AVS2011 Wednesday Morning

High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy for Filming Biomolecular Processes

Integrated Imaging: Probing Molecular Interactions by Correlated Atomic Force Microscopy Approaches

Visible Light Emission from Fluorescent Proteins on Silver Substrate Induced by Tunneling Electrons

Characterization of Peptide Nanotubes by Atomic Force Microscopy

Determination of Molecular Polarization at Protein-Electrode Interfaces with Combined Optical, Transport, and Dielectric Scanning Probe Microscopy

Scanning Local Capacitance Measurements with High Spatial and Dielectric Resolution

Parallel Momentum Conservation of Hot Electrons across a Metal Semiconductor Interface

High Resolution Scanning Probe Imaging of 2D-Supramolecular Networks on Au(111), Graphite and Molybdenite

Real Time Analysis of Polymer Film Integrity Upon Exposure to Bacteria and Aqueous Medium

Early Stages of Bacterial Biofilm Formation – A Numerical Study of Bioadhesion on Biomaterials

A Library of Polymer Gradients for Understanding Bacteria-Material Interactions

Developing Tools to Observe Microbial Metabolic Exchange in 2D and 3D

Analysis of Cancer Cell Lines with ToF-SIMS and PCA

Engineering Stem Cell Differentiation via Material Properties

Adhesion and Rolling of Leukemic Cells on Immobilized Hyalurons

Feature-Scale Modeling of Diffusion Barrier and Metal Seed Physical Vapor Deposition Processes

Ultralow-k PECVD pSiCOH Dielectrics and their Implementation in VLSI Interconnects

Limitations in Dielectric Constant Scaling for low-k a-SiC(N):H Diffusion Barriers in Nanoelectronic Applications

Fundamental Characterization of Amorphous Hydrogenated Boron Carbide Toward its use as a Low-k Dielectric Material

Robust PECVD Ultra-Low-k Dielectric (κ≤2.55) Development for sub-28nm Generations

Molecular Strengthening Mechanisms for Low-k Dielectrics

Hybrid Quantum-Dot/Organic Solar Cells Based on Silicon Nanocrystals

Precision Engineering of Semiconductor Nanowires for Advanced Photovoltaic Devices

Electrophoretic Deposition of CdSe Nanocrystals in Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells

Selective and Highly Efficient Photo-Induced Activity Over Nano-Scale Sites in Porous Silicon: Potential Application for Hybrid Organic-Silicon PV

High-Performance, Low-Cost Nanopillar Array Photovoltaics

Extremely Thin Absorber Solar Cells Based on CdSe-Coated ZnO Nanowires

Hybrid Photovoltaics Devices Based on Quantum Dot Functionalized ZnO Nanowire Arrays Embedded in a Polymer Matrix

Sol-gel Prepared Ca Doped ZnO and Its Application in Polymer–Oxide Bilayer Hybrid Solar Cells

The Influence of ITO Surface Treatments on Spatially Localized Photocurrent Variation in Organic Photovoltaic Devices

Electronically Monodisperse Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Films as Transparent Conducting Anodes in Organic Photovoltaics

In Situ Characterization of Lifetime and Morphology in Operating Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaic Devices by Impedance Spectroscopy

Singlet Exciton Fission in Tetracene and Diphenyltetracene

Charge Separation and Relaxation in Phthalocyanine-C₆₀ Photovoltaic Systems

Low Energy Ion-Assisted Modification of PbS Nanocrystal-Sexithiophene Composite Films

Molecular Modulation of Solar Cells: Where Inorganic, Molecular and Organic Electronics Meet

Correlation of Interfacial Electronic Structures and Open Circuit Voltages in Organic Solar Cells

Using the Apple IPAD with your PVD System Maintenance

Graphene Atomic Membranes: From Patchwork Quilts to Atomic Drums

Nanomechanics of Graphene: Non-Linear Response, Fracture, and Crack Propagation

The Effect of the Environment on Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Graphene

Nanoscale Friction and Adhesion Behavior of Graphene: The Effect of Sliding History

