AVS2000 Monday Morning

Suspended Lipid Bilayers on Porous Alumina Surfaces

Formation and Characterization of Stabilized Supported Phospholipid Bilayers

Regulating Molecular Recognition and Self-assembly via Mechanical Forces: The Cell Adhesion Protein Fibronectin at Phospholipid Interfaces

New Methods for Patterning Fluid Lipid Bilayer Membranes on Solid Supports

The Interaction of Phospholipid Vesicles with Binary Alkanethiol/Hydroxythiol Monolayers

Formation of 2D Crystals of Proteins on Solid Supports, and Their Application for Immobilizing Molecules or Particles

Valence Model Based Correction of Ultra Shallow Depth Profiles

Analysis of Ultra-thin Oxynitride Layers by TOF-SIMS

Ion Beam Studies of Ultrathin Metal Oxide Dielectrics

Matching the High Dose Ultra Shallow As Doping Profiles Measured by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Magnetic Sector Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry and Low Energy Quadrupole Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

XPS Characterization of NO Oxynitride Films using Chemical Profiling

The Effect of Ion Acceleration Voltage on Interface Resolution During Depth Profiling and the Application of Advanced Data Analysis Techniques

Quantitative Comparison between AES and SIMS Depth Profiles of a Double Layer Structure of AlAs in GaAs Using the MRI-model

Spin Polarized Photoemission Study of Magnetite Films: Extraction of the Bulk Polarization via a Substrate Overlayer Model

Magnetic Dichroism in the Soft X ray Absorption Region of NiMnSb Ferromagnetic Alloy

Cu Metallic Quantum Well State Dispersions in the Cu/fccFe/Cu(100) System

On the Evolution of Magnetic Moments of Fe in FeCo(100) & FeNi(100) Alloy Films

X-Ray and Neutron Scattering Studies of Magnetic Roughness in Thin Magnetic Films

Diffuse X-Ray Resonant Magnetic Scattering (DXRMS) of Thin Magnetic Films on Anisotropic Substrates

Control of Surface Roughness during Nanoscale Multilayer Deposition by Adding Surfactants

Inline Quality Analysis in MBE Manufacturing of AlGaAs/InGaAs pHEMT Structure Using Photoreflectance and Contactless Electromodulation Spectroscopy

Three Dimensional Reconstruction Metrology by Combinatory Multiple Parameter Characterization and Scanning Probe Microscopy

Application of Scanning Capacitance Microscopy to the Characterization of Semiconductor Device Operation

Metrology with Electron Beams - The Current State and Future Directions

Limitations of SIMS Depth Profiling for Shallow Implant and Thin Gate Dielectric Metrology

Surface Interactions Used to Probe Metallic Carbon Nanotubes

Purification and Functionalization of Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes

Chemical Functionalization of Single-Walled and Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes through Ion Bombardment: Predictions from Molecular Dynamics Simulations Nanotubes

A Novel Mechanism of Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Nanotubes

Local Solvation Shell Measurement in Water using a Carbon Nanotube Probe

Single Wall Nanotube Probes for Structural and Functional Imaging in Fluid

Nonlinear Optical Properties of Some Polymer/Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Composites

Plasma-Assisted Etching Processes for Dielectric Materials: Technological Challenges and Elementary Processes on Planar Surfaces and in Microstructures

Observation of Surface Reaction Layers formed in Highly Selective SiO₂ Etch Process

Early-stage Modification of SiO₂ Surface in Fluorocarbon Plasma for Selective Etching Over Si

Silicon Etch Yields and Etching Chemistry in F₂, Cl₂, Br₂, and HBr High Density Plasmas

Studies on SiF_x Radicals in Fluorosilane Plasmas Used for Silicon Etching and Deposition

Ion Energy Distributions at the RF-Biased Electrode in an Inductively-Driven Discharge

The Influence of High Density Plasma on TiN Films Deposited by Ionized Physical Vapor Deposition

Atomic-Order Thermal Nitridation of Si(100) and Subsequent Epitaxial Growth of Si

The Role of Inter-dimer Interactions in NH₃ Dissociation on Si(100) - (2 x 1)

