Professor Toh-Ming Lu

http://www.rpi.edu/~lut

Physics Department and Center for Integrated Electronics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.

Abstract: There has been intense scientific interest in the fundamental understanding of thin film surface morphology on a nanometer scale. The physics behind the growth of thin film surfaces has been shown to be intriguing and challenging subject due to the complexity of the growth processes which often occur at far-from-equilibrium. In this talk I will review recent developments in this field and the basic mechanisms that control the morphology of surface growth. A recent discovery of mounded structures (Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 146105 (2006)) that were generated by common deposition techniques will be discussed in detail.

 Biosketches:Dr. Toh-Ming Lu, the Ray Palmer Baker Distinguished Professor of Physics, was the former Chairman of the Physics Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1992-1997). He was the Director of the multi-university Center for Advanced Interconnect Science and Technology (1999-2005), where 13 universities, 25 faculty, and 40 graduate students were involved in thin film research. He is Fellow of the American Physical Society and Fellow of the American Vacuum Society. He was the recipient of the Materials Research Society Medal Award in 2004.

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