ABOUT
We are an Interdisciplinary Research Group, working at the Institute of Scientific Computing and the Dresden Center of Computational Materials Science of TU-Dresden. We develop mesoscale models to study material properties comprehensively, predict/explain experimental behaviors, and investigate the complexities of crystalline materials. This research is carried out with the aid of numerical simulations and state-of-the-art computational techniques.
The research activities illustrated here started a few years ago carried out by the PI and co-workers. They merged into the 3MS group in early 2021 with funding from the DFG Emmy Noether Programme.

LATEST NEWS

Nov. 29th - Dec. 1st 2023
FOR3013 and Presentation on Surface APFC model
Exiting time at the workshop of the DFG Research Unit FOR3013 - Vector- and Tensor-Valued Surface PDEs - (Dresden (29.11-01.12.). Lucas also presents the results of mesoscale modeling of crystalline sheets on defect motion influenced by out-of-plane deformation.

Nov. 25th, 2023
New preprint on hyperuniform active systems
In this work - arXiv:2311.14959 - We report on the characterization of active fluids unveiling hyperuniformity in some regimes. We report on a biological interpretation and further implications concerning optimal states for evasion and foraging.

Nov. 1st, 2023
Welcome Abel, new PhD Student
Abel Milor joins the group and begins his activities as a research assistant to pursue his Ph.D. at the IWR. His work will focus on morphological descriptors and hyperuniformity within the Research Training Group "Data-driven design of resilient metamaterials". Welcome!

Oct. 18th, 2023
Paper published in Physica Scripta
The work on "Germanium-based nearly hyperuniform (HU) nanoarchitectures by ion beam impact" is now published in Physica Scripta (arXiv preprint available). It reports on a (classical) fabrication method for HU structure including, an experimental demonstration.

Oct. 10th, 2023
Research stay at University of Oslo
Marcello will be visiting the Dept. of Physics of the University of Oslo for a short-term research stay (Oct. - Nov.) in the group of Prof. L. Angheluta. His activities will focus on defect kinematics in quasicrystals, complementing his mesoscale models of ordered systems.

Oct. 5th, 2023
Two Talks @ "PF Modelling: Analysis & Benchmarks"
Marcello and Maik present their work at the "Phase Field Modelling: Analysis & Benchmarks" workshop, an even promoting exchanges and roadmaps on ''Materials Modelling, Simulation and Data'' as well as "Virtual Materials Design and Digitalization".
RESEARCH












PROJECTS
D3 - Data-Driven Design of Resilient Metamaterials
DFG -Research Training Group (RTG) 2868 - 2023-2027 (1st FP). Group Role: PI, PhD Students
The research of this RTG will focus on metamaterials, i.e. delicate structures produced by 3D printing that are perceived as a material in a component. The design of the internal structure enables tailored, sometimes extraordinary properties for applications in the mobility, medical and energy sectors. The investigations planned in D³ are aimed at both the mechanical performance and the sustainability of the new materials. The vision of D³ is to develop and apply a fully digital, data-driven approach to design metamaterials that is transferable to other material systems. The M3S group is involved tosupport mesoscale modeling and the description of patterns for inverse design
Ordering and defects on deformable surfaces
DFG Project (FOR3013) - 2023-2026. Group Role: PI, Postdoc, PhD Students
This project focuses on the development of a mesoscale framework to study positional ordering and defects on deformable surfaces by using different modeling approaches and develop their extension to non-flat domains. The amplitude expansion of the phase-field crystal model is considered to handle elasticity and plasticity at the mesoscale without resolving atoms but retaining details of the crystal structure. Orientational ordering and deformable interacting objects, e.g. cells in epithelial tissues, will be modeled by a multi-phase-field approach governed by Allen-Cahn type equations and coupling with director and Q-tensor fields. Formulations suitable for non-flat domains will be developed via a general graph formulation.
A Mesoscale framework for the modeling of defects and interfaces in crystals
DFG Project (Emmy Noether Programme) - 2021-2026. Group Role: PI, Postdoc, PhD Students
This project addresses the mesoscale modeling of crystalline systems. It builds on the phase-field crystal (PFC) model and its amplitude expansion (APFC), which provide convenient coarse-grained descriptions of crystalline structures. It aims at i) delivering novel theoretical tools that bridge micro- and macroscopic features while studying crystals accounting for real material properties, ii) overcoming limitations of current state-of-the-art theoretical approaches in this field through new and hybrid approaches, iii) enabling applications to technology-relevant crystalline systems and related open problems in materials science.
NAtuRal instability of semiConductors thIn SOlid films for sensing and photonic applications - NARCISO
EU FET-Open Project - 2019-2022. Group Role: Research partner as IWR
NARCISO "NAtuRal instability of semiConductors thIn SOlid films for sensing and photonic applications"is an interdisciplinary project merging physics, chemistry, material science, fluid dynamics, and photonics with a high potential for applications and industrial scale-up of the relevant results. We propose to exploit the natural instability of thin solid films (solid state dewetting of silicon and germanium, SSD) to form complex patterns and nano-architectures (e.g. monocrystalline atomically-smooth structures, disordered hyperuniform metamaterials) that cannot be implemented with conventional methods.
Micro-crystals Single Photon InfraREd detectors – µSPIRE
EU FET-Open Project - 2017-2021. Group Role: Research partner as IWR
µSPIRE aims at establishing a technological platform for homo- and hetero- structure based photonic and electronic devices using the self-assembling of epitaxial crystals on patterned Si substrates. Emerging micro-electronic and photonic devices strongly require the integration on Si of a variety of semiconducting materials such as Ge, GaAs, in order to add novel functionalities to the Si platform. µSPIRE pursues this goal employing a novel deposition approach, which we termed vertical hetero-epitaxy (VHE), optimizied with the aid of simulations. VHE exploits the patterning of conventional Si substrates, in combination with epitaxial deposition, to attain the self-assembly of arrays of Ge and GaAs epitaxial micro-crystals elongated in the vertical direction, featuring structural and electronic properties unparalleled by “conventional” epitaxial growth.




ACTIVE COLLABORATIONS
Axel Voigt, Markus Kästner, Ivo Sbalzarini - TU-Dresden, DE ■ Ken R. Elder - Oakland Univeristy, USA ■ David J. Srolovitz - The University of Hong Kong ■ Jian Han - City University of Hong Kong ■ Marco Abbarchi, Isabelle Berbezier - IM2NP, Aix-Marseille Universite', France ■ Steven M. Wise - The University of Tennessee, USA ■ Francesco Montalenti, Roberto Bergamaschini - University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy ■ Giovanni Isella, Monica Bollani - LNESS, Politecnico di Milano, Italy ■ Luiza Angheluta - University of Oslo, Norway ■ Jorge Vinals - University of Minnesota, USA ■ Zhi-Feng Huang - Wayne State University, USA ■
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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A general non-singular theory of topological defects - npj computational materials 2023 ⇨
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Faceting-Defaceting transition mediated by disconnections - Acta Materialia 2023 ⇨
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Design of Mie resonator by solid state dewetting- Optics Express 2023 ⇨
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Topical review on the Amplitude Expansion of the PFC Model - MSMSE 2022 ⇨
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3D PFC theory of of dislocation kinematics and dynamics - JMPS 2022 ⇨
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Diffuse interface approach for disconnection interface migration - Acta Materialia 2022 ⇨
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Continuum modelling of disconnection-mediated interface migration - Acta Materialia 2022 ⇨
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Mesoscale defect motion in binary systems - PRL 2021 ⇨
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Doubly degenerate Cahn-Hilliard models - MMAS 2021 I ⇨ MMAS 2021 II ⇨ COVER ⇨
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Hyperuniform monocrystalline structures by spinodal solid-state dewetting - PRL 2020 ⇨
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A coarse-grained phase-field crystal model of plastic motion - JMPS 2020 ⇨
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Ultra-long Silicon nano-wires by templated dewetting - Nature Communication 2019 ⇨
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Bridging lattice deformations across scales - npj Computational Materials 2019 ⇨
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Rayleigh-like instability in Ge/Si nano-strips - APL 2018 ⇨
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Coarse-grained modelling of dislocations at small-angle GBs - PRMaterials 2018 ⇨
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Self assembly of Si nanostructure by templated dewetting - Science Advances 2017 ⇨
CONTACTS



Dr. Marco Salvalaglio,
Group Leader
Visitor Address, IWR
Barmerbau, B 237,
Zellescher Weg 25, 01217 Dresden, Germany
Visitor Address, DCMS
Hallwachsstraße 3,
01069 Dresden, Germany
Postal Address:
Technische Universität Dresden
Institut für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen
Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
Tel.: +49 351 463-35657
Fax: +49 351 463-37096