CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

James W. Evans Senior Scientist and Professor of Mathematics Iowa State University 315 Wilhelm Hall Ames Laboratory Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 Phone 515-294-1638 FAX 515-294-0266 evans@ameslab.gov

PERSONAL HISTORY

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• B.Sc. (Hons) 1975, Mathematics, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Ph.D. 1979, Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Australia
• Postdoctoral Fellow, 1979-81, Chemical Physics, Iowa State University
• Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics, 1989-91, Iowa State University
• Visiting Scientist, Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany, 1991
• Visiting Scientist, Ecole des Mines, Nancy, France, 2000
• Professor of Mathematics, 1996-present; Associate Professor of Mathematics, 1991-96, Iowa State University
• Senior Scientist, 1996-present; Chemist, 1993-96; Associate Scientist, 1983-93; Assistant Chemist, 1982-83, Ames Laboratory-USDOE
• Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2002-present

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Spatiotemporal behavior in catalytic surface reactions: atomistic lattice-gas modeling accounting for the influence of adlayer ordering on the reaction kinetics and chemical diffusivity; development of exact reaction-diffusion equations; analysis of fluctuations in nanoscale reaction systems. Etching and other reactions on semiconductor surfaces. Nanostructure formation and relaxation in epitaxial thin films: modeling of submonolayer nucleation and growth of islands, kinetic roughening during multilayer deposition, and post-deposition equilibration processes. Statistical mechanical studies of far-from-equilibrium processes. 

CURRENT RESEARCH GRANTS

• "Assembly and Stability of Metal Nanostructures on Surfaces", NSF Grant CHE-0809472 from 8/2008-11/2011 for $594,000. PI: J.W. Evans, Co-PI: P.A. Thiel
• "Spatial Organization in Epitaxial Thin Films and Chemisorbed Layers: Manipulation of Nano- and Meso-scale Structure on Metal Substrates", NSF Grant CHE-0414378, from 7/2004-7/2009 for $540,000. PI: J. W. Evans; Co-PI: P. A. Thiel.
• "Chemical Physics (Surface Reactions)", USDOE Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, through Ames Laboratory from 2007-2010 for $330,000 per annum. PIs: J. W. Evans, M. S. Gordon.
• "High Performance Computational Chemistry" USDOE SciDAC Program, from 2006-2009 for $240,000 per annum with $45,000 per annum to Evans. PI: M. S. Gordon; co-PIs: J. W. Evans, K. Ruedenberg.
• "Selective and Efficient Catalysis in 3D Controlled Environments", USDOE Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, through Ames Laboratory from 2007-2010 for $600,000 with 1/2 RA for Evans. PI: Marek Pruski: Co-PIs: J. W. Evans and 5 others.
• "Multiscale Studies of the Formation and Stability of Surface-based Nanostructures", USDOE CMSN Program for $840,000 from 2005-2008 with $90K to Evans,
  PI's: Z. Zhang and K.-M. Ho; Co-PI's: J. W. Evans and 5 others.
• "Predictive Modeling of the Growth of Energy-Relevant Thin Films and Nanostructures", USDOE CMSN Program for ~$800,000 from 2008-2011 with $90K to Evans, PI's: Z. Zhang and K.-M. Ho; Co-PI's: J. W. Evans and 6 others.

RESEARCH GROUP

Current Members

• Dr. Da-Jiang Liu, Associate Scientist (Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1998)
• Dr. Yong Han, Postdoc (Ph.D., University of Utah, 2006)
• Xiaofang Guo (Ph.D. student, Physics)
• David Ackermann (Ph.D. student, Chemistry)

Previous Members

• Maozhi Li (Postdoc 2001-2005, Asst. Scientist 2006-2007), Assistant Professor of Physics, Renmin University, Beijing
• Chandana Ghosh (Postdoc 2004-2005), Postdoc, University of Louisville
• Marvin Albao (Ph.D. Physics 2005), Postdoc, Frtiz Haber Institute, Berlin and University of Duisburg/Essen
• Kyle Caspersen (Ph.D. Chem 2001), Staff Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (previously postdoc, UCLA/CalTech)
• Edna James (Ph.D. Math 1999), Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Algoma University, Canada (previously postdoc, University of Toronto and University of Saskatoon)
• Antonio Cadilhe (Postdoc 1997-99), Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Minho, Portugal
• Mike Tammaro (Ph.D. Physics 1997), Lecturer in Physics, University of Rhode Island
• Maria Bartelt (Postdoc 1991-96), Program Director for Computational Materials Science and Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, now deceased
• Chris Westermeyer (M.Sc. Math 1995), Actuary
• Tim Ray (Ph.D. Math 1994), Associate Professor of Mathematics, Southeast Missouri State University
• Chuan Kang (Postdoc 1989-90), Associate Professor in Chemistry, Singapore National University

RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Multiscale and analytic modeling of submonolayer island formation during deposition
• Theoretical treatment of mound formation & evolution during multilayer kinetic roughening
• Submonolayer island shapes and multilayer morphologies for Ag/Ag(111) growth
• Growth of thin metal films on alloy surfaces (including quasicrystals)
• Post-deposition relaxation and diffusion of surface nanostructures
• Effect of chemical additives on evolution of thin film nanostructures
• Realistic atomistic modeling of catalytic surface reactions
• Multiscale modeling of spatiotemporal behavior in surface reactions
• Fluctuation effects in nanoscale reaction systems
• Etching and oxidation of flat and vicinal Si(100) surfaces
• Formation of atomic rows by deposition of Group III metals on Si(100)
• Transport and reaction in mesoporous systems
• Kinetic phase transitions in non-equilibrium systems

RECENT PUBLICATIONS (for COMPLETE list of publications, click here)
Total publications: > 220
Total citations on papers from 1990 to present (isiknowledge.com): > 4700

Journal Publications on Surface Reactions (1998-present)

M. Tammaro and J. W. Evans, "Chemical Diffusivity and Wave Propagation in Surface Reactions: Lattice-Gas Model mimicking CO-Oxidation with High CO-Mobility", J. Chem. Phys., 108, 762-773 (1998).

M. Tammaro and J.W. Evans, "Chemical Diffusion in Mixed Adlayers and Wave Propagation in Surface Reactions", Surface Science Letters, 395, L207-214 (1998).

M. Tammaro and J.W. Evans, "Reactive Removal of Unstable NO+CO Adlayers: Chemical Diffusion and Reaction Front Propagation", J. Chem. Phys., 108, 7795-7806 (1998).

M. Tammaro and J.W. Evans, "Hydrodynamic Limits for the Monomer-Dimer Surface Reaction Models: Chemical Diffusion, Wave Propagation, and Equistability", Phys. Rev. E, 57, 5087-5094 (1998).

M. Tammaro, J.W. Evans, C. S. Rastomjee, W. Swiech, A. M. Bradshaw, and R. Imbihl, "Reaction-Diffusion Front Propagation across Stepped Surfaces during Catalytic Oxidation of CO on Pt(100)", Surface Science, 407, 162-170 (1998).

Y. Suchorski, J. Beben, E. W. James, J. W. Evans, and R. Imbihl, "Fluctuation-Induced Transitions in a Bistable Surface Reaction: Catalytic CO-oxidation on a Pt Field Emitter Tip", Physical Review Letters, 82, 1907-1910 (1999).

E. W. James, C. Song, and J. W. Evans, "CO-Oxidation Model with Superlattice Ordering of Adsorbed Oxygen I. Steady-State Bifurcations", J. Chem. Phys., 111, 6579-6589 (1999).

D.-J. Liu and J. W. Evans, "Symmetry-Breaking and Percolation Transitions in a Surface Reaction Model with Superlattice Ordering", Physical Review Letters, 84, 955-958 (2000).

E. W. James, D.-J. Liu, and J. W. Evans, "Relaxation Effects in Random Sequential Adsorption: Application to Chemisorption Systems", J. Colloids and Surfaces A, 165, 241-254 (2000).

D.-J. Liu and J. W. Evans, "Ordering and Percolation Transitions for Hard-Squares: Equilibrium versus Non-equilibrium Models for Adsorbed Layers with c(2x2) Superlattice Ordering", Phys. Rev. B, 62, 2134-2145 (2000).

D.-J. Liu and J. W. Evans, "Surface Diffusion in Mixed Adayers with Superlattice Ordering: Percolative Transport around Obstacles and along Domain Boundaries", J. Chem. Phys. 113, 10252-10264 (2000).

Y. Suchorski, J. Beben, R. Imbihl, E. W. James, D.-J. Liu, and J. W. Evans, "Fluctuations and Critical Phenomena in Catalytic CO-Oxidation on Nanoscale Pt Facets", Phys. Rev. B 63, 165417 (2001), 12 pp.

