AVS1997 Wednesday Morning

An In Situ IR+visible Sum Frequency Spectroscopic Study: Polymer Surface Structure and Composition Changes in Response to an Aqueous Environment

Surface Composition and Morphology of Polyimidesiloxane Copolymers with Short Polydimethylsiloxane Segments Studied by ESCA and TOF-SIMS

The Role of Surface Chemistry on the Intercoat Adhesion Performance of Polyester/Melamine - Epoxy Paint Systems

Quantitative Uses of the Valence Band Region in the Analysis of Polymer Blends

Trifluoroethanol Derivatization of Acrylic Acid-Methacrylic Acid Copolymers

Polymer Surface Chemistry: How Characterization Drives Synthesis and Structure Property Development

Secondary Ion Emission from Polymer Surfaces under Ar⁺, Xe⁺ and SF₅⁺ Bombardment

Plasma-Phase Reactions and Plasma Polymer Product

Polymeric Surface Modification by Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation From Low Pressure Plasmas

Nanopattern Transfer Using Protein Crystal Masks: A Numerical Simulation of Experimental Results

Reactions of Cells to Nanotopography

Fabrication and Analysis of Patterned Neuronal Networks

Central Nervous System Cell Attachment on Chemically and Topographically Patterned Surfaces

Modulation of Aminal Cells on Potential Controlled Electrode.

Electrical Recordings from Electrogenic Cells using a Field-Effect Transistor Array.

Diffractive Cell Detection using a Microcontact Printed Antibody Grating

Cell-Based Sensor Microelectrode Array Characterized by XPS, SEM, and Impedance Spectroscopy.

Electronic and Chemical Structure of Conjugated Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces: Applications in Polymer-based Light Emitting Devices

Organic LED Devices Studied with Ion Scattering: Conductivity, Efficiencies and Degradation at Metal/Organic Interfaces

Degradation Processes in Polymeric Electroluminescent Devices

Photoluminesence Quenching of Alq3 by Metal Deposition: A Surface Analytical Investigation*

Energetics of Multilayer Organic Light Emitting Diodes by UV-Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Electrochemical Measurements

Energy Offsets of Molecular Levels at Organic Heterojunctions

Saturated Orange and Red Organic Light Emitting Diodes

Electronic Structure Changes in α-sexithiophene upon Exposure to Oxidizing and Reducing Gases

Controlled Formation of Organic Monolayers on Si(001)

Ultrathin Films of Perylenedianhydride Dyes on (001) Alkali Halide Surfaces: Characterization by Luminescence, FT-IR, Fluoresence Anisotropy and AFM

HREELS Studies of Passivation of Ge(100) using Highly Reactive Nitridation and Oxidation Agents.

Adsorption and Decomposition of H₂S on the Ge(100) Surface.

TPD and HREELS Studies of the Interaction of Water with GaAs(001)-(4x2) Surface*

Chemistry of Hydrogen-Terminated Silicon Surfaces with Halogens

Reaction of Chlorine with In- and As-terminated InAs(100)

Transitional Phases on the GaAs(001) Surface

Hydrogen Adsorption on GaAs (001) Reconstructions

Highly Stable Si-Atomic Lines Formation and ß-SiC(100) Surface Reconstructions Studied by Room and High Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

New Atomic Structure for a Monolayer of Sb on Si(111)

Surface Chemistry Study of Atomic Layer Epitaxy for II-VI Semiconductor Growth

Surface Interactions and Energetics of SiH Radicals During Plasma Depsosition of Silicon-Based Materials

Development of the Second-Harmonic Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect as an Interfacial Magnetometry Tool

Surface Magnetization Dynamics in NiFe Thin Films

Wide-Field Kerr Characterization of Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism Imaging of Domains Caused by Anomalous Uniaxial Anisotropy in Co/Cu(001)

Magnetic Force and Dissipation Microscopy

Mapping Local Susceptibility using a Scanning Co-axial Write/Read Head.

Quantitative Analysis of Data Tracks in Magnetic Recording Media by Magnetic Force Microscopy.

Micromagnetic Behavior in GMR Multilayers Devices

Anisotropy Design in Magnetic Media: A Micromagnetics Study

MEMS Packaging - What have We Learned?

