#  Research Interests 

 



Structure and thermodynamics of solid-liquid and solid-solid interfaces  
  
Low temperature, metal-mediated growth of semiconductors  
  
Microstructural origin of stresses in thin films   
  
Mechanical properties of thin films   
  
Viscous flow and diffusion in covalently bound amorphous materials  
  
Formation and mechanical properties of metallic glasses  
  
Perfection of silicon crystals   
for use in the high-precision measurement of Avogadro's number  
  
Simulation of the dynamics of crystals and glasses with colloidal systems