▪ Abstract Recent applications of various in situ techniques have dramatically improved our
understanding of the self-organization process of adsorbed molecular monolayers on solid …

This paper presents simple models useful in analyzing the growth of nanostructures
obtained by cluster deposition. After a brief survey of applications and experimental …

Aimed at graduate students, this book explores some of the core phenomena in non-
equilibrium statistical physics. It focuses on the development and application of theoretical …

The use of fractal concepts in understanding various growth phenomena, such as molecular
beam epitaxy (MBE) or fluid flow in porous media, is increasingly important these days. This …

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 …

The dynamic scaling of the island-size distribution in submonolayer epitaxial growth and its
dependence on the critical island size i is studied using a realistic model of epitaxial growth …

We show that in epitaxial growth, there is a critical island size R c at which a second layer
nucleates on top of the island. This provides a simple perspective on the conditions for …

The aggregation of adatoms into 2D islands is studied as a function of coverage FTHETA
and the ratio of surface diffusion rate to deposition rate gerR= D/F by Monte Carlo …

We present a quantitative study of the diffusion of spherical antimony clusters deposited on
graphite surfaces. The experimental structures obtained during deposition are compared to …

Elucidating metal oxide growth mechanisms is essential for precisely designing and
fabricating nanostructured oxides with broad applications in energy and electronics …