Ivan Stranski The Grandmaster of Crystal Growth

Ivan V Markov ,

ISBN 10: 9813270454 / ISBN 13: 9789813270459

Published by World Scientific Publishing Co, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ivan Stranski The Grandmaster of Crystal Growth
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9813270454
• ISBN 13: 9789813270459
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

Who is Ivan Stranski, you ask? If you Google his name you will find thousands of sites that talk about him. In fact, the Kossel-Stranski model of crystal growth and the Stranski-Krastanov mode of growth of thin epitaxial films are named after him — just two of the many scientific ideas and concepts Professor Stranski introduced to science (and through which a whole new field in science was born). Today thousands of physicists, chemists and materials scientists all over the world are working in the field of crystal growth, particularly in epitaxial growth and nucleation which are necessary for the invention of new materials and high technologies. In this respect, the life, personality and way of thinking of this remarkable scientist should be of great interest to both beginners and professionals in science.

This book describes the life and scientific achievements of Ivan Stranski, Bulgarian-German physical chemist and the father of crystal growth, against the historical backdrop of wars, massacres, and remarkable scientific discoveries in the 20th century. It covers his family roots, which are remarkable in their own right, his life and career both in Bulgaria and Germany (West Berlin), and his scientific achievements, including his most important contribution to the physics of crystal growth.

The book captures Professor Stranski's personality and way of thinking as much as possible from the recollections of his disciples and contemporaries. Short biographical notes about his most renowned students in Bulgaria, Rostislaw Kaischew and Lyubomir Krastanov, with whom Stranski developed his most fundamental ideas are also included.

Readership: Students studying, and physicists, chemists and materials scientists working in, the field of crystal growth, epitaxial growth and nucleation for inventing new materials and high technologies.

About the Author

Ivan V Markov is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia. The institute was founded and headed by Professor Rostislaw Kaischew, with whom Professor Ivan Stranski developed some of his most important ideas and created the molecular-kinetic theory of crystal growth. Markov's research interests are primarily concerned with nucleation and epitaxial growth of thin films, in particular with the Stranski-Krastanov mechanism of growth. Markov graduated from the University of Sofia with a degree in Chemistry, in 1965. He then joined the Institute of Physical Chemistry in Sofia where he obtained his PhD degree in the electrochemical nucleation of metals in 1976, and his DSci degree in some theoretical problems of epitaxy, in 1989. He was guest professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan from 1992 to 1994; in the Department of Condensed Matter Physics of the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in 1998; and in the Department of Physics of Hong Kong University in 2004, giving lectures on the fundamentals of nucleation, crystal growth and epitaxy. Markov is author of the bestselling textbook Crystal Growth for Beginners, which underwent three editions.