D.-J. Liu and J. W. Evans, "Phase Transitions in Mixed Adsorbed Layers: Effect of Repulsions between 'Hard-Squares' and 'Point-Particles'", J. Chem. Phys., 114, 10977-10978 (2001).

N. Pavlenko, J. W. Evans, D.-J. Liu, and R. Imbihl, "Catalytic CO Oxidation on Nanoscale Pt Facets: Effect of Inter-facet CO Diffusion on Bifurcation and Fluctuation Behavior", Phys. Rev. E 65, 016121 (2002), 8 pp.

J. W. Evans, D.-J. Liu, M. Tammaro, "From Atomistic Lattice-Gas Models for Surface Reactions to Hydrodynamic Reaction-Diffusion Equations", Chaos 12,131-143 (2002). (Focus Issue: Nonlinear Pattern Formation in Surface Science, edited by A.S. Mikhailov, and G. Ertl).

D.-J. Liu and J. W. Evans, “Fluctuations and Bistability in a Hybrid Atomistic Model for CO Oxidation on Nanofacets: An Effective Potential Analysis”, J. Chem. Phys. 117, 7319-7328 (2002).

N. Pavlenko, R. Imbihl, J. W. Evans, and Da-Jiang Liu, “Critical Behavior in an Atomistic Surface Reaction Model exhibiting Bistability: CO-Oxidation with Rapid CO-diffusion”, Phys. Rev. E 68, 016212 (2003), 8pp.

D.-J. Liu, N. Pavlenko, and J. W. Evans, “Crossover between Mean-Field and Ising Critical Behavior in a Lattice-Gas Reaction-Diffusion Model”, J. Stat. Phys., 114, 101-114 (2004).

D.-J. Liu and J. W. Evans, “From Atomic Scale Reactant Ordering to Mesoscale Reaction Front Propagation: CO Oxidation on Pd(100)”, Phys. Rev. B 70, 193408 (2004), 4 pp.

D.-J. Liu and J. W. Evans, “Lattice-Gas Modeling of the Formation and Ordering of Oxygen Adlayers on Pd(100)”, Surface Science, 563, 13-26 (2004).

D.-J. Liu and J. W. Evans, “From Atomic Scale Ordering to Mesoscale Spatial Patterns in Surface Reactions: A Heterogeneous Coupled Lattice-Gas (HCLG) Simulation Approach”, SIAM Multiscale Modeling Sim., 4, 424-446 (2005).

D.-J. Liu and J. W.Evans, “Atomistic Lattice-Gas Modeling of CO-Oxidation on Pd(100): Temperature-Programmed Spectroscopy and Steady-State Behavior”,
J. Chem. Phys., 124, 154705 (2006), 13 pp.

D.-J. Liu and J. W.Evans, “Chemical Diffusion in Mixed CO+O Adlayers and Reaction Front Propagation in CO-Oxidation on Pd(100)”, J. Chem. Phys., 125, 054709 (2006), 8 pp.

D.-J. Liu and J. W. Evans, "Fluctuations and Patterns in Nanoscale Surface Reaction Systems: Influence of Reactant Phase Separation during CO-Oxidation", Phys. Rev. B, 75, 073401 (2007).

D.-J. Liu and J. W. Evans, Fronts and Fluctuations in a Tailored Model for CO Oxidation on Metal(100) Surfaces”, J. Phys. Cond. Matt., 19, 065129 (2007).

D.-J. Liu, X. Guo, and J. W. Evans, “Quadratic Contact Process: Phase Separation with Interface-Orientation-Dependent Equistability”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 98, 050601 (2007).

X. Guo, D.-J. Liu, and J. W. Evans, “Two-phase Coexistence, Relaxation Kinetics, and Interface Propagation in the Quadratic Contact Process: I. Simulation Studies”, Phys. Rev. E, 75, 061129 (2007).

X. Guo, J. W. Evans, and D.-J. Liu, “Two-phase Coexistence, Relaxation Kinetics, and Interface Propagation in the Quadratic Contact Process: II. Analytic Studies”, Physica A, 387, 177-201 (2008).

D.-J. Liu and J.W. Evans, "Atomistic and Multiscale Modeling of CO-oxidation on Pd(100) and Rh(100): From Nanoscale Fluctuations to Mesoscale Reaction Fronts", Surf. Sci. (Invited for Ertl
Issue), submitted (2008).

