Surface Diffusion: Atomistic and Collective Processes

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
An Introduction to Surface Diffusion Measurements....Pages 1-9
A Local View of Bonding and Diffusion at Metal Surfaces....Pages 11-22
Surface Diffusion of Metal Atoms and Clusters Directly Observed....Pages 23-43
Effects of Lattice Steps on Diffusion and Epitaxial Growth....Pages 45-60
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Single Pb Atom Diffusion on Si(111)7×7 and Si(111)5×5 Surfaces....Pages 61-66
Atomic Mobility of Ag and Fe on the Ag(100) Surface....Pages 67-74
Comparison of Diffusion Processes of Cu and Au Adatoms on the Cu(111) Surface by Molecular Dynamics....Pages 75-81
Density-Functional Theory of Surface Diffusion and Epitaxial Growth of Metals....Pages 83-101
Diffusion and Dissociation of Two-Dimensional Islands on FCC Metal (100) Surfaces....Pages 103-113
Surface Energetics from Analysis of Nucleation Data in Metal Homoepitaxy....Pages 115-124
Instabilities and Kinetic Anisotropies as Determining Factors of Island Growth-Shapes....Pages 125-134
Surface Diffusion in Metal Epitaxy — Strain Effects....Pages 135-149
Submonolayer Nucleation and Growth of Copper on Ni(100)....Pages 151-159
LEED Investigation of Surface Processes....Pages 161-175
Kinetic Coefficients in a System Far from Equilibrium....Pages 177-189
Equilibrium Shape of an Epitaxial Cluster....Pages 191-196
Submonolayer Island Formation and Subsequent Multilayer Kinetic Roughening During Metal(100) Homoepitaxy: Fe, Ag & Cu....Pages 197-207
Kinetic Roughening During Ag Homoepitaxy....Pages 209-217
A Direct Measure of the Barrier to Interlayer Diffusion....Pages 219-225
The Role of Diffusion in Step Flow Growth....Pages 227-233
Epitaxial Growth of M G on P D (100) and A G (100): Growth Modes for Complete and Incomplete Adlayer Condensation....Pages 235-244
Elevated-Temperature STM Study of Ge and Si Growth on Si(001) From GeH 4 and Si 2 H 6 ....Pages 245-252
Low-Temperature Epitaxial Growth of Thin Metal Films: In Situ Electrical Resistivity Study....Pages 253-261
Nucleation and Growth of Coherent Quantum Dots: A Mean Field Theory....Pages 263-275
Effects of Surfactants on Surface Diffusion....Pages 277-284
Surface Diffusion and Electromigration on Vicinal Surfaces During Sublimation....Pages 285-296
Stress-Driven Morphological Changes of SiGe Films and SiGe/Si Multilayers Grown on Vicinal Si(001) Substrates....Pages 297-307
Surfactant Mediated Heteroepitaxy: Interplay of Diffusion, Strain Relief, and Surface Morphology....Pages 309-317
Enhanced Layer Growth of GaAs: Sn....Pages 319-327
O-Induced Surface Diffusion Effects of Cu/Ru(0001) Thin Film Systems....Pages 329-336
Obtaining Thermodynamic Information from Kinetic Measurements: Island Shape, Evaporation, and Coarsening....Pages 337-360
Diffusion and Stability of Large Clusters on Crystal Surfaces....Pages 361-375
A Model and Simulation of the Decay of Isolated Nanoscale Surface Features....Pages 377-388
Late Stage Phase Separation on Surfaces: Diffusion Controlled Processes....Pages 389-402
Diffusion of Large Clusters on a Surface: Experiments and Simulations....Pages 403-408
Diffusion of Adsorbed Molecules on Solid Surfaces....Pages 409-418
Resonant Diffusion on Solid Surfaces....Pages 419-425
The Fluctuation Method. Past, Present, and Future....Pages 427-441
Monte Carlo Simulation of Surface Diffusion on Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Surfaces....Pages 443-453
Chemical Diffusion Coefficient for the System with Mutually Compensating Interaction Constants — Local Field Distribution....Pages 455-462
Surface Energetics and Dynamics Measured from STM Movies....Pages 463-474
Mass Transfer in Surface Chemical Processes: Adsorption, Faceting and Reaction on Ag(110)....Pages 475-487
Surface Diffusion of 3d-Metals on W(110)....Pages 489-498
Diffusion on Surfaces Affected by Lateral Interactions....Pages 499-507
Surface Diffusion and Phase Transitions in Atomic Overlayers....Pages 509-528
Thermal Fluctuations in Equilibrium and Their Modification by Surface Defects....Pages 529-542
Energetics of Entropic Step Doubling on W(430)....Pages 543-552
Study of Surface Diffusion through Langevin Dynamics....Pages 553-563
Elementary Processes of Surface Diffusion Studied by Quasielastic Helium Atom Scattering....Pages 565-580
High-Temperature Simulation of Diffusion of Ag on Ag(110)....Pages 581-587
The Influence of Lattice Vibrations on Surface Self Diffusion....Pages 589-597
Vibrational Modes and Relative Stability of Stepped Surfaces of Copper....Pages 599-605
Diffusion of Hydrogen and Deuterium on Ni(111) Over a Wide Range of Temperature: Exploring Quantum Diffusion on Metals....Pages 607-616
Quantum Diffusion Calculations of H on Ni(001) Using a Model Potential Based on First Principles Calculations....Pages 617-624
Studies of Surface Diffusion Under Non-Equilibrium Conditions....Pages 625-634
Anomalous Diffusion in Non-Equilibrium Systems....Pages 635-642
Domain Growth Kinetics with Conserved Dynamics....Pages 643-649
Anisotropy of Surface Diffusion Determined by Study of Ordering Kinetics: Oxygen on (011) Molybdenum....Pages 651-656
Transport Coefficients in a Transient State....Pages 657-665
Trapping Effects in Surface Diffusion....Pages 667-672
Initially Separated A + B → 0 Reaction-Diffusion Systems with Arbitrary Initial Parameters....Pages 673-677
Low Energy Deposition of 111 In on Cu(17 1 1) Surfaces....Pages 679-684
Investigations of Desorption of Hydrogen from Low Temperature Surfaces of Silicates....Pages 685-693
Surface Studies of Chemically Vapour Deposited Silicon Films Using Scanning Force Microscopy....Pages 695-702
The Variation of the Length of the Oxide Crystals Formed on External Surface of Titanium at High Temperatures....Pages 703-707
Heterogeneous Precipitation of Silicon Oxide in Silicon Using Laser Induced Centers....Pages 709-710
The Experimental Optical Research of the Dynamic Surface Variation at High Temperature Conditions in a Vacuum....Pages 711-715
Back Matter....Pages 717-724