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 …

This paper presents simple models useful in analyzing the growth of nanostructures
obtained by cluster deposition. After a brief survey of applications and experimental …

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 …

A review is given of nucleation and growth models as applied to the earliest stages of thin
film growth. Rate equations, kinetic Monte Carlo, and level set simulations are described in …

Single-atom catalysts represent an essential and ever-growing family of heterogeneous
catalysts. Recent studies indicate that besides the valuable catalytic properties provided by …

Fractal structures appear in a vast range of physical systems. A literature survey including all
experimental papers on fractals which appeared in the six Physical Review journals (A–E …

Fundamental issues of the kinetics of phase separations on surfaces are reviewed with an
emphasis on developments during the period from 1990 to present. Issues covered …

GaAs (0 0 1) has been one of the most intensively studied surfaces for the past 30 years due
both to its importance as a substrate for epitaxial growth and to the challenge its phase …

We determine the exact scaling form of the size distribution of islands created via
homogeneous nucleation and growth during submonolayer deposition. This scaling form is …

We use ab initio static relaxation methods and semiempirical molecular-dynamics
simulations to investigate the energetics and dynamics of the diffusion of adatoms, dimers …