Advances in Computer Simulation Studies on Crystal Growth

• Main Author: Hiroki Nada (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Chemistry; nucleation; continuum simulation; molecular dynamics simulation; computer simulation; first-principles simulation; multiscale simulation; crystal growth; surface and interface; pattern formation; Monte Carlo simulation
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Crystals are indispensable in technology, nature, and our daily lives. For example, cooking uses many kinds of crystallized products, such as salt, sugar, and fat crystals; electronic devices contain semiconductor crystals; living organisms produce mineral crystals to maintain biological processes;...