AVS2012 Wednesday Afternoon

From Atomic Scale to Materials Behavior: Using Atom-Probe Tomography to Understand the Behavior of Alloys and Ceramics

Three Dimensional Atomic Scale Characterization of Binary and Complex Oxides using Atom Probe Tomography

Atom Probe Tomography of Complex Heterogeneous Low Dimensional Materials

Upgrading a 25 Year Old ims-4f Magnetic Sector SIMS Instrument: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks and Keeping Research in its Future

Automated Processing of X-ray Photo-Electron Spectra

Correlating Structure and Chemistry – A Multitechnique Study using Light Microscopy (LM), SEM and XPS

Label-free Non-Invasive Imaging of Live Cells by Raman Micro-Spectroscopy

Perfluoropentane Gas and Liquid Filled Hollow Silica Micro/Nano Spheres for Ultrasound Guided Surgery and HIFU Therapy

Differentiation of Breast Cancer Cell Lines with ToF-SIMS

Biological Applications of Lipid Imaging with Cluster-TOF-SIMS and MALDI-TOF

ToF-SIMS Image Analysis of Mouse Diaphragm Muscle Cross-Sections

ToF-SIMS Characterisation of the Distribution and Permeation of Topically Applied Pharmaceuticals

Coherent X-ray Microscopy of Vitrified Biological Samples

Characterization of Nanoparticles Implanted into Tissues for Enhancement of Ion-Mobility Mass Spectrometry Surface Imaging of Sagittal Brain Sections

Dielectric Requirements for a Novel Tunnel-FET Based on Room-Temperature Superfluidity in Graphene Double Layers

Interfaces and Surfaces in Tunnel Field-effect Transistors

Resistive Switching Characteristics of Al­₂O­₃/TiO₂ Bilayer ReRAM dependent on Al₂O­₃ Thickness

High- k SrTiO₃ Dielectric by Plasma-Assisted Atomic Layer Deposition

Micro-Antenna Coupled Nano-MIM Diodes: Modeling, Design, Processing and Application

High-Electron-Mobility SiGe on Sapphire Substrate for Next Generation Ultrafast Chipsets

Fabrication and Characterization of Metal-Insulator-Insulator-Metal (MIIM) Tunnel Diodes

Batteries and Battery Materials by Vapor Deposition

Efficient Radiative and Non-Radiative Energy Transfer from Quantum Dots to Silicon Nanomembrane. Evidence of Waveguiding Phenomena

Synthesis of a Thin-Film Yttria-Stabilized-Zirconia (Y₂O₃-ZrO₂) Thin Films by Radical Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition for μ-Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications

ALD-enabled Tunneling and Transparent Conductive Oxide Layers for Novel Silicon Nanowire Solar Cells

Effect of Top Electrodes on the Photovoltaic Properties of Ferroelectric PLZT Thin Film Capacitors

Synthesis of Nano-structured Zn₃P₂ as a Solar Cell Absorber

Heidelberg Instruments microPG501, A Direct Write Lithography Tool

Dry Etching Enabling Surface Texturing for Thin Substrate Solar Cells

Increasing Interface Bonding and Tuning Doping Behavior at Metal-Graphene-Metal Sandwich Contact

Defects in Two-Dimensional Materials and their Heterostructures

Metal Oxide Growth and Characterization on CVD Graphene

Bi-layer Graphene Growth on Ni(111): The Role of Monolayer Graphene Rotation

Energetic and Kinetic Factors of Graphene Nucleation on Cu

Magnetic Spin Reorientation Transition in Graphene Covered Cobalt on Iridium(111)

Nucleation and Growth of Rh and Au Clusters on Graphene Moiré/Ru(0001)

Graphitic and Pyridinic N Species on N-doped HOPG Studied by STM, STS, PES and DFT

Basics of Imaging with Ions

Surface Analysis using Channeling Contrast in NUHV Helium Ion Microscopy

Evaluation of W(111) Gas Field Ion Sources Based on Single Atom Tips

Single-atom Tip as an Emitter of Gas Field Ion Sources

Helium Ions for Imaging and Nanofabrication on the nm Scale

Towards Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry on the Helium Ion Microscope

Degradation Kinetics of Hard Gold Tribofilms

Effect of Nitrogen Concentration on the Surface Properties of Plasma Nitrided Tool Steels

High Strength Carbon Fiber Composite Wafers for Microfabrication

Selective Graphitization using Multi-Ion Beam Lithography

Unrippling and Imaging of Extra-Large Free-Standing Graphene with Atomic Precision

Ultrafast Charge Transfer at Monolayer Graphene Surfaces with Varied Substrate Coupling

Fano Interference Effects in Hydrogen Intercalated Graphene

In Situ Dry-Cleaning of Ge(100) Surface using H₂O₂

Hf-based High-k Dielectrics for Ge MOS Stacks

Imaging of Temperature-Driven Nucleation of Ferromagnetic Domains in FeRh Thin Films

Magnetic Properties of Cobalt and Permalloy Thin Films Grown on Self-Assembled Monolayers by Physical Vapor Deposition

Synthesis and Fundamental Properties of Fe16N2 Films - New Excitements of Fe16N2 Research and a 40-year Mystery

Spin Transfer Torque MRAM - Modeling, Experiments and Future Prospects

Epitaxial Growth of Multiferroic Heterostructures of Magnetic and Ferroelectric Oxides using the Dual-laser Ablation Technique

The Highly Polarized Surface of Magnetoelectric Antiferromagnet

Sub-monolayer Spin Rotation of Photoelectrons from FePc on Fe(110)

