Structure and reactivity of heterogeneous surfaces and study of the geometry of surface complexes. Progress report, January 1, 1984-December 31, 1984
Since the beginning of this project, our group has been involved in theoretical studies of surface phenomena and processes, aimed toward increasing our understanding of fundamental processes which govern the properties of material surfaces. Our studies cover a wide spectrum of surface phenomena: surface reactivity, surface crystallography, electronic and vibrational structure, dynamical processes, phase transformations and phase change, the properties of interfaces and investigations of material processing and novel materials preparation techniques. In these investigations we develop and employ analytical and novel numerical, simulation, methods for the study of complex surface phenomena. Our recent surface molecular dynamics studies and simulations of laser annealing phenomena opened new avenues for the investigation of the microscopic dynamics and evolution of equilibrium and non-equilibrium processes at surfaces and interfaces. Our current studies of metallic glasses using a new langrangian formulation which includes all components of the total energy (density dependent electron gas, single particle and pair interactions) of the system, represents a novel approach for theoretical studies of this important class of systems.
- Research Organization:
- Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta (USA). School of Physics
- DOE Contract Number:
- AS05-77ER05489
- OSTI ID:
- 6255991
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/05489-1; ON: DE85006395
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
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LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION
LASER RADIATION
VIBRATIONAL STATES
COHERENT SCATTERING
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ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
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ENERGY LEVELS
EXCITED STATES
FUNCTIONS
HEAT TREATMENTS
RADIATIONS
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