AVS2005 Thursday Morning

Characterization of Nanoscale Ceramic Gradient Coatings for Gas Analytical Microdevices

Characterization of Low k Dielectrics Using Auger Microprobe Analysis

Semiconductor-Dielectric Interfaces: Composition and Structure

Comparison of Silicon Oxynitride Produced by PIII/D and Reactive Sputtering

Microbridge Testing of Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposited Silicon Oxide Films on Silicon Wafers

Characterization of Ultra Shallow Arsenic Implants by ARXPS, LEXES, MEIS, and Dynamic SIMS

Hot Electron Transport Across Manganese Silicide Layers on the Si(001) Surface

Optimization and Deposition of CdS Thin Films As Applicable to TiO₂/CdS Composite Catalysis

Long Lifetime Polymer Microfluidic Devices for HPLC-MS Applications

BioMEMS Chip and Package Design for Surface-Controlled Bioreaction Processes

Artificial Extracellular Matrices: Polymer Films Modified with Positive Cues to Promote Cell Adhesion and Neurite Extension

Study of Molecular Transport in Nanofluidic Channels by Integrated Multiple Internal Reflection Infrared Waveguide

Electrochemical Programming of Bioactive Surfaces

Chemical Glycomics: Carbohydrates on Surfaces to Screen Biopolymer Interactions

Synthetic Glycopolymers as Scaffolds to Study Multivalent Carbohydrate Interaction at Surfaces

Molecular Conductance and Contact Resistance Measured in Nanoparticle-Bridged Nanogap Structures

The Effects of Molecular Environments on the Electrical Switching with Memory of Nitro Molecules

Electronic Structure and Charge Addition Effects in Phenylene Ethynylene Oligomers: a Comparison of Pristine versus -NO₂ Substituted Molecules

Probing Silicon Based Molecular Electronics with Ultra-High Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Metal Molecule Silicon Devices

Chemically Resolved Electrical Measurements within Monomolecular Layers

Conduction through Cytochrome c Molecules

Tunneling Transport through Benzoate on Cu(110)*

Hopping Transport through Self-Assembled Monolayer on a GaAs Surface

Charging and Discharging Nanoscale Domains in Thin Films of Arylamines Studied with Kelvin Probe Microscopy

Observation of trans-to-cis in Azobenzene by Spatially Resolved Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy

Materials Integration of III-V Heterostructures

Interfacial Bond Formation in W-structured type-II IR Detectors as Revealed by Cross-Sectional Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Control of InAs/GaAs Quantum Dot Density and Positioning Using Modified Buffer Layers

Implantation-Defect-Mediated Intermixing of InAs/InP Quantum Dot Layers

Modeling of InAs/GaAs Self-Assembled Heterostructures: Quantum Dot to Quantum Ring Transformation

Relaxed Coupling Conditions between Quantum Dots and Photonic Crystals

Formation of Flat, Relaxed Si_1-xGe_x Alloys on Si(001) Without the Use of Buffer Layers

Formation of Epitaxial Ge Nanorings on Si by Self-assembled SiO₂ Particles and Touchdown of Ge Through a Thin Layer of SiO₂

Local Origins of Catalytic and Sensor Activity in 1D Oxide Nanostructures: From Spectromicroscopy to Device

Interface Stability between Amorphous Ferromagnetic Layer and Oxide Barriers in Tunneling Magnetoresistive Films at Elevated Temperatures

Nanoimprint Technologies for Magnetic Recording Media

Ultra Narrow Magnetic Recording Heads: Processing Challenges

Correlated AFM/MFM and Magneto-Optical Studies on Epitaxial L1o FePd Thin Films

Magnetic Properties of Epitaxial FeN Thin Films

Processing Technology for Magnetic Random Access Memory

Quantum-dot Nanodevices with Carbon Nanotubes

Stable Electron Emission from a Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotube in Low Vacuum

Carbon Nanotubes as Ballistic Phonon Waveguides and Electro-Mechanical Switches

Carbon Nanotube Transistors and How They Are Different

Carbon Nanotube Schottky Diodes for High Frequency Applications

Study of High-Field Electron Transport in Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes by MCBJ Technique

Enhancement on Field Emission Performance of MWNTs Impregnated with RuO₂ and Rooted into Metal Substrate

Topologically Induced Localized States in Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes

Optimization of Impregnation of Subnano RuO₂ Clusters on MWCNT for Field Emission Displays

Plasma-Based Techniques to Reduce/Remove Particle Contamination for Pelicleless EUV and Imprint Lithography

Plasma-Surface Reactions at a Spinning Wall

Innovative Strategy to Improve the Stability of Plasma Processes

Interactions of Plasmas with Model Polymers for Advanced Photoresists

Decomposition Mechanisms of 193 nm Photoresist under Ar+ and Radical Bombardment

Investigation of Feature Surface Roughening using Plasma Beams

3-Dimensional Feature Scale Profile Simulation of Sidewall Roughening During Plasma Etching

