AVS2003 Thursday Morning

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Session Thursday, November 6, 2003
8:20 AM 9:20 AM 10:20 AM 11:20 AM
AS-ThM
Role of Vacuum Technology and Other Drivers in the Development of Surface Analysis
Valence-band X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopic Studies of Phosphorus Oxides and Phosphates
Application of Electron Based Spectroscopies Combined with Chemical Derivatization for the Characterization of Black Carbon Surfaces
Comparison of X-ray and Electron Beam Induced Damage Rates
Charge Referencing in XPS Analysis of Self-assembled Nano-phase Particle (SNAP) Surface Treatments
Quantitative Depth Profiling of Silicon Oxynitride Films by Electron Spectroscopy
Characterization of Silicon-Oxynitride Dielectric Thin Films using Grazing Incidence X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
XPS Study of Ultrathin Ferroelectric Films
Auger Spectra Line Shape Study in Iron-Aluminum-Oxygen Reaction System
The Dispersion of Quantum Well States in Cu/Co/Cu(001)
AT-ThM
Development and Implementation of Green Processes for Manufacturing
Environmental Accounting of Air Biofiltration using an Energy-based Life-cycle Assessment Approach
Living Machines Out of Control: Experiments in Autonomous Ecological Engineering
Enhanced Safety, Reliability and Cost Control with Integrated Gas Control Packages
Responsible Care(r): Protecting our Industry
BI-ThM
Simultaneous Electrochemical and Tapping Mode Imaging of Soft Biological Samples with AFM Tip Integrated Nanoelectrodes and Nanobiosensors
Simultaneous Atomic Force Microscopy and Fluorescence Imaging of Supported Biomembranes
Force Spectroscopy Investigation of HIV Envelope Glycoprotein and Dual Antibody Complex using Atomic Force Microscopy
Multi-technique Studies of Bio-Interface Processes; QCM-D, (Nanoparticle) SPR, SERS, AFM, Electrical Impedance, and Cell Force Sensor
Coupling of his-tagged scFvs to Functionalized Lipid Assemblies for Array Based Sensing
Real-Time, Quantitative Surface Plasmon Microscopy Measurements of Protein Adsorption
Material and Surface Characterization of Electrodeposited Polysaccharide Chitosan Film as a Platform for Biomolecular Reactions in BioMEMS Systems
Infrared and Visible Spectroscopy of Anisotropic Spin-cast Chitosan Films
EM-ThM
Self-aligned Silicides for Ohmic Contacts in CMOS Technology: TiSi2, CoSi2 and NiSi
Ni-Si Thin Films Reactions at Low Temperatures: Phase Identification and Sequence Characterization
Development of Ohmic Contact Materials for Compound Semiconductors
Indium-Based Ohmic Contacts to n-Type Gallium Antimonide
Long and Short Term Thermal Stability of Gate Metallizations on GaN/AlGaN/GaN Heterostructures
Compositional Shift in AlxGa1-xN Induced by Reaction with Metallic Thin Films
Low Temperature Chemical Vapor Deposition and Characterization of Ultra-thin Ruthenium for Copper Diffusion Barriers in ULSI Interconnects
Evaluating Ruthenium Thin Film Deposited on Silicon as a Directly Plate-able Cu Diffusion Barrier
ZrB2 Diffusion Barriers: Conformal CVD Below 400 °C
HS-ThM
Direct Electrical Detection of Specific Protein Binding at Surfaces
Autonomous DNA Testing for Bio-Detection
Magnetically Based Microarray Platform for Rapid Handheld Bioassays
Microfluidic Approaches to Improving Biosensor Performance
Comparison of Bioassay Surface Chemistries on Gold and Alumina Films
Biocatalytic Nanocomposites as Self-Cleaning Surface Coatings
Novel Surface-Segregating Materials for Chem-Bio Applications
Opportunities in Materials Chemistry at DARPA
MI+
Materials for Spin Injection Into GaN-Based Devices
Characterization of AlGaN and AlN Based Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors
Growth and Characterization of GaMnN/AlN Multiple Quantum Wells
Theory of Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors
Materials Characterization and Magnetic Studies of Epitaxial CoxTi1-xO2-x Deposited on Si(001) by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Ferromagnetic Co-doped Anatase TiO2: Are All Growth Methods Created Equal?
