AVS2000 Friday Morning

AFM and EM Studies Providing Insights into Membrane Fusion in Cells

Adhesion of Mammalian Cells Modeled by Functionalized Vesicles

PNA-DNA and DNA-DNA Hybridization Detection via Lipid-Biotin-Streptavidin Immobilization on a SiO2 Coated Quartz Crystal Microbalance Sensor

DNA Probe Structure and Target Length Effects on Hybridization Kinetics and Efficiency of DNA Self-assembled Monolayers

Probing Protein Interactions with Surface-Immobilized Double-Stranded DNA Using Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing Techniques

Immobilized Antibodies on Functionalized Self-assembled Monolayers: Reactivity, Surface Homogeneity and Microarraying

RBS, AFM, and AES Characterization of Pt Films Deposited by Ion Assisted CVD

Material and Interface Characterization of Locally Deposited Dielectrics and Metals Fabricated with a Focused Ion Beam (FIB)

Three-Dimensional Material Characterization using Focused Ion Beams (FIB)

Visualizing Interfacial Structure at Non-Common-Atom Heterojunctions with Cross-Sectional Scanning Tunneling Microscopy¹

Atomic Resolved Spectroscopic Study of AlGaAs/GaAs/InGaAs by Cross-sectional Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Scanning Spreading Resistance Microscopy of MOCVD Grown InP Structures

XPS Analysis of Interfacial WO_x using Linear Least Squares and Standard Curve Fitting Routines

Investigations into the Chemical Nature of the Interfaces of Cu and Ta with SiN

On the Organic Content and Outgassing Behavior of Organometallic-based CVD-TiN Films

Focused Ion Beam Patterning of Magnetic Films

Interface Reactions between Quaternary Cobalt Alloys and Carbon Overcoats in Thin Film Disk Media

Corrosion Behavior of CoSm Based Magnetic Media

Preparation and Characterization of High-Coercivity Cobalt Ferrite Particles Using Microemulsions

Measuring Drive and Media Performance using Quantitative Analysis of MFM Images

Femtosecond Spin Dynamics in Ferromagnetic Layered Systems

Magnetic Force Microsopy on Inductive Recording Heads

Surface Processing with Gas Cluster Ions to Improve GMR Films

Study of Exchange Anisotropy of Ni₈₀Fe₂₀/Fe₆₀Mn₄₀(111) Epitaxial Films¹

Micromechanical Devices for Force Measurement

Developing MEMS Vacuum Pumps

Miniaturized Fuel Cell for Portable Power

Nanotribology and Stiction Studies of Surface Micromachined Electrostatic Micromotors Using An Atomic Force/Friction Force Microscope

Characterizing Coupled MEM Oscillators for Array Applications

Tunable Mechanical Oscillator

Thermal Characteristics of Microswitch Contacts

Surfaces, Interfaces, and Chemical Reactions in Semiconductor Technology and Manufacturing

The Application of In-situ Monitor of Extremely Rarefied Particle-clouds Grown Thermally Above Wafers by using Laser Light Scattering Method to the Development of the Mass-production Conditions of the Tungsten Thermal CVD

Standard Practice for Temperature Calibration of the Silicon Substrate in Temperature Programmed Desorption Analysis

Standardization of the Method to a Disiloxane Concentration in Monosilane Gas using Atmospheric Pressure Ionization Mass Spectrometer

A Wide Range Vacuum Sensor Fabricated by MEMS

The Effect of Molecular Weight of Organic Contaminants on their Adsorption on Si-wafers

Identification of Atom Species on Semiconductor Surface Using Noncontact AFM

Dynamic Polarization Imaging using Heterodyned Electrostatic Forces

Atomic Scale Chemical Identification on Si(111)√3x√3-Ag by Atom Probe-Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Tunneling Spectroscopy of Passivated Gold Nanocrystals

