Direct visualization of kinetic reversibility of crystallization and dissolution behavior at solution growth interface of SiC in Si-Cr solvent

K Nakano, S Maruyama, T Kato, Y Yonezawa… - Surfaces and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study is a challenge to visualizing the solution growth behavior of SiC in a high-
temperature solvent of Si-Cr. In situ observation of SiC-solution growth interfaces with a …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling crystallization: When the normal growth velocity depends on the supersaturation

VV Ivanov, C Tielemann, K Avramova… - Journal of Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The crystallization proceeds by the advance of the crystal faces into the disordered phase at
the expense of the material excess, the supersaturation. Using a conservation constraint for …

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 …

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 …

Quantifying the Effect of Step–Step Exclusion on Dynamically Unstable Vicinal Surfaces: Step Bunching without Macrostep Formation

H Popova, F Krzyżewski… - Crystal Growth & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The bunching of steps at the surface of growing and sublimating crystals can be induced by
both directions of the electromigration force acting on the adatoms, step-up and step-down …

Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation study of the early stages of epitaxial SiC (0001) growth

Y Li, X Chen, W Ai - Journal of Crystal Growth, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract A kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) simulation with a cluster-multiple labeling technique
was carried out to study the dynamic behavior of Si-C clusters during the early stage of …

Stability of vicinal surfaces: Beyond the quasistatic approximation

L Guin, ME Jabbour, L Shaabani-Ardali… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We revisit the step bunching instability without recourse to the quasistatic approximation and
show that the stability diagrams are significantly altered, even in the low-deposition regime …

Surface Patterns Shaped by Additives in Crystals

MA Chabowska, MA Załuska-Kotur - arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.04084, 2024 - arxiv.org
One technique for creating semiconductor crystals with new, desired properties involves
replacing some atoms in the crystal lattice with additives-atoms of a different type. This …