Kristen Fichthorn

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Kristen Fichthorn's Degrees

PhD Chemical Engineering University of California, Berkeley
Masters Chemical Engineering University of California, Berkeley
Bachelors Chemical Engineering University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, Kristen A. Fichthorn is an American chemical engineer and condensed matter physicist whose research involves computational simulation, multiscale modeling, and molecular dynamics of interfaces, thin films, colloids, catalysis, nanostructures, and other material processes. She is Merrell Fenske Professor of Chemical Engineering and professor of physics at Pennsylvania State University.

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Theoretical foundations of dynamical Monte Carlo simulations (1991) (966)
Adsorption of polyvinylpyrrolidone on Ag surfaces: insight into a structure-directing agent. (2012) (151)
Accelerated molecular dynamics with the bond-boost method (2003) (137)
Mechanisms of oriented attachment of TiO2 nanocrystals in vacuum and humid environments: reactive molecular dynamics. (2014) (102)
ReaxFF Reactive Force Field Study of the Dissociation of Water on Titania Surfaces (2013) (95)
Thermal desorption of large molecules from solid surfaces. (2002) (92)
Effects of Hierarchical Surface Roughness on Droplet Contact Angle. (2015) (87)
Molecular dynamics simulation of the aggregation of titanium dioxide nanocrystals: preferential alignment. (2009) (86)
How Structure-Directing Agents Control Nanocrystal Shape: Polyvinylpyrrolidone-Mediated Growth of Ag Nanocubes. (2015) (85)
CONCERTED DIFFUSION OF MOLECULAR CLUSTERS IN A MOLECULAR SIEVE (1997) (81)
Binding of Polyvinylpyrrolidone to Ag Surfaces: Insight into a Structure-Directing Agent from Dispersion-Corrected Density Functional Theory (2013) (79)
Multiple-time scale accelerated molecular dynamics: addressing the small-barrier problem. (2004) (77)
Sintering of aluminum nanoparticles : A molecular dynamics study (1998) (77)
Normal, single-file, and dual-mode diffusion of binary adsorbate mixtures in AlPO4-5 (1997) (76)
Accelerated molecular dynamics of infrequent events (1999) (75)
Revisiting the Polyol Synthesis of Silver Nanostructures: Role of Chloride in Nanocube Formation. (2019) (66)
Molecular-dynamics simulation of forces between nanoparticles in a Lennard-Jones liquid (2003) (64)
Heteroepitaxial growth of Co/Cu(001): An accelerated molecular dynamics simulation study (2005) (59)
Single-Crystal Electrochemistry Reveals Why Metal Nanowires Grow. (2018) (55)
A theory for the morphological dependence of wetting on a physically patterned solid surface. (2012) (52)
A local superbasin kinetic Monte Carlo method. (2013) (49)
A kinetic Monte Carlo investigation of island nucleation and growth in thin-film epitaxy in the presence of substrate-mediated interactions (2002) (48)
Microscopic View of Nucleation in the Anatase-to-Rutile Transformation (2012) (48)
The Step and Slide method for finding saddle points on multidimensional potential surfaces (2001) (48)
Wetting on physically patterned solid surfaces: the relevance of molecular dynamics simulations to macroscopic systems. (2013) (47)
Non-arrhenius behavior of the island density in metal heteroepitaxy: Co on Cu(001). (2003) (46)
Substrate-mediated interactions on solid surfaces: theory, experiment, and consequences for thin-film morphology (2003) (45)
Dynamic Contact Angles and Mechanisms of Motion of Water Droplets Moving on Nanopillared Superhydrophobic Surfaces: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study. (2018) (44)
A method for molecular dynamics simulation of confined fluids (2000) (43)
Solvation forces between colloidal nanoparticles: directed alignment. (2006) (43)
Accelerated molecular dynamics simulation of the thermal desorption of n-alkanes from the basal plane of graphite. (2006) (42)
Modulating the Growth Rate, Aspect Ratio, and Yield of Copper Nanowires with Alkylamines (2018) (39)
Self-sustained oscillations in a heterrogeneous catalytic reaction: a monte carlo simulation (1989) (38)
Accelerated molecular dynamics of rare events using the local boost method (2001) (35)
A Force Field for Describing the Polyvinylpyrrolidone-Mediated Solution-Phase Synthesis of Shape-Selective Ag Nanoparticles (2014) (34)
