Front Cover; Solid State Physics Advances in research and application; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors to Volume 25; Preface; Contents of Previous Volumes; Supplementary Monographs; Articles to Appear Shortly; Chapter 1. Surface States; I. Introduction; II. Brief Historical Review; III. Crystal Orbital Methods; IV. Crystal Potential Methods; V. Three-Dimensional Calculations; VI. Semiclassical Methods; VII. Comparison between Theory and Experiment; VIII. Concluding Remarks; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 2. Crystal Growth Mechanisms: Energetics, Kinetics, and Transport; Introduction.

I. Thermodynamics of Phase Changes: Phenomenology of the ProblemII. Statistical Mechanics of Crystal Growth: Theoretical Physics of the Problem; III. Stefan Problem: Mathematical Physics of Crystal Growth Transport Processes; IV. Nucleation; V. Interface Structures and Interface Kinetics; VI. Morphological Stability; VII. Effects of Impurities on Crystal Growth Mechanisms; VIII. Fluid Flow Effects; Chapter 3. Thermoelastic Theory of Stressed Crystals and Higher-Order Elastic Constants; I. Introduction; II. Thermoelasticity of Stressed Materials; III. Expansions for Small Initial Stress.

IV. Crystal Symmetry PropertiesV. Measurement of Third-Order Elastic Constants; VI. Fourth-Order Elastic Constants of Cubic Crystals; VII. Interpretation of Measurements in Terms of Atomic Theories; Author Index; Subject Index.