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Melting of Graphene

Inhomogeneous Strain in Monolayer Epitaxial Graphene

Helium Ion Microscopy Techniques for Imaging and Characterization of nano-Device Materials and Structures

He Ions Image the Au (111) Herringbone Reconstruction

Imaging of Graphenoid Nanomembranes with Helium-Ion Microscopy

Nanofabrication and Biological Imaging with the Helium Ion Microscope

Imaging and Characterizing Cellular Interaction of Nanoparticles using Helium Ion Microscopy

Application of Helium Ion Microscope on Semiconductor Surface Imaging and Metrology

Fundamental Problems in Magnetism

Progress toward Understanding the Sign of Spin-Polarization at Interfaces in Organic Spin-Valves

Rational Design of New Spintronics Materials: From Topological Insulators and Spin Torque Applications

Interfacial Effect on the Magnetic Properties of Core-Shell Co/Pt Supported Nanodots

Spin-Split Bands in Non-Magnetic Systems

Unoccupied Electron States in Rashba Systems Studied by Spin-Resolved Inverse Photoemission

MBE Growth of Topological Insulator Bi₂Se₃ on Epitaxial Graphene on 6H-SiC(0001)

Particle Characterization Issues in Evaluating the Toxicity and Environmental Impact of Manufactured Nanomaterials

Sampling for Airborne Nanoparticles and Selecting Respiratory Protection

Local Probes Enabling Science and Manufacturing

The Influence of Surrounding Materials on the Optical Properties of Nanoscale Films: An Unforeseen Complication in Nanoscale Metrology

Characterization of Large Area Graphene Crystallites Grown on Cu Foil Substrates

Gas Adsorption on Pt-Clusters Supported by Graphene

Seeding Atomic Layer Deposition of High-k Dielectrics on Epitaxial Graphene with Organic Self-Assembled Monolayers

Graphene-based Electronics and Optoelectronics

Plasma-based Approach to Controlling the Properties of Graphene

Solution Plasma-Assisted Surface Functionalization of Chemically Converted Graphene Sheet toward an Enhancement of Solubility in Solution

Horizontally Aligned Carbon Nanotubes on Quartz Substrate for Electrolyte-Gated Chemical and Biological Sensing

Gas-phase Studies and Growth of Well-Defined Carbon Nanotubes

Visualizing Defect Distributions in Carbon Nanotubes using Linear Dichroism Signals in Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy (STXM) and TEM-EELS

A Deeper Look into Spintronic Material Systems with Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation

Magnetic Properties of FePtRh Films and Multilayers Studied by Neutron Scattering

Spectroscopic and Magnetic Characterization of the Spin-Crossover Transition in Thin Films of Fe(C₁₂H₈N₂)₂(NCS)₂.

Nanoscopic Magnetic Phase Separation at the SrTiO₃(001)/La_1-xSr_xCoO₃ Interface

Study of L1₀ Ordering in ⁵⁷Fe/Pt Multilayers

Influence of Capping Layer Rigidity on Properties of Supporting Temperature Sensitive Hydrogel Polymers Using Neutron Reflectivity

2011 AVS Peter Mark Award Lecture - Microscale, Atmospheric-Pressure Plasmas: A Platform for Nanomaterials Synthesis at Different Length Scales

Surface and In-Depth Modification of LDPE using an Atmospheric Plasma Torch

Surface Analysis of Polymers Treated by Remote Atmospheric Pressure Plasma

Deposition of SiO_x Films by Means of Atmospheric Pressure Microplasma Jets: Study of Deposition Mechanism

Synthesis of Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ Nanoparticles Using an Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet

Laser-Assisted Plasma Coating at Atmospheric Pressure: Production of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Thermal Barriers

Investigation on the Discharge Formation Mechanisms and Surface Analysis of SiO₂-like Layers on Polymers Synthesized using High Current Dielectric Barrier Discharge at Atmospheric Pressure

Investigation of Sidewall Passivation Mechanism in a 'CMOS-compatible' Plasma Etching Process for InP-based Photonic Devices

