AVS2013 Monday Morning
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| Session | Monday, October 28, 2013 | ||||||||||
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| AC+ | 
                                 
                                    Our Understanding of the Condensed-Matter Physics of Actinides: What have we Learned in 50 Years?
                                    
                                 
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                                    5f Electron Localization
                                    
                                 
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                                    Historical Aspects and Perspectives of X-Ray Spectroscopy in Lanthanide and Actinide Materials
                                    
                                 
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                                    High Energy Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy of f-electron Systems
                                    
                                 
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                                    Signatures of the γ - α Volume Collapse in Cerium
                                    
                                 
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| AS+ | 
                                 
                                    Combining Gas Cluster Ion Beam (GCIB) and Angle-Resolved XPS (ARXPS) Depth-Profiling
                                    
                                 
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                                    XPS Analysis of Oxygen Plasma Modified Polyethylene Surfaces
                                    
                                 
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                                    XPS Valence Band Profiling of Polymer Mixtures with Argon Cluster Ions
                                    
                                 
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                                    Successful XPS Sputter Depth Profiling of Organic Materials Using Massive Argon Cluster Ions
                                    
                                 
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                                    3D Characterization of Multi-Layer Polymer Films by XPS and TOF-SIMS
                                    
                                 
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                                    In Situ TOF-SIMS and SFM Measurements Providing Real 3D Chemical Information
                                    
                                 
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                                    Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (ToF SIMS) Analysis of Stress Tolerant Polymer (STP) in GenGard Corrosion Inhibitors
                                    
                                 
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                                    Argon Gas Cluster Beam Etching of Organic Contaminants on Graphene and HOPG
                                    
                                 
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                                    Why is Low Energy Cesium so Efficient for Depth-profiling Organics?
                                    
                                 
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| BA+ | 
                                 
                                    Selected Studies of Biomolecular Interactions
                                    
                                 
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                                    Probing Nanoparticle-lipid Bilayer Interactions with Nonlinear Optics
                                    
                                 
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                                    Characterizing the Protein-Surface Interactions that Control Diatom Biomineralization
                                    
                                 
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                                    Probing the Effects of Different Ions on the Formation of Microstructure Within Collagen Hydrogels by Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) Microscopy
                                    
                                 
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                                    Sum Frequency Generation (SFG) Vibrational Spectroscopy Studies of Molecules at Solid-Liquid and Solid-Gas Interfaces
                                    
                                 
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                                    A Molecular View of Water Interacting with Climate-active Ice Nucleating Proteins
                                    
                                 
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| BI+ | 
                                 
                                    Modulation of Cell Behaviour using Self–assembled Binary Colloidal Crystals
                                    
                                 
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                                    Achieving Differential Cell Adhesion with Novel Polymer Surfaces Identified using Microarrays
                                    
                                 
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                                    Interaction of Hematopoietic and Leukemic Cells with their Microenvironment
                                    
                                 
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                                    The Creation of Polymeric Biointerfaces using Non-Contact Dispensing Technology
                                    
                                 
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                                    The Role of Cell-Substrate Interactions on Cell Stiffness and Cell Volume
                                    
                                 
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                                    Quantitative, Predictive Models of Adhesion of Cells to Polymers
                                    
                                 
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                                    Smart Surfaces for Studies of Real-Time Dynamic Cell Behavior
                                    
                                 
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                                    What Makes the Heart Grow Fonder? Chemically Diverse Polyacrylate and Polyacrylamide Surfaces for Human Cardiomyocyte Culture and Their Effect on Phenotype
                                    
                                 
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                                    Selectivity in Platelet Activation by the Titania Surface: A Model System for In Vitro Modulation of Platelet Activity
                                    
                                 
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| EM+ | 
                                 
                                    Ultrathin Titanyl Phthalocyanine Active Layer on Graphene for Atomic Layer Deposition
                                    
                                 
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                                    Correlation between Current-Voltage Measurements and the Barrier Height Determined by XPS in Ge p-MOS Capacitors
                                    
