A review is given of the nucleation and growth processes occurring in thin film formation.
Emphasis is given to quantitative nucleation theories and to the role of electron microscopy …

In recent years, new types of semiconductor heterostructures consisting of only one material
in different crystal structures, such as wurtzite/zinc-blende heterostructures (heteropolytypic …

We discuss the physical phenomena fundamental to the understanding of the structure and
growth of crystalline superlattices:(i) the growth mode as determined by surface energies …

Methods for determining the nucleating activity of substrates are considered. Experimental
data on the activity of nucleating catalysts in various organic and inorganic glass-forming …

The theory of nucleation and growth of thin films is reviewed. The basic phenomena on the
substrate have been described. Then follows the representation of the mathematical …

The field of thin films continues to be a dynamic, rapidly changing area of research. It
involves the formation of solid materials on an atom-by-atom basis. The complexities of the …

The present review outlines basic results concerning the description of the formation and
growth of new phase on a substrate in one-component and multi-component cases …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the magnetism transition in ultrathin metal films.
In discussing magnetic thin metal films, intrinsic from defect-induced magnetic thin film …

The growth of certain SiC polytypes in the solid-source molecular beam epitaxial growth
(MBE) process has been analysed within the framework of classical thermodynamic …

The misfit between an epilayer and a substrate may be accommodated either by misfit strain
or by misfit dislocations, or by both jointly. For an epitaxial monolayer (ML) a critical misfit …