Magnetic Configurations of Ni₈₀Fe₂₀/Ir Superlattices

Plasmon Induced Current In Hybrid Nanostructures

Absorption from Plasmonic Antenna Arrays

New Directions in Plasmonics: Pushing the Sensitivity, Space, and Time Limits

Near-Field Spatio-Temporal Control of Optical Fields for Spectroscopic Nano-imaging: Ultrafast Spectroscopy Reaching the Single Molecule Limit

Tuning the Optical Properties of Arrays of Pure and Doped Au Nano Chains

Synthesis, Characterization and Plasmonic Properties of Horizontally and Vertically Aligned Ag Nanorods and Nanowires

Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances in Silicon

ECR Plasma Etching Characterization using a Retarding Field Energy Analyzer

Time Resolved Ion Flux Measurement in Pulsed ICP Plasmas

In Situ Monitoring of Electron Density and Dielectric Layer on the Wall with Curling Probe

Time Resolved Laser Induced Fluorescence for Probing the Excitation Kinetics of a Low Temperature Argon Discharge

Analysis of Run-to-Run Variability in the Bosch Process using rf Probe and Emission Spectroscopy Measurements

Spatially-resolved Optical Emissions Spectroscopy of Capacitively Coupled Discharges

Model-based Ion Energy Control in ICP Etcher

High Energy IED Measurements with MEMs based Si Grid Technology Inside a 300mm Si Wafer

Surface Modifications Induced by Extreme Fluxes of Low-Energy Ions

Investigation of Plasma-Surface Interactions Between Hydrogen Radical and Chemically Amplified Photoresist

Kinetic Theory of the Sheath near Electron Emitting Surfaces

Probing CF and CF₂ Surface Reactivities in Inductively-Coupled Fluorocarbon Plasmas

Effects of Ar Ion Bombardment on Protection of Organosilicate Glass from O₂ Plasma Damage

Ion-Surface Interaction during Microcrystalline Silicon Thin Film Growth

Time Resolved Characterization of Pulsed ICP CH₄ – H₂ Based Plasmas

Plasma-Surface Interactions, Erosion, and Impact on Plasma Distribution Functions

MD Simulations of Hydrogen Plasma Interaction with Graphene Surfaces

Electrochemical Strain Microscopy: Nanoscale Imaging of Solid State Ionics

Probing Electrochemical Phenomena in Reactive Environments at High Temperature: In Situ Characterization of Interfaces in Fuel Cells

High-Resolution Scanning Local Capacitance Measurements

Experimental Calibration of the Higher Flexural Modes of Microcantilever Sensors

Atomic Imaging with Peak Force Tapping

Nanoscale Chemical Composition Mapping with AFM-based Infrared Spectroscopy

Quantifying Nanomechanical Properties with Simultaneous AM-FM and tanδ Imaging

Simultaneous Scanning Tunneling and Atomic Force Microscopy with Subatomic Spatial Resolution

A Novel MoS_x Structure with High Affinity to Adsorbate Binding

Atomic-Scale Determination of the Crystallographic Stacking at the Technologically-Important Cobalt-Copper Interface

Understanding the Growth and Surface Activity of Oxide-supported Bimetallic Clusters

Synchrotrons, Catalysts and UOP: from Imaging to In Situ Spectroscopy

Glycolaldehyde as a Probe Molecule for Biomass-derivatives

Modifying Selectivity of Hydrocarbon Conversion Reactions by Alloying Sn and Pt: Benzene Formation from Acetylene

Composition Spread Alloy Films for Study of Alloy Catalysis Across Composition Space

Role of Dissociated Hydrogen in Stabilizing Catalytic Sites and Regulating Surface Reactions for Hydrogen Storage in Metal Hydrides

Local Characterization of Laterally Patterned GaN Polar Surfaces

Systematic Prediction of Entropic Surface Reconstruction Stabilization on GaAs(001) from First Principles

3D Atomic Scale Structure Analysis of Semiconductor Nanostructures by Atom Probe Tomography and Cross-Sectional STM

Coverage-dependent Adsorption of a Bifunctional Molecule with a Rigid Spacer on the Ge(100)-2 × 1 Surface

2012 AVS Medard Welch Award Lecture: Chemical Functionalization of H-terminated Silicon Surfaces

Wet Chemical Approach for Amino Functionalization of Oxide-free Si(111) Surfaces

Ammonia- and Amine-based Chemical Modification of Silicon Surfaces

Metal Oxides and Organic Materials for Printed Electronics

Ion Dependence of Gate Dielectric Behavior of Beta-Aluminas in Transparent Oxide Field-Effect Transistors

Selection Rule of Preferred Doping Site for N-Type Transparent Conducting Oxides

Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Aerogel Based Elastic Conductors

Networked Metal Nanowire-Polymer Composites for Flexible, Transparent and Conducting Devices

Studying the Microstructure of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Thin Film Solar Cells

Seed-Mediated Growth of 1D Pyrite (FeS₂) Structures

Investigation of Recrystallization in Low-Temperature Grown CdTe Solar Cells in Substrate and Superstrate Configuration

High Quality ZnMgO Thin Films Grown on Sapphire and ZnO Substrates by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Epitaxial Growth of Zirconium Diboride Thin Film on Ge(111) Wafer

Effect of Growth Conditions on Cubic ZnMgO films

Properties of Ytterium Doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films Deposited by r.f. Magnetron Sputtering

Effect of Process Parameters on Molybdenum Thin Films and Development of Single Layer Molybdenum Film for CIGS Thin Film Solar Cells

Oxygen Reservoir Effect and its Impact on HfO₂

Spin Transport Properties and Applications in Magnetic Multilayers

Ta Seeded Ultrathin Free Layer for Fully Perpendicular Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

Epitaxial Fe_38.5Pd_61.5 Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition: Structure and Properties