AVS2005 Tuesday Morning

Synthesis and Characterization of Mixed Polymer Brush Films

Characterization of a Chemically Passivated GaAs Based Sensor Device in Air and Electrolytes

Ion Beam Alignment of Nematic Liquid Crystal on PPV-layer

Plasma Beam Alignment for Liquid-Crystal Displays

Measuring the Thickness of Organic/Polymer/Bio Films on Glass Substrates using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

Applications of Surface Analysis in the Medical Device Industry

Microelectronic Multielectrode Interface for Evaluation of Living Cells

Chemical Imaging of Biological Cells and Tissues using TOF-SIMS

Studying the Effect of Spacer Thiol Chemistry, Orientation and Surface Coverage on the Hybridization Properties of Mixed DNA SAMs on Gold

First-principles Calculations of DNA Core Level Energies

Entropic Recoil of Single DNA Molecules from Nanochannels

Surface Analysis Characterization of DNA-Microarray Chemistry

Surface Science of DNA: The Time Has Come

Kinetics and Thermodynamics of DNA Binding at Surfaces and in Solution

Measurement of RNA Density of States, Ionization Energy, Work Function and Charge Injection Barriers to Inorganic Materials

Compression and Free Expansion of Single DNA Molecules in Nanochannels

In-situ Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Protonation of DNA Aggregated at Electrode Surfaces in Aqueous Solution

The Role of Defects at Nanoscale Semiconductor Interfaces

Interstitial Oxygen Related Defects and Current Leakage in UMOSFET on Epi/As++ Structure

Control of Defect Concentrations in Silicon through Surface Chemistry

The Role of Etching in Film Growth during Wet Chemical Oxidation of H:Si(100)

Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Various Oxides on the Ge(100)-2x1/4x2 Surface: Deposition of SiO and Oxidation by O₂ and NO

Optimized Chemical Cleaning Method for Producing Device Quality Ge(100) Surfaces

XPS Study of Se-passivated Si(100)

Surface Passivation of Semiconductors

Characterization of High-κ Materials using High Resolution Ion Backscattering

Fermi Level Pinning at Re/HfO₂ Interface and Effective Work Function of Re in Re/HfO₂/SiO_x/n-Si Stack

Oxygen Diffusion and Reduction of Interfacial Layer in high-k Metal Oxide Gate Stacks

Characterization of High- and Low-k Dielectrics Materials using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Combined Electrical and Morphological Characterization of Al₂O₃ Films by Non-Contact AFM

The Effect of Surface Pre-treatment upon the Growth of Hafnium Dioxide Layers on Silicon

Atomic Layer Deposition and Characterization of Hafnium and Aluminum Oxides and Hafnium Aluminates on Silicon

Measurement of Thicknesses of HfO₂, HfSiO₄, ZrO₂, and ZrSiO₄ Films on Silicon by Angle-Resolved XPS

Size Effect and Chemical Ordering in [FePt]_100-xCr_x Nanoparticles

Core Size Effects on Core-Shell Structured Fe/FeO_x Nanopaticles

Magnetic Field Effects in Ferromagnetic/Organic Hybrid Structures

Magnetic Stripes at the Spin Reorientation Transition of a Magnetic Thin Film

Inhomogeneous Magnetic States in Gd/Fe and SmCo/Fe Nanolayers

Magnetic Quantum Tunneling and Relaxation in Molecular Magnets

Nanomanufacturing Using Nanotemplates for Directed Assembly of Nanoelements

Ion Trapping in Microfabricated Ion Trap Arrays

Monolithic In-Plane Tunable Optical Filter

Cooper-Pair Molasses - Cooling a Nanomechanical Resonator with the Quantum Noise of a Single Electron Transistor

Granular Adsorbent Loading and Wafer Bonding for Si Microcavity Preconcentrator

Copper Electroplating to Fill Blind Vias for 3D Integration

A Fully Integrated Micro Plasma Electron Source in Silicon

Deep Reactive Ion Etching of Membrane-Based Devices Using a Low-Frequency Bias

Aspect Ratio Dependent Etching Lag Reduction in Deep Silicon Etch Processes

Single Electron Spin Detection in Si-Based Semiconductor Structures

Few Electron SiGe Quantum Dots

Top-gated Quantum Dots in Silicon / Silicon-Germanium Two-Dimensional Electron Gases

Spin Physics in Few-Electron Quantum Dots

Single Spin Detection Using Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy

Fabrication and Characterization of Nanolayered Electron Emitters

Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy on Cleaved InAs Quantum Dots

Nanometer Spaced Electrodes on Ultra Flat GaAs-AlGaAs Heterostructures for Molecular Electronics Applications

Investigation of Plasma-Surface Interaction by Sheath-Lens Focusing Effects

Effects of Polymer Deposition on Density Stabilization and Loss Rate of Radical Species in Fluorocarbon Plasmas

Angular Dependence of Si₃N₄ Etch Rates and the Etch Selectivity of SiO₂ to Si₃N₄ at Different Bias Voltages in a High Density C₄F₈ Plasma