Nanostructures at surfaces from substrate-mediated interactions (2003) (33)
Role of Solvent in the Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Anisotropic Colloidal Nanostructures (2011) (33)
A molecular‐dynamics simulation study of the adsorption and diffusion dynamics of short n‐alkanes on Pt(111) (1994) (32)
Monte Carlo simulation of two-dimensional hard rectangles: confinement effects. (2008) (30)
Comparison of the Binding of Polyvinylpyrrolidone and Polyethylene Oxide to Ag Surfaces: Elements of a Successful Structure-Directing Agent (2013) (30)
A Force Field for the Interaction of Water with TiO2 Surfaces (2011) (29)
Internal Stress-Induced Orthorhombic Phase in 5-Fold-Twinned Noble Metal Nanowires (2014) (28)
Molecular dynamics simulation of the forces between colloidal nanoparticles in n-decane solvent. (2007) (28)
Diffusion mechanisms of short-chain alkanes on metal substrates: Unique molecular features (1998) (27)
Accelerated molecular dynamics simulation of thin-film growth with the bond-boost method (2009) (27)
Synchronous relaxation algorithm for parallel kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of thin film growth. (2007) (25)
Molecular-Dynamics Simulation of Colloidal Nanoparticle Forces (2005) (24)
Synthesis of {111}-Faceted Au Nanocrystals Mediated by Polyvinylpyrrolidone: Insights from Density-Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamics (2015) (24)
Effect of correlated flights on particle mobilities during single-file diffusion (1997) (23)
Multi-scale theory and simulation of shape-selective nanocrystal growth (2016) (23)
Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Charged Latex Particle Surfaces in Aqueous Solution. (2016) (22)
An investigation of the energetics and dynamics of adatom motion to descending-step edges in Pt/Pt(111) homoepitaxy (1994) (21)
Atomic-scale aspects of oriented attachment (2015) (21)
Accelerated molecular dynamics of temperature-programed desorption. (2009) (21)
Molecular dynamics studies of the effects of chain branching on the properties of confined alkanes (2002) (21)
Size dependence of the diffusion coefficient for large adsorbed clusters (1999) (21)
Assembly of Gold Nanowires on Gold Nanostripe Arrays: Simulation and Experiment (2020) (21)
Atomic-Scale Theory and Simulations for Colloidal Metal Nanocrystal Growth (2014) (20)
Kinetics of droplet wetting mode transitions on grooved surfaces: forward flux sampling. (2013) (20)
Nanophysics: A step up to self-assembly (2004) (19)
Predicting kinetic nanocrystal shapes through multi-scale theory and simulation: Polyvinylpyrrolidone-mediated growth of Ag nanocrystals. (2016) (19)
Molecular simulation of temperature-programmed desorption (2007) (19)
Effects of chain branching on the structure of interfacial films of decane isomers (1998) (19)
Growth Mechanism of Five-Fold Twinned Ag Nanowires from Multiscale Theory and Simulations. (2019) (19)
Molecular dynamics simulation of the forces between colloidal nanoparticles in Lennard–Jones and n-decane solvent (2008) (18)
Simulation and analysis of the motion of n-butane on Pt(111) (1994) (18)
Molecular dynamics simulation of nanodroplet spreading enhanced by linear surfactants. (2006) (18)
Mechanisms of atomic diffusion on the flat, stepped, and faceted surfaces of Al(110) (2010) (18)
Interaction of Alkylamines with Cu Surfaces: A Metal–Organic Many-Body Force Field (2017) (18)
Smart Monte Carlo for accurate simulation of rare‐event dynamics: Diffusion of adsorbed species on solid surfaces (1996) (17)
Coarse-Grained Interaction of a Fluid with a Physically-Patterned Solid Surface: Application to Nanodroplet Wetting (2009) (17)
MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF THE ADSORPTION OF CO ON PT(111) : THERMODYNAMIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE SURFACE CONFIGURATION OF ADSORBED SPECIES (1991) (17)
An Investigation of Adsorption-Induced Smoothing Mechanisms in Pt/Pt(111) Homoepitaxy (1993) (17)
Communication: Molecular dynamics simulations of the interfacial structure of alkali metal fluoride solutions. (2010) (17)
Solvophobic solvation at large and intermediate length scales: Size, shape, and solvent effects. (2006) (16)
Assembly of gold nanowires by sedimentation from suspension: Experiments and simulation. (2010) (16)
