NANOSCALE STRUCTURE AND ASSEMBLY AT SOLID-FLUID INTERFACES

By JOHN DAVIS

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 ATOMIC SCALE MODELING OF THE SOLID LIQUID INTERFACE 2 CHARACTERIZATION OF SOLID LIQUID INTERFACES USING X RAY DIFFRACTION 3 INTERACTIONS AT SOLID FLUID INTERFACES 4 OPTICAL CONSEQUENCES OF CHEMISTRY AT GROWING CRYSTAL INTERFACES 5 FROM SOLID FLUID INTERFACIAL STRUCTURE TO NUCLEATION KINETICS PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIES FOR MICRO NANOSTRUCTURE ENGINEERING 6 TWO CENTURIES OF MORPHOLOGY OF CRYSTALS INTEGRATION OF PRINCIPLES OF MATHE MATICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY STATISTICAL MECHANICS OF SURFACE MODELS AND CHEMISTRY 7 CRYSTAL DISSOLUTION KINETICS STUDIED BY VERTICAL SCANNING INTERFEROMETRY AND MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS A BRIEF REVIEW AND OUTLOOK 8 MACHINING WITH CHEMISTRY CONTROLLING NANOSCALE SURFACE STRUCTURE WITH