Pages 221-241

About this book

Epitaxial growth lies at the heart of a wide range of industrial and technological applications. Recent breakthroughs, experimental and theoretical, allow actual atom-by-atom manipulation and an understanding of such processes, opening up a totally new area of unprecedented nanostructuring.

The contributions to Atomistic Aspects of Epitaxial Growth are divided into five main sections, taking the reader from the atomistic details of surface diffusion to the macroscopic description of epitaxial systems. many of the papers contain substantial background material on theoretical and experimental methods, making the book suitable for both graduate students as a supplementary text in a course on epitaxial phenomena, and for professionals in the field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

    Miroslav Kotrla

  • Physics Department, Solid State Division, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

    Nicolas I. Papanicolaou

  • The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, UK

    Dimitri D. Vvedensky

  • Department of Physics, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

    Luc T. Wille

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