James Evans
Faculty
Ph.D. Mathematical Physics (University of Adelaide)
Professor
Condensed Matter
505 Zaffarano Hall
515-294-1638
Links of Interest
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics and Multi-Scale Modeling. Focus areas and applications: (i) growth and relaxation of epitaxial thin films and nanostructures; (ii) spatio-temporal behavior in catalytic surface reactions; (iii) transport and reaction in mesoporous systems; (iv) non-equilibrium phase transitions in reaction-diffusion systems.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
T. Duguet, Y. Han, C. Yuen, D. Jing, B. Unal, J.W. Evans, and P.A. Thiel, "Self-assembly of metal nanostructures on binary alloy surfaces", Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 108 (2011) 989-994
J.W. Evans and P.A. Thiel, "A little chemistry helps the big get bigger", Science 330 (2010) 559
M. Li, Y. Han, and J.W. Evans, "Comment on capture zone scaling in island nucleation", Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 (2010) 149601
B. Unal, V. Fournee, P.A. Thiel, and J.W. Evans, "Growth of height-selected Ag islands on quasicrystalline surfaces: STM analysis and step-dynamics modeling", Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 196103
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 (2008) 116105
D.-J. Liu, X. Guo, and J.W. Evans, "QCP (Schloegl's 2nd model for autocatalysis): Phase-separation with orientation-dependent equistability", Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 (2007) 050601