Obtaining the solid-liquid interfacial free energy via multi-scheme thermodynamic integration: Ag-ethylene glycol interfaces. (2016) (16)
Molecular View of Polymer/Water Interfaces in Latex Paint (2014) (16)
Theoretical Perspectives on the Influence of Solution-Phase Additives in Shape-Controlled Nanocrystal Synthesis (2018) (16)
Hyperdynamics made simple: Accelerated molecular dynamics with the Bond-Boost method (2015) (15)
Nanoscience Research for Energy Needs (2005) (15)
Influence of molecular structure on the properties of confined fluids by molecular dynamics simulation (2002) (15)
Self-assembled monolayer structures of hexadecylamine on Cu surfaces: density-functional theory. (2016) (15)
Isotropic Iodide Adsorption Causes Anisotropic Growth of Copper Microplates (2020) (15)
Surfactant Binding to Polymer-Water Interfaces in Atomistic Simulations. (2016) (15)
First-principles study of substrate-mediated interactions on a compressed Ag(111) surface (2005) (15)
Monte Carlo studies of the origins of the compensation effect in a catalytic reaction (1991) (14)
Analytic many-body potential for GaAs(001) homoepitaxy: Bulk and surface properties (2011) (14)
Molecular phenomena in colloidal nanostructure synthesis (2014) (14)
Cellular automaton version of the AB2 reaction model obeying proper stoichiometry (1991) (13)
Theory of the thermodynamic influence of solution-phase additives in shape-controlled nanocrystal synthesis. (2017) (13)
Asymmetric van der Waals forces drive orientation of compositionally anisotropic nanocylinders within smectic arrays: experiment and simulation. (2014) (12)
Molecular-dynamics simulation of structures and dynamics of n-butane adlayers on Pt(111) (1997) (12)
Tracer‐diffusion coefficients for both localized and nonlocalized adsorption: Theory and molecular‐dynamics simulation (1995) (11)
Solvent Effects on Molecular Adsorption on Ag Surfaces: Polyvinylpyrrolidone Oligomers (2018) (11)
Molecular-Dynamics Simulation of the Surface Diffusion of n-Alkanes on Pt(111) (1994) (11)
Interactions between Al atoms on Al(110) from first-principles calculations (2007) (11)
Interaction of fluids with physically patterned solid surfaces. (2010) (10)
Entropic forces and directed alignment of hard squares in suspensions of rods and disks. (2010) (10)
An atomistic–continuum hybrid scheme for numerical simulation of droplet spreading on a solid surface (2014) (10)
Connector model for describing many-body interactions at surfaces (2008) (9)
Dipole moment-tuned packing of TiO2 nanocrystals into monolayer films by electrophoretic deposition (2014) (9)
Principles of Adsorption and Reaction on Solid Surfaces. Richard I. Masel (1997) (9)
Influence of Gravity on the Sliding Angle of Water Drops on Nanopillared Superhydrophobic Surfaces. (2020) (9)
Shapes and Shape Transformations of Solution-Phase Metal Particles in the Sub-nanometer to Nanometer Size Range: Progress and Challenges (2021) (9)
Effect of Gravity on the Configuration of Droplets on Two-Dimensional Physically Patterned Surfaces. (2016) (9)
Surface science of shape-selective metal nanocrystal synthesis from first-principles: Growth of Cu nanowires and nanocubes (2020) (9)
Oriented attachment mechanism of triangular Ag nanoplates: a molecular dynamics study (2020) (9)
Nanoscience Research for Energy Needs. Report of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Grand Challenge Workshop, March 16-18, 2004 (2004) (8)
Diffusion of short-chain molecules on metal surfaces (1996) (8)
Accelerated molecular dynamics study of theGaAs(001)β2(2×4)/c(2×8)surface (2012) (8)
Development and initial applications of an e-ReaxFF description of Ag nanoclusters. (2020) (8)
Diffusion Mechanisms of Dimers Adsorbed on Face Centered Cubic (100) Crystal Surfaces (1996) (8)
Synthesis of Citrate-Coated Penta-twinned Palladium Nanorods and Ultrathin Nanowires with a Tunable Aspect Ratio (2020) (8)
Solution-Phase Growth of Cu Nanowires with Aspect Ratios Greater Than 1000: Multiscale Theory. (2021) (7)
Diffusion mechanisms of n-butane on Pt(111) and Cu(001): Unique molecular features (1997) (7)
Computer simulation of metal thin-film epitaxy (1996) (7)
Achieving constant pressure in molecular-dynamics simulations with constraint methods (1998) (7)
Understanding the Solution-Phase Growth of Cu and Ag Nanowires and Nanocubes from First Principles. (2021) (6)
