1. J.P.
Schneider, D. Margetis, F. Gibou, and C.
Ratsch, Examination of scaling
behavior in unstable epitaxial mound growth via kinetic Monte Carlo simulations,
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 31,
365301 (2019). (click here for pdf)
2. J.
Dardas, J.H. Park, and C. Ratsch, Effects of dopants on electronic surface-states
in InAs, Phys. Rev. B 99, 245406
(2019). (click here for pdf)
3. T.
Krumwiede, K. Dinh, C. Ratsch, and
T. P. Schulze, The Influence of Edge
Energy on Step Flow Instability for Crystals with Bravais Versus Non-Bravais
Lattice Structures, Communications in Computational Physics 27, 70 (2019). (click here
for pdf)
4. I.
Johnson, C. Ratsch, F. Gibou, and D.
Margetis, Slope selection in unstable
multilayer growth in 1+1 dimensions: Step flow models with downward funneling,
Phys. Rev. E 100, 052802 (2019). (click here
for pdf)
5. P.
Mistani, A. Guittet, D. Bochkov, J. Schneider, D. Margetis, C. Ratsch, and F. Gibou, The island dynamics model on parallel
quadtree grids, Journ. Comp. Phys. 361,
150 (2018). (click
here for pdf)
6.
J. Kaminski, P. Kratzer, and C. Ratsch, A New Method for Surface Energy Calculations, Phys. Rev.
B 95, 085408 (2017). (click here
for pdf)
7.
D. Berger and C.
Ratsch, Line defects in graphene: How
doping affects the electronic and mechanical properties, Phys. Rev. B 93, 235441 (2016). (click here for
pdf)
8. T.H. Yu and C.
Ratsch, Computational study of ridge
states in GaAs nanopillars, Journ. Appl. Phys. 118, 055703 (2015). (click here for pdf)
9. S. Kiani, C.
Ratsch, A. M. Minor, S. Kodambaka, and J.-M. Yang, Orientation- and Size-Dependent Room-Temperature Plasticity in ZrC
Crystals, Philosophical Magazine 95, 985 (2015).
(click for pdf)
10. S. Kiani, C.
Ratsch, A. M. Minor, J.-M. Yang, and S. Kodambaka, In situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Observations of
Room-Temperature Plasticity in Sub-Micron-Size TaC(100) and TaC(011)
Single-Crystals, Scripta Materialia 100, 13 (2015). (click for pdf)
11. W. Zhang, X. Yu, E. Cahyadi, Y.-H. Xie, and C. Ratsch, On the kinetic barriers of graphene homo-epitaxy, Appl. Phys. Lett.
105, 221607 (2014). (click for pdf)
12. J. Papac, D. Margetis, F. Gibou, and C. Ratsch, Island-dynamics model for mound formation: Effect of a step-edge
barrier, Phys. Rev. E 90, 022404 (2014). (click for pdf)
13. A. Baskaran, C.
Ratsch, and P. Smereka, Modeling the
Elastic Energy of Alloys: Potential Pitfalls of Continuum Treatments,
submitted to Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (2014).
14. J. Shapiro, A.
Lin, C. Ratsch, and D. Huffaker, Control of Stacking Faults in
Catalyst-Free GaAs Nanopillars, Nanotechnology 24, 475601 (2013). (click for pdf)
15. J. Papac, A. Helgadottir, C. Ratsch, and F. Gibou, A
level set approach for diffusion and Stefan-type problems with Robin boundary
conditions on quadtree/octree adaptive Cartesian grids, Journ. Comp. Phys. 233, 241 (2013). (click for pdf)
16. T. H. Yu, L. Yan, W. You, R. B. Laghumavarapu, D.
Huffaker, and C. Ratsch, The effect of passivation on different GaAs
surfaces, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103,
173902 (2013). (click for pdf)
17. J.N. Shapiro, A. Lin, D.L. Huffaker, and C. Ratsch, Potential energy surface of
In and Ga adatoms above the (111)A and (110) surfaces of a GaAs nanopillar,
Phys. Rev. B 84, 085322 (2011). (click for pdf)
18. C. Ratsch, Strain
dependence for microscopic growth parameters for Ag on Ag(100), Phys. Rev. B 83, 153406 (2011). (click for pdf)
19. J. Papac, F. Gibou, and C. Ratsch, Efficient Symmetric Discretization for the
Poisson, Heat and Stefan-Type Problems with Robin Boundary Conditions, Journ. Comp. Phys. 229, 875 (2010). (click
for pdf)
20. C. Ratsch,
J. DeVita, and P. Smereka, A Levelset
Simulation for the Strain-Driven Sharpening of the Island Size Distribution
during Heteroepitaxy, Phys. Rev. B, 80,
155309 (2009). (click for pdf)
