Selected Publications

• K. Van Workum, G. Gao, J. D. Schall & J. A. Harrison, "Expressions for Stress & Elasticity Tensors for Angle-Dependent Potentials", J. Chem. Phys., 125 (2006) 144506.  PDF Version 

• P. T. Mikulski, L. A. Herman & J. A. Harrison, "Odd and Even Model Self-Assembled Monolayers: Links between Friction and Structure", Langmuir, 21 (2005) 12197.  PDF Version 

• P. T. Mikulski, G. Gao, G. M. Chateauneuf, & J. A. Harrison, "Contact Forces at the Sliding Interface: Mixed versus Pure Model Alkane Monolayers", J. Chem. Phys., 122 (2005) 024701.  PDF Version

• G. M. Chateauneuf, P. T. Mikulski, G. Gao, & J. A. Harrison, "Compression- and Shear-Induced Polymerization in Model Diacetylene-containing Monolayers”,  J. Phys. Chem. B, 108 (2004) 16626-16635. PDF Version            

• G. T. Gao, P. T. Mikulski, G. M. Chateauneuf, & J. A. Harrison, "The Effects of Film Structure and Surface Hydrogen on the Properties of Amorphous Carbon Films", J.  Phys. Chem. B, 107 (2003) 11082.               PDF Version  

• G. T. Gao, P. T. Mikulski, & J. A. Harrison, "Molecular-Scale Tribology of Amorphous Carbon Coatings: Effects of Film Thickness, Adhesion, and Long-Range Interactions", J.   Am. Chem. Soc., 124 (2002) 7202.   PDF Version

• B. Ni, S. B. Sinnott, P. T. Mikulski, & J. A. Harrison, "Compression of Carbon Nanotubes Filled with C60, CH4, or Ne: Predictions from Molecular Dynamics Simulations", Phys. Rev. Lett., 88 (2002) 205505-1.    PDF Version

• P. T. Mikulski & J. A. Harrison, "Packing-Density Effects on the Friction of n-Alkane Monolayers", J.   Am. Chem. Soc., 123 (2001) 6873.   PDF Version

• P. T. Mikulski & J. A. Harrison, "Periodicities in the Properties Associated with the Friction of Model Self-Assembled Monolayers", Tribol. Lett., 10 (2001) 29.

• A. B. Tutein, S. J. Stuart, & J. A. Harrison, "Role of Defects in Compression and Friction of Anchored Hydrocarbon Chains on Diamond", Langmuir, 16 (2000) 291.  

• S. J. Stuart, A. B. Tutein, & J. A. Harrison, "A Reactive Potential for Hydrocarbons with Intermolecular Interactions", J. Chem. Phys., 112 (2000) 6472.   PDF Version

• A. B. Tutein, S. J. Stuart, & J. A. Harrison, "Indentation Analysis of Linear-Chain Hydrocarbon Monolayers Anchored to Diamond",  J. Phys. Chem. B., 103 (1999) 11357. 

• Handbook of Micro/NanoTribology, ed. B. Bhushan, CRC Press (1999), Atomic-Scale Simulations of Tribological and Related Phenomena, by J. A. Harrison, S.J. Stuart, & D. W. Brenner, pp. 525-594.

• J. A. Harrison & S. S. Perry, "Friction in the Presence of Molecular Lubricants and Solid/Hard Coatings", MRS Bulletin, 23 (1998) 27.  (Fundamentals of Friction issue, see cover for picture of our simulations    BMP Format  )

• J. A. Harrison, S. J. Stuart, D. H. Robertson, & C.T. White, "Properties of Capped Nanotubes When Used as SPM Tips", J. Phys. Chem. B., 101 (1997) 9682.  

• J. A. Harrison & D. W. Brenner, "Simulated Tribochemistry: An Atomic-Scale View of the Wear of Diamond", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 116 (1994) 10399.

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• Scientific American, October 1996, "Friction at the Atomic Scale" by Jacqueline Krim, pp. 48-56.

 
• Tribology Issues and Opportunities in MEMS, ed. B. Bhushan, Kluwer Academic Press (1998), The Tribology of Hydrocarbon Surfaces Investigated using Molecular Dynamics, by J. A. Harrison, S. J. Stuart, and M. D. Perry, pp. 285-300.

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