Quantum Chemical Study of Silicon Nitride Deposition Using Ammonia

Thermal Nitridation of Ultrathin Silicon Dioxide Films Using NH₃ Gas

Probing the Chemistry of Dielectric Thin Film Growth on Si Surfaces

Thickness Control of an Ultrathin Oxide Film on Si(100)2x1 Synthesized by Ozone: A Kinetic Study on Initial Oxidation

FTIR at Liquid/Solid Interfaces: In-situ Studies of HF Etching of SiO₂ on Si(100)

Integration of Epitaxial Oxide and Nitride Heterostructures with Dissimilar Substrates by Pd-In Wafer Bonding and Laser Lift-off

Growth of SiGe Alloys on Strain-Engineered Si on Insulator (SOI) Substrates

Techniques and Interface Effects in Creating Alternative Substrates using GaAs Wafer Bonding

Relaxation of SiGe Films on Silicon-on-Insulator Substrates Utilizing Borosilicate Glass

Growth of Single Crystalline AlN on Si(111) using Surface Reconstruction Induced Epitaxy

Enhanced Thermal Stability of Au Film on GaN by Thin Cr Interfacial Layer

Effects of Hydrogen on the Properties of Cu(TMVS)(hfac) Sourced CVD Copper Films

Plasma Deposition of Hard and Thermal Resistant Coatings in the System Si-B-C-N

Structure and Mechanical Properties of Ti-Si-C Coatings Fabricated by Sputtering and Pulsed Laser Deposition

Hard and Superhard Coatings - A Review

Unbalanced Magnetron Sputter Deposition of Al-Ti Ceramic Coating for High Speed Milling Application

Thermal Stability and Mechanical Properties of Nano-scale W/ZrN Multilayers

Growth and Characterization of ZrN/ZrB₂ Nanolayered Coatings for High Temperature Applications

Fabrication of Al-Pt Coating on Ni Base Superalloys and Studies of Their Structure

STM Study of H - Al (111): From Alane-Formation Reactions to Absorption-Induced Roughening

Dynamic Imaging and Chemical Probing on the Atomic Scale: NO/H₂ and NO₂/H₂ on Pt

STM Studies on Model Systems Relevant for Catalysis

Reactivity of Carbonate and Chemisorption of Carbon Dioxide on Ag(110):A Combined STM, LEED, and TPRS Study

Surface Structure and Chemical Properties of a MnO/Rh(100) Model Catalyst

Adsorption and Reaction on Oxide-supported Pd, Rh and Ir Particles

Reactive Intermediate Species on WO₃ Resolved at the Atomic Scale during Alcohol Dehydration

Homoepitaxial Growth of Ni on Ni(110) : Surface with Anisotropic Diffusivity and Energy Barriers

Thermodynamics of Thin Film Alloys: Experimental and Theoretical Study of Ag and Co on Ru(0001)

Theory of the Nucleation and Growth of Iron on GaAs

Nucleation and Growth in Metal-on-Metal Epitaxy - Complications beyond Simple Systems

Preferential Nucleation of Metal Nanoclusters on S(4x4)/W(111)

Ultra-thin Al Films Grown Epitaxially on CaF₂/Si(111)

Out of the Vacuum - Into the Liquid

Probing Interaction Potentials Between Surfaces in Water

Determination of Molecular Structure at Polymer Interfaces by Sum-Frequency Generation

Nanocrystal Surface Melting -- A UHV X-ray Diffraction Study on n-Pb

How to Study a High-Vapor Pressure Liquid under Ultrahigh Vacuum: Organic Chemistry at and near the Surface of Sulfuric Acid

Atomic Structure of Sulfide Natural Crystal Surfaces by Combined Photoelectron Imaging and Diffraction Methods

DNA Sequence Information Obtained by TOF-SIMS Analysis

Atomic Layer Deposition of Microelectronic Materials: The Present Status and Future Challenges

Atomic Layer Deposition of BN Using Sequential Exposures of BCl₃ and NH₃

Thermal Stability of Si and C Atomic Layers Formed on Ge(100) in Silane and Methylsilane Reactions

Selective Growth of ZnO Thin Film on Microprinted Si Substrate

Electrical Characterization of Ultrathin Al₂O₃ Films Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition in a Viscous Flow Reactor

A Study on the Characteristics of TiAlN Thin Film Deposited by Atomic Layer Chemical Vapor Deposition Method