Surface Diffusion: Atomistic and Collective Processes. NATO Advanced Study Institute Rhodes, Greece, 26 August - 6 September 1996.

Abstract

Partial contents: Recent results from the fluctuation method: I; Concentration profile measurements of surface diffusion; Thermal fluctuations in equilibrium and their modifications by surface defects; Stability and decay of nanoscale surface features; Study of surface diffusion through Langevin dynamics; Quasielastic helium atom scattering studies of microscopic surface diffusion 1. Method and theory; The diffusion of large, adsorbed molecules on metal surfaces; Diffusion of single atoms and small atom clusters on terraces and stepped surfaces; Kinetic coefficients in a System far from equilibrium; Kinetics of metal epitaxy; Density junctional theory of diffusion and growth; Atomic jump processes in crystal growth: Direct observations and kinetic consequences; A chemical view of bonding and diffusion at surfaces: Hoppa! Dances with kinks; Diffusion and stability of large clusters on crystal surfaces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA325076

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Computational Science
  • Critical Temperature
  • Crystals
  • Epitaxial Growth
  • Geography
  • Heat Energy
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Phase Diagrams
  • Phase Transformations
  • Solid State Physics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transition Temperature
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.