Applying accelerated molecular dynamics to crystal growth

We discuss how recent accelerated molecular dynamics techniques can be appl ied to crystal growth studies. Focusing our attention on the temperature ac celerated dynamics (TAD) method, we show that at low temperatures the acces sible time scale can be several orders of magnitude greater than with ordin ary molecular dynamics. This allows us to match experimental deposition rat es, as shown by preliminary results for the Cu/Cu(100) system.