                                 
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                                    Gate Dielectrics on Graphene
                                    
                                 
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                                    Impact of N2 and Forming Gas Plasma Exposure on the Growth and Interfacial Characteristics of Al2O3 on Al0.25Ga0.75N
                                    
                                 
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                                    Monitoring the HfO2-InAs Interface during the ALD Process using Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
                                    
                                 
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                                    Challenges and Progress in Complementary Tunnel FETs
                                    
                                 
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                                    In Situ Infrared Study on the Interfacial Layer Formation during the Atomic Layer Deposition of Aluminum Silicate on Chemically-treated InP(100)
                                    
                                 
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                                    Density Function Theory Simulations of a-Al2O3/GaN(0001) Interfaces Resulting from Ex Situ and In Situ Surface Preparation
                                    
                                 
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| EN+ | 
                                 
                                    Understanding (?) Solar Devices through Soft X-Ray and Electron Spectroscopy
                                    
                                 
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                                    Continuous-Flow Chemical Bath Deposition of ZnxCd1-xS Thin Films For Chalcopyrite Solar Cells
                                    
                                 
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                                    Development of Plasma-Enhanced Vapor Transport Deposition of CdTe Absorbers
                                    
                                 
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                                    Self-Limiting Growth of Pyrite Solar Absorbers using Pulsed PECVD
                                    
                                 
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                                    Surface Energetics of AgInSe2 Thin Films
                                    
                                 
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                                    Microstructure Evolution During Annealing of Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide Colloidal Nanocrystal Coatings to form Large-Grain Polycrystalline Thin Films
                                    
                                 
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                                    Enhanced Grain Growth in Cu2ZnSnS4 Thin Films via Vapor Transport of Alkali Metal Impurities
                                    
                                 
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| GR+ | 
                                 
                                    Using Nitrogenated SiC to Produce Wide-gap Semiconducting Graphene
                                    
                                 
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                                    Graphene Growth on C-face SiC in Argon
                                    
                                 
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                                    Microscopic Control of Epitaxial Graphene on SiC(111) and SiC(100) Thin Films on a Microfabricated Si(100) Substrate
                                    
                                 
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                                    STM Studies on Direction-Selective Epitaxial Graphene: Growth Mechanism and Moiré Superstructures
                                    
                                 
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                                    Epitaxial Graphene on Ag(111)
                                    
                                 
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                                    A Universal Scheme to Convert Aromatic Monolayers Into Functional Carbon Nanomembranes
                                    
                                 
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                                    Hydrogenation of Monolayer and Bilayer Graphene and Nanodiamond Growth on Ni(111) Substrate
                                    
                                 
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                                    Graphene-based, Graphene-derived, and New Carbon Materials
                                    
                                 
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| MI-MoM | 
                                 
                                    Rotating Spin and Giant Splitting: Unoccupied Surface State at Tl/Si(111)
                                    
                                 
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                                    Searching Majorana Fermion in Topological Insulator/Superconductor Heterojunction
                                    
                                 
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                                    Visualizing Topological States of Matter
                                    
                                 
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                                    Probing Spin Textures of Topological Surface States in Ternary Chalcogenides
                                    
                                 
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                                    (Un)expected Spin Topology in Unoccupied Bands of Bi/Ag(111)
                                    
                                 
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                                    Growth and Properties of Skyrmionic MnSi Thin Film
                                    
                                 
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                                    Skyrmionic MnSi Nanowires on Si: SiO2 Layer as a Catalyst Assistant for the CVD Growth
                                    
                                 
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                                    Epitaxial Growth, Transport, and Electronic Structure of Half Heusler Compounds: CoTiSb, NiTiSn, and Ni2TiSn/NiTiSn Nanocomposite Films
                                    
                                 
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                                    Enhancing Selectivity and Sensitivity of Microfabricated Sensors using Multi-Scale Interactions
                                    
                                 
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                                    Meso Scale MEMS Inertial Switch Fabricated using Electroplated Metal on Insulator (MOI) Technique
                                    
