| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 179 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- I. Ideal growth laws. 2. Melting and solidification: First-order phase transition -- 3. Crystal growth from the melt -- 4. Vapor growth -- 5. Solution growth -- 6. Equilibrium shape -- 7. Growth shape -- II. Statistical mechanics of surface. 8. Position of crystallization: Kink site -- 9. Surface roughening -- 10. Step fluctuation in equilibrium -- 11. Step-step interaction induced by entropy -- 12. Faceting transition -- III. Kinetics-limited growth. 13. Step advancement by surface diffusion -- 14. Advancement of a circular step -- 15. Growth rate by spiral growth mechanism -- 16. Two-dimensional nucleation and growth -- 17. Asymmetry in attachment kinetics -- IV. Diffusion-limited growth: Pattern formation -- 18. Diffusion equation -- 19. Flat interface -- 20. Spherical crystal -- 21. Parabolic crystal -- 22. Stability of a flat interface -- 23. Fractal dendrite -- 24. Capillary effect and regular dendrite -- 25. Unidirectional solidification from the solution -- 26. Eutectic growth -- 27. Diffusion effect on polyhedral crystal: Berg effect |
| Summary |
This book gives a systematic overview on the scientific fundamentals of crystal growth from the classical phenomenological description to the recent theoretical contributions of statistical physics such as studies on surface roughening and on the pattern formation in the diffusion-limited growth. The book emphasizes physical concepts as well as mathematical details, and is intended to serve as lecture notes for postgraduate courses |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-179) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Crystal growth.
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Statistical physics.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Crystallography.
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Crystal growth
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Statistical physics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9812386289 |
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9789812386281 |
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1281869937 |
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9781281869937 |
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