Coupling of Surface Mixed-Layer Kinetics and Monte Carlo Modeling for Profile Evolution in Patterning Complex Oxides

Plasma Diagnostics and Nanoscale Surface Processing - Application to SiO₂, High-k PVD and ALD

Nitric Oxide Reactivity Investigation via Plasma Processing

Near-Threshold Ion-Enhanced Silicon Etching

Atomic Chlorine Absolute Densities and Surface Recombination Coefficients in Inductively-Coupled Plasmas in Pure Cl₂

Silicon Etching Characteristics by Hydrogen Halide Ions (HCl⁺ and HBr⁺) and Ions of Desorbed Species (SiClx⁺)

Interaction of Chlorine Plasma with Si_xCl_y Coated Plasma Reactor Chamber Walls

Numerical Simulation of Enhanced Oxygen Diffusion in Silicon as a Cause of Si Recess

Near-Field Radiation Heat Transfer

Atomic Level Temperature Measurements and Nearfield Thermal Energy Tunneling

Two-Color Time-Domain Thermoreflectance with an Optical Parametric Oscillator

Low-Friction V-alloyed ZrO₂ Thin Films with Temperature Homogenization Functions for High Temperature Sliding Interfaces

Thermal Characterization of Metal/Carbon Interfaces: Comparison of Metallized Nanotubes and Graphite

The Experiment of Surface Tension Driven Flow with Various Parameters on JEM/ISS

Enhanced Thermal Transport at Covalently Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Interfaces

Destabilization of Ag Nanoislands on Ag(100) by Adsorbed Sulfur

Pt Terminated Mono- and Multilayer CuPt Alloys Supported on Ru(0001) Single Crystals as Model System for Core Shell Particles

Carbon-induced Nano-Faceting of Re(11-21): Synthesis and Performance of a Pt ML-C/Re(11-21) Electrocatalyst

Nucleation and Growth of Ag Islands on the (√3x√3)R30^o Phase of Ag on Si(111)

Surface Diffusion of In and Sn on Si(001) at Room Temperature

The Effect of Surface Fluoride on the Crystallization and Photocatalytic Activity of Titania

Microscale Corrosion of an Aerospace Al 2024 Alloy with Low Mg and the Effect of Chromate and Cerium Based Conversion Coatings

Temperature Program Desorption and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of Cu_x on CeO₂/YSZ (111)

X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Characterization of the Active Edge Sites of MoS₂ Nanoclusters

Charge-Mediated Chemisorption on Supported Clusters

The Structure and Chemical Activity of Two-dimensional Gold Islands on Single-layer Graphene/Ru(0001)

Spatially Resolved Measurements of Catalytic Activity on Variable-Composition Pd-Cu and Pd-Cu-Au Thin Films using a Microfluidic Reactor Array

Surface Structure Dependence by Monofaceted CeO₂ Nanoparticles: Catalytic Oxidation Reactions

Tuning the Adsorption Properties of an Oxide Material Via Doping: Au Clusters onto Cr-doped MgO(001) Films

Hydrogen Adatom Manipulation on the Rutile TiO₂(110) Surface using LT-STM

Reaction of Water with Terminal Hydroxyls on TiO₂(110) Surface

Vapor-Phase Fabrication of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Thin Films Using Molecular Layer Deposition with Atomic Layer Deposition

Metalcone and Metalcone/Metal Oxide Alloys Grown Using Atomic & Molecular Layer Deposition Techniques

Sequential Vapor Infiltration and Atomic Layer Deposition on Surfactant Films for Mesoporous Metal Oxide

Flexibility and Water Vapor Transmission Rates for Al-, Hf-, and Zr-based ALD Films and Nanolaminates Utilizing Water and Glycerol Co-Reactants

Polymer Wires Containing Quantum Dots with Different Lengths Grown by Molecular Layer Deposition: Potential Applications to Sensitization in Photovoltaics

Hybrid Materials by Vapor Phase Infiltration

Titanicone Molecular Layer Deposition Using TiCl₄ and Sugar Alcohols and Porous TiO₂ Films Produced by Annealing