Scanning Probe Microscopy Study of Engineered Ferroelectric Domain Structures

Imaging of Single Molecules by Low Energy Electron Point Source Microscopy

Atomically-resolved Observation of Single Surface States and Trapped Electrons at Semiconductor Surfaces using Photovoltage Imaging with STM

Pulsed-PECVD Organosilicon Films for Use as Insulating Biomaterials

Kinetic Suppression of Process Gas/Silicon Substrate Reactions During the Remote Plasma-assisted Deposition of Al₂O₃ and Ta₂O₅ on Hydrogen Terminated Silicon Substrates

Simulation and Dielectric Characterization of Reactive DC Magnetron Co-sputtered (Ta₂O₅)_1-x(TiO₂)_x Thin Films

Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition of Zirconium Oxide: Spectroscopic, Material and Device Characterizations

Etching of High-k Dielectric Zr_1-xAl_xO Films in Chlorine-containing Plasmas

CVD BST (Ba_{x√sub 1-x}TiO₃) Etching Characteristics in Inductively Coupled Ar/Cl₂ Plasma

Hardmask Characterization for Polysilicon Gate Patterning

Selective, Anisotropic and Damage-Free SiO₂ Etching with a Hyperthermal Fluorine Atom Beam

A Downstream Plasma Etching Model Used to Describe the Etching Mechanisms of Low-k Polymers

Surface Studies of the Etching of Low-k Hydrogen SilsesQuioxanes (HSQ) Dielectrics under Medium and High Density Plasma Conditions

Planar-Antenna Structure UHF-ECR Plasma for Highly Selective Insulator Film Etching

Process Development For Small-Area GaN/AlGaN HBTs

Morphology on HDP-Etched III-Nitride Materials

Effects of Etch Processing on Contacts to n-GaN

Growth of Ga(In)NAs/GaAs Alloys by Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Field Electron Emission and Surface Properties of as-grown and Modified AlGaN Films

Effect of Annealing and Carbon Concentration on the PL Intensity from GaN:Er and GaN:Eu

Probing Nanoscale Electronic Properties in Nitride Semiconductor Heterostructures

GaN and AlGaN Power Rectifiers

Growth and Characterization of Gadolinium Oxide Gate Dielectric on Gallium Nitride

Characterisation and Microreactor Studies of Nanofabricated Model Pt/Ceria Catalysts

Characterization of Hf and Zr Oxides, Silicides and Silicates, Formed on the (0001) Surfaces of HfB₂ and ZrB₂, by AES, XPS, LEED and STM

Controlled Coordination and Oxidation State of Copper and Manganese Cations in Complex Nickel-Copper-Cobalt-Manganese Oxide Thin Films

Behavior of Lightly Doped-electrons on the Electronic Structure of SrTiO₃: An Angle-resolved Photoemission Study

Reactions of Acetaldehyde over UO₂(111) Single Crystal Surfaces: Evidence of Benzene Formation

Synchrotron-based XPS Study of 1-Decanethiol Chemisorbed on Au(111)

STM Studies of Pyrrole-sdsorbed Si(111)-7*7 Surfaces

Characterization of Bound Ultrathin Perfluoropolyether-Functionalized Polysiloxane Films on Silicon Oxide Surfaces

Aerial Oxidation of Self-assembled Monolayers studied by SIMS, AFM and Contact Angle Measurement

Cluster Beam Synthesis of Nanostructured Thin Films

Growth of Regular Arrays of Pillars and Helices with Repeat Distance Below 100 nm

Plasma Spray Deposition of Nanostructured Materials

Deposition of Nanoparticles on Metal Surfaces

Scanning Probe Investigations of Passivated and Bare Au Nanoclusters on H:Si(111)

Nanophase Metal - Metal Oxide Films Deposited from a High-rate, Nanoparticle Beam

Thin Film Growth on a Fullerene Molecule

Sputtered Fabrication of Periodic Sub-Micron Structures