AVS2008 Wednesday Morning

Near Real-time Analysis of XPS Data

Data Scaling for Quantitative Imaging XPS

Using Multivariate Analysis and Modeling for Structure-to-Property Relationships Built from XPS Data

Identification and Quantification of ToF-SIMS Images with Topography using Multivariate Analysis

Methods for Reducing Topographical Influences in ToF-SIMS Spectral Images

The Effects of Pre-Processing of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) Image Data on Self-Modeling Image Analysis

Comparison of MAF and PCA for Processing 3-D ToF-SIMS Images of Organic and Biological Samples

SVD + Factor Rotation: A Powerful Alternative to PCA for Spectral Image Analysis

A Comparison of Multivariate Statistical Analysis Protocols for ToF-SIMS Spectral Images

Studying Single Molecules on Living Cells

Theory of Single Molecule Characterization using Random Telegraph Signals

Magnetic Tweezers Measurement of the Bond Lifetime-Force Behavior of the IgG-Protein A Specific Molecular Interaction

Elasticity Mapping of Pore Suspending Native Cell Membranes

Size Measurement of Targeted Nanoparticle Delivery Systems

Biophotonics: Resonant Detection of Single Molecules

Single-Molecule Detection and Mismatch Discrimination of Unlabeled DNA Targets

Optical Fiber Microarrays for Single Molecule Detection

New Approaches to Chemical Lithography on the Micro- and Nanometer Length Scales

Reversible Activation of a Polyelectrolyte Brush: Responsive Monolayers

Polymer Brushes: Patterns, Architecture and Functionality

Phase Stability of 2D and 3D Structures of Oligopyridines on HOPG Studied by Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy and Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy

True All-Organic Epitaxy in Fashionable Organic Hetero-Junctions

Modification of Self-Assembled Monolayer Surfaces Using Hyperthemal Ion Beams

Spectroscopic Detection of Conduction Band Edge Defects in HfO₂, Hf Si Oxynitride and Stacked Hf Si Oxynitride/HfO₂ High-k Dielectrics: Extraction of Defect States from O K Edge NEXAS Spectra

ARXPS Study of the Early Stages of the Formation of the HfO₂/Si and HfO₂/SiO₂ Interfaces

Characterization of High-k Dielectric and Metal Gate Film Stack by AR-XPS

Density-Functional Theory Molecular Dynamics Simulations of a-Al₂O₃/Ge(100)(2x1), a-Al₂O₃/In_0.5Ga_0.5As, a-Al₂O₃/In_0.5Al_0.5As/In_0.5Ga_0.5As

Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) of Amorphous High-k Dielectric Films of La_(1-x)M_xO_3/2, M = Al, Sc, Lu, Y and La

Electrical and Physical Properties of High-k Gate Dielectrics on III-V Semiconductors

Surface Structure and Fermi Level Determination of Oxides/III-V Interface

High-K Dielectrics/High Mobility Channel Interface Optimization for Future CMOS Technology

Molybdenum Oxide Nanoparticles for Improved Lithium Ion Battery Technologies

Boron Oxynitride: An Emerging Dielectric for High Temperature Capacitor Applications

Improving Efficiencies of Electrochemical Systems Through Microstructure Optimization

Layer-By-Layer Approaches to Electrochemical Energy and Storage

Material Solutions for Solid State Energy Storage

Platinum Nanorods as PEM Fuel Cell Electrodes

Probing the Electrochemistry of Ceria in Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Anodes under Operation using Ambient-Pressure XPS

In-situ Dynamics of CO Oxidation on Pt(110) with Ambient Pressure XPS

Medard W. Welch Award Lecture: Novel X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Techniques for In Situ Studies of Surfaces in Equilibrium with Gases in the Torr Pressure Regime: Application to Catalysis and Environmental Sciences

Nano Scale X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of In Situ Modified Samples using Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscope

In Situ Synchrotron X-ray Study of the Synthetic Processes for Inorganic Solid Oxide Nanomaterials

