TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pimpinelli,Alberto
AU  - Villain,Jacques
TI  - Physics of crystal growth
T2  - Collection Aléa-Saclay : monographs and texts in statistical physics
SN  - 9780511622526 (ebook)
AV  - QC176.8.S8 P56 1998
U1  - 548/.5 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Solids
KW  - Surfaces
KW  - Crystal growth
KW  - Statistical physics
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511622526
ER  -