The clear and simple style makes the book to an introduction into the new microscopic world opened by scanning tunneling microscopy for a broader readership. A specific feature is also the experimentally based approach to epitaxial growth. The book is of specific use for students, PhD students and scientists, who want an introduction to the field or intend to become active in the field.

Many comparative representations (tables) of scanning tunneling microscope topographs, which give a very intuitive access to the problems Clear and simple style Ideal as an introduction to the new microscopic world opened by scanning tunneling microscopy for a broader readership (students, interested laymen) Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 1.1 Atoms, Crystals and Visualization.- 1.2 Crystal Growth Far from Equilibrium.- 1.3 Epitaxy.- 1.4 About this Book.- 2. Condensation, Diffusion and Nucleation.- 2.1 Arriving at the Surface: Sticking and Transient Mobility.- 2.2 Moving on: Surface Diffusion.- 2.3 Getting Together: Two-Dimensional Nucleation.- 2.4 Supplementary Topics.- 3. Island Shapes.- 3.1 Island Shapes and the Hierarchy of Diffusion Processes.- 3.2 The Equilibrium Shape of Adatom and Vacancy Islands.- 3.3 Fractal-Dendritic Islands.- 3.4 Compact, Triangular Islands.- 3.5 Adsorbates and Island Shapes.- 3.6 Shape Instabilities and the Diffusion Field.- 3.7 Supplementary Topics.- 4. Pattern Formation in Multilayer Growth.- 4.1 The Temperature Dependence of Multilayer Growth.- 4.2 Statistical Growth and the Shape of Wedding Cakes.- 4.3 Interlayer Transport.- 4.4 Step Atomic Structure and Growth Modes on Pt(111).- 4.5 Mound Formation with Weak Barriers.- 4.6 Long Time Evolution of the Mound Morphology.- 4.7 Growth Instabilities of Vicinal Surfaces.- 4.8 Self-Affine Growth.- 4.9 Supplementary Topics.- 5. Layer-By-Layer Growth and Growth Manipulation.- 5.1 Basic Concepts.- 5.2 Layer-By-Layer Growth by Surfactants.- 5.3 Layer-By-Layer Growth Through Growth Manipulation.- 5.4 Layer-By-Layer Growth Through Surface Reconstruction.- 5.5 Theory of Pulsed Deposition.- 5.6 Kinetic Roughening and Layer-By-Layer Growth.- 6. Methods.- 6.1 Deposition and Vacuum.- 6.2 Microscopy.- 6.3 Diffraction.- 6.4 Total Energy Calculations.- 6.5 Growth Simulations.- References tb.