Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 867 g
Reihe: Collection Alea-Saclay: Monographs and Texts in Statistical Physics
Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 867 g
Reihe: Collection Alea-Saclay: Monographs and Texts in Statistical Physics
ISBN: 978-0-521-55198-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
This 1998 study introduces the physical principles of how and why crystals grow. The first three chapters recall the fundamental properties of crystal surfaces at equilibrium. The next six chapters describe simple models and basic concepts of crystal growth including diffusion, thermal smoothing of a surface, and applications to semiconductors. Following chapters examine more complex topics such as kinetic roughness, growth instabilities, and elastic effects. A brief closing chapter looks back at the crucial contributions of crystal growth in electronics during the twentieth century. The book focuses on growth using molecular beam epitaxy. Throughout, the emphasis is on the role played by statistical physics. Informative appendices, interesting exercises and an extensive bibliography reinforce the text.
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Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Physik der Zustandsübergänge
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Oberflächen- und Grenzflächenphysik, Dünne Schichten
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie Chemische Kristallographie
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie Anorganische Chemie Festkörperchemie
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface; List of symbols; 1. Morphology of a crystal surface; 2. Surface free energy, step free energy, and chemical potential; 3. The equilibrium crystal shape; 4. Growth and dissolution crystal shapes: Frank's model; 5. Crystal growth: the abc; 6. Growth and evaporation of a stepped surface; 7. Diffusion; 8. Thermal smoothing of a surface; 9. Silicon and other semiconducting materials; 10. Growth instabilities of a planar front; 11. Nucleation and the adatom diffusion length; 12. Growth roughness at long lengthscales in the linear approximation; 13. The Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation; 14. Growth without evaporation; 15. Elastic interactions between defects on a crystal surface; 16. General equations of an elastic solid; 17. Technology, crystal growth and surface science; Appendices; References; Index.
