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Step Growth

Step Growth is a mineral growth mechanism in which new layers of a crystal are formed by the lateral propagation of atomic steps across the crystal surface, driven by the sequential addition of ions or molecules at step edges.

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Step-growth Mechanism

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459

The growth of crystals and the equilibrium structure of their surfaces

W. K. Burton, N. Cabrera, F. C. Frank · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1951 · 5.3K citations

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Step Motion on Crystal Surfaces

Richard L. Schwoebel, Edward J. Shipsey · Journal of Applied Physics · 1966 · 1.6K citations

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Growth of Single Domain GaAs Layer on (100)-Oriented Si Substrate by MOCVD

Masahiro Akiyama, Yoshihiro Kawarada, Katsuzo Kaminishi · Japanese Journal of Applied Physics · 1984 · 363 citations

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Recent Progress in Selective Area Growth and Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth of III-Nitrides: Effects of Reactor Pressure in MOVPE Growth

K. Hiramatsu, K. Nishiyama, Atsushi Motogaito et al. · physica status solidi (a) · 1999 · 283 citations

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Observation of a growth instability during low temperature molecular beam epitaxy

H.-J. Ernst, F. Fabre, R. Folkerts et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1994 · 281 citations

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Authors

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  1. PG
    Peter G. Vekilov

    University of Houston, United States

    9 publications · 292 citations

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  2. MS
    Masahide Sato

    Nagoya University, Japan

    5 publications · 164 citations

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  3. AC
    A. C. Gossard

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    5 publications · 110 citations

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  4. HE
    H.-J. Ernst

    Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, France

    5 publications · 449 citations

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  5. MU
    Makio Uwaha

    Nagoya University, Japan

    5 publications · 164 citations

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Institutions

487

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    43 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    12 h-index

    40 publications

    2.1K citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    11 h-index

    64 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    11 h-index

    35 publications

    711 citations

  5. NTT Basic Research Laboratories

    Atsugi, Japan

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    479 citations

  6. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    Livermore, United States

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    1K citations

  7. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    25 publications

    1.9K citations

  8. IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center

    Yorktown Heights, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    425 citations

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  1. Applied Physics Letters

    47 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 34 publications · 2.1K citations

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  3. Journal of Crystal Growth

    45 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. Journal of Applied Physics

    31 publications · 2.9K citations

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  5. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

    JJAP · 29 publications · 1.5K citations

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