Response to “Comment on ‘Normal, single-file, and dual-mode diffusion of binary adsorbate mixtures in AlPO4-5’ ” [J. Chem. Phys. 109, 5691 (1998)] (1998) (6)
NON-ARRHENIUS BEHAVIOR IN THE INITIAL RATE OF A CATALYTIC-SURFACE REACTION: THEORY AND MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (1994) (6)
Patterns in strained-layer heteroepitaxy: Beyond the Frenkel-Kontorova model (2010) (6)
An analysis of adsorbate mobility from the kinetics of two-dimensional domain growth: precursor-mediated surface diffusion (1993) (4)
A pathway from 3D to 2D (2019) (4)
Comment on “Constant temperature molecular dynamics simulations by means of a stochastic collision model. II. The harmonic oscillator’’ [J. Chem. Phys. 104, 3732 (1996)] (1997) (4)
Molecular thin films on solid surfaces: mechanisms of melting. (2012) (4)
MOLECULAR DIFFUSION ON SOLID SURFACES : A LATTICE-MODEL STUDY (1999) (4)
A first-principles study of oxygen adsorption and interaction with Al adatoms on Al(110) (2011) (4)
Substrate-Mediated Interaction on Ag(111) Surfaces from First Principles (2000) (3)
Influence of cluster diffusion on the coarsening of Xe films on Pt(111) (1997) (3)
Molecular dynamics simulation of amphiphilic dimers at a liquid-vapor interface. (2005) (3)
“Nanostructures in Thin-film Epitaxy: Exploring and Exploiting Substrate-mediated Interactions” (2004) (2)
On the Applicability of Fractals and Monte Carlo Methods to Heterogeneous Catalysis (1988) (2)
Green chemistry and first-principles theory enhance catalysis: synthesis and 6-fold catalytic activity increase of sub-5 nm Pd and Pt@Pd nanocubes. (2022) (2)
Distillation column design by method of McCabe and Thiele: Distman computer graphics program (1986) (2)
The diffusion of a Ga atom on GaAs(001)β2(2 × 4): Local superbasin kinetic Monte Carlo. (2017) (2)
Monte Carlo study of the static and dynamic behaviors of polymer chains near an adsorbent surface (2001) (2)
Reactive Flow in a Porous Medium: Formulation for Spatially Periodic Hexagonally Packed Cylinders (2000) (2)
Self-Assembly of a Linear Alkylamine Bilayer around a Cu Nanocrystal: Molecular Dynamics. (2021) (2)
Adsorption of polyvinylpyrrolidone on Ag surfaces: Insight into the workings of a structure-directing agent (2012) (1)
Theory of Anisotropic Metal Nanostructures. (2023) (1)
Nanoparticle Assembly and Oriented Attachment: Correlating Controlling Factors to the Resulting Structures. (2023) (1)
OptiBoost: A method for choosing a safe and efficient boost for the bond-boost method in accelerated molecular dynamics simulations with hyperdynamics. (2022) (1)
A New Method for Fast Simulation of Adsorbate Dynamics (1995) (1)
Island Nucleation in Metal Thin-Film Growth (2002) (1)
A Molecular-Dynamics Simulation Study of the Adsorption and Diffusion Dynamics of Short n-Alkanes on Pt(111) (1995) (1)
The influence of iodide on the solution-phase growth of Cu microplates: a multi-scale theoretical analysis from first principles. (2022) (1)
Co/Cu(001) Heteroepitaxy: An Accelerated Molecular-Dynamics Simulation Study (2004) (0)
Finding Transition States with the Step and Slide Method (2001) (0)
Adsorption of alkylamines on Cu surfaces: identifying ideal capping molecules using first-principles calculations. (2021) (0)
Ab initio calculation of atomic interactions on Al(110): implications for epitaxial growth (2007) (0)
Patterns in strained epitaxial layers: Beyond the Frenkel-Kontorova model (2010) (0)
Diffusion growth mechanism of penta-twinned Ag nanocrystals from decahedral seeds. (2023) (0)
Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of Cu and Ag Homoepitaxy (2002) (0)
(Invited) Synergy between Halides and Capping Molecules in the Shape-Selective, Solution-Phase Growth of Metal Nanocrystals: A Theoretical Perspective (2020) (0)
Simulation of reactant diffusion on two-dimensional surfaces (1988) (0)
Why does oriented attachment produce low-dimensional structures? (2021) (0)
Morphological Control in the Synthesis of Silver Nanostructures: Role of Polyvinylpyrrolidone (2011) (0)
ReaxFF Reactive Force Field Study of Oriented Attachment of TiO$_{2}$ Nanocrystals in Vacuum and Humid Environments (2013) (0)
Bottom Up Assembly of Metal and Semiconductor Nanowires : Fundamental Forces to Nanoelectronic Circuits (2004) (0)
Theory and Simulation of Droplet Wetting on Patterned Surfaces (2012) (0)
Growing crystals by design: general discussion. (2022) (0)
