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Summary
Summary
This text discusses the physical principles of how and why crystals grow. It introduces the fundamental properties of crystal surfaces at equilibrium, and describes simple models and basic concepts of crystal growth including diffusion, thermal smoothing of a surface, and applications to semiconductors. It also covers more complex topics such as kinetic roughness, growth instabilities, and elastic effects, as well as the crucial contributions of crystal growth in electronics during this century. The book focuses on growth using molecular beam epitaxy. Throughout, the emphasis is on the role played by modern statistical physics. Informative appendices, interesting exercises and an extensive bibliography reinforce the text.
Author Notes
E. M. Roach was a Caribbean poet and the author of three plays, Belle Fanto , A Calabash of Blood , and Letter from Leonora .
Table of Contents
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-Parisien/Zhangen 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 |