Robert S Averback

TL;DR: In this article, a comparative molecular dynamics simulation study of collision cascades in two elemental semiconductors and five fcc metals is performed to elucidate how different material characteristics affect primary defect production during ion irradiation.

TL;DR: In this article, the size-dependent physical and chemical properties of clusters, the methods of synthesis of macroscopic amounts of size-selected clusters with desired properties, and most importantly, the possibility of their controlled assembly into new materials with novel properties.

TL;DR: For cascade energies of 3 and 5 keV in Cu, which are the highest energies (in reduced units) yet treated by fully dynamical simulations, it is found that local melting occurs and persists for several picoseconds.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the extensive experimental and computer simulation studies that have been performed over the past several decades on what the nature of the primary damage is, and provide alternatives to the current international standard for quantifying this energetic particle damage, the Norgett-Robinson-Torrens displacements per atom (NRT-dpa) model for metals.

TL;DR: In this article, the thermal conductance of interfaces between Al and Cu was measured in the temperature range $78lTl298\phantom{\rule{0.3em}{0ex}}\mathrm{K}$ using time-domain thermoreflectance.