I. Heterostructure Formation in Molecular-Beam and Gas-Phase Epitaxy.- Direct Synthesis of Nanostructures in the Germanium-Silicon System by Molecular-Beam Epitaxy.- Heterostructures and Strained Superlattices in the Ge-Si System: Growth, Structure Defects, and Electronic Properties.- Long-Range Stresses and Their Effects on Growth of Epitaxial Films.- Growth of and Defect Formation in CdxHg1-xTe Films During Molecular-Beam Epitaxy.- Structure of Amorphous Nb Oxide Films and Their Crystallization.- II. Growth of Crystals in Low-Temperature and Hydrothermal Solutions.- Morphological Stability of a Linear Step in the Presence of a Mobile Adsorbed Impurity.- Growth Kinetics and Bipyramid-Face Morphology of KDP Crystals.- Growth and Certain Properties of KDP Crystals Affected by pH and Temperature.- KOH-ZrO2-SiO2-H2O Hydrothermal System: Formation of Potassium Zirconosilicates and Crystallochemical Correlations Among Them.- III. Growth of Crystals from the Melt.- Compositions of Congruently Melting Three-Component Solid Solutions Determined by Finding Acnodes on Ternary-System Fusion Surfaces.- Coriolis Force on Melt Convection During Growth of Crystals in a Centrifuge and Under Weightlessness.- Convection-Induced Effects in the Step-Heater Stockbarger Growth of CaF2 Crystals: Growth-Front Shape.- Crystallization Front Structure During Growth of Single Crystals from a Melt in Various Crystallographic Directions.- Growth, Detwinning, and Properties of YBa2Cu3Ox and TmBa2Cu3Ox Single Crystals.