Journal Publications on Thin Films (1998-present)

L. Bardotti, M. C. Bartelt, C. J. Jenks, C. R. Stoldt, J.-M. Wen, C.-M. Zhang, P. A. Thiel and J. W. Evans, "Formation and Equilibration of Submonolayer Island Distributions in Ag/Ag(100) Homoepitaxy", Langmuir, 14, 1478-1486 (1998).

L. Bardotti, C. R. Stoldt, C. J. Jenks, M. C. Bartelt, J. W. Evans, and P. A. Thiel, "HRLEED Profile Analysis and Diffusion Barrier Estimation for Submonolayer Ag/Ag(100) Homoepitaxy", Phys. Rev. B, 57, 12544-12549 (1998).

C. R. Stoldt, A. M. Cadilhe, M. C. Bartelt, C. J. Jenks, P. A. Thiel, and J. W. Evans, "Formation and Relaxation of 2D Island Arrays in Metal(100) Homoepitaxy", Prog. Surf. Sci., 59, 67-77 (1998).

C.-M. Zhang, M. C. Bartelt, J.-M. Wen, C. J. Jenks, J. W. Evans, and P. A. Thiel, "Submonolayer Island Formation and the Onset of Multilayer Growth during Ag/Ag(100) Homoepitaxy", Surface Science, 406, 178-193 (1998).

M. C. Bartelt, A. K. Schmidt, J. W. Evans, and R. Q. Hwang, "Island Size and Environment Dependence of Adatom Capture: Cu/Co Islands on Ru(0001)", Physical Review Letters, 81, 1901-1904 (1998).

C. R. Stoldt, A. M. Cadilhe, C. J. Jenks, J.-M. Wen, J. W. Evans, and P. A. Thiel, "Evolution of Far-From-Equilibrium Nanostructures Formed by Cluster-Step and Cluster-Cluster Coalescence in Metal Films", Physical Review Letters, 81, 2950-2953 (1998).

J. R. Sanchez and J. W. Evans, "Diffusion of Small Clusters on Metal(100) Surfaces: Exact Master Equation Analysis", Phys. Rev. B, 59, 3224-3233 (1999).

M. C. Bartelt, C. R. Stoldt, C. J. Jenks, P. A. Thiel, and J. W. Evans, "Adatom Capture by Arrays of Two-Dimensional Ag Islands on Ag(100)", Phys. Rev. B, 59, 3125-3134 (1999).

M. C. Bartelt and J. W. Evans, "Temperature Dependence of Roughening during Metal(100) Homoepitaxy: Kinetic Phase Transition from Mounding to Smooth Growth", Surface Science, 423, 189-207 (1999).

A. M. Dabiran, S. M. Seutter, S. Stoyanov, M. C. Bartelt, J. W. Evans, and P. I. Cohen, "Step Edge Barriers vs Step Edge Relaxation in GaAs:Sn MBE", Surface Science, 438, 131-141 (1999).

C. R. Stoldt, C. J. Jenks, P. A. Thiel, A. M. Cadilhe, and J. W. Evans, "Smoluchowski Ripening of Ag Islands on Ag(100)", J. Chem. Phys., 111,. 5157-5166 (1999)

A. M. Cadilhe, C. R. Stoldt, C. J. Jenks, P. A. Thiel, and J. W. Evans, "Evolution of Far-From-Equilibrium Nanostructures on Ag(100) Surfaces: Protrusions and Indentations at Extended Step Edges", Phys. Rev. B, 61, 4910-4925 (2000).

P. A. Thiel and J. W. Evans, "Nucleation, Growth, and Relaxation of Thin Films in Metal(100) Homoepitaxy", J. Phys. Chem. B, 104, 1663-1676 (2000) - Feature Article.

C. R. Stoldt, K. J. Caspersen, M. C. Bartelt, C. J. Jenks, J. W. Evans, and P. A. Thiel, "Using Temperature to Tune Film Roughness: Non-Intuitive Behavior in a Simple System", Physical Review Letters, 85, 800-803 (2000).

K. J. Caspersen, C. R. Stoldt, A. R. Layson, M. C. Bartelt, P. A. Thiel, and J. W. Evans, "Morphology of Multilayer Ag/Ag(100) Films versus Deposition Temperature: STM Analysis and Atomistic Lattice-Gas Modeling", Phys. Rev. B, 63, 085401 (2001), 15 pp.