Ferromagnetism in Optically Transparent Semiconducting Co Doped SnO2-d Films
Elaboration and Characterisation of Cobalt Doped ZnO Thin Films for Spintronic Applications
Ferromagnetism in Cobalt Doped La0.5√sub 0.5TiO3-d Films
NS-ThM
Autonomous Atom Assembly*
Combined Scanning Force Microscope and Mass Spectrometer
Imaging Semiconducting Samples by Scanning Capacitance Force Microscopy (SCFM) and Scanning Capacitance Microscopy (SCM)
AFM Force Measurements: MEMS Devices for Easy and Accurate Cantilever Spring-Constant Calibration
Thermal Approach to Cantilever Calibration over a 200 kHz Bandwidth
Are V-shaped Atomic Force Microscope Cantilevers Obsolete?
Electronic Properties of Individual Defects in Carbon Nanotubes by Scanning Probe Microscopy
Real-Space Imaging of the Vortex Lattice in V3Si Using Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy*
Adatom Hopping Induced by Tunneling Electrons: Br on Si(100)-(2x1)
Elucidation of the Electronic Properties of Isolated Alkanethiolate-Passivated Undecagold Clusters by Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy
NT-ThM
Analyses of Early Stages of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Growth
Iron-carbide Cluster Thermal Dynamics for Catalysed Carbon Nanotube Growth
Growth & Control Mechanisms for Directed Assembly of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers: Fundamental Studies and Nanotech. Applications
Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Array by Radio-frequency Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition for Field Emission Application
Magnetic Entrapment of Carbon Nanotubes for the Fabrication of Electrically Conductive Bridging Structures
Novel Approaches to Developing Carbon Nanotube Based Polymer Composites
Filling and Chemical Modification of Carbon Nanotubes
Polyatomic-Ion Beam Induced Chemical Functionalization of Carbon Nanotube-Polystyrene Composites
AC Electrical Transport Behavior of Epoxy Matrix/Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composites
PS1-ThM
Reactive Sputtering of Metallic Tin in a Mixture Ar - O2 : Comparison between an Amplified and a Classical Magnetron Discharge
Selective Plasma-induced Deposition of Fluorocarbon Films on Metal Surfaces for Actuation in Microfluidics
Deposition of Transparent Tin Oxide Films by PECVD on Polymers
Temperature Dependence of the SiH3 Surface Reactivity During Plasma Deposition of a-Si:H Studied by Time-resolved CRDS
Creation of SiOF Films with SiF4/O2 Plasmas: from Gas-Surface Interactions to Film Formation
Study of Fluorocarbon Deposition Mechanism with a Small Gap Structure in Fluorocarbon Plasmas
Plasma Chemistry and the Growth Kinetics of Silicon Nitride Deposited by the SiH4-N2 Reactant Mixture
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Organic Polymer Etching by H2/N2 and NH3 Plasmas
PS2-ThM
Smart Nanoprocess for Organic Low-k Film Etching
Etching Mechanisms of Methylsilsesquioxane Low-k Material in High Density Fluorocarbon Plasma
Low Damage Low-k Film Etching using Advanced Neutral Beams
Control of Degradation Thickness on SiOCH Surface
Three-dimensional Feature Profile Evolution during Etching of Porous Dielectric Materials
Etching of a Porous SiOC with Varied Porosity in Fluorocarbon Based-plasma
In-situ Real-time Monitoring of Profile Evolution During Plasma Etching
Critical Issues in Dual Damascene Etch
In-Situ Etch-Stop Etch for Cu/Low-k Damascene Etch Applications
Study of CO addition to C4F8 or C4F8/Ar Plasmas for Selective Etching of Organosilicate Glass (OSG) over SiC
SC-ThM
Strain Engineering of SiGe/Si Structures
Strain Relaxation of Step-graded InAsP Buffers on InP Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Effects of InAlSb Buffer Layers on the Structural and Electronic Properties of InSb Films
Heteroepitaxy of III-Se Materials: Compatibility to Si and Their Growth Studied by In-situ Scanning Probe Microscopy
Characterization of High Quality GaAs(100) Films Grown on Ge(100) Substrates
In Situ Monitoring of Stress Relaxation in Semiconductors
