Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Strain Engineering and Thermal Transport in Nanostructured Materials

Given the large surface-to-volume ratio of nanoscale and nanostructured materials and devices, their performance is often dominated by processes occurring at free surfaces or interfaces. By connecting a material's atomic structure and thermo-mechanical response, molecular dynamics is helping researchers better understand and quantify these processes.

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