Michael W Roth
Northern Kentucky University, USA
Title: The rich landscape of organic molecules on graphitic surfaces: what molecular dynamics shows
Biography
Biography: Michael W Roth
Abstract
Nanometer – scale systems exhibit rich, interesting and novel behavior when adsorbed onto surfaces, in part because the species are confined and also because the adsorbate species interact more strongly than in the bulk. Organics such as pentacene, alkanes and fullerens on graphene and graphite exhibit a wide variety of epitaxy, phases and phase transitions that are of fundamental scientific as well as technological importance. This presentation will provide an overview of Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation techniques as well mathematical characterization of the various phases and phase transitions realized by these fascinating systems.