May 08, 2023
A special issue of the Journal MRS Bulletin, co-edited by Tevis Jacobs and Lars Pastewka, offers an exciting opportunity disguised as a problem: Surfaces are much more complex than they appear.

A Diamond in the Rough(ness)

A road leading to a mountain range. (Credit: Shutterstock)
A road leading to a mountain range. (Credit: Shutterstock)

University of Pittsburgh Associate Professor Tevis Jacobs and University of Freiburg Professor Lars Pastewka recently co-edited a special issue of the journal MRS Bulletin highlighting advances in the study of surfaces and surface roughness. With articles from 17 leading researchers from around the world, the issue presents important considerations for the future of materials science and offers an exciting opportunity disguised as a problem: Surfaces are much more complex than they appear.

A special issue of the Journal MRS Bulletin, co-edited by University of Pittsburgh Associate Professor Tevis Jacobs and University of Freiburg Professor Lars Pastewka, offers an exciting opportunity disguised as a problem: Surfaces are much more complex than they appear.