AVS2011 Friday Morning

Current Trends and Future Outlook for Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

THz Optical Hall-effect and MIR-VUV Ellipsometry Characterization of 2DEG Properties in a HfO₂ Passivated AlGaN/GaN HEMT Structure

Vector-Magneto-Optical Generalized Ellipsometry on Sculptured Thin Films

THz Dielectric Anisotropy of Metal Slanted Columnar Thin Films

A Compact High-speed Spectroscopic Ellipsometer

Ellipsometry Porosimetry (EP): In Situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Measurements Coupled with Pressure Controlled Adsorption of Organic Vapors to Study Properties of Nano-Porous Thin Films

Growth of 3C-SiC Epitaxial Layers on 4H-SiC Step-Free Mesas

Growth of Epitaxial Rare Earth Nanostructures in III-V Semiconductors

Inter-band GaN/InGaN/GaN Tunnel Diodes

Probing Surface-Induced Fluctuations in Organic Materials using an Atomic Force Microscope

2011 AVS Albert Nerken Award Lecture - Electron Spectroscopy of Reconstructed Surfaces: From Silicon to Graphene

Molecular Motion Confined to Self-Assembled Quantum Corrals

Multi-Electron Correlation in UO2 from Soft X-ray Spectroscopy

New Results from the DOE EFRC on the Materials Science of Actinides

Proof that UO2 is an f-f Electron Correlated System

Atomistic Models for Actinide-Actinde Oxide Interfaces

Structure and Properties of New Actinide Oxalates, Precursors of Fuel Materials

Recent Work on Magnetism, Actinides and Defects at ORNL

Fabrication and Characterization of Graphene p-n Junction Devices

Assembled Bilayer Graphene for Electronic Applications

Rectification at Graphene / Semiconductor Junctions: Applications Beyond Silicon Based Devices

Imaging of Electron Beam Induced Current in Epitaxial Graphene

Potassium-Ion Sensors Based on Valinomycin-Modified Graphene Field-Effect Transistors

Band-gap Generation by using Ionic-Liquid Gate in Bilayer Graphene

Electronic Transport in Hydrogenated Graphene Films

First-principles Study of Electronic Properties of Two Dimensional Carbon and Boron Nitride Nanomaterials

CO Oxidation Facilitated by Robust Surface States on Au-Covered Topological Insulators

A Theoretical Study of Methanol Synthesis from CO₂ Hydrogenation on Metal-doped Cu(111) Surfaces

Synthesis and Characterization of Surface Oxide Films on CoGa(100)

Apparent Ferroelectricity from Electrochemistry: Local Vacancy Diffusion in Oxides

Dopant-enhanced Neutralization of Low Energy Li⁺ Scattered from Si(111)

Charge Transfer and Diabatic Dissipation of Surface Released Chemical Energy in GaP/Pt Schottky Nanostructures with a Resistively Heated Nanocathode Layer

Utilizations of Low Platinum Loading Pt-Co Bimetallic Alloy Catalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEM) in UHV Conditions

Nanomechanics: Controlling Near-Field Interactions between Mechanical Systems

Pull-in Experiments on Electrostatically Actuated Microfabricated Meso Scale Beams

Absorption and Emission of Plasmonic Antenna Arrays

Fabrication and Characterization of Structural and Electrical Properties of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Nanowires

Investigation of Heat Transfer Enhancement in Nanofluids with Molecular Dynamics Simulations – Role of Particle Charge and Fluid Polarity

Novel CMOS MEMS Double Parallel Plate Capacitive Tactile Sensors For Blood Flow Monitoring

A Highly Sensitive Nanomachined TiO₂ Gas Sensor for Micro Gas Chromatography

Ultra-high Aspect Ratio High-speed Silicon Nanowire and Three-dimensional Formation Using a Hydrogen-assisted Deep Reactive Ion Etching

Delivering Activation Energy to Surfaces in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas: Local and Remote

Kinetic Effects in Low Pressure Capacitively Coupled Plasmas

Challenges in Modeling of Plasma Interactions in Medicine and Biology: What Insights Can You Expect?

Magnetic Field - Plasma Interaction in Low Pressure VHF Capacitively Coupled Plasmas using PIC-MCC/Fluid Hybrid Model

Simulations of SF₆ Plasma Etching in the GEC Reference Cell

Simulation of InP Etching under ICP Ar/Cl₂/N₂ Plasma Discharge: Role of N₂ in the Sidewall Passivation

Three-Dimensional Modeling and Formation Mechanisms of Atomic-Scale Surface Roughness during Si Etching in Chlorine-Based Plasmas

Control of the Ion Energy Distribution on a Plasma Electrode

Molecular Dynamic Simulation for Selective Etching of Silicon Nitride and Silicon Oxide by Hydrofluorocarbon Ions

Towards Controlled Growth of a Single-Layer of MoS₂

Oxygen Adsorption on Electronically Modified Graphite Surfaces Studied by Molecular Beam Scattering

Interaction and Thermal Stability of Oxygen Species in Graphene Oxide and Graphene Defects

Graphene on Pt(111) as a Template for Pt Nanocluster Formation

Ripening Behavior of Pt Clusters on Monolayer Graphene Supported by Ru(0001) and the System’s Thermal Stability

Mechanisms of Graphene Growth on Metals

Graphene Moiré Polymorphism on Hydrogenated Ruthenium Surfaces

Modifying Ni(111)/Graphene Interfaces by Sn-Ni Interface Alloy Formation

Silicene Epitaxial Sheets: Silicon New Start

Low-temperature CVD with Growth Inhibitors to Afford Uniform, nm-thick Films in Structures with Aspect Ratio ~ 200

Understanding the Role of Hydrogen Impurity Scattering in Manganese Thin Films on the Si(001) Surface

Elimination of Indium Surface Segregation in InGaN Grown Throughout the Miscibility Gap

Aging Effect on the Hydrophilicity of Metal Nanorod Arrays

Cubic ZnMgO and NiMgO for UV-C Applications

Growth of Fe-Pd Nanoparticles and Thin Films via Pulsed Laser Deposition and the Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation of Metal Based Acetates

Surface Plasmon Resonance Excited in RuO₂ Films Grown on Glass and on Crystalline (001) TiO₂

Towards Achieving a High Degree of Carbon Ionization in Magnetron Sputtering Discharges

Kinetics of Sputtered Metal Film Growth on Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays

Crystallographic Orientation of Vanadium Dioxide Nano-Grains on Various Single-Crystal Sapphire Substrates