Surface Chemistry of Model Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Studied In-Situ by Synchrotron Based Photoemission Microscopy and Spectroscopy

Organic Solar Cells and Microgels: Examples of In Situ Applications of Soft X-ray Microscopy

Reactive Biased Target Ion Beam Deposition of AlO_x Barrier Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

Anisotropic Competition in FM/AFM Bilayers: The Influence on Magnetic Easy Axis, FM/AFM Exchange Coupling, and Interfacial Coupled Spins

Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Study of Manganese Diffusion in Annealed MnAs/GaAs Layered Structures

Molecular Beam Epitaxy Integration of Barium Hexaferrite on Wide Bandgap 6H-SiC

Exploring Complexity through Reduced Dimensionality: Novel Transport Properties of La_5/8-xPr_xCa_3/8MnO₃ Wires

Controlling Magnetic Anisotopy in Epitaxial FePt(100) Films

Nanopatterning with Self-assembled Nanoparticle Arrays

Functionalized Gd₂O₃ Nanoparticles to be used for MRI Contrast Enhancement

Interfacial Interactions of Magnetic and Nonmagnetic Spacer Layers in FeCo/Pd and FeCo/Ru Multilayer Stacks

Excitronics: Excitonic Circuits for post-CMOS Electronics

Magnetism in Mn Ion Implanted Si

Graphene Electronic Devices

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Limits of Charge Carrier Mobility in Graphene

Peter Mark Memorial Award Lecture: Probing the Order Parameter Dynamics and Energy Dissipation on a Single Defect Level: Hidden Dimensions of Scanning Probe Microscopy

Quantitative Evaluation of Carbon Nano Tubes by the Scanning Atom Probe

AgCl Monolayers on Au(111): Novel, Ultra-stable and Atomically-flat Surfaces

Atomic Scale Characterization of Charge Redistribution for Gallium Nanocluster Arrays on the Si(111)-7x7 Surface

QPlus AFM on Single Crystal Insulators with Small Oscillation Amplitudes at 5 K

Nanoscale Characterization of Thin Film Coatings Using Annular Dark Field Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

Electron Structure of InGaAs/GaAs Quantum Dots in Limit of Small Sizes

Characterization of Graphitic Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles used in Cancer Therapy

Towards Automation in the Characterization of Nanostructured Materials and Devices

Studying the Interaction of Atomic Hydrogen with a-Si:H Thin Films using Evanescent-Wave Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy

Unraveling the Importance of the Bimodal Energy Distribution of Bombarding Ions in Fluorocarbon Plasma Etching

Diamonds and New Carbon Allotropes from Carbon Nanotubes at Room Temperature

Clarification of Surface and Interface Structures Exposed to Inductively Coupled Plasma with Various Superposed Bias Frequencies and Its Implication in Plasma Damage Control

Studying Surface Damage during Dry Etching of Si(100) with Optical Second-Harmonic Generation in an Ar⁺/XeF₂ Beam Setup

Ion Induced Etching Reaction of SiO₂ and Si by CF₃⁺ Irradiation

Enhanced Ground and Metastable Atom Densities in Ar Diluted N₂ ICP for Nitridation of Hf Silicate

Dependence of Carbon Removal Rate on the Structure of Porous Low-k SiOCH Films during N₂/H₂ Plasma Processes

Mechanistic Influence of Substrate Temperature on the Plasma Deposition of Carbon Nitride Materials

Examining Plasma-Surface Interactions During Plasma Catalytic Removal of Atmospheric Pollutants

Generating Short Wavelength Light from Compact Sources - Challenges and Applications

3-Dimensional Model for Magnetized Capacitively Coupled Plasma Discharges

Effects of Very High Frequency Source Mixing and Inter-electrode Gap on Plasma Characteristics

The Impact of Electrode Gap and Gas Injection on Plasma Etch Uniformity

2 m Long-Line Plasma Production by Evanescent Microwave in a Narrowed Rectangular Waveguide

