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Applied Math Seminar: Nonlinear Stability Analyses of Pattern Formation on Solid Surfaces
2007-09-05
3:10 PM, Neill 3W
David Wollkind
ABSTRACT: The development of spontaneous stationary equilibrium patterns on metallic or semiconductor solid surfaces during ion-sputtered erosion at normal incidence is investigated by means of various weakly nonlinear stability analyses applied to the appropriate governing equation for this phenomenon. In particular, that process can be represented by a damped Kuramoto-Sivashinsky nonlinear partial differential time-evolution equation for the interfacial deviation from a planar surface which includes a deterministic ion-bombardment arrival term and is defined on an unbounded spatial domain. The etching of coherent ripples, rhombic arrays of rectangular mounds or pits, and hexagonal lattices of nanoscale quantum dots or holes during this erosion process is based upon the interplay between roughening caused by ion sputtering and smoothing caused by surface diffusion. Then, the theoretical predictions from these analyses are compared with both relevant experimental evidence and numerical simulations as well as placed in the context of some recent pattern formation studies.
Weekly Scheduled Seminars
For more information please contact the individuals listed below.Monday
1:10pmAlgebra Seminar - Google Group
Neill Hall 106W
Contact: Judi McDonald
Tuesday
4:30-5:30pmMathematics Education Seminar
One World Cafe - Moscow, ID
Contact: Libby Knott
Wednesday
3:00-4:00pmApplied Math Seminar
Neill Hall 3W
Contact: Alan Genz
4:00-5:00pm
Reliability and Risk Seminar
Neill Hall 106W
Contact: Haijun Li
Thursday
Friday
4:15-5:15pmSpatial Reasoning: An Interdisciplinary Seminar
Cleveland Annex 309
Contact Co-organizers: Kim Vincent and Kathleen Ryan, Interior Design.
Various disciplines dealing with spatial relationships and reasoning will be examined. We will discuss what spatial reasoning is and how to improve students' spatial reasoning. The book, Learning to Think Spatially: GIS as a Support System in the K-12 Curriculum will be used. A read-only version may be found at www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11019