A thermodynamic model for the wetting characteristics of hierarchical physically-patterned surfaces (2015) (0)
Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Electrical Double (2015) (0)
(Keynote) Solution-Phase Growth of Cu Microplates: A Multi-Scale Theoretical Analysis from First Principles (2022) (0)
Force fields for describing the solution-phase synthesis of shape-selective metal nanoparticles (2013) (0)
The Pennsylvania State University The Graduate School College of Engineering FABRICATION AND ACTIVITY STUDY OF NANOSCALE PROTEIN ARRAYS ON SELF-ASSEMBLED DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS (2010) (0)
Accelerated Molecular Dynamics of GaAs(001) Homoepitaxy: Effects of Long-Range Disorder (2012) (0)
Molecular-dynamics simulation of forces between colloidal nanoparticles (2005) (0)
Understanding crystal nucleation mechanisms: where do we stand? General discussion. (2022) (0)
Nucleation in the Anatase-to-Rutile Transformation of Nanocrystalline Anatase (2012) (0)
Growth of Nanoscale Materials: Insights from Multiscale Theory and Simulations (2018) (0)
Controlling Self-Assembly in Al(110) Homoepitaxy (2010) (0)
Accelerated Molecular Dynamics of Rare Events with the Bond-Boost Method (2012) (0)
Molecular Configurations and Solvation Forces of Confined i-Tetradecane Jee-Ching Wang (1996) (0)
Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Alkane Desorption (2006) (0)
An Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Study of the GaAs (001) $\beta $2(2x4) Reconstruction (2008) (0)
Revealing the Facet-Selective Electrochemistry That Drives Metal Nanostructure Growth (2020) (0)
Polyvinylpyrrolidone Facilitates Formation of { 111 }-faceted Au Nanocrystals : Insights from Density-Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamics (2015) (0)
Solvent Effects on the Adsorption of Polyvinylpyrrolidone on Ag Surfaces (2018) (0)
Self-Assembly of Two Dimensional Hard Rod Fluids in the Presence of Surface Barriers (2006) (0)
A molecular view of latex-water interfaces (2013) (0)
NANO HIGHLIGHT Fabricating "colloidal molecules" by "particle lithography" (2005) (0)
Diffusion of Adsorbed Molecules on Solid Surfaces (1997) (0)
A NONLINEAR PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF MICROSCOPIC PROCESSES USING A FUZZY SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION APPROACH (2011) (0)
Ga Surface Diffusion on GaAs(001) $\beta$ 2(2 $\times$ 4): An ab initio Local Superbasin Kinetic Monte Carlo Study (2013) (0)
Linear surfactant-mediated spreading of nanodroplets: molecular dynamics simulation (2007) (0)
Evolution of Nanoscale Film Morphology (NSF Nanoscale Modeling and Simulation Grant EEC-0083604) (2001) (0)
Spreading of a Nanodroplet on a Solid Surface Physically-Patterned with an Array of Pillars (2008) (0)
The kinetics of solution-phase Ag nanowire growth mediated by PVP: A theoretical perspective (2018) (0)
Super Parallel Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of Thin-Film Growth (2004) (0)
An Investigation of PT/PT (111) Homoepitaxy with Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Static-Energy Calculation. (1993) (0)
Computer Simulation Studies of the Temperature Dependence of Domain Growth Kinetics (1991) (0)
An atomistic–continuum hybrid scheme for numerical simulation of droplet spreading on a solid surface (2013) (0)
Adsorption of ethylenediamine on Cu surfaces: attributes of a successful capping molecule using first-principles calculations. (2021) (0)
Multi-scale simulation of quantum dot formation in Al/Al (110) homoepitaxy (2007) (0)
Chloride enables the growth of Ag nanocubes and nanowires by making PVP binding facet-selective. (2023) (0)
Molecular-Dynamics Simulation of Solvation Forces Between Colloidal Nanoparticles (2002) (0)
Forces and Dynamics in Aromatic Overlayers on Metal Surfaces (2015) (0)
Molecular Configurations and Solvation Forces in Confined Alkane Films (1998) (0)
An Investigation into InAs/GaAs Thin Film Growth (2007) (0)
Connector Model for Many-Body Interactions at Surfaces from First Principles (2008) (0)
First-Principles Calculations of the Role of PVP in the Controlled Synthesis of Au Nanostructures (2013) (0)
Solvophobic Solvation Forces between Nanoparticles: Size, Shape, and Solvent Effects (2006) (0)

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