Development and Characterization of a Radical Beam Source Based on Surface Waves for Plasma-Surface Reaction Studies

Production-Worthy Pulsed ICP Plasma Processes

Controlling Plasma Deposition with Liquid Aerosol Precursors

Deposition of Metallic Nanoparticles using Atmospheric Plasma

Design and Applications of the Atmospheric Pressure Hollow Cathodes

Advanced Atmospheric Pressure Microplasma Sources for Surface Treatment

Stress and Strain in Polycrystalline Thin Films

The Location and Effects of Si in Arc-Evaporated (Ti_1-xSi_x)N_y Thin Solid Films

Phase Stabilization in CrN by Addition of Si and O

Short vs. Long-Range Interactions: Consequences of Distributions

Studies of Plasma Nitridation of Ge(100) by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Atom-Wide Co Wires on Vicinal Cu(111)

Surface Self-Diffusion and Structural Evolution of Pd/Cu(100) Surface Alloys

Additive-Enhanced Mass Transport on Metal Surfaces: Hunting Elusive Agents of Change

Growth and Evolution of Au/Ge(111) Studied by LEEM and STM

Si Adatoms Atop the Si(111)5x2-Au Surface Diffuse in One Dimension by a Defect-Mediated Hopover Process

Influence of Si Deposition on the Phase Transition Temperature of Si(111)-7x7

Vanadium Adsorption on Si(111)-7x7 Surface: A Combined DFT and STM Investigation

Can Ferroelectric Polarization be Used to Manipulate Metal-Oxide Interactions?

Temperature Dependence of Intrinsic Nucleation in Ferroelectrics

Catalysis of M-YSZ(100) Model Anodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Structure of Au and Ag Clusters on Al₂O₃/FeAl(110)

The Effect of Water and Surface Order on Reactivity

Engineering Thin Film Superconductivity Toward Single Atomic Layer: A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy Study

Effect of Quantum Well States on the Formation of MnCu c(2x2) Surface Alloy

Adsorption of the Thiol Molecule (SCH₃)₂ on a Metallic Quantum Well System

Adsorbate Dynamics under Nanoscale Confinement

Charge Carrier Separation and Transport at Organic Semiconductor Interfaces

Growth and Functional Properties of Thin Film Oxides Synthesized under Photon Irradiation

A Zone Diagram for Conformal Film Growth by CVD

Conformal Chemical Vapor Deposition of Metal Oxide Thin Films using Metal-Diboranamide Precursors

Chemical Vapor Deposition of WN_xC_y using Tungsten Piperidylhydrazido Complex: Deposition, Characterization and Diffusion Barrier Evaluation

Conformality of Chemical Vapor Deposited Copper Oxide Thin Films in High Aspect Ratio Features for ULSI/MEMS Applications

Structure and Morphology of Pentacene Film Grown on HOPG

Electrically Controllable Stationary Hadamard Shutter Exploiting the Semiconductor-To-Metallic Phase Transition of W-doped VO₂ Arrays

Molecular Beams Tunable in Energy Yield Novel Growth Behavior in Small-Molecule Organic Semiconductors

Vanadium Oxide Thin Films for IR Imaging Bolometric Applications Deposited by Reactive Pulsed DC Sputtering

A Study of Au and Ru RF MEMS Contacts in Controlled Vacuum Environments

Bimetallic Nanoparticles as Surface Coatings in MEMS Switch Contacts

Contact Mechanics and Lubrication of MEMS Switches: Insights from Atomic and Multiscale Modeling

Sidewall Tribometer Study of Vapor Phase Lubricants for MEMS

Effects of Organic Vapor Adsorption on Nanoasperity Adhesion and Friction – From Fundamentals to MEMS Applications

Dynamics and Spreading of Pentanol and Other Alcohols for MEMS Applications

Self-Affine Fractal Analysis of MEMS Surfaces for Minimizing Adhesion