Fluorocarbon Film Deposition in a Gap Structure and Correlation With Trench Sidewall Angle for Fluorocarbon Chemistries in Capacitively Coupled Discharges

The Spontaneous Etching of Silicon by F Atoms, Cl Atoms and XeF₂ : A Unified Model Supported by Experiment and Simulation

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Ar⁺ Bombardment of Si: Characterizing Ion-Induced Disorder at Surfaces

Fluorocarbon Polymer Layers and Etching: the Role of Fluctuations, Cluster Ejection, and Redeposition

Molecular Dynamics Investigation of the Etching of Passivated SiOCH Low-κ Dielectric Films

Scattering Dynamics of Energetic F⁺ Ions on Si and Al Surfaces

IRIS Studies of SiCl_x Surface Interactions in SiCl₄ Plasmas

Plasma Polymerisation of Ethanethiol

A Novel, Single-Step Method for the Preparation of Chemical Gradient Surfaces Using Non-Uniform Plasma-Deposition

Mechanistic Musings on Plasma-Enhanced CVD of Polymeric Materials

Application of Plasma Discharges in the Biomedical Field: Biological Decontamination and Sterilization of Surfaces

Biological Response to Plasma Processed Materials

Structure and Properties of TiBN Coatings Deposited by Reactive Arc Evaporation

The Origin of the Hysteresis Effect in Reactive Sputtering Processes

Nanostaircases: An Atomic Shadowing Instability during Epitaxial CrN(001) Layer Growth

The Effects of Si Additions on the Structure and Mechanical Properties of Mo-Si-C and Zr-Si-C Thin Films

The Effects of Water Vapor on the Friction Coefficient of Near Frictionless Carbon

Tribological Behavior and Thermal Stability of TiC/a-C:H Nanocomposite Coatings

Direct Observation of Metathesis Reactions on a Carbide Surface: The Surface Chemistry of Multiple Bonds.

Strategies for DFT Modeling of Experimental Surface Vibrational Modes

Freidel Oscillations: S and CO Metal Mediated Interactions

Attenuated Total Reflection Infrared Spectroscopy and Nanoparticles: A New Tool for Probing Adsorption (CO, NH₃) on Planar Model Catalysts (Rh)

Formation of C-H and N-H bonds on the Pt(111) Surface as Studied with Reflection Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy

RAIRS Signature of the Ordered Methyl Bromide Monolayer on Pt(111)

Adsorption on Carbon Nanotubes Studied Using Polarization-Modulated Infrared Reflection-Absorption Spectroscopy

Nanoporous Gold As a Novel Highly Active Substrate for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Vibrational and Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Formic Acid and Water Coadsorbed on Au(111) Surfaces: Chemical Interaction and Compound Formation

STS Vibrational Study of 1,3-cyclohexadiene on Si(100) Surface

Structure and Properties of SrTiO₃ (100) Surface

Oxygen Adsorption, Diffusion, and Reaction on a Reduced TiO₂(110) Surface

High-Resolution Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Surface Reactions on Rutile TiO2(110)

Surface Reconstruction Variations on Barium Titanate (100)

Defects Modeled with Vicinally-Stepped Oxide Surfaces: the Adsorption of Bromobenzene on NiO(100)

Structure, Defects, and Adsorption on Metal Oxide Surfaces

Controlling Surface Reactivity of SnO₂(101): Dissociative and Molecular Water Adsorption

The Reaction of Water over the Stoichiometric and Defected Surfaces of Uranium Dioxide: a High Resolution XPS Study

Atomic Layer Deposition of Titanium Oxide Thin Films using O₃ for MIM Capacitor of Next Generation Memory Devices

Characteristics of Atomic Layer Deposited TiO₂ Films and its Photocatalytic Activity

Atomic Layer Deposition of SrTiO₃ Films Having a High Thickness- and Cation-Composition Conformality Over a Severe Contact Hole Structure

Selective Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) for Fabrication of Metal and Oxide Nanotubes

Laterally Graded Films and Multilayers Using Atomic Layer Deposition with a Slit Doser and Substrate Translation

Coating Nanoparticles by Atomic Layer Deposition in a Rotary Fluidized Bed Reactor: Al₂O₃ ALD on ZrO₂

The Atomic-Layer-Deposited HfO₂ Gate Dielectric Films; Chemistry of Interface and Electrical Performances

Atomic Layer Deposition for the Modification and Stabilization of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Nanosensors

Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) of Nickel Films Using Amidinate Precursors

Direct Oxidation of Hydrocarbon Fuels in a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell: Studies of Carbon Formation

Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier: Its' Promises and Challenges

Development of Sustainable Technology and Practices in the Semiconductor Industry

New Ignition Devices for Cold-Cathode Gauges

Selecting Vacuum Instrumentation for Your Applications

Results of Performance Dependencies of Bayard-Alpert type Hot Cathode Ionization Gauges Upon Operational Parameters of Their Controllers

Residual Gas Analyzers as Total Pressure Gauges*

Calibration Systems Used for Calibrating Space Physics In-situ Particle Sensors

Progress Towards User Oriented Vacuum Pressure Measurement