Data science of the in silico crystallization

AV Redkov - Acta Materialia, 2025 - Elsevier
A data-driven approach is used to describe the growth of crystals and thin films based on
high-throughput numerical experiments. This way the Machine Learning (ML) helps to …

Step bunches, nanowires and other vicinal “Creatures”—Ehrlich–Schwoebel effect by cellular automata

M Załuska-Kotur, H Popova, V Tonchev - Crystals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Different patterns can be created on the surface of growing crystals, among which the step
bunches and/or step meanders are two of the most studied. The Ehrlich–Schwoebel effect at …

Relationship between macrostep height and surface velocity for a reaction-limited crystal growth process

N Akutsu - Crystal Growth & Design, 2019 - ACS Publications
This work examined the effect of macrostep height on the growth velocity of a vicinal surface
during reaction-(interface-) limited crystal growth under nonequilibrium steady state …

Step bunching with both directions of the current: Vicinal W (110) surfaces versus atomistic-scale model

O Toktarbaiuly, V Usov, C Ó Coileáin, K Siewierska… - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
We report the observation of bunching of monoatomic steps on vicinal W (110) surfaces
induced by step-up or step-down currents across the steps. Measurements reveal that the …

Analyzing the Pattern Formation on Vicinal Surfaces in Diffusion-Limited and Kinetics-Limited Growth Regimes: The Effect of Step–Step Exclusion

H Popova - Crystal Growth & Design, 2023 - ACS Publications
The effect of step–step exclusion on growing vicinal surfaces destabilized by a step-up (SU)
or step-down (SD) driving force is extensively studied in diffusion-limited (DL) and kinetics …

Electrodeposition of Ni–Cu alloys at high current densities: details of the elements distribution

D Goranova, R Rashkov, G Avdeev… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - Springer
We report results from an experimental and modeling study of the far-from-equilibrium
electrodeposition of Ni–Cu alloys by changing systematically the current density with focus …

Mineral growth beyond the limits of impurity poisoning

M Sleutel, J Lutsko… - Crystal Growth & Design, 2018 - ACS Publications
More often than not, minerals formed in nature are grown at low supersaturation and from
sources that are impure with respect to the crystals' main building blocks. Quite …

Effects of Miscut on Step Instabilities in Homo-Epitaxially Grown GaN

P Wu, J Liu, F Li, X Ren, A Tian, W Zhou, F Zhang, X Li… - Nanomaterials, 2024 - mdpi.com
The rough morphology at the growth surface results in the non-uniform distribution of indium
composition, intentionally or unintentionally doped impurity, and thus impacts the …

Scaling and dynamic stability of model vicinal surfaces

F Krzyżewski, M Załuska-Kotur, A Krasteva… - Crystal Growth & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We propose an integrated modeling approach to the fundamental problem of vicinal crystal
surfaces destabilized by step-down (SD) and step-up (SU) currents with focus on both the …

Diffusion-Dependent Pattern Formation on Crystal Surfaces

MA Chabowska, MA Załuska-Kotur - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
The growth of a crystal is usually determined by its surface. Many factors influence the
growth dynamics. Energy barriers associated with the presence of steps most often decide …