Collective Diffusion on Surfaces

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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Collective Surface Diffusion Coefficients Under Non-Equilibrium Conditions, held in Prague, Czech Republic, 2-6 October, 2000 Editor(s): Tringides, M. C.; Chvoj, Z. Series: NATO Science Series II. Num Pages: 357 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586. . 2001. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. N° de ref. del artículo V9780792371168

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Reseña del editor: As materials research focuses into finding ways to control the growth of atomic scale structures, there is correspondingly increasing emphasis on to the problem of surface diffusion. Clearly surface diffusion is the key process, which determines how atoms move on the surface. Controlling this motion can lead to the easy fabrication of well-controlled nanostructures broadening the present possibilities in nanotechnology. The paradigm of surface diffusion has outgrown its standard textbook description as a random walk on a rigid substrate. In real systems for more complex situations are encountered: interacting atoms are commonly present on the surface with their motions highly correlated, different phases form on the surface with different dynamics, large concentration gradients drive the system far away from the linear response regime, rich metastable structures form as a result of balanced interplay between different kinetic processes, substrate relaxation can change the energy landscape and the diffusion barriers, etc. The motivation behind this ARW was to bring together the international community working on these problems. We felt that the large number of researchers, new results, and well-formulated open questions in this area require some form of integration in a single forum. The ARW and the upcoming proceedings book with papers by the majority of the participants has provided this forum. The meeting was not planned as a continuation of the earlier NATO ASI in Rhodes in 1996, although several people have participated in both meetings.