Modern Theory of Crystal Growth I

A.A. Chernov, H. Müller-Krumbhaar (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

VII, 148 Seiten

2014 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-68940-6 (ISBN)

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Our understanding of the basic processes of crystal growth has meanwhile reached the level of maturity at least in the phenomenological concepts. This concerns for example the growth of pure crystals from a low-density nutrient phase like vapor or dilute solution with various aspects of pattern formation like spiral and layer growth, facetting and roughening, and the stability of smooth macroscopic shapes, as well as basic mechanisms of impurity incorporation in melt growth of (in this sense) simple materials like silicon or organic model substances. In parallel the experimental techniques to quantitatively ana lyze the various growth mechanisms have also reached a high level of reproducibility and precision, giving reliable tests on theoretical predictions. These basic concepts and appli cations to experiments have been recently reviewed by one of us (A. A. C. ) in "Modern Crystallography III. Crystal Growth" (Springer Series on Solid State Sciences, 1983). It has to be emphasized, however, that for practical applications we are still unable to quantitatively calculate many important parameters like kinetic coefficients from first principles. For mixed systems such as complex oxides, solutions and systems with chemi cal reactions, our degree of understanding is even lower. As a few examples for present achievements we note that experiments with vapour and molecular beam condensation of alkali halides confirmed the qualitatively predicted mechanisms of screw dislocations and two-dimensional nucleation for layer-growth.

Structure of the Solid-Liquid Interface.- Melting and Solidification of Epitaxial Structures and Intergrowth Compounds.- Microscopic Theory of the Growth of Two-Component Crystals.- Statistics of Surfaces, Steps and Two-Dimensional Nuclei: A Macroscopic Approach.- Surface and Volume Diffusion Controlling Step Movement.- Author Index Volumes 1-9.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.8.2014
Reihe/Serie	Crystals
Zusatzinfo	VII, 148 p. 20 illus.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 244 mm
Gewicht	288 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Anorganische Chemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik
	Technik ► Maschinenbau
Schlagworte	Crystal • crystallography • Diffusion • Experiment • growth • Phase • Reactions • Silicon • stability
ISBN-10	3-642-68940-X / 364268940X
ISBN-13	978-3-642-68940-6 / 9783642689406
Zustand	Neuware