Process of crystal growth can be controlled by both surface kinetics and by volume transport as well.Although the complicated relation between the surface kinetics and volume transport exsits,generally,they are studie...Process of crystal growth can be controlled by both surface kinetics and by volume transport as well.Although the complicated relation between the surface kinetics and volume transport exsits,generally,they are studied seprately.Due to the mathematical complexity of heat and mass transport equations,the in depth studies of heat and mass transport process become difficult.Most of the studies on the transport were performed for the growth from melt.Most of the work on Surface kinetics has been done for crystal growth from aqueous solution because the in situ observation of crystal growth is easily carried out.In recent years,the surface kinetics studies on the nanometer scale,even atomic scale,are demonstrated by using AFM.展开更多
文摘Process of crystal growth can be controlled by both surface kinetics and by volume transport as well.Although the complicated relation between the surface kinetics and volume transport exsits,generally,they are studied seprately.Due to the mathematical complexity of heat and mass transport equations,the in depth studies of heat and mass transport process become difficult.Most of the studies on the transport were performed for the growth from melt.Most of the work on Surface kinetics has been done for crystal growth from aqueous solution because the in situ observation of crystal growth is easily carried out.In recent years,the surface kinetics studies on the nanometer scale,even atomic scale,are demonstrated by using AFM.