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 …

Homoepitaxy provides an ideal testing ground for fundamental concepts in film growth. The
rich variety of complex far-from-equilibrium morphologies which can form during deposition …

The properties of steps in thermal equilibrium are described in the context of prediction of
the stability and evolution of nanostructures on surfaces. Experimental techniques for …

Crystal growth far from thermodynamic equilibrium is nothing but homoepitaxy-thin film
growth on a crystalline substrate of the same material. Because of the absence of misfit …

The importance of stress and strain effects on surface physics are reviewed. For this purpose
the following points are developed.(1) The elastic, thermodynamics and atomistic definitions …

This book gives a systematic overview on the scientific fundamentals of crystal growth from
the classical phenomenological description to the recent theoretical contributions of …

Epitaxy provides readers with a comprehensive treatment of the modern models and
modifications of epitaxy, together with the relevant experimental and technological …

Nanostructured surfaces can be broadly defined as substrates in which the typical features
have dimensions in the range 1–100 nm (although the upper limit of 100 nm may be relaxed …

Crystal growth phenomena are discussed with special reference to growth from vapour. The
basic concepts of crystal growth are recalled, including the different growth modes, the …

The nucleation and growth of two-dimensional islands during the submonolayer stage of
epitaxial growth is studied with kinetic Monte Carlo simulations and mean-field rate …