AVS2001 Thursday Afternoon

Substrate Preparation and Stud Pull Adhesion of Metal Films on Graphite-Epoxy Composites

Polymer-metal Interfaces: The Influence of a Metallic Surface on the Interphase Formation Mechanisms

Acid-base Characterisation of Metallic Surfaces

Effects of Plasma Treatment on Solder Resist Investigated by Contact Angle, XPS and AFM

Correlation between Surface Topography and Corrosion Rate: An Investigation by Scanning Force Microscopy

Corrosion Studies Using X-Ray Techniques

The Physical and Chemical Surface Structure of Iron Exposed to Carbon Tetrachloride-Saturated Water

Adsorption of Organic Acids onto the Surface of 2024-T3 Aluminium Alloy: The Role of Intermetallic Particles

Developmental Studies of Electrical Activity of Artificially Constructed Neuronal Cell Networks

The Affects of Geometric Constraints on Neuronal Process Extension

The Use of Surface Composition to Control Cell Phenotype Expression

Stretching and Fibroblast Growth on GRGDSP-Peptide Modified Silicone Membranes

Surface Characterization and HCAEC Adhesion Studies of IPN Modified 316 L Stainless Steel

Improved Functionalization for Chemically Patterned Polystyrene Surfaces

Controlled Cell Adhesion on Honeycomb Films of Biodegradable Polymers

New Substrates for Retinal Cell Transplantation

In-situ Analysis, Monitoring and Control of III-V-Semiconductor Epitaxial Growth

Direct Numerical Inversion of Real-time Ellipsometric Data for Monitoring and Control of Optical Filter Deposition

Integrated Multiwavelength Parallel-processing Rotating-compensator Ellipsometer/Reflectance-difference Spectrometer for Real-time Measurement and Control of OMCVD Growth

In-situ Monitoring of Ag Film Growth on Si(111)7x7 Surface by Optical Second Harmonic Generation

RHEED Intensity Oscillation during Thermal Oxidation on Si(001) Surface with O₂

SR-TXRF for the Investigation of the Deposition Mechanism of Trace Cu Impurities on Si Wafer Surfaces

John Thornton Award Lecture - Magnetic Multilayers: Past, Present and Future ¹

Occupied and Unoccupied Metallic Quantum Well States in the Cu/fccM/Cu(100) [M=Ni, Fe] System

The Magnetic Properties of Fe₅₀Mn₅₀/Cu Multilayers

Magnetic Reversal of Exchange-coupled Co/Pt Multilayers Probed by Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering

Magnetic Phases of Fe Monolayers on Ni/Cu(001)

Spin-resolved Electronic Structure Studies of Ultrathin Films of Fe on GaAs

Growth Mode Dependence of Magneto Optical Signal Evolution in an Ultrathin Film: Layer by Layer vs. 3D Growth

Integration of a Honeycomb Micromirror with a Surface Micromachined 2D Scanner for Improved Performance

Freestanding Microheater in Si with High Aspect Ratio Microstructures

MEMS and NEMS Physical and Chemical Sensors: Fabrication and Integration

Fabrication of Novel Si₃N₄ Micromesh Spider Web Bolometer Using Deep Trench Etching on SOI Wafer

Analog Beam Steering Vertical Comb Drive MEMS Actuator

An Integrated MEMS Fabrication Technology Using SU-8 Negative Resists and Conducting Polymers

Elimination of Defects on Quartz Plate Surface Induced by Deep Drying Etching and Subsequent Quartz Plate Bonding

Production Plasma Etching of PZT Structures for Piezoelectric Actuators

Self-Organized Growth of Semiconductor Nanostructures

Applications of Quantum Dots in Photonic and Resonant Tunneling Devices

Single-electron Transistor Based on a 7 nm Gold Particle with Carbon Nanotube Leads

Control Over Spin Effects in Quantum Dot Structures

Probing the Dependence of the Spin Splitting in Quantum Dots on Residual Disorder

Electronic Devices Using Single Electron Effects

Interface Formation in Organic Thin Film Transistors: A Photoemission Spectroscopy Study

Controlling Metallic Contacts to Self-Assembled Monolayers and Molecular Electronic Devices

Dependence of Electrical Properties of Metal/Organic/Metal Systems on Interface Electronic Structure, Morphology and Chemistry

Organic Modified Schottky Contacts: Barrier Height Engineering and Chemical Stability

Characterization of Organic/organic' Heterojunctions using UV and X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopies and Luminescence Quenching

The Influence of Substrate Interactions on the Metallicity of Polyaniline Films*

The Electronic Structure Studies of Fluoride Layer Insertion between Al and Organic EL Material¹