Surface Modification of Photoresists in Electron Beam-Generated Plasma

Nanoscale Plasma Processing of Substrates Using Moving Patterned Shutter

Investigation of the Etching Characteristics of SrTiO₃ Films in Halogenated High-Density Plasmas

A Numerical Model for Profile Anomalies Caused by Surface Charging during Etching and Overetching of Polysilicon

Particle Modeling of Plasmas and Gases in Materials Processing

Coupled Analysis of Inductively-coupled CF₄ Plasmas and Radicals Flow

Effects of an Insulating Focus Ring on a Uniformity of Radical/Ion Distributions in a Wafer Interface in a 2f-CCP Etcher

Simulation in Advanced Dielectric Etch Equipment Design and Process Tuning

Effect of Reactor Geometry on Ion Energy Distributions for Pulsed Plasma Doping (P²LAD)¹

Computational Modeling of Process Induced Damage During Back End of Line Wafer Processing

Computational Model for Ion Beam Extraction from a Pulsed Plasma Through a Grid

CKnudsen - a Chemkin-based Collisionless Transport and Surface Reaction Simulator

Simplified Model for the DC Planar Magnetron Discharge

Metal/Electrolyte Interfaces: In-situ Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies

Segregation of Anions at the Alkali Halide Solution/Vapor Interface Investigated by Photoemission Spectroscopy

The Growth of Thin Water Films on a Hydrophobic Water Monolayer on Pt(111)

The Nature of Water on Oxygen Covered Pt: Low Temperature Activation and Unexpected Structure

DFT Calculations of Interaction of Water Molecules with Pt(111) Surface

The Effect of Incident Collision Energy on the Phase, Crystallization Kinetics, and Porosity of Vapor Deposited Amorphous Solid Water Films

Ionization of Water-Ice Layers on Platinum: Effect of Carbon Monoxide

Electron-Stimulated Production of Molecular Oxygen in Thin Films of Amorphous Solid Water on Pt(111)

A Comparison of H₂O and D₂O Adsorption on MgO(100) Under Ambient Conditions

Water Adsorption on a Polymer Surface

Dissociative Chemisorption of SiH₄ on Si(100): Threshold Energy and Mechanism

Organic Functionalization of Semiconductors Using Amino Acids; Quantum Resonance Coupling and Electron Transport Effects

Amide Chemistry at the Ge(100)-2x1 Interface

Layer-by-Layer Growth on Ge(100) via Spontaneous Chemical Reaction

Alkylation of Silicon and Germanium Surfaces

Correlation of Surface Electronic Structure with Organic Reactivity on Si(114)

Contact Formation with a Single Molecule: 1,3-cyclohexadiene on the Si(100) Surface

Surface Functionalization of Si(100)2x1 by Halogenated Ethylenes: Formation of C2-dimer, Vinylene, Vinylidene, and their Halogenated Derivatives

Infrared Spectroscopy Study of Adsorption of Maleic Anhydride on Si(100)

Formation of Unsaturated Hydrocarbon Moieties on Hydrogen-terminated Si(111) by Grignard Reaction

Temperature Effects on the Nucleation and Growth of Ag Films on 5-fold Surfaces of Icosahedral Al-Pd-Mn Quasicrystal

Pd-Au Model Catalysts: From Planar Surfaces to Nano-clusters

Site-Directed Chemistry at Pt-Sn Alloy Surfaces

Probing Complex Adsorption Structures: A Joint Experimental and Theortical Study of Prenal Adsorbed on Pt(111) and Pt-Sn Surface Alloys

Catalytic CO Oxidation at 70 K on a Au/Ni Surface Alloy

The Chemical Properties of Pd-Au Alloy Surfaces

Unoccupied Electronic Structure and CO Adsorption in Ni/Cu(100) System

Atomically and Time Resolved Pattern Formation in Strained Metal Films: S on Submonolayer Ag/Ru(0001)

Experimentally and Theoretically Determined Core-Level Shifts for Ultrathin Pd, Ag and AgPd Films on Ru(0001)

The Photoemission Study of Oxygen Adsorbate on Pt₃Ni (100), (110), and (111) Surfaces

Refractive Index Control of Sputtered Multicomponent Bismuthate Glass Films for Bi-EDWA

Controlled Doping and Photoluminescence Properties of Er-doped Yttrium Oxide Thin Films

Alternating Current Thin Film Electroluminescence (ACTFEL) from Zinc Sulfide Doped with Rare Earth Fluorides

Custom-design of Optical Thin Films of Silicon Oxide by Direct Write Deposition

Vacuum-Deposited Form-Birefringent Materials for Use as Retarders and Polarizers

Birefringent Films for Contrast Enhancement of LCoS Projection Systems

New Imaging Ellipsometric Techniques for Thin Film Dielectric Tensor Measurement

Thin Film Optical Constants in the EUV using Simultaneous Reflection and Transmission Measurements