Table of Contents	5
	PREFACE	9
	SUMMARY OF GROUP DISCUSSIONS	18
	NANO MECHANICS/MATERIALS RESEARCH	30
	AN AB-INITIO STUDY OF MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR FOR NANORODS	40
	PHASE FIELD MODELING OF SOLIDIFICATION AND MELTING OF A CONFINED NANO-PARTICLE	50
	FRICTION-INDUCED NUCLEATION OF NANOCRYSTALS	61
	MODELING OF CARBON NANOTUBES AND THEIR COMPOSITES	71
	FRACTURE NUCLEATION IN SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES: The Effect of Nanotube Chirality	94
	MULTISCALE MODELING OF A GERMANIUM QUANTUM DOT IN SILICON	104
	NANOMECHANICS OF BIOLOGICAL SINGLE CRYSTALS	114
	NANO/MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEMS	124
	MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A SINGLE NANOFIBER	135
	ATOMISTIC STUDIES OF FLAW TOLERANT NANOSCALE STRUCTURAL LINKS IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS	152
	ATOMIC SCALE MECHANISMS OF STRESS PRODUCTION IN ELASTOMERS	173
	FABRICATION AND SIMULATION OF NANOSTRUCTURES ON SILICON BY LASER ASSISTED DIRECT IMPRINT TECHNIQUE	193
	STRUCTURE AND STRESS EVOLUTION DUE TO MEDIUM ENERGY ION BOMBARDMENT OF SILICON	202
	MECHANICS OF NANOSTRUCTURES	210
	RESIDUAL STRESSES IN NANOFILM/ SUBSTRATE SYSTEMS	215
	NANOMECHANICS OF CRACK FRONT MOBILITY	226
	FINITE TEMPERATURE COUPLED ATOMISTIC/ CONTINUUM DISCRETE DISLOCATION DYNAMICS SIMULATION OF NANOINDENTATION	233
	STATIC ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS OF NANOINDENTATION AND DETERMINATION OF NANOHARDNESS	243
	ELECTRIC FIELD-DIRECTED PATTERNING OF MOLECULES ON A SOLID SURFACE	252
	DYNAMICS OF DISLOCATIONS IN THIN COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS	262
	MESOSCOPIC LENGTH SCALES FOR DEFORMED NANOSTRUCTURES	269
	ROUGH SURFACE PLASTICITY AND ADHESION ACROSS LENGTH SCALES	282
	MODELING THE EFFECT OF TEXTURE ON THE DEFORMATION MECHANISMS OF NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS AT THE ATOMISTIC SCALE	293
	MODELING THE TRIBOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF FRICTION AND GRADUAL WEAR OF DLC FILMS	302
	SUBJECT INDEX	312
	AUTHOR INDEX	315