Direct Observation of Fermi Level Pinning at LUMO in Alkali Metal Doped Organic Films

Recent Progress on Silica-based Planar Lightwave Circuits for Photonic Networks

Silica Deep Etching with Vertical and Smooth Sidewall and Reduced RIE Lag

Development of Integrated Multifunctional Optical Sensors based on III-Nitrides Grown on Si

Application of Photosensitive Methylsilsesquiazane(MSZ) to Lithographic Fabrication of Three Dimensional Periodic Structures

Microphotonics: The Next Platform for the Information Age

Predicitve Profile Evolution Simulation in Plasma Etching

Investigation of Fluorocarbon PECVD from c-C4F8 for use as Passivation during Deep Silicon Etching

Ions in Holes - Experimental Measurements of Ion Trajectories Inside Surface Features on rf-biased Wafers

Gate Etching for ULSI Technology : Critical Dimension Control in the sub 0.1 µm Regime

Determination of the Mechanisms Involved in the Creation of the Bowing during the Etching of Deep Anisotropic Trenches in an ICP Reactor

Investigation of Plasma Etching of SiO₂ Contact Holes using a Statistical Method and a Theoretical Profile Evolution Model¹

Direct Surface Structural Determination using Correlated Thermal Diffuse Scattering

Atomic Structures of the of InP (111) Surface

Surface Stress and the Morphology of Si(111) near Tc

Origin of the Wide Si(7 7 17) Domain Parasitic on Si(5 5 12) Surface

First-Principles Study of Thermal Fluctuation of Si(111)√3 X √3 - Ag Surface Appeared in Non contact AFM Images

Adsorption of C₂H₂ on Si(100) - New High Resolution Core-level Photoemission and Photoelectron Diffraction Results

The Effect of an As-flux on the Surface Structure During the Growth of Si on GaAs(001) c(4x4)

Thin Ce_xZr_2-xO₂(111) Films as Model Catalytic Converter Oxygen Storage Materials

Metal and Oxide Particles on Oxide Supports: Vanadium and Vanadia Deposits on Alumina

Atomic-scale STM Study of Model Catalysts for Hydrodesulfurization

A Temperature Programmed Desorption Study of Propene Adsorption on Gold Islands Dispersed on TiO₂(110)

Atom-resolved and Nano-scale Structures and Catalyses at TiO₂ and CeO₂ Single Crystal Surfaces

Investigations of Size-Dependent Surface Chemistry on Metal Nanoparticles: Dimethyl Methylphosphonate Reaction on Cu/TiO₂(110)

Catalytic Oxidation of Propylene on Stepped Pt(411): In-situ Mechanistic Studies Over an Extended Pressure Range

A Model Catalyst in Action: A Flow-reactor-STM Study of CO-oxidation on Pt(110)

The Structures and Phase Transformations of CO and NO on Rh(111) in the Torr Pressure Range Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

The Use of Instabilities in Epitaxial Growth for Lateral Patterning of Surfaces

Evolution of Mounds during Ag/Ag(100) Homoepitaxy: Temperature Dependence of Pre-asymptotic Behavior

Mechanisms for Hole Formation in Surface Alloy Systems: Rh/Ag(001)¹

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Thin Film Nucleation through Molecular Cluster Beam Deposition: Effect of Incident Angle

Scanning-tunneling/Atomic-force Microscopy Study of the Growth of KBr Films on InSb(001)

In situ Variable Temperature-pressure STM on Selected Nanoparticles: From Nucleation and Growth to High Pressure Stability

Characterization by XPS, LEED and STM of Silicon Deposited onto HfB₂ (0001)

Heteroepitaxy of a Manganese Carbonate on Calcite in Aqueous Solutions

Ionized-PVD with Quasi-Stationary High Power Magnetron Sputtering

Ionization of Sputtered Titanium Atoms in Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering

High Rate Growth of Cu Thin Films Using New Magnetron Sputtering Source

Low Temperature Hollow Cathode Sputter Deposition of Al₂O₃ Thin Films

Influence of the Growth Conditions of AlN Films by Laser Ablation

Low Temperature and Plasma Damage Free Deposition of Silicon Dioxide on Novel Film Deposition Method Called a Radical Shower-CVD (RS-CVD)

Partial Pressure Measurements at milliTorr Pressure using a Miniature RGA with an Electron Multiplier

The Use of a Quadrupole Residual Gas Analyser to Automatically Verify the Purity of Tokamak Fuelling Gases

Calibration Stability of Hot Cathode Ionization Gauges: A Discussion of the Importance of Electron Path Length and Gauge Constant

Calibrating Cold-Cathode Gauges at Very Low Pressures

Residual Gas Analysis using Microengineered Systems