AVS2004 Friday Morning

Elemental and Surface Analysis Via Focused Ion Beam Induced X-Rays

FIB for Materials Characterization, Device Creation and Sample Preparation

High Spatial Resolution XPS Analysis of Focused Ion Beam Irradiated Specimens

Examining the Impacts of Ion Sputtering on Nanoparticles and Nanoporous Materials

Determination of Optimum Depth-Resolution Conditions for Time-Of-Flight Medium Energy Backscattering

Quantitative Profiling of Thin Films by Means of Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis (ERDA) with High Energetic Heavy Ions

The Effect of Cell Detachment Method on the Identity and Quantity of Residual ECM Proteins Retained at Surfaces

Thermally Responsive Surfaces Formed by Plasma Polymerisation of N-Isopropyl Acrylamide

Using Enzymes to Switch Surface Properties

Conformational Mechanics of Surface Grafted Stimulus-Responsive Polypeptides

pH Induced Conformational Behaviour of Polyelectrolytes in Bulk Solution and Grafted to Surfaces: Neutron Reflectometry and Fluorescence Studies

Creating Protein and Vesicle Arrays Using Designated Surface Chemistry in Combination with a Novel Microfluidic Pattering Device

Polymeric Materials for DNA Sensing and Integration into Microfluidic Channels

Cell Biology On a Chip: Elastomeric Microfluidic Platforms for Cell Culture Applications

Ultrasensitive MALDI MS Analysis of Peptides Separated in an RF Plasma Polymer Modified Microfluidic Device

Measurement and Analysis of Changes in EOF with Protein Adsorption using the Dynamic Current Monitoring Method.

Magnetic Tunnel Junctions for Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory

Processing Challenges in the Magnetic Recording Industry

Reversal Mechanism of Patterned Co/Pd Multilayer Islands

Hierarchical Self-Assembly as a Route to Future Magnetic Data Storage

Enhanced Magnetic Moment in Iron Nitride Thin Films

Direct Observation of Nano-Oxide Formation in Spin Valve Multilayers

Novel Green Plasma Etch Chemistries for Magnetic Metals.

Characterization of FePt-based Magnetic Nanocomposite Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed Filtered Vacuum Arc Deposition

Peter Mark Memorial Award Presentation: Nanometer-Scale Fabrication Techniques for Building Semiconductor Devices

Self-assembled Multilayers Creating Tailored Resists for Nanostructure Fabrication

Studies of Self-Assembling Bilayers for Layered Nanofabrication (LNF)

Cross-sectional Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy Studies of Molecular Beam Epitaxy Grown Quantum Wells

Defect Mediated Transport in Nanostructures by Scanning Impedance Spectroscopy

Supramolecular [60]Fullerene/Porphyrin Assemblies on Metals

Synthesis and Optical Characterization of Gold Nanoplates

Non-Spherical Metal Nanoparticles: Tuning Optical Properties by Controlling Structure

Elucidation of the Electronic Properties of Immobilized Alkanethiolate-Stabilized Gold Clusters and Nanoparticles Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Optical Properties of Ordered Arrays of Vanadium Dioxide Nanoparticles

X-Ray and Neutron Reflectivity Studies of Plasma Polymer Coatings

Angle Resolved XPS Characterisation of Plasma Polymerised Chemical Gradients

Surface Characterization of Plasma Processed Bio-Functional Micro-Patterned Polymeric Surfaces

Plasma Sterilisation and De-pyrogenation of Surfaces: Review and Analysis of Mechanisms

Plasma Processes for Micro- and Nano-Patterning Biomedical Polymers

Novel Plasma Modification of Microfluidic Devices for Control of Electroosmotic Flow

Thiol-Based Plasma Polymer Coatings as Platforms for Biosciences Applications

The Low Damage Surface Modification of the Self-assembled monolayer by the N₂ Neutral Beam Irradiation

Inductively Coupled Plasma Etching of Poly-SiC in SF6 Chemistries

A Study of Inductively Coupled Plasma Etch of GaN/InGaN Based Light Emitting Diodes

High-k Materials Etching

Ion-Enhanced Plasma Etching of Metal Oxides in Chlorine Based Plasmas

Investigation of Etching Properties of HfSiO and HfSiON as Gate Dielectrics

Etching of HfO₂ and HfSiO_x at Elevated Temperatures

Ion-enhanced Etching of HfO₂ with Cl⁺, BCl_x⁺(X = 1, 2) and SiCl _x⁺(X = 1, 2,3) Ion

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of H₂ Plasmas in Removing Boron from Si After Etching of HfO₂ Films in BCl₃ Plasmas

Selective Etching of HfO₂ High-k Dielectric over Si in C₄F₈/Ar/H₂ Inductively Coupled Plasmas

Characterization of the Sputtering Process in an rf Plasma for the Patterning of Nonvolatile Materials

Wetting and Dissociation of Water on Cu(111) and Cu(110)

Point Defects in a Partially Dissociated Wetting Layer: D₂O/Ru(0001)¹

Diffusion of He in Amorphous Solid Water: Observation of an Inverse H/d Lattice Isotope Effect

H₂O/D₂O Dimer Formation on Pd (111) Studied by STM

Ultrafast Electron Solvation Dynamics and Structure of the Water/Metal Interface

Interfacial Segregation of Halogen Ions in Alkali Halide Solutions

Measurements of Interfacial Water Properties as a Function of Surface Functionalization Using the IFM

Light-Induced Contact Angle Switching on Nanowire Surfaces

Interaction of Glycine with Ice Nanolayers^*

H₂O-Induced Instabilities at Alumina Surfaces Under Non-UHV Conditions

Tuning the Electronic and Chemical Properties of Bimetallic Surfaces

The Study of Electronic Structures and Surface Segregation of Pt₃M Alloy (M= Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Zr)

The Study of Electronic Structures and Surface Segregation of Single Crystalline Pt₃Ni(100),(100),and (111)

Chemisorption and Quantum Size Effects on Pseudomorphic fcc-Co and fcc-Fe Films Grown on Cu(100)

Probing the Mechanism of n-hexane Dehydrocyclization over Pt-Sn Catalysts: Adsorption and Reactivity of n-hexane, 1-hexene, and 1,5-hexadiene on Pt(111) and Sn/Pt(111) Surface Alloys

Experimental and Theoretical Characterization of the Structure of Defects at the Pyrite FeS2 (100) Surface

H₂S Adsorption and Dissociation on Fe-Al and Fe-Si Alloy Surfaces from First Principles

Real-time and Spectroscopic Second Harmonic Generation as a Tool to Probe Surface Processes during Amorphous Silicon Film Growth

MultiChannel Mueller Matrix Ellipsometry for In-Situ and Real Time Analysis of Thin Films and Surfaces

Analysis of Ti and TiN Thin Film Nucleation, Coalescence, and Growth by Rotating Compensator Multichannel Ellipsometry

Comparative Ellipsometric Study of Liquid Helium Thin Films on Au, Cs, HOPG and Rb Substrates

Studies of Coupling and Ordering in Magnetic Thin Films with Polarized Neutron Reflectormetry

Real-time Optical Monitoring of Ammonia Decomposition Kinetics in InN Vapor Phase Epitaxy at Elevated Pressures

In-Situ Real-Time FT-IR Spectroscopy During APCVD: The Effect of B and P Dopants on SiO₂ Deposition

Optimal Control on Composition and Optical Properties of Silicon Oxynitride Thin Films

III Nitride-Based Optical Sensors Integrated with a TOF Mass Spectrometer for Aerosol Characterization.