                                 
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                                    Fabrication and Characterization of Porous Carbon Nanotube Composite Resonators
                                    
                                 
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                                    Fabrication of 3D Nickel Microstructures by Pulsed Electrodeposition on Carbon Coated Carbon Nanotubes
                                    
                                 
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                                    Dielectric Properties of Electroactive Polymer P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) for Sensor and Actuator Applications
                                    
                                 
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                                    Silicon Carbide Micro-/Nanosystems for Sensing and Energy Applications
                                    
                                 
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                                    Development of Through-Silicon via Contacts for Front Side Electrodes in ISFET Sensors
                                    
                                 
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                                    A New MEMS-Based Voltage Controlled Variable Capacitor for Gamma Ray Detection
                                    
                                 
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| MS+ | 
                                 
                                    From Quanta to the Continuum: Opportunities for Mesoscale Science
                                    
                                 
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                                    The National Network for Manufacturing Innovation – Towards a New Innovation Ecosystem for Advanced Manufacturing
                                    
                                 
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                                    Conformal Thin Films- The Use of Atomic Layer Deposition in Energy Related Applications
                                    
                                 
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                                    Manufacturing a Three-dimensional, Solid-state Rechargeable Battery
                                    
                                 
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                                    Defects, Nonuniformities, and Degradation Mechanisms in Batteries
                                    
                                 
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| NS+ | 
                                 
                                    Predetermining Paths of Nanoscale Crack by Local Thermally Induced Strain Fields
                                    
                                 
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                                    Single-Molecule Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering using Silver Coated Nickel Nanorod Arrays
                                    
                                 
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                                    Merged Photonic Crystal Slot Waveguide - ALD Coated Silicon Nanophotonics
                                    
                                 
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                                    Engineering Multimodal Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances in Silicon Nanowires
                                    
                                 
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                                    Exploiting Plasmon Induced Hot Electrons in Molecular Electronic Devices
                                    
                                 
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                                    Coherent Imaging of Surface Plasmon Dynamics by Time-resolved Photoelectron Emission Microscopy
                                    
                                 
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| PS-MoM | 
                                 
                                    Effects of Plasma-Induced Si Damage Structures on Annealing Process Design—Gas Chemistry Impact
                                    
                                 
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                                    Advancing Patterning Processes Further by Employing a New Gas
                                    
                                 
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                                    Advanced Etching Gas Development for High Aspect Ratio Structures
                                    
                                 
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                                    Highly Selective Etch of PMMA to PS for DSA Lithography by Using Carbon Containing Gas 100 MHz CCP RIE System
                                    
                                 
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                                    New Fluorocarbon Free Chemistry Proposed As Solution to Limit Porous SiOCH Film Modification during Etching
                                    
                                 
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                                    Characterization of the Effects of Mildly Oxidizing Chemistries on Silicon Oxidation for Advanced Photoresist-Strip Applications
                                    
                                 
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                                    Challenges in Etching of Multicomponent Oxides and Other Difficult-To-Etch Materials
                                    
                                 
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                                    Thermodynamic Approach to Select Viable Etch Chemistry for Magnetic Metals
                                    
                                 
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                                    Studies on Highly Selective Si3N4 Spacer Etching over Si/SiO2 using CH3F/O2 Plasmas
                                    
                                 
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| PS+ | 
                                 
                                    Field Emission in Microscale Dimensions: A New Approach to Atmospheric Pressure Gas Discharges
                                    
                                 
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                                    Simulation of Microplasma Based Pressure Sensors
                                    
                                 
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                                    A Flexible Paper-based Microdischarge Array Device for Maskless Patterning on Nonflat Surfaces
                                    
                                 
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                                    Hydrophobic Fluorocarbon Films Synthesized from Liquid Monomers by Atmospheric Pressure Plasma
                                    
                                 
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                                    Deciphering Gas-Phase and Solution-Phase Reactions Initiated by Plasmas at the Surface of Aqueous Solutions
                                    
