I. Crystallization of Proteins. - Protein Molecules and Crystals. - II. Mechanisms and Kinetics of Crystal Growth by Vapor Deposition. - Equilibrium Adsorption Layers on GaAs (111) and Si (111) Surfaces in CVD Growth. - Role of Adsorption Layer in Chemical Vapor Deposition. - Kinetics and Mechanism of Gallium Arsenide Growth in Gas-Transport Systems. - Local Epitaxy Under Conditions of Strong Growth Rate Anisotropy. - Electron Microscopic Observation and Computer Simulation of Step Redistribution in Step Trains due to Changes in Step Density. - Crystal Growth Under Thermodynamically Metastable Conditions. - Role of Defects in the Nucleation of Whiskers Growing from Vapor. - Field Emission Microscopic Study of Thermal Field- and Condensation-Induced Growth Forms of Crystal Tips. - III. Epitaxy. - Peculiarities and Mechanism of Graphoepitaxy. - Application of Electron Microscopy to a Study of Kinetics and Mechanism of Crystallization. - The Effects of Substrate-Mediated Interaction Between Adsorbed Atoms on the Structure of Two-Dimensional Crystals Formed from these Atoms. - Crystal Growth and Polytypism in Silicon Carbide. - IV. Mechanisms and Kinetics of Crystal Growth from the Melt and From High-Temperature Solutions. - Motion of Low-Angle Macrosteps. - Peculiarities of Melt Growth of Crystals with Different Entropies of Melting. - Kinetic Conditions at the Growth Interface of a Mixed Crystal. - General Approach to Monte Carlo Simulation of Crystal Growth. - Parameters Characterizing the Kinetics of Dissolution of Crystalline Germanium in Liquid Ge-Au. - V. Growth of Crystals from the Melt. - Stability of Crystallization in Edge-Defined Film-Fed Growth from the Melt. - Shape and Properties of Crystals Grown from the Melt by the Stepanov Techniques. - Crystal Shape Stability in Meniscus-Controlled Growth Processes. - Numerical Analysis of Heat and Mass Transfer in the Growth of Large Single Crystals from the Melt. - Phase Diagrams of Binary Systems Formed by Rare Earth Trifluorides. - VI. Growth of Crystals from Solutions. - Progress in Flux Growth of Large Crystals. - Growth of Emerald Single Crystals. - Some Technological Procedures and Equipment for Hydrothermal Growth of Single Crystals. - The Role Played by Me2+ in Hydrothermal Crystallization of Germanates of Divalent Metals. - VII. Defect Structure in Crystals: Relation to Growth Conditions. - Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Generation of Stress and Dislocations in Growing Crystals. - Growth Defects in Semiconductor Crystals. - Formation of Defects in Epitaxial Heterostructures and Multicomponent Solid Solutions of Semiconductor Compounds. - Growth and Structure of Synthetic Amethyst Crystals. - Defect Structure of Sb2S3 Crystals Revealed by Electron Microscope Crystal Lattice Imaging Techniques. - On the Structure of Crystalline Graphite Intergrowths. - VIII. New Materials: Equipment for Crystal Growth. - Crystal Growth and Properties of Some New Ionic Conductors. - Modern Methods of Monitoring and Control in Crystal Growth. - Application of Laser Heating to Crystal Growth. Language: English