Bridging the Time and Length Scales in Modeling Epitaxial Growth

Monday, August 3

8:00 - 9:00 : Registration and Breakfast
9:00 - 9:10 : Opening Remarks (Christian Ratsch, Mark Gyure, Russ Caflisch)

Session 1: The Role of Ab Initio Calculations and Molecular Dynamics

Chair: Dimitri Vvedensky

9:10 - 9:20 : Introduction to the Session
9:20 - 10:00 : Peter Feibelman: Use Teraflops to Avoid GIGO-Bites: The Role of 1st-Principles Calculations in Multi-Scale Modeling
10:00 - 10:30 : Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:10 : George Gilmer: The Role of Molecular Dynamics
11:10 - 12:00 : Discussion

12:00 - 13:30 : Lunch

Session 2: Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations beyond Simple Models

Chair: Christian Ratsch

13:30 - 13:40 : Introduction to the Session
13:40 - 14:20 : Pavel Smilauer: Simple Kinetic Monte Carlo Models of Epitaxy
14:20 - 15:00 : Thomas Mattsson: Computer Simulations of Atom Evaporation from Islands, Island Migration and Coarsening
15:00 - 15:30 : Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:10 : Dimitri Vvedensky: Island Kinetics on Reconstructed GaAs(001) Surfaces
16:10 - 16:50 : Mark Gyure: Surface Reconstructions and Growth of AlSb(001)
16:50 - 18:00 : Discussion

Tuesday, August 4

8:00 - 9:00 : Breakfast

Session 3: Continuum Approaches to Modeling Epitaxial Growth

Chair: Dietrich Wolf

9:00 - 9:10 : Introduction to the Session
9:10 - 9:50 : Martin Siegert: Continuum Theory of Coarsening Dynamics of Crystalline Films
9:50 - 10:30 : Bob Kohn: Some Remarks on Coarse-Graining of Film Growth Models
10:30 - 11:00 : Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:40 : Peter Smereka: Mathematical Methods to Solve Moving Boundary Problems
11:40 - 12:30 : Discussion

12:30 - 14:00 : Lunch

Session 4: Mean Field Approaches and Beyond

Chair: Bob Kohn

14:00 - 14:10 : Introduction to the Session
14:10 - 14:50 : Russ Caflisch: Reduced Order Models
14:50 - 15:30 : Jim Evans: Formation and Relaxation of 2D Island Distribution in Metal Homoepitaxy
15:30 - 16:00 : Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:40 : Christian Ratsch: Effect of Fluctuations Studied by the Level Set Method
16:40 - 17:30 : Discussion

18:00 : Barbecue at Malibu Creek State Park

Wednesday, August 5

8:00 - 9:00 : Breakfast

Session 5: Modeling of Strain

Chair: Mark Gyure

9:00 - 9:10 : Introduction to the Session
9:10 - 9:50 : Dietrich Wolf: Influence of Strain on the Growth Kinetics
9:50 - 10:30 : Laszlo Barabasi: Self-Assembled Dislocation Free Island Formation: An Equilibrium Theory
10:30 - 11:00 : Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:40 : Kaushik Bhattacharya: The Role of Stress in the Growth of Stepped Surfaces
11:40 - 12:30 : Discussion

12:30 - 13:45 : Lunch

Session 6: More Discussions and Workshop Closure

Discussion Leader: Peter Feibelman

13:45 - 15:15 : Final Discussion

What have we learned ?
Where do we go from here ?
Is it possible at all to connect time and length scales ?
Where are the weak links ?

15:15 : Closing remarks, Departure, and/or Coffee Break

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