This book covers the experimental and theoretical understanding of surface and thin film
processes. It presents a unique description of surface processes in adsorption and crystal …

Recent theories for the surface growth are reviewed, which describe the nucleation kinetics
of binary alloys in the first layer and the nucleation on top of islands in the second layer. In …

A minimal model for molecular-beam-epitaxy in the submonolayer at room temperature is
investigated by simulations and analytically. Aggregation of diffusing monomers leads to …

The growth kinetics of the mostly used physical vapor-phase deposition techniques—
molecular beam epitaxy, sputtering, flash evaporation, and pulsed laser deposition—is …

Progress in the fields of electronic and optical devices relies on the ability of the
semiconductor industry to fabricate components of ever-increasing complexity and …

A model of epitaxial growth based on steady-state assumptions is derived and shows that
the decisive quantity determining the film morphology is the additional energy barrier at the …

We present a model for thin-film growth by particle deposition that takes into account the
possible evaporation of the particles deposited on the surface. Our model focuses on the …

Heteroepitaxial films are commonplace among today's electronic and photonic devices. The
realization of new and better devices relies on the refinement of epitaxial techniques and …

The role of step edge diffusion (SED) in epitaxial growth is investigated. To this end we
revisit and extend a recently introduced simple cubic solid-on-solid model, which exhibits …

Abstract Machine learning is playing an increasing role in the discovery of new materials
and may also facilitate the search for optimum growth conditions for crystals and thin films …