AVS2007 Thursday Morning

Surface-supported Bilayer Platforms for Fundamental Research and Biotechnological Applications

Supported Lipid Structures as Model Systems for Membrane Associated Interactions

Anisotropic Diffusion in Nanopatterned Supported Lipid Bilayers

Fabrication of Surface-Engineered 3D Micro-Well Arrays for High Resolution and High Throughput Analysis in a Single Cell Format

Effects of Fluidity on HIV-1 Neutralizing Antibody Binding to Membrane Surfaces

Activity of Transmembrane Protein Maintained in Polymerized Lipid Membranes

Bulk and Surface Impurities and Point Defects in ZnO

Correlation of Native Point Defects to Thermal Stability of Schottky Barrier Formation at Metal-ZnO Interfaces

Separation of Surface and Bulk Conduction in ZnO using Variable Magnetic Field Hall Effect Measurements

Nuclear Reaction Analysis Investigation of H-doped ZnO Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Effects of Hydrogen Ambient and Film Thickness on ZnO:Al Electrical Properties

Metallic Conductivity in Transparent Al:ZnO Films

Mixed Anion ZnOTe Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition

STM, LEED and ARXPS Study of MOCVD Grown a-plane ZnO and Mg_xZn_1-xO (0 <= x <= 0.3) Thin Films

Thermal and Photoreactions of Catechol on TiO₂

N Incorporation and Electronic Structure in High-Quality Epitaxial N-doped TiO₂ Anatase Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Lattice Site Location for N in Homoepitaxial N-doped TiO₂ (110)

Photochemically Activated Tethering of Molecular Monolayers to Anatase and Rutile TiO₂ Surfaces

Progress and Challenges in Solar Energy Conversion Using Semiconductor/Liquid Junctions

An Organic Donor/Acceptor Lateral Superlattice at the Nanoscale: Towards an Optimum Morphology for Photovoltaic Devices

Solar Water Splitting for Renewable Hydrogen Production: The Role of N and Surface Modification in the Improved Stability of III-V Nitride Photoelectrodes

Surface Nanostructure and Nanochemistry of CuInSe₂ by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

DMS Ferromagnets: Extrapolating from (III,Mn)V Materials

Onset of Nonlinear Transport and Two-Level Fluctuation through a Pinned Domain Wall in Patterned Lateral GaMnAs Constrictions

Intrinsic Vacancy Chalcogenides as Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors: Theoretical Investigation of TM-Doped Ga₂Se₃

Heteroepitaxial Growth and Electronic Structure of Mn:Ga₂Se₃ Thin Films on Si(100):As: Exploration of a Candidate Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor

Investigation of Cr:Ga2Se3 as a Candidate Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor for Silicon Based Applications

Giant Excitonic Zeeman Splittings in Transition Metal Doped CdSe Quantum Dots

Size-Dependent Excited State Dynamics in Mn²⁺-Doped CdSe Quantum Dots

Measurement of GST Thin Film Composition and Thickness

Gate Oxide Process Control Optimization by XPS in a Semiconductor Fabrication Line

The Helium Ion Microscope and Applications for Semiconductor Manufacturing and Characterization

Characterization of Electronic Materials with Atom Probe Tomography

Structural Fingerprinting of Nanocrystals on the Basis of High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy and Open-Access Databases

The CD-AFM Technique as a Mean to Accelerate Advanced Process Development for the 45nm Node and Beyond

Analysis of Ion Implantation Damage in Silicon Wafers

Single Charge Sensing by Carbon Nanotube Single-Hole Transistor

Single Molecule Sensing with Carbon Nanotubes

STM and STS Studies of SWCNT on NaCl/Ag(100)

Evaluation of High k Dielectric Films for Carbon Nanotube FETs

Erbium and/or Ytterbium Doped Yttrium Oxide Nanotubes for Optical Amplifier Application

Ultrahigh-Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study Into the Adsorption of N-methyl-pyrrolidone Molecules on Carbon Nanotubes

Growth Promotion and Etching of Carbon Nanotubes by CO₂ in Chemical Vapor Deposition using CH₄ Gas

Effect of Nitrogen Dopant on the Structure and Electrocatalytic Activity of Arrayed Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Plasma Modification of Surface Traps in Mesoporous TiO₂

A Robust Passivation-Enhanced Cryogenic Process used for Silicon Deep Etching

3-D Profile Simulation of Silicon Etching: The Effects of Redeposition on Surface Roughening

In Situ Measurement of the Ion Incidence Angle Dependence of the Ion-Enhanced Etching Yield in Plasma Reactors

