Publications & Preprints

REU Reports

Movie of 2D mound coarsening

Useful links

Research in surface physics & thin-films:

° Epitaxial thin-film growth

°Nucleation and Island Formation

° Polycrystalline Growth

° Parallel accelerated dynamics

° Colloidal nanoparticle island-formation and growth

Teaching

Group Members

NEWS:

Beowulf Cluster

Effects of short-range attraction in epitaxial growth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 286103 (2002)

Effects of shadowing in oblique-incidence metal(100) epitaxial growth

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 046103 (2007)

Research supported by the Air Force Office of Research and the Ohio Supercomputer Center

Jacques G. Amar

Condensed Matter Physics/Materials Science Theory

  • Quicktime movie of deposition near step "between atoms" (top and side views)

  • Mpeg version

  • Quicktime movie of deposition near step "on top" (top and side views)

  • Mpeg version

    Research in surface physics and thin-films:

    CURRENT GROUP MEMBERS:

    • Sameer Hamadna (Ph.D. 2024)

    FORMER GROUP MEMBERS:

    • Oliver Smirnov (REU student 2023)
    • Indiras Khatri (Ph.D. 2022)
    • Ahmed Al-Bayati (Ph.D. 2021)
    • Patrick Knowles (REU student, 2021)
    • Sean Davis (B.S. 2019)
    • Yunsic Shim (Postdoctoral Research Associate)
    • Ehsan Sabbar (Ph.D. 2018)
    • Mikhael Semaan (REU student)
    • Roan Martin-Hayden (undergraduate)
    • Alexa Van Hattum (REU student)
    • Bradley Hubartt (Ph.D. 2014)
    • Nitun Poddar (M.S. EECS, 2013)
    • Saketh Bharadwaja (M.S. 2012)
    • Xuejing Liu (M.S. 2012)
    • Qusai Al-Shidi (undergraduate)
    • Yevgen Kryukov (Ph.D. 2011)
    • John Royston (M.S. 2009)
    • Giridhar Nandipati (Ph.D. 2009)
    • Zachary Wick (Undergraduate)
    • Feng Shi (Ph.D. 2008)
    • Valery Borovikov (Ph.D. 2008)
    • Burcu Eksioglu (M.S. 2006)
    • Alice Noreyan (Ph.D. 2005)
    • Jianguo Yu (Ph.D. 2003)
    • Yonghua Ge (M.S. 2003)
    • Travis Smith (Undergraduate)

    REU STUDENTS:

    • Oliver Smirnov (REU student 2022)
    • Patrick Knowles (REU Student, Summer 2021)
    • Mikhael Semaan (REU Student, Summer 2015)
    • Jacob Noon (REU Student, Summer 2015)
    • Alexa Van Hattum (REU Student, Summer 2014)
    • Jennifer Jin (REU Student, Summer 2013)
    • Adnan Choudhary (REU Student, Summer 2012)
    • Nathan Callahan (REU Student, Summer 2011)
    • Dante Amoroso (REU Student, Summer 2008)
    • Mary Elizabeth Mills (REU Student, Summer 2007)
    • Arow Hieronymus (REU Student, Summer 2004)
    • Travis Smith (REU Student, Summer 2003)
    • Matthew Wescott (REU Student, Summer 2003)
    • Jeffrey Durst (REU Student, Summer 2002)
    • Andrew Hill (REU Student, Summer 2002)
    • Daniel Baxter (REU Student, Summer 2000)
    • Vera Verdree (REU Student, Summer 1999)
    • Ryan Snyder (REU Student, Summer 1998)

    Other Links:

    jamar@physics.utoledo.edu