Elias Vlieg,
Abstract
For a detailed understanding of crystal growth, the atomic-scale structure
of the growing interface must be known. While such knowledge is available
in vacuum environments, this is not the case if the crystal grows from
a solution, melt or solid. X-ray diffraction is one of the few techniques
that can be applied for this purpose and it is starting to provide information
on the structure of both sides of a growing interface. This means that
structural details like relaxation and reconstruction on the crystal surface
and ordering in the solution can be included in the theoretical description
of crystal growth.