In this review, we discuss the persistence and the related first-passage properties in
extended many-body nonequilibrium systems. Starting with simple systems with one or few …

A review is given of theoretical concepts and experimental results on spontaneous formation
of periodically ordered nanometer-scale structures on crystal surfaces. Thermodynamic …

The role of stress at solid surfaces in a vacuum environment and in contact with a liquid
electrolyte in reconstruction, epitaxial growth and self-organization or stabilization of …

The properties of steps in thermal equilibrium are described in the context of prediction of
the stability and evolution of nanostructures on surfaces. Experimental techniques for …

The importance of stress and strain effects on surface physics are reviewed. For this purpose
the following points are developed.(1) The elastic, thermodynamics and atomistic definitions …

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 …

The last two decades of progress in the theory of crystal surfaces in and out of equilibrium is
reviewed. Various instabilities that occur during growth and sublimation, or that are caused …

Although germanium (Ge)(001) has a relatively small surface unit cell, this surface displays
a wealth of fascinating phenomena. The Ge (001) surface is a prototypical example of a …

The classical thermodynamics of surfaces is presented in terms of an atomic level picture in
which steps serve as the undamental unit. The important energy parameters which …

We address the problem of the departure of a crystal surface from a perfectly ordered crystal
plane. We discuss the energetics of the surface defects and their statistical mechanics which …