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Basic concepts in crystal growth
Author(s) -
Rubbo Marco
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
crystal research and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1521-4079
pISSN - 0232-1300
DOI - 10.1002/crat.201200702
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , crystal (programming language) , crystal growth , surface (topology) , point (geometry) , theoretical physics , chemical physics , materials science , thermodynamics , crystallography , chemistry , physics , mathematics , computer science , geometry , geography , archaeology , programming language
The aim of this chapter is to reminde some fundamental concepts in Crystal Growth developed in the last century. These concern the definition of the state of non‐equilibrium, the equilibrium and growth shapes of crystals, the atomistic point of view on surface energy, the crystallochemical description of the surface in terms of bond chains and the first mechanisms unravelling the way crystals grow. We hope it can help to place in the proper scientific context the peculiar subjects of this book.