Daryl Chrzan

LBNL Faculty Scientist
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

dcchrzan@berkeley.edu
phone: 510-643-1624

Education
B.A. Physics, Math, Integrated Science, Northwestern University
Ph.D Physics, University of California, Berkeley

Major Awards
2004 Miller Research Professorship
1997 NSF Career Award

General Reseach Interests
Computational methods can be used to aid our understanding of a wide variety of materials problems. Our group uses techniques ranging from first principles calculations of atomic structure to continuum theories. Our recent studies have concentrated on thin nanostructure growth and thermodynamics, theories of deformation, and equilibrium structures of defects.

MSD Research Projects:

Electronic Materials

Personal website: http://cms.mse.berkeley.edu/

Kinetic Monte Carlo modeling is used to predict the size distributions of ion beam synthesized nanostructures. The structures shown here are the results of low (left) and high (right) dose implants. Remarkably, the size distributions predicted by theory agree quantitatively with experimental measurements. Further, the shape of these distributions is determined by a single length, L, that depends on the ratio of the diffusion coefficient to the implantation flux rate.