Epitaxial growth on a surface vicinal to a high-symmetry crystallographic plane occurs
through the propagation of atomic steps, a process called step-flow growth. In some …

The stacking sequence of hexagonal close-packed and related crystals typically results in
steps on vicinal {0001} surfaces that have alternating A and B structures with different growth …

Recently, it was demonstrated that inelastic helium atom scattering from conducting surfaces
provides a direct measurement of the surface electron–phonon coupling constant (mass …

The quasistatic approximation is a useful but questionable simplification for analyzing step
instabilities during the growth/evaporation of vicinal surfaces. Using this approximation, we …

We study the evolution of step bunches on vicinal surfaces using a thermodynamically
consistent step-flow model. By accounting for the dynamics of adatom diffusion on terraces …

Burton-Cabrera-Frank (BCF) theory has proven to be a versatile framework to relate surface
morphology and dynamics during crystal growth to the underlying mechanisms of adatom …

We studied the evolution of an initial surface which was sinusoidal mound shaped for
Diffusion Limited (DL) regime. We supposed that there were two dimensional concentric …

Concerted experimental and numerical studies of step bunching on vicinal crystal surfaces
resulting from step-down electromigration of partially charged adatoms, confirmed the …