                                 
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                                    Prostate Cancer Treatment using Low-Temperature Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas: Advanced Optical Diagnostics and Multi-scale Numerical Simulations
                                    
                                 
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                                    Conformal Encapsulation of Three-Demensional, Bioresorbable Polymeric Scaffolds Using Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
                                    
                                 
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                                    Deactivation of Lipopolysaccharide by an Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet
                                    
                                 
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                                    Measuring Homogeneity of Nanocluster Size Distributions using Charge Resolved Low Energy Alkali Ion Scattering
                                    
                                 
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                                    Surface Hydrogen Stabilized Semiconductor Nanowire Growth
                                    
                                 
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                                    Analyzing Capture Zone Distributions (CZD) in Growth: Theory and Applications
                                    
                                 
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                                    Novel Behavior in Droplet-Mediated Growth of III-V Nanostructures
                                    
                                 
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                                    Size-effects in Photoemission and Optical Second Harmonic Generation Spectroscopy of Ge Nano-dots on Si(111)
                                    
                                 
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                                    Study of the Coupling of Ultra-thin CdSe Double Quantum Wells
                                    
                                 
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                                    Fine Tuning of the Self-Ordered Nanostructured O/Cu(110) Surface
                                    
                                 
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                                    DFT Studies on the Adsorption and Diffusion of Small Rh and Au Clusters on Graphene/Ru(0001)
                                    
                                 
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                                    Nucleation of Copper Islands on Graphite
                                    
                                 
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| TF+ | 
                                 
                                    Thin Film Electrolyte via Atomic Layer Deposition for Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
                                    
                                 
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                                    Coaxial ALD Nanotube Structures for Functional Nanopore Battery
                                    
                                 
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                                    Engineering Lithium-Containing Ionic Conductive Thin Films by Atomic Layer Deposition for Lithium-ion Battery Applications
                                    
                                 
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                                    Manganese Oxide Pseudocapacitive Supercapacitors from Electrochemical Oxidation of MnO ALD Films
                                    
                                 
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                                    Low Temperature Atomic Layer Deposition Processes for Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
                                    
                                 
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                                    Performance of ALD Oxide Films in Polarized Infrared Power Generation
                                    
                                 
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                                    Synthesis of Pd and Pt Nanoparticles by Atomic Layer Deposition for Catalysis Applications
                                    
                                 
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                                    In Situ Characterization of Plasma-Assisted Pt ALD on W ALD Adhesion Layers with Spectroscopic Ellipsometry
                                    
                                 
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                                    Friction in Full View
                                    
                                 
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                                    Combining In Situ Nanotribology and Atomistic Simulations to Reveal the Strong Effect of Atomic-Scale Roughness on Nanoscale Adhesion
                                    
                                 
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                                    Nanotribological Properties of Positively and Negatively Charged Nanodiamonds as Additives to Solutions
                                    
                                 
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                                    Atomic-scale Processes in Single Asperity Friction and Wear
                                    
                                 
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                                    Examination of Adhesion and Friction of Hydrocarbon-based Materials: Elucidating Atomic-scale Wear Processes via Molecular Dynamics
                                    
                                 
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                                    Speed-Dependence of Atomic-Scale Friction
                                    
                                 
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                                    The Important Role of Vacuum Technology in the Redefinition of the Kilogram
                                    
                                 
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                                    Reinventing Pressure and Vacuum Metrology: Development of an Optical Pressure Standard
                                    
                                 
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                                    Uncertainty of a NIST Transfer Standard for Inter-Laboratory Comparison of National Metrology Institutes
                                    
                                 
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                                    Fully Automated Flowmeter for Low Gas-Flows Based on Pinhole Apertures
                                    
                                 
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                                    Evaluation and Discussion of Performance Characteristics of Modern-Day Cold Cathode Ionization Gauges
                                    
                                 
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                                    An Inverted Magnetron Pirani Combination Gauge with Low Magnetic Stray Fields
                                    
                                 
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