21. M.A.
Saum, T.P. Schulze, and C. Ratsch, Inverted list kinetic Monte Carlo with
rejection applied to directed self-assembly of epitaxial growth,
Communication in Computational Physics 6,
553 (2009). (click for pdf)
22. J.M.
Reich, X.B. Niu, Y.-J., R.E. Caflisch, and C.
Ratsch, Lateral alloy segregation in
thin heteroepitaxial films, Phys. Rev. B 79, 073405 (2009). (click for pdf)
23. X.B.
Niu,
24. X.
Niu, Y.-J. Lee, R.E. Caflisch, and C. Ratsch, Optimal Capping Layer
Thickness for Stacked Quantum Dots, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 086103 (2008). (click for pdf)
25. A.
Fielicke, C. Ratsch, G. von Helden, and G. Meijer, The Far-Infrared Spectra of Neutral and Cationic Niobium Clusters: Nb50/+
to Nb90/+, Journ. Chem. Phys 127, 234306 (2007). (click for pdf)
26. X.
Niu, R. Vardavas, R.E. Caflisch, and C. Ratsch, A Level Set
Simulation of Directed Self-Assembly during Epitaxial Growth, Phys. Rev. B 74, 193403 (2006). (click for pdf)
27. S.H.
Lee, H.P. Gillis, and C. Ratsch, Smoothening Mechanism for GaAs(100)
Surfaces during Inductively Coupled Plasma Etching, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88,
161916 (2006). (click for pdf)
28. A. Dalla Volta, D.D. Vvedensky, N. Gogneau, E.
Pelucchi, A. Rudra, B. Dwir, E. Kapon, and C. Ratsch, Step Ordering
Induced by Nonplanar Patterning of GaAs Surfaces, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88 203104 (2006). (click for pdf)
29. Z.M.
Zhao, T.S. Yoon, W. Feng, B.Y. Li, J. H. Kim, J. Liu, O. Hulko, Y.H. Xie, H.M.
Kim, K.B. Kim, H.J. Kim, K.L. Wang, C.
Ratsch, R. Caflisch, D.Y. Ryu, and T.P. Russel, The challenges in guided self-assembly of Ge and InAs quantum dots on
Si, Thin Solid Films 508, 195
(2006). (click for pdf)
30. C.
Ratsch, A. Fielicke, A. Kirilyuk, J. Behler, M.
Scheffler, G. von Helden, and G. Meijer, Structure Determination of Small
Vanadium Clusters by Density-Functional Theory in Comparison with Experimental
Far-Infrared Spectra, Journ. Chem. Phys. 122, 124302 (2005). (click for pdf)
31. A.
Fielicke, C. Ratsch, G. von Helden, and G. Meijer, Isomer Selective
Infrared Spectroscopy of Neutral Metal Clusters, Journ. Chem. Phys. 122,
091105 (2005). (click for pdf)
32. C.
Ratsch, Y. Landa, and R. Vardavas, Lack of
Scaling of Point Island Models in Submonolayer Epitaxy, Surface Science 578,
196 (2005). (click for pdf)
33. C.
Ratsch, J. Garcia, and R.E. Caflisch, The
Influence of Edge Diffusion on the Growth Mode on Vicinal Surfaces, Appl.
Phys. Lett. 87, 141901 (2005). (click for pdf)
34. A. Fielicke, A. Kirilyuk, C. Ratsch, J. Behler, M.
Scheffler, G. von Helden, and G. Meijer, Structure determination of isolated meatal clusters via far-infrared
spectroscopy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 023401 (2004). (click for pdf)
35. R.
Vardavas, C. Ratsch, and R.E. Caflisch, Level Sets and Surface
Defects, Surface Science 569, 185 (2004). (click for pdf)
36. F.
Gibou, C. Ratsch, and R.E. Caflisch, Capture Numbers and Scaling Laws
in Epitaxial Growth, Phys. Rev. B 67, 155403 (2003). (click for pdf)
37. D.D.
Vvedensky, C. Ratsch, F. Gibou, and R. Vardavas, Singularities and
Spatial Fluctuations in Submonolayer Epitaxy, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90,
189601 (2003). (click for pdf)
38. C.
Ratsch, C. Anderson, R.E. Caflisch, L.
