We examine the physical mechanisms governing the formation of snow crystals, treating this
problem as a case study of the dynamics of crystal growth from the vapour phase. Particular …

Semiconductor electronics is commonplace in every household. Semiconductor devices
have enabled economically reasonable fiber-based optical communication, optical storage …

Crystal growth far from thermodynamic equilibrium is nothing but homoepitaxy-thin film
growth on a crystalline substrate of the same material. Because of the absence of misfit …

Multiscale modeling of material properties has emerged as one of the grand challenges in
material science and engineering. We provide a comprehensive, though not exhaustive …

The role of additives in facilitating the growth of conventional semiconducting thin films is
well-established. Apparently, their presence is also decisive in the growth of two …

The ability to reverse the inherent tendency of noble metals to grow in an uncontrolled three-
dimensional (3D) fashion on weakly interacting substrates, including two-dimensional (2D) …

Liquid-Phase Epitaxy (LPE) is a technique used in the bulk growth of crystals, typically in
semiconductor manufacturing, whereby the crystal is grown from a rich solution of the …

This chapter gives an introduction to the epitaxial growth of thin films on solid substrates.
The term epitaxy refers to the growth of a crystalline layer on (epi) the surface of a crystalline …

We review recent advances in our understanding of interfacial phenomena that emerge
when dissimilar materials are brought together at atomically sharp and coherent interfaces …

The authors study the morphological evolution of magnetron-sputtered thin silver (Ag) films
that are deposited on weakly interacting silicon dioxide (SiO 2) substrates in an oxygen …