How does your crystal grow? A commentary on Burton, Cabrera and Frank (1951) 'The growth of crystals and the equilibrium structure of their surfaces'

Philosophical Transactions. Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences
D P Woodruff

Abstract

The key ideas presented in the classic paper 'The growth of crystals and the equilibrium structure of their surfaces' by W. K. Burton, N. Cabrera and F. C. Frank, published in Philosophical Transactions A in 1951, are summarized and put in the context of both the state of knowledge at the time of publication and the considerable amount of work since that time that has built on and developed these ideas. Many of these developments exploit the huge increase in the capabilities of computer modelling that complement the original analytic approach of the paper. The dearth of relevant experimental data at the time of the original publication has been transformed by the application of increasingly sophisticated modern methods of surface science. This commentary was written to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

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Oct 16, 2018·Advanced Materials·Jichen DongFeng Ding
Oct 13, 2016·Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter : an Institute of Physics Journal·D P Woodruff
Dec 5, 2020·Advanced Healthcare Materials·Netta VidavskyLara A Estroff
Oct 24, 2017·Journal of the American Chemical Society·Haoyuan LiJean-Luc Bredas
Aug 8, 2017·Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids·Nobuhiko NishitaniKenji Matsuda
Aug 24, 2019·ACS Nano·Prasad V SarmaM M Shaijumon
Jul 27, 2020·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·Habib AhmadAlan Doolittle

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