Ozolins, Vidvuds - University of California, Los Angeles

个人简介

Professor; B.Sc. (1992) in Physics and Mathematics, University of Latvia; M.Sc. (1993) and Ph.D. (1998) in Theoretical Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; Principle Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories; Postdoctoral Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

研究领域

Research in our group deals with the study and design of advanced materials using computational modeling and simulation. Within a parameter-free first-principles approach, we employ quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics to study electronic structures, interatomic bonding and microscopic kinetic processes in modern high-performance materials. Current research directions include (i) theory of bulk and surface alloys, (ii) studies of nanoscale self-assembly and ordered pattern formation on metal and semiconductor surfaces, (iii) structure and growth kinetics of epitaxial nanostructures, (iv) solid-state hydrides for reversible hydrogen storage, and (iv) development of new computational algorithms for predicting crystal structures and physical properties of complex materials. Our research is funded by NSF, DOE, and SRC-MARCO.

近期论文

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Xu, D., Sriram, V., Ozolins, V., Yang, J.-M., Tu, K.N., Stafford, G.R., Beauchamp, C., Zienert, I., Geisler, H., Hofmann, P., and Zschech, E., “Nanotwin Formation and its Physical Properties and Effect on Reliability of Copper Interconnects”, Microelectronic Engineering, 85:2155 – 2158 (2008) Yang, B., Asta, M., Muppidi, T., and Ozolins, V., “Strong Effect of Substrate Symmetry and Pre-Patterning on Self-Assembly of Compositional Patterns”, Surface Science, 602:L123 – L126 (2008) Barabash, S.V., Ozolins, V., and Wolverton, C., “First-Principles Theory of Competing Order Types, Phase Separation, and Phonon Scattering in Thermoelectric AgPbmSbTem+2 Alloys”, Physical Review Letters, 101 (2008) Yang, B., Muppidi, T., Ozolins, V. and Asta, M., “First Principles Theory of Nanoscale Pattern Formation in Ultrathin Alloy Fimls: A Comparative Study of Fe-Ag on Ru(0001) and Mo (110) Substrates,”, Physical Review B, 77(205408) (2008) Gunaydin, H., Barabash, S.V., Houk, K.N., and Ozolins, V., “First-Principles Theory of Hydrogen Diffusion in Aluminum,”, Physical Review Letters, 101(075901) (2008) Lei, B., Yao, Y., Kumar, A., Yang, Y., and Ozolins, V., “Novel Approach to Quantifying the Relation Between the Morphology and Performance of Polymer Solar Cells: A Monte Carlo Study,”, Journal of Applied Physics, 104(024504) (2008) Majzoub, E.H. and Ozolins, V., “Prototype Electrostatic Ground State Approach to Predicting Crystal Structures of Ionic Compounds: Application to hydrogen storage materials”, Physical Review B, 77(104115) (2008) Ozolins, V., Majzoub, E.H., and Wolverton, C., “First-Principles Prediction of a Ground State Crystal Structure of Magnesium Borohydride,”, Physical Review Letters, 100(135501) (2008) Gunaydin, H., Houk, K.N., and Ozolins, V., “Vacancy Mediated Dehydrogenation of Sodium Alanate,”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS), 105:3673 – 3677 (2008) Wolverton, C., Siegel, D.J., Akbarzadeh, A.R., and Ozolins, V., “Discovery of Novel Hydrogen Storage Materials: An Atomic Scale Computational Approach”, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20:064228 (2008)