Physics of Crystal Growth: 0004 (Collection Alea-Saclay: Monographs and Texts in Statistical Physics)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 12/10/1998
EAN 9780521551984, ISBN10: 0521551986
Hardcover, 400 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 2.3 cm
Language: English
This 1998 study introduces the physical principles of how and why crystals grow. The first three chapters recall the fundamental properties of crystal surfaces at equilibrium. The next six chapters describe simple models and basic concepts of crystal growth including diffusion, thermal smoothing of a surface, and applications to semiconductors. Following chapters examine more complex topics such as kinetic roughness, growth instabilities, and elastic effects. A brief closing chapter looks back at the crucial contributions of crystal growth in electronics during the twentieth century. The book focuses on growth using molecular beam epitaxy. Throughout, the emphasis is on the role played by statistical physics. Informative appendices, interesting exercises and an extensive bibliography reinforce the text.
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-Parisi-Zhang 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.