Feigenbaum, D. Shaevitz, M. Sheffler, and C. Tiee, Multiple Domain Dynamics
Simulated with Coupled Level Sets, Appl. Math. Lett. 16, 1165
(2003). (click for pdf)
39. M.
Petersen, A. Zangwill, and C. Ratsch, Homoepitaxial Ostwald Ripening,
Surf. Science 536, 55 (2003). (click for pdf)
40. C. Ratsch,
M.F. Gyure, R.E. Caflisch, F. Gibou, M. Petersen, M. Kang, J. Garcia, and D.D.
Vvedensky, Level-Set Method for Island
Dynamics in Epitaxial Growth, Phys. Rev. B 65, 195403 (2002). (click for pdf)
41. W.
Barvosa-Carter, R.S. Ross, C. Ratsch,
F. Grosse, J.H.G. Owen, and J.J. Zinck, Atomic
scale structure of InAs(001)-(2x4) steady-state surfaces determined by scanning
tunneling microscopy and density functional theory, Surf. Sci. 499,
L129 (2002). (click for pdf)
42. C. Ratsch,
Strain-Induced Change of Surface
Reconstructions for InAs(001), Phys. Rev. B 63, 161306(R) (2001). (click for pdf)
43. C. Ratsch,
M. Kang, and R.E. Caflisch, Atomic Size
Effects in Continuum Modeling, Phys. Rev. E 64, 020601 (2001). (click for pdf)
44. S.
Chen, B. Merriman, M. Kang, R.E. Caflisch, C.
Ratsch, L.T. Cheng, M.F. Gyure, R. Fedkiw, C. Anderson, and S. Osher, Level Set Method for Thin Film Epitaxial
Growth, Journ. Comp. Phys. 167,
475 (2001). (click for pdf)
45. F.
Gibou, C. Ratsch, S. Chen, M.F.
Gyure, and R.E. Caflisch, Rate Equations
and Capture Numbers with Implicit Island Correlation, Phys. Rev. B 63, 115401 (2001). (click for pdf)
46. J.J.
Zinck, R.S. Ross, W. Barvosa-Carter, F. Grosse, J.H.G. Owen, and C. Ratsch, In-Situ Threshold Photoemission Yields Correlated to Surface
Reconstructions of InAs(001), Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 2354 (2001). (click for pdf)
47. M.
Petersen, C. Ratsch, R.E. Caflisch,
and A. Zangwill, Level Set Approach to
Reversible Epitaxial Growth, Phys. Rev. E 64, 061602 (2001). (click for pdf)
48. C. Ratsch,
M.F. Gyure, S. Chen, M. Kang, and D.D. Vvedensky, Fluctuations and Scaling in Aggregation Phenomena, Phys. Rev. B 61, R10598 (2000). (click for pdf)
49. C. Ratsch,
M.C. Wheeler, and M.F. Gyure, Roughening
due to Edge Diffusion for Irreversible Aggregation, Phys. Rev. B 62, 12636 (2000). (click for pdf)
50. C. Ratsch,
W. Barvosa-Carter, F. Grosse, J.H.G. Owen, and J.J. Zinck, Surface Reconstructions for InAs(001) Studied with DFT and STM,
Phys. Rev. B 62, R7719 (2000). (click for pdf)
51. R.E.
Caflisch, W. E, M.F. Gyure, B. Merriman, and C. Ratsch, Kinetic Model for
a Step Edge in Epitaxial Growth, Phys. Rev. E 59,
6879 (1999). (click for pdf)
52. R.E.
Caflisch, M.F. Gyure, B. Merriman, S. Osher, C. Ratsch, D.D. Vvedensky, and J.J. Zinck,
53. M.F.
Gyure, J.J. Zinck, C. Ratsch, and
D.D. Vvedensky, Unstable Growth on Rough
Surfaces, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4931 (1998). (click for pdf)
54. M.F.
Gyure, C. Ratsch, B. Merriman, R.E.
Caflisch, S. Osher, J.J. Zinck, and D.D.