W. W. Pai, J. F. Wendelken, C. R. Stoldt, P. A. Thiel, J. W. Evans, and D.-J. Liu, "Evolution of Two-Dimensional Wormlike Nanoclusters on Metal Surfaces", Physical Review Letters, 86, 3088-3091 (2001).

J. W. Evans and M. C. Bartelt, "Nucleation, Adatom Capture, and Island Size Distributions: Unified Scaling Analysis for Submonolayer Deposition", Phys. Rev. B, 63, 235408 (2001), 15 pp.

K. J. Caspersen and J. W. Evans, "Homoepitaxial Growth of Metal Films at Very Low Temperatures: Lattice-Gas Models with Restricted Downward Funneling", Phys. Rev. B, 64, 075401 (2001), 11 pp.

A. R. Layson, J. W. Evans, and P. A. Thiel, "Additive-Enhanced Coarsening and Smoothening of Metal Films: Complex Mass-Flow Dynamics underlying Nanostructure Evolution", Phys. Rev. B 65, 194409 (2002), 4 pp.

K. J. Caspersen, A. R. Layson, C. R. Stoldt, V. Fournee, P. A. Thiel, and J. W. Evans, "Development and Ordering of Mounds during Metal(100) Homoepitaxy", Phys. Rev. B 65, 193407 (2002), 4 pp.

D.-J. Liu and J. W. Evans, “Sintering of 2D Nanoclusters in Metal(100) Homoepitaxial Systems: Deviations from Predictions of Mullins Continuum Theory”, Phys. Rev. B. 66, 165407 (2002), 12pp.

J. W. Evans and M. C. Bartelt, “Island Sizes and Capture Zone Areas in Submonolayer Deposition: Analysis via Scaling and Factorization of the Joint Probability Distribution”, Phys. Rev. B 66, 235410 (2002), 12pp.

S. Frank, H. Wedler, R. J. Behm, J. Rottler, P. Maass, K. J. Caspersen, C. R. Stoldt, P. A. Thiel, and J. W. Evans, “Approaching the Low Temperature Limit in Nucleation and Growth of fcc(100) Metal Films - Ag/Ag(100), Phys. Rev. B 66, 155435 (2002), 7pp.

V. Fournee, T. C. Cai, A. R. Ross, T. A. Lograsso, J. W. Evans, and P. A. Thiel, “Nucleation and Growth of Ag Films on a Quasicrystalline AlPdMn Surface”, Phys. Rev. B 67, 033406 (2003), 4pp.

A. R. Layson, J. W. Evans, and P. A. Thiel, “Use of Adsorbates to Manipulate Nanostructure Formation: O+Ag/Ag(100)”, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 6467-6472 (2003).

M. Li, M. C. Bartelt, and J. W. Evans, “Geometry-based Simulation of Submonolayer Film Growth”, Phys. Rev. B 68, 121401(R) (2003), 4pp.

V. Fournee, A. R. Ross, T. A. Lograsso, J. W. Evans, and P. A. Thiel, “Growth of Ag Thin Films on Complex Surfaces of Quasicrystals and Approximant Phases”, Surface Science 537, 5-26 (2003).

M. Li and J. W. Evans, “Geometry-based Simulation (GBS) Algorithms for Island Nucleation and Growth during Submonolayer Deposition”, Surface Science, 546, 127-148 (2003).

M. Li and J. W. Evans, “Growth Coalescence Shapes for Islands during Metal(100) Homoepitaxy”, Phys. Rev. B 69, 035410 (2004), 14pp.

P. A. Thiel and J. W. Evans, “Energetic Parameters for Atomic Scale Processes on Ag(100)”, J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 14428-14433 (2004), invited for Special Issue commemorating Gerhardt Ertl.

M. Li and J. W. Evans, “Modeling of Island Formation during Submonolayer Deposition: A Stochastic Geometry-Based Simulation (GBS) Approach”, SIAM Multiscale Modeling Sim. 3, 629-657 (2005).

E. Cox, M. Li, P.-W. Chung, C. Ghosh, T. S. Rahman, C. J. Jenks, J. W. Evans, and P. A. Thiel, “Temperature-dependence of island growth shapes in submonolayer deposition of Ag on Ag(111)”, Phys. Rev. B 71, 115414 (2005), 4 pp.

J. Ledieu, R. McGrath, N. V. Richardson, Q. Chen, V. Fournee, T. Lograsso, A. Ross, K. J. Caspersen, U. Baris, J. W. Evans, and P. A. Thiel, “Step Structure on the Five-Fold Al-Pd-Mn Quasicrystalline Surface and on Related Surfaces”, Surf. Sci., 583, 4-15 (2005).

M. Li and J. W. Evans, “Theoretical Analysis of Mound Slope Selection during Unstable Multilayer Growth”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 256101 (2005); 96, 079902(E) (2006).

C. Ghosh, D.-J. Liu, C .J. Jenks, P. A. Thiel, and J. W. Evans, “Modeling of the Energetics and Kinetics of Al-deposition on 5-fold Al-rich Quasicrystal Surfaces”, Phil. Mag. 86, 831-840 (2006).

J. W. Evans, P. A. Thiel and M. C. Bartelt, “Morphological Evolution during Epitaxial Thin Film Growth: Formation of 2D Islands and 3D Mounds, Surface Science Reports 1-128 (2006).

M. Li and J.W. Evans, “Mound Slope and Shape Selection during Unstable Multilayer Growth: Analysis of Step Dynamics Model including Downward Funneling”, Phys. Rev. B 73, 125434 (2006), 13 pp.

C. Ghosh, D.-J. Liu, K.J. Schnitzenbaumer, C. J. Jenks, P. A. Thiel, and J. W. Evans, “Island Formation duing Al Deposition on 5-fold Al-Cu-Fe Quasicrystalline Surfaces: Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of a Disordered-Bond-Network Lattice-Gas Model”, Surf. Sci. 600, 2220-2230 (2006).

B. Unal, J. W. Evans, T. A. Lograsso, A. R. Ross, C. J. Jenks, and P. A. Thiel, “Terrace-dependent Nucleation of Small Ag Clusters on a Five-fold Icosahedral Quasicrystal Surface”, Phil. Mag., 87, 2995-3001 (2007).

B. Unal, A.R. Ross, T.A. Lograsso, K.J. Schnitzenbaumer, C. Ghosh, C.J. Jenks, J.W. Evans, and P.. Thiel, “Nucleation of Ag thin films on five-fold surfaces of i-Al-Pd-Mn quasicrystals”, Phys. Rev. B, 75, 064205 (2007).

M. Shen, D.-J. Liu, J. M. Wen, C. J. Jenks, J. W. Evans, and P. A. Thiel, “Ripening of monolayer vacancy pits on metal surfaces: Pathways, energetics, and size-scaling for Ag(111) versus Ag(100)”, Phys. Rev. B, 75, 245409 (2007).

B. Unal, F. Qin, Y. Han, D.-J. Liu, D. Jing, A.R. Layson, C.J. Jenks, J.W. Evans, and P.A. Thiel, "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Density Functional Theory Study of Initial Bilayer Growth of Ag Films on NiAl(110)", Phys. Rev. B, 76, 195410 (2007), 11pp.

J.W. Evans, P.A. Thiel, and Maozhi Li, "Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of Epitaxial Thin Film Growth: Formation of Submonolayer Islands and Multilayer Mounds", AIP Conf. Proc. 916, 191-211 (2007).

Y. Han, D.-J. Liu, B. Unal, F. Qin, D. Jing, C.J. Jenks, P.A. Thiel, and J.W. Evans, "Kinetics of Facile Bilayer Island Formation for Ag on NiAl(110)", Phys. Rev. Lett., 100, 116105 (2008).

Y. Han, J.W. Evans, and D.-J. Liu, "Quantum Stabilities and Growth Modes of Thin Metal Films: Unsupported and NiAl-supported Ag Films", Surface Science, in press (2008).

D. Jing, B. Unal, F. Qin, J.W. Evans, C.J. Jenks, D.J. Sordelet, and P.A. Thiel, "Stranski-Krastanov-like Growth of an Ag Film on a Metallic Glass", Thin Solid Films, submitted (2008).

M. Shen, D.-J. Liu, C.J. Jenks, P.A. Thiel, and J.W. Evans, "Accelerated coarsening of Ag adatom islands on Ag(111) due to trace amounts of S: Mass transport mediated by Ag-S complexes", J. Chem. Phys., submitted (2008).

M. Shen, D.-J. Liu, C.J. Jenks, J.W. Evans, and P.A. Thiel, "The effect of chemical adsorbates on coarsening of nanoislands on metal surfaces", Surf. Sci. (Invited for Ertl Issue), submitted (2008).

M. Li, Y. Han, P.A. Thiel, and J.W. Evans, "Formation of complex wedding-cake-like morphologies during homoepitaxial growth of Ag on Ag(111): Atomistic, step-dynamics, and continuum modeling", J. Phys. Cond. Matt. (Invited for Special Issue), submitted (2008).

P.A. Thiel, M. Shen, D.-J. Liu and J.W. Evans, "Coarsening of 2D nanocluster arrays on metal surfaces", J. Phys. Chem. C (Invited Feature Article), submitted (2008).

Publications on Deposition, Etching and Reaction on Semiconductor Surfaces (2000-present)

M. C. Bartelt, J. B. Hannon, A. K. Schmid, C. R. Stoldt, and J. W. Evans, "Island Formation during Deposition and Etching", J. Colloids and Surfaces A, 165, 373-403 (2000).

D.-J. Liu, C. H. Choi, M. S. Gordon, and J. W. Evans, “Modeling of the Transition from Active to Passive Oxidation of Si(100)”, in Recent Developments in Oxide and Metal Epitaxy: Theory and Experiment, edited by M. Yeadon, S. Chiang, R. F. C. Farrow, J. W. Evans, and O. Auciello, MRS Proceedings 619 (MRS, Pittsburgh, 2000), pp.173-178.

C. H. Choi, D.-J. Liu, J. W. Evans, and M. S. Gordon, “Passive and Active Oxidation of Si(100) by Atomic Oxygen: Theoretical Study of Possible Reaction Mechanisms”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 8730-8740 (2002).

M. A. Albao, D.-J. Liu, C. H. Choi, M. S. Gordon, and J. W. Evans, “Atomistic Modeling of Morphological Evolution during Simultaneous Etching and Oxidation of Si(100)”, Surface Science, 555, 51-67 (2004).

M. A. Albao, D.-J. Liu, C. H. Choi, M. S. Gordon, and J. W. Evans, “Competitive Etching and Oxidation of Vicinal Si(100) Surfaces”, MRS Proceedings 859E on “Modeling of Morphological Evolution at Surface and Interfaces”, edited by J. W. Evans, C. Orme, M. Asta, and Z. Zhang (MRS Pittsburgh, 2005), JJ3.6.1-6.

M. A. Albao, M. M. R. Evans, J. Nogami, D. Zorn, M. S. Gordon, and J. W. Evans, “Monotonically Decreasing Size Distributions for One-dimensional Ga Rows on Si(100)”, Phys. Rev. B, 72, 035426 (2005), 8 pp.

M. A. Albao, D.-J. Liu, M. S. Gordon, and J. W. Evans, “Simultaneous Etching and Oxidation of Vicinal Si(100) Surfaces: Atomistic Lattice-gas Modeling of Morphological Evolution”, Phys. Rev. B 72, 195420 (2005), 12 pp.

M.A. Albao, M.M.R. Evans, J. Nogami, D. Zorn, M.S. Gordon, and J.W. Evans, Reply to Comment on "Monotonically Decreasing Size Distributions for 1D Ga rows on Si(100)", Phys. Rev. B 74, 037406 (2006), 3 pp.

M. Li, J. W. Evans, C. Z. Wang, M. Hupalo, M. C. Tringides, T.-L. Chan, and K. M. Ho, “Strongly-Driven Coarsening of Height-Selected Pb Islands on Si(111), Phys. Rev. Lett., 601, 140-144 (2007).

M. Albao, F.-C. Chuang, and J.W. Evans, "Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation atomistic models for oxide island formation and step pinning during etching by oxygen of vicinal Si(100)", Thin Solid Films, submitted (2008).

D.D. Zorn, M.A. Albao, J.W. Evans, and M.S. Gordon, "Binding and diffusion of Al adatoms and dimers on the Si(100)-2x1 reconstructed surface: A hybrid QM/MM embedded cluster study", submitted (2008).

Review Articles

J. W. Evans, "Random and Cooperative Sequential Adsorption", Reviews of Modern Physics 65, 1281-1329 (1993).

J. W. Evans, P. A. Thiel, and M. C. Bartelt, "Morphological Evolution during Epitaxial Thin Film Growth: Formation of 2D Islands and 3D Mounds", Surface Science Reports, 61, 1-128 (2006).