Dewetting is a ubiquitous phenomenon in nature; many different thin films of organic and
inorganic substances (such as liquids, polymers, metals, and semiconductors) share this …

Ge vertical heterostructures grown on deeply-patterned Si (001) were first obtained in 2012
(CV Falub et al., Science 2012, 335, 1330–1334), immediately capturing attention due to the …

A perfectly compliant substrate would allow the monolithic integration of high-quality
semiconductor materials such as Ge and III-V on Silicon (Si) substrate, enabling novel …

Convexity splitting like schemes with improved accuracy are proposed for a phase field
model for surface diffusion. The schemes are developed to enable large scale simulations in …

Lateral ordering of heteroepitaxial islands can be conveniently achieved by suitable pit-
patterning of the substrate prior to deposition. Controlling shape, orientation, and size of the …

We discuss two doubly degenerate Cahn–Hilliard (DDCH) models for isotropic surface
diffusion. Degeneracy is introduced in both the mobility function and a restriction function …

A sequence of diffusion-controlled processes, namely, thin film dewetting, dealloying and
thermal coarsening was employed for producing of hollow gold nanoparticles. The porous …

The development of three-dimensional architectures in semiconductor technology is paving
the way to new device concepts for various applications, from quantum computing to single …

Shadowing effects during the growth of nano-and microstructures are crucial for the
realization of several technological applications. They are given by the shielding of the …

We simulate the morphological evolution of Ge microcrystals, grown out-of-equilibrium on
deeply patterned Si substrates, as resulting from surface diffusion driven by the tendency …