Vvedensky, Level Set Methods for the
Simulation of Epitaxial Phenomena, Phys. Rev. E 58,
R6931 (1998). (click for pdf)
55. D.D.
Vvedensky, R.E. Caflisch, M.F. Gyure, B. Merriman, S. Osher, C. Ratsch, J.J. Zinck;
Island-size distributions for submonolayer epitaxy: rate equations and beyond;
Proceedings of MRS Spring Meeting 1998;
56. C. Ratsch
and M. Scheffler, Density-Functional
Theory Calculations of Hopping Rates of Surface Diffusion, Phys. Rev.
B 58,
13163 (1998). (click for pdf)
57. C. Ratsch,
A.P. Seitsonen, and M. Scheffler, Strain-Dependence
of Surface Diffusion: Ag on Ag(111) and Pt(111), Phys. Rev. B 55,
6750 (1997). (click for pdf)
58. C. Ratsch,
P. Ruggerone, and M. Scheffler,
Density-Functional Theory of Surface Diffusion and Growth of Metals, in Surface Diffusion: Atomistic and Collective
Processes, ed. M. Tringides (Plenum Press, 1997), 83-103. (click for pdf)
59. C. Ratsch,
P. Smilauer, D.D. Vvedensky, and A. Zangwill,
Mechanism for Coherent
60. C. Ratsch,
P. Smilauer, A. Zangwill, and D.D. Vvedensky, Submonolayer epitaxy without a critical nucleus, Surf. Sci. 329, L599 (1995). (click for pdf)
61. D.D.
Vvedensky, A. Zangwill, C.N. Luse, C.
Ratsch, P. Smilauer, and M.R. Wilby,
Scale Invariance in Epitaxial Growth, in Fluctuations and Order: The New Synthesis, edited by M. Millonas
(Springer, New York, 1995).
62. C. Ratsch,
A. Zangwill, P. Smilauer, and D.D. Vvedensky, Saturation and Scaling of Epitaxial Island Densities, Phys. Rev.
Lett 72, 3194 (1994). (click for pdf)
63. C. Ratsch,
A. Zangwill, and P. Smilauer, Scaling of
heteroepitaxial island sizes, Surf. Sci. 314, L937 (1994). (click for pdf)
64. C. Ratsch,
M.D. Nelson, and A. Zangwill, Theory of
strained-layer epitaxial growth near step flow, Phys. Rev. B 50,
14489 (1994). (click for pdf)
65. D.D.
Vvedensky, P. Smilauer, C. Ratsch,
and A. Zangwill, From submonolayer
scaling to multilayer instabilities during epitaxial growth, in Thin Films and Phase Transitions on Surfaces,
Proceedings of the EWSSW'94, Pamporovo, Bulgaria, 1994, edited by M. Michailov
and L. Gutzow (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
Sofia, 1994).
66. C. Ratsch
and A. Zangwill, Step-flow growth on
strained surfaces, Appl. Phys. Lett. 63,
2348 (1993). (click for pdf)
67. C. Ratsch
and A. Zangwill, Equilibrium theory of
the Stranski-Krastanov epitaxial morphology, Surf. Sci. 293, 123 (1993). (click for pdf)
68. A.A.
Wheeler, C. Ratsch, A. Morales, H.M.
Cox, and A. Zangwill, Dynamics of step
flow in a model of heteroepitaxy, Phys. Rev. B 46, 2428 (1992). (click for pdf)
69. C. Ratsch
and A. Zangwill, Morphological stability
of facet growth on nonplanar substrates, Appl. Phys. Lett. 58, 403 (1991). (click for pdf)
Review Articles
1.
R.E. Caflisch and C. Ratsch,
Level Set Methods for Simulation of Thin Film Growth, in the Handbook of
Materials Modeling, eds. R. Catlow, H.
Shercliff, and S. Yip (Kluwer, 2004). (click for pdf)
2.
C. Ratsch
and J.A. Venables, Nucleation Theory and the Early Stages of Thin Film
Growth, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A – Vacuum Surfaces and
Films, vol. 21, S96 (2003). (click for pdf)
3.
C.
Ratsch, P. Ruggerone, and M. Scheffler, Study of strain and temperature dependence
of metal epitaxy, in Morphological
Organisation during Epitaxial Growth and Removal, eds. Z. Zhang, M. Lagally
(World Scientificic, Singapore, 1998). (click for pdf)
4.
P. Ruggerone, C. Ratsch, and M. Scheffler, Density-Functional
Theory of Epitaxial Growth of Metals, in The Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces vol. 8, eds. D.A. King and D.P. Woodruff
(Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 1997), 490-544. (click for pdf)