2. IKZ Summer Course on Crystal Growth 2007


Following the big success of last year's first "IKZ Summer Course on Crystal Growth" the second course took place in the first week of June 2007. It was organized in the same format as last year: One lecturer gave a series of five 2h-lessons, one per day. This year the IKZ was so happy to have the elected President of the International Organization for Crystal Growth (IOCG), Professor A. A. Chernov, as a lecturer. Chernov graduated in Physics from the Moscow Lomonossov State University. He was then for long years head of the Laboratory of Elementary Processes of Crystal Growth at The Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Since 1992 he was half time in Moscow and the other half with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA). In 1996 he became a Director at the NASA Marshal Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, where he worked on materials and biocrystallisation. Presently he is with the DOE (Department of Energy) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore (CA). Chernov was the laureate of the inauguration F.C. Frank Prize of the IOCG and of numerous other scientific prizes, he is a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is known as an expert in fundamentals of crystal growth, materials science and related surface phenomena. Chernov followed a route that he described as "Enjoying Rodin": Once being in Paris he spent a whole day in the comparatively small Rodin Museum instead of visiting as many museums as possible. Thus, his lessons were directed to go more in depth than to be complete. He encouraged the listeners to ask questions and to discuss with him. He made a strong effort to make things clear and understandable. His course was enjoyable and profitable for all of the numerous participants. Many collaborators from the IKZ and from other institutes took the chance to discuss their special problems with Professor Chernov. The IKZ thanks him a lot for all his efforts and his excellent presentation. In the IKZ he gave this yearüs Summer Course on "Basic Physics of Crystal Growth for Pedestrians".

Basic Physics of Crystal Growth for Pedestrians

  • Surfaces at Equilibrium
  • Nucleation and Epitaxy
  • Kinetics at Surfaces
  • Transport and Stability
  • Impurities and Defects