Strain Effects in Si-Ge Growth on Vicinal Si Surfaces Prepared by Laser Texturing
SS1-ThM
Self-Assembly of Atomic Chains on Stepped Silicon
Length Scale Dependence of Evolution of Corrugations During Sublimation from Patterned Vicinal Si(111) Surfaces*
Current-Induced Pattern Formation on Vicinal Surfaces
Effects of Diffusion and Chemical Reactivity on Step Bunching: The Formation of Macrosteps During Etching
Equilibrium Morphologies for Cl-roughened Si(100) at 700 - 750 K: Experiments and Monte Carlo Modeling
Adsorbate Interactions and Roughening of Sub-monolayer Halogenated Si(100) Surfaces
Atomistic Modeling of Morphological Evolution During Active and Passive Oxidation of Si(100)
Oxygen Etching of Low- and High-Index Si Surfaces
Growth of Gd on the High-Index Si(113) and Si(5 5 12) Surfaces
Attempts on Synthesizing Linear Atomic Metal Chains on GaN(0001)
SS2-ThM
Oxide Nucleation Kinetics on Al(111): The Role of Short-range and Long-range Interactions between Chemisorbed O Atoms
Chemical Inhibition of Aluminum Surface Oxidation
Methane Dissociative Chemisorption on Ni(100): Closing the Non-equilibrium Gap between Surface Science and Catalysis
High Pressure STM Studies of Metal and Alloy Surfaces: Adsorption Induced Phase Separation
STM Observation of Model Catalysts in Action: from Vacuum to High Pressures
Universality in Heterogeneous Catalysis
Lateral Interactions in the Kinetics of Surface Reactions
Strategies for the Study of Methanol and CO Electrocatalysis on Nanometer-Scale Catalysts
The Water Formation Reaction on a Palladium and Platinum Catalysts, Studied with Laser-induced Fluorescence and Kinetic Modelling
SS3-ThM
Effect of Atomic Polarization on Adsorption on Ferroelectric Surfaces: BaTiO3 (100)
Sodium Segregation and Morphology on Co3O4 Single Crystal Surfaces
Resonant Photoemission of Cobaltite Perovskites and Double Perovskites
Growth Modes in a System Requiring Bulk Mass Transport: Step Motion and Island Nucleation on TiO2 (110) Exposed to Oxygen
The Effect of Nitrogen Doping on Rutile Single Crystals - A Photochemical Surface Science Study
STM Study of Defect Production on the TiO2(110)-(1x1) and TiO2(110)-(1x2) Surfaces Induced by UV-light
The Oxygen Chemistry of Rutile TiO2(110) - A Comprehensive STM Study
Measuring Defect Sites on TiO2(110): The CO2 Probe
Surface Structure and Properties of Vanadia Supported on Anatase TiO2(001)
Initial Stages of Cu2O Nano-Clusters Formation on SrTiO3(100)1
TF-ThM
Mechanisms and Energetics of H Insertion into Si-Si Bonds in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Films
Effect of Crosshatch Formation on the Kinetics of Si1-xGex Growth on Si(001) from Hydride Precursors
Initial Growth of High Rate Deposited Silicon Thin Films Studied by In-situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Attenuated Total Reflection Infrared Spectroscopy
Sn-mediated Ge/Ge(001) Growth by Low-temperature Molecular Beam Epitaxy: Effects on Surface Roughening and Epitaxial Thickness
Understanding Radical-Surface Interactions in the Plasma-Assisted Deposition of Amorphous Hydrogenated Silicon
From Ab-initio Modeling to Experimental Thin Film Synthesis of a Novel Boron-oxygen-yttrium Phase
Low Temperature Nitride and Oxide Thin Film Growth using an Energetic Atom Source
Physical Self-assembly and the Nucleation of 3D Nanostructures by Oblique Angle Deposition1
VT+
Component Requirements for ALD Technology
Towards Improved Control of PVD Processes for Nano-Structured Me-aC:H Coatings1
A Portable Reference Gas for InSitu Calibration of Residual Gas Analyzers
Specific Reference Calibration - A More Practical Approach to Vacuum Reproducibilty
Characterisation of a Fully Automated, Static Expansion Vacuum Standard at the National Physical Laboratory, UK
A New Look at the Modulated Bayard-Alpert Gauge
Dose Reproducibility in Axcelis GSD Implanters Using Stabil-Ion Gauge
How Stable are Spinning Rotor Gauges
Practical Procedures for the Frequency Corrections of the Spinning Rotor Gauge Residual Drag
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