Theoretical aspects and evolution of surface diffusion studies are discussed with an
emphasis on non-metallic adsorbates at metal surfaces. A survey of the existing literature is …

The investigation of step and island dynamics on surfaces has enormously contributed to the
microscopic understanding of mass transport processes in equilibrium, during growth and …

Thin films are often grown away from thermodynamic equilibrium and their morphology
becomes determined by kinetics. The final structure of the epitaxial film is decided in the very …

We review in this article the current theoretical understanding of collective and single
particle diffusion on surfaces and how it relates to the existing experimental data. We begin …

For the first time, this book unites the theory, experimental techniques and computational
tools used to describe the diffusion of atoms, molecules and nanoparticles across metal …

van der Waals heterostructures can preserve the desired features of their individual
components and induce new functions due to interlayer coupling. In this work, based on the …

The traditional view of the surface diffusion of metal atoms on metal surfaces was that atoms
carry on a random walk between nearest-neighbor surface sites. Through field ion …

Our calculated vibrational properties of Ag nanocrystals show three novel, size dependent
features which have broad implications for their thermodynamic properties and stability …

Adsorbed molecules are involved in many reactions on solid surfaces that are of great
technological importance. As such, there has been tremendous effort worldwide to learn …

We present a molecular-dynamics simulation of self-diffusion on the (110) surfaces of Cu,
Ag, and Au. The metals are modeled by semiempirical potentials developed in the …