Mechanics and Surface Science of Nanostructures

Catalog description

Thermodynamics ideas applied to surfaces - surface energies and crystal shapes, concepts of surface stress and stiffness. Surface processes in epitaxial growth. Morphological stability and evolution of surface based nanostructures. Atomistic approaches to surface energetics and kinetics. Elastic interactions of defects on surfaces. Strain driven self-assembly. Surface processes in thin film electronic devices.