1. ReaxFF Studies of Sapphire Surface Properties for Applications in Epitaxy of Thin Films and Semiconductor Manufacturing Open Access Author: Zhang, Yuwei Title: ReaxFF Studies of Sapphire Surface Properties for Applications in Epitaxy of Thin Films and Semiconductor Manufacturing Graduate Program: Materials Science and Engineering Keywords: ReaxFFMolecular dynamics simulationsSapphire surfaceThin film epitaxyAtomic layer etching (ALE)HydroxylationFluorinationSurface chemistryMoS2/α-Al2O3 interactionsH2O/α-Al2O3 interactions File: Download Yuwei_Zhang_PhD_Dissertation_030425.pdf Committee Members: John Mauro, Program Head/ChairLukas Muechler, Outside Unit & Field MemberSusan Sinnott, Major Field MemberJoan Redwing, Major Field MemberAdri van Duin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor