Handbook of Crystal Growth

Part of a three-volume comprehensive work of reference on crystal growth, this first volume addresses the underlying scientific principles relevant to all the techniques of crystal growth. Coverage includes thermodynamic, kinetic and crystallographic aspects, as well as bulk transport effects.

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This work of reference, comprising over 50 chapters is being published in three volumes. The objective is to present the underlying scientific foundation of the multi-disciplinary field of crystal growth. The handbook is a comprehensive compendium on crystal growth, documenting authoritatively in one publication the fundamentals of the subject. As such, it is a work which should find its way into the libraries of industrial companies engaged in crystal growth and/or epitaxy and of academic or industrial research laboratories studying crystal growth processes in whatever materials. It should also serve as a source book for graduate and post-graduate teaching in the field. Volume 1 addresses the underlying scientific principles relevant to all the techniques of crystal growth. Following a historical introduction, the first part contains eight chapters devoted to thermodynamic, kinetic and crystallographic aspects, including computer simulation by molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo methods.
The second part, comprising a further seven chapters, is devoted to bulk transport effects and the influence of transport-limited growth on the stability of both isolated growth forms (such as the dendrite) and arrays, and on the cooperative effects which lead to pattern formation.