Modeling of Angular Dependence in Plasma Etching Used for Profile Simulation

Geometrical Effects on Etching Profile Evolution

Growth Precursor Measurements and Study of Plasma Chemistry by Means of Mass Spectrometry

Ground and Metastable Atom Densities in Rare-Gas Diluted O₂ and N₂ Plasmas and Silicon Oxynitride Growth

Ion Flux Measurements in an Ar/NH₃/SiH₄ - Remote Plasma using a Pulse Shaped Double-Side Capacitive Probe

In Situ Plasma Analysis and Sheath Modeling of Silicon Deep Trench Etching in Capacitively Coupled Dual Frequency HBr/NF3 Plasmas

Noninvasive Monitoring of Ion Current and Ion Energy during Plasma Processing

Application of an RF Biased Langmuir Probe to Etch Reactor Chamber Matching, Fault Detection and Process Control

A New Diagnostic Method of Very High-Frequency Plasmas Produced in Insulated Vessels

On-wafer Real Time Monitoring of Charge-Build-up Voltages during Plasma Etching in Production Equipment

In-Situ Wafer-Based Plasma Sensor Analysis in Inductively Coupled Plasmas

Plasma Process Development and Control with Real-Time Critical Process Parameter Detection at the Wafer Surface

Observation of a (√3 x √3)R30° Reconstruction on ZnO (000-1)

Cu_xNi_1-xO and Zn_xNi_1-xO Rocksalt Oxide Surfaces: Novel Environment for Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺ and Its Effect on the NiO Electronic Structure

Surface Study of In₂O₃ and Sn-doped In₂O₃ Thin Films with (100) and (111) Orientations

Structure of the Polar Oxide Surface MgO(111) (√3 x √3)R30°

Monocrystalline TiO₂ Nanoparticles Growth on Au(111) Surface by RLAD Method

Reactive Ballistic Deposition of Porous TiO₂ Films

Complexities and Surprises in the Epitaxial Growth of Pure and Doped TiO₂

In-Situ Polarization and Structure of 4 and 10 Layer Epitaxial BaTiO₃ Films

Structural and Surface-Morphological Analysis of InN Layers Grown by HPCVD

Desorption of Hydrogen from the Indium Nitride Surface Studied by HREELS

Preparation and Characterization of β-Si₃N₄ Surfaces

Linear Smoothing Coefficient in Epitaxial Growth of GaAs on Rough Substrates

Spectroscopic Study of Acid and Base-Activated Thioacetamide Passivation of GaSb and InAs Surfaces

STM Imaging and DFT Modeling of the Group III-rich Reconstruction of InAs(100)-c(8×2)/(4×2)

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Interfacial Bonding Structure and Annealing Effect of In₂O/InAs(001)-c(8x2)/(4x2)

Bonding Hybridization in the Group III-rich Reconstructions of InGaAs(100)-(4×2)

Superconductivity in Very Clean and Doped MgB₂ Thin Films

Optical Radiation Selective Devices Based on III Nitrides

EXAFS Study of Local Bonding Structures of Ge₂Sb₂Te₄, Ge₂Sb₂Te₅, and Ge₂Sb₂Te₇ with Bond Constraint Analysis

CVD of Ru from C₆H₈Ru(CO)₃

The Properties of Ultra Thin Ru-P Amorphous Films Deposited with Ru₃(CO)₁₂ and P(CH₃)₃ for Cu Metallization

Surface Morphology of Epitaxial Cu Layers: The Effect of Roughness on Electron Scattering

Investigation of Ru-Ta-N Ultrathin Films as Diffusion Barrier for Cu Metallization

A Study on the Amorphous Ta-Zr Films as Diffusion Barrier in Cu Metallization

Resonant Nanomechanical Sensors for Protein Detection

Surface-Chemical Aspects of Implant Biotribology and Biomimetic Lubrication

In-situ Measurement of Boundary-Lubrication on Articular Cartilage Surfaces

Humidity Dependent Ordering of Water and its Effect on Adhesion and Friction between Silica Surfaces

Nanomechanical Properties of Arachidic Acid Langmuir Blodgett Films

Optimal Roughness for Minimal Adhesion

A Tribological Study of Bound plus Mobile Lubricants for MEMS Application from the Nano- to the Macro-scale Regime

Review of Seven Years Field Application Experience of an EPX Single Mechanism for High Vacuum Pumping

Vacuum Improvements and Characterizations for the Jefferson Lab Polarized Electron Source

Theory and Design of a Pirani-style Thermal Conductivity Vacuum Gauge with Unique Geometries and Control Circuitry

Capillary Flow Meter for Calibrating Spinning Rotor Gauges

A Non-Destructive Partial Pressure X-Ray Analysis Method for Kr and Xe Gas Filled Encapsulated Devices