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A brief description of surface self-diffusion at crystal surfaces is presented. Surface fluxes are defined as excess quantities and possible mechanisms of diffusion are discussed involving surface point defects. The connection between macroscopic capillarity treatments of surface shape development by diffusion and the dynamics of evolution of surface atomic step arrays is discussed.
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Blakely, J.M., Umbach, C.C. (1988). Surface Self-Diffusion, Capillarity, and Surface Steps. In: Grunze, M., Weimer, J.J., Kreuzer, H.J. (eds) Diffusion at Interfaces: Microscopic Concepts. Springer Series in Surface Sciences, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73632-2_11
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