Flip Chip System Integration for MEMS

Instrumentation and Packaging of a Commercial Pressure Sensor for High-g Impact and Martian Environment

Electrostatic Self-Assembly Aided by Ultrasonic Vibration

Reliability Testing for MEMS Devices

Dynamic Analysis of a Parametrically Actuated MicroElectroMechanical System.

Thermal Property Measurements for Novel ICs and MEMS

A SiC/Release Layer/SiC/Si Platform for the Formation of Thermally Isolated MEMS Devices

Computational Modeling as a Design Tool in Microelectronics Manufacturing

A Self-Consistent Kinetic (Plasma-DSMC) Model for Chemically Reacting Low Pressure Plasma Reactors

Three-Dimensional Fluid Simulation of Inductively Coupled Plasma Reactors

Two and Three Dimensional Modeling of SiO₂ Chemical Mechanical Planarization Based on Pad Deformation

A Physically based Analytic Collimated PVD Model for Control and Prediction.

Composition Control by Current Modulation in DC-Reactive Sputtering

Topography Simulation for Redeposition Effects on Etch Pattern Resolution of Platinum Cell Capacitor Electrodes of DRAM in Ar/Cl₂/O₂ Sputter Etching

Effects of Wall Conditioning on Ion and Neutral Densities and Etching Rate in High Density Plasma Reactors Using BCl₃/Cl₂/Ar Gas Mixtures*

Investigation of the Cl₂/BCl₃/Ar Chemical Mechanisms and the Effects on Ion and Neutral Densities and Etching Rate in High Density Plasma Reactors*

Trends in Wafer-Edge Aluminum Etch Rate Uniformity in a Commercial ICP Plasma Etch System

Low-Temperature Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy Study of III-V Quantum Heterostructures.

Near-Field Optics at Optic Fiber End-Faces

Optical Writing and Reading on Phase-Change Thin Film using an Internal Reflection Mode Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope

Near-Field Optical Microscopy Studies of Gold Nanoparticles

Semiconductor Nanocrystallites: From Artificial Atoms to Quantum Dot Heterostructures

Zinc Nanocrystals Embedded in Fused Silica: Radiation Effects of 266 nm Picosecond Light Pulses

The Origin of Photon Absorption above Surface Plasmon Resonance of Gold Colloids Formed in Silica via Ion Implantation

Multilayered Films of Nanoparticles in a Single Step through Amphiphilic Templating

Rigorous Nanometric Dipole-Surface Formalism and its Application to Molecule Fluorescence

Experimental Study of Two Surface Plasmon Interference: Some Spectroscopic Aspects

Plasma Chemistry Mechanisms for High-Density-Plasma Aluminum Etching

Effect of CHF₃ Addition On Cl₂/BCl₃ Chemistry Based Stacked TiN/AlCu/Ti/TiN Metal Etching

Simple Method for Measuring Etching Rate Constants, Etchant Production and Predicting Uniformity

Etching of Photoresist through Polymer Layer, Resist Selectivity and Resist Faceting in Oxide Etch

A Spatially-averaged Model for Plasma Etch Processes: Comparison of Different Approaches to Electron Kinetics.

Investigation of Plasma Uniformity for Various Feedstock Gases in an Inductively-Coupled Plasma Source

Measurement of Neutral Kinetic Energies and Source Gas Cracking in Ar, N₂, and Cl₂ Electron Cyclotron Resonance Plasmas

Atomic-Scale Mechanisms of Halogen Etching of Cu Surfaces

The Effects of Plasma Processing Parameters on the Surface Reactivity of OH(X²Π) in Tetraethoxysilane/O₂ Plasmas During Deposition of SiO₂

Modeling of Silicon Dioxide Deposition in High Density Plasma Reactors and Comparisons of Model Predictions with Experimental Measurements

SiO₂ Etching in Magnetic Neutral Loop Discharge (NLD) Plasma

Magnetic Field Optimization in a Dielectric M.E.R.I.E. Reactor to Produce an Instantaneously Uniform Plasma and Development of a Diagnostic to Measure the Plasma Uniformity for High Cathode Powers

X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Analyses of High Aspect Ratio SiO₂ Contact Holes Processed in Industrial Plasma Etching Systems

Effects of the Gas Inlet Position on the Plasma Chemistry and the SiO₂ Etching Characteristics in a Helicon Plasma Etcher

Dielectric Etching for 0.18µm Technologies: Comparison between MRIE and HDP Sources

Effect of H₂ Addition on Surface Reactions During CF₄/H₂ Plasma Etching of Silicon and Silicon Dioxide Films

Analysis of Surface Polymers in Selective Oxide Etching

Radical Composition of High-Density Fluorocarbon Plasmas and the Correlation with Oxide Etch Selectivity

Oxide Etching in Fluorocarbon Plasmas: Surface Chemistry and ICP Reactor Simulation

Application of a Rapid Two Dimensional Plasma Model to sub-0.25 µ Process Development

Effect of Hydrogen in High Aspect Ratio, Small Feature Dielectric Etch

Interaction of Gas-Phase D Atom with O₂ Chemisorbed on Pt(111): O₂ Desorption and D₂O Formation at 85 K

Reaction of Gas-Phase Atomic Oxygen with Preadsorbed Deuterium on Ru(001)

Dynamical Simulations of the Molecular Adsorption of Alkanes on Platinum Single Crystal Surfaces

Kinetics and Dynamics of O₂ Displacement from Pt(111) by Incident CO Molecules

CO Oxidation on Pt(111) at 85 K Triggered by Gas-Phase D Atoms

Ammonia Decomposition Induced by Gas-Phase Atomic Hydrogen on Ru(001)

Investigation of the Effects of Low-Energy Electron Bombardment on Coadsorbed Layers of Hydrogen and Ammonia on Pt(111)

Theory of Current-induced Bond Breaking by the STM: O₂/Pt(111)

Low Energy Dynamics for Mixtures of S and CO on Cu(111)

Welch Award Invited Talk

Atomic and Electronic Structures of Ge(111)-c(2x8) Surface with Defects Studied by STM

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED) Study of Para- and Meta-Xylene and Its Coadsorption with Carbon Monoxide on Rh(111)

Cross-Sectional Scanning Tunneling Microscopy at Low Bias

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Wurtzite II-VI Semiconductor Cleavage Surfaces

Adsorption and Incorporation of Potassium at the Pt(111) Surface

The Structure of Buried Atoms in the High Coverage S/Cu(001) System by Chemical-State Photoelectron Diffraction

The Local Adsorption Structure of SO₂ on Ni(111): A Normal Incidence X-ray Standing Wavefield Determination

Location of Light atoms by X-ray Standing Waves: Structure of the O/Na/Si(111) Interface

Microstructure and Surface Morphology Studies of Si_1-xC_x on Si by Atomic Force Microscope

The Effect of Adsorbed Atomic Hydrogen on the Growth of the Si/Ge(100) Interface Studied by Positron-Annihilation-Induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy (PAES)

A Roadmap Runs Through It - Research in Copper Thin Films for Silicon Technology

Ultra-high Doping during Si(001) Gas-Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy: Growth kinetics, B-Incorporation, Strain, and Electrical Activation

Growth of Si_1-xGe_x on Si(011)16x2 by Gas Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Growth Induced InAs Quantum Dot Columns

Microstructure Evolution of GaSe Thin Film Grown on GaAs(100) by van der Waals Epitaxy

The Effects of CdCl₂ Treatment on the Recrystallization and Electro-Optical Properties of CdTe Thin Films

Effects of Hydrogen on the Material Properties of r.f.-Sputtered ZnTe:Cu Thin-Films

Calculated Adsorption Isotherms of Hydrogen for Technical Surfaces at Various Temperatures¹

Experimental Test of the Propagation of a He Pressure Front in a Long, Cryogenically Cooled Tube

Measurements of the Helium Propagation in a 480 m Long Vacuum Tube Cooled at 4.2 K

Performance of the RHIC First Sextant Vacuum Systems

Preliminary Design of the NIF Target Area Vacuum Systems

Low-Gas-flow Measurements; Examining Measurement Errors and Their Causes.

Acoustic Flowmeter for the Accurate Metering of Gases for Semiconductor Processing.

Turbomolecular Pump Design for High Pressure Operation.

A History of the Vacuum Tube Industry