The condensation and assembly of atomic fluxes incident upon the surface of a thin film
during its growth by vapor deposition is complex. Mediating the growth process by varying …

Alkali metal anodes have been regarded as an ideal candidate for next generation high-
energy electrode couples due to their ultrahigh specific capacity and the lowest redox …

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 …

Atomic beam techniques are presently being used in many branches of surface physics
such as studies of the particle-surface physisorption potential, surface structure, surface …

The group III-nitride (InN, GaN, and AlN) class of semiconductors has become one of two
that are critical to a number of technologies in modern life—the other being silicon. Light …

Scanning-tunneling microscopy observation of Pb nanocrystals grown on Cu (111) indicates
that in the equilibrium distribution of island heights some heights appear much more …

Metal–oxide interfaces play a fundamental role in determining the functional properties of
artificial layered heterostructures, which are at the root of present and future technological …

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) …

Wetting in a system where the kinetics of drop spreading are controlled by the rate of
formation of a precursor film is modeled for the first time at the atomistic scale. Molecular …

An electrodeposition technique is described that produces atomically flat epitaxial metal
overlayers of quality similar to that obtained by ultrahigh vacuum techniques at elevated …