Table of Contents

Summary of Group Discussions.- Nano Mechanics/Materials Research.- An Ab-Initio Study of Mechanical Behavior for (A?-O)n Nanorods.- Phase Field Modeling of Solidification and Melting of a Confined Nano-Particle.- Friction-Induced Nucleation of Nanocrystals.- Modeling of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Composites.- On the Tensile Strength of a Solid Nanowire.- Fracture Nucleation in Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes.- Multiscale Modeling of a Germanium Quantum Dot in Silicon.- Nanomechanics of Biological Single Crystals.- Nano/Micro Fluidic Systems.- Mechanical Characterization of a Single Nanofiber.- Atomistic Studies of Flaw Tolerant Nanoscale Structural Links in Biological Materials.- Towards the Integration of Nano/Micro Devices Using MEMS Technology.- Atomic Scale Mechanisms of Stress Production in Elastomers.- Dynamic Indentation of Polymers Using the Atomic Force Microscope.- Fabrication and Simulation of Nanostructures on Silicon by Laser Assisted Direct Imprint Technique.- Structure and Stress Evolution Due to Medium Energy Ion Bombardment of Silicon.- Mechanics of Nanostructures.- Residual Stresses in Nano-Film/Substrate Systems.- Nanomechanics of Crack Front Mobility.- Finite Temperature Coupled Atomistic/Continuum Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Simulation of Nanoindentation.- Static Atomistic Simulations of Nanoindentation and Determination of Nanohardness.- Electric Field-Directed Patterning of Molecules on a Solid Surface.- Dynamics of Dislocations in Thin Colloidal Crystals.- Mesoscopic Length Scales for Deformed Nanostructures.- Rough Surface Plasticity and Adhesion across Length Scales.- Modeling the Effect of Texture on the Deformation Mechanisms of Nanocrystalline Materials at the Atomistic Scale.- Modeling the Tribochemical Aspects of Friction and Gradual Wearof DLC Films.