AVS2016 Thursday Afternoon

Nanoelectronic Heterodyne Sensor: A New Electronic Sensing Paradigm

Study of the Photoresponse and Transport Properties of Photoexcited Carriers in MoS₂ Nanoflakes for Sensing Applications

Surface Engineering with Chemically Modified Graphene and other 2D Materials

Passivation of Transition Metal Chalcogenide Surface via Sulfur Layer to Enhanced Metal Contact

Substrate Effects in CVD Synthesized Monolayer WS₂

Driving Mechanochemical Wear on Graphene Using Local Stress and Heat

Functionalized Metallic Island Films as Enhancement Substrates for Raman and IR Microscopic Biosensing

Measuring Nanoparticle Properties: Are We High and Dry or All at Sea?

The Secret Life of Nanoparticles: Often Ignored Characteristics of Nano-Objects That Limit Reproducibility and an Approach to Improving Data Collection and Reporting to Address the Challenges

Combined XPS/ISS/UPS Study of Ultra-thin HfO₂ films on SiO₂/Si Substrateso

A Novel Method for Matrix Application in Matrix Enhanced SIMS Imaging

ToF-SIMS Imaging of Bee Brain Tissue – Comparing Lipid Distributions and Varying Sample Preparation Methodologies

Understanding Matrix Effects in Mass Spectrometry

Reducing Matrix Effects in Organic Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Image Fusion for Improving the Visualization of Elemental and Isotopic Distributions in SIMS

Evaluating the Utility of Uranium-Molybdenum Foils as Nuclear Fuels via Elemental and Isotopic Imaging

Investigation of the Interaction Between a High Poly Vinylpyrrolidone Content Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lens and a Natural Humectant using Surface Imaging Techniques

Optical Properties of (Self-assembled) Nanostructured Surfaces Studied by Spectroscopic Mueller Matrix Ellipsometry and Local Direct Imaging Techniques

Optical Properties of Nanocrystalline Si₃N₄:TiN Thin Films

The Effect of Aluminum Content on Properties of Al-doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films Grown at Room Temperature

Optical Monitoring of Growth (and Death) of Thin Film Materials for Solar Cells

Monitoring Nanometer-Thin Film Formation using Ellipsometry

Optical Determination of Electrical Response for Thin Film Transparent Conductors: Spectral Range Dependence

Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Studies of CdS-CdSe-CdTe Alloys: Applications in Thin Film Solar Cells

Development of Growth Evolution Diagrams for RF Sputtered Nanocrystalline Hydrogenated Silicon Thin Films via Real Time Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

Strain Engineering of Ultrathin Metal Oxide Coatings Deposited using Atomic Layer Deposition for Controlled Electrochemical Energy Storage

Probing Li-Ion Transport in All-Solid-State Batteries through Electron Transparent Electrodes

Thin Film Battery Materials for Fundamental Studies and Applications

Silicon Compatible Pseudocapacitors Based on Nickel Hydroxide Functionalization of Carbonized Porous Silicon

In-situ Raman of Sodium Ion Cointercalation into Highly Crystalline Few-Layered Graphene

Using X-ray Reflectivity to Measure the Vacuum Ultraviolet Absorption Spectrum in Low-k Dielectrics

On-chip [¹⁸F]fluoride Concentration for Microfluidic PET Tracer Synthesis

The Role of Electron-Beam Deposition Rate in Controlling Properties of the Titanium/Semiconductor Interface

Single Crystal Study of Layered U_nRhIn_3n+2 Materials: Case of the Novel U₂RhIn₈ Compound

Theoretical Pathways to Predict (meta-)stability of Gas Phase Metal Oxide Clusters: Beyond the Static Mono-Structure Description

Role of Oxygen at the Surface and Subsurface during Catalytic Oxidation by Silver

Using Theory and Computation to Understand Plasma Enhanced Dry Reforming on Nickel Catalysts

The Impact of Structure on the Catalytic Behavior of Cu₂O Supported Pt Atoms

Energetics of Water Dissociative Adsorption on NiO(111)-2