000028486 001__ 28486 000028486 005__ 20180210122224.0 000028486 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.1016/S0370-1573(03)00273-4 000028486 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000185805200001 000028486 037__ $$aPreJuSER-28486 000028486 041__ $$aeng 000028486 082__ $$a530 000028486 084__ $$2WoS$$aPhysics, Multidisciplinary 000028486 1001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)VDB5490$$aBonzel, D. I.$$b0$$uFZJ 000028486 245__ $$a3D equilibrium crystal shapes in the new light of STM and AFM 000028486 260__ $$aAmsterdam [u.a.]$$bElsevier Science, North-Holland$$c2003 000028486 300__ $$a 000028486 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article 000028486 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000028486 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000028486 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000028486 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000028486 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000028486 440_0 $$06574$$aPhysics Reports$$v385$$x0370-1573$$y1 000028486 500__ $$aRecord converted from VDB: 12.11.2012 000028486 520__ $$aA systematic study of 3D equilibrium crystal shapes (ECS) can yield important surface energetic quantities, such as step, kink, surface and step-step interaction free energies. Observations of the ECS, especially of flat facets and adjacent vicinal regions, will provide primarily relative step and surface free energies. An advanced goal is to determine absolute step free energies, kink formation and step interaction energies. Absolute values of these energies are important in governing crystal growth morphologies, high temperature phase changes and kinetic processes associated with shape changes. Furthermore, absolute step and kink energies are the key to absolute surface free energies of well defined low-index orientations. We review new experiments where sections of the ECS are monitored as a function of temperature to extract characteristic morphological parameters, yielding absolute surface energetic quantities. Attention will be paid to the question of attaining true 3D equilibrium of an ensemble of crystallites. The special role of scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopies will be stressed. New ways of overcoming the problem of the activation barrier for facet growth (or shrinkage) through the study of dislocated crystallites will be demonstrated. In the general context of 3D crystallites, the study of 2D nano-crystals, in the form of adatom or vacancy islands on extended flat surfaces, will be discussed. In particular, the connection between the temperature dependent shape of 2D islands and the absolute step and kink formation energies of the bounding steps, complementary to facet shape changes of 3D crystallites, has emerged as an important topic of recent research. Finally, high temperature phase changes, such as surface roughening and surface melting, as they have been observed by scanning electron microscopy on 3D crystallites, will be briefly reviewed. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier B.V. 000028486 536__ $$0G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK242$$2G:(DE-HGF)$$aKondensierte Materie$$cM02$$x0 000028486 588__ $$aDataset connected to Web of Science 000028486 650_7 $$2WoSType$$aJ 000028486 65320 $$2Author$$astep free energy 000028486 65320 $$2Author$$asurface free energy 000028486 65320 $$2Author$$astep interaction energy 000028486 65320 $$2Author$$afaceting 000028486 773__ $$0PERI:(DE-600)1466624-8$$a10.1016/S0370-1573(03)00273-4$$gVol. 385$$q385$$tPhysics reports$$v385$$x0370-1573$$y2003 000028486 8567_ $$uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0370-1573(03)00273-4 000028486 909CO $$ooai:juser.fz-juelich.de:28486$$pVDB 000028486 9131_ $$0G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK242$$bMaterie$$kM02$$lKondensierte Materie$$vKondensierte Materie$$x0 000028486 9141_ $$y2003 000028486 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0010$$aJCR/ISI refereed 000028486 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)VDB43$$d31.12.2006$$gISG$$kISG-3$$lInstitut für Grenzflächen und Vakuumtechnologien$$x0 000028486 970__ $$aVDB:(DE-Juel1)22146 000028486 980__ $$aVDB 000028486 980__ $$aConvertedRecord 000028486 980__ $$ajournal 000028486 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)PGI-3-20110106 000028486 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED 000028486 981__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)PGI-3-20110106