Kinetic interfaces form the basis of a fascinating, interdisciplinary branch of statistical
mechanics. Diverse stochastic growth processes can be unified via an intriguing nonlinear …

This review describes recent progress in the understanding of the emergence of scale
invariance in far-from-equilibrium growth. The first section is devoted to 'solvable'needle …

The use of fractal concepts in understanding various growth phenomena, such as molecular
beam epitaxy (MBE) or fluid flow in porous media, is increasingly important these days. This …

A review of the sputtered film stress literature shows that the intrinsic stress can be tensile or
compressive depending on the energetics of the deposition process. Modeling studies of …

A formation process for semiconductor quantum dots based on a surface instability induced
by ion sputtering under normal incidence is presented. Crystalline dots 35 nanometers in …

Sculptured thin films (STFs) are a class of nanoengineered materials with properties that can
be designed and realized in a controllable manner using physical vapor deposition. This text …

We derive a stochastic nonlinear equation to describe the evolution and scaling properties
of surfaces eroded by ion bombardment. The coefficients appearing in the equation can be …

We derive a stochastic nonlinear continuum equation to describe the morphological
evolution of amorphous surfaces eroded by ion bombardment. Starting from Sigmund's …

Abstract In recent years Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS) has revealed itself as a powerful
technique to induce surface nanopatterns with a large number of potential applications …

This book supplies a systematic description of the preparation, characterization, and
manipulation of cluster beams for the synthesis of nanocrystalline materials. It addresses all …