Welcome to Interface Mechanics!

We are a theoretical and computational mechanics group studying how atomic-scale structure at grain boundaries and heterostructures influences material behavior to guide nanoscale design of advanced semiconductor devices, quantum materials, and materials for nuclear fusion.

Modes of grain boundary migration and their energy barriers

beta=0.4
beta=-0.25

The enumeration of line defects in grain and phase boundaries

SEM image of graphene on a palladium substrate

A continuum model of an evolving graphene-metal interface during CVD. (height in microns)

Isotropic vs anisotropic (misorientation-dependent grain boundary energy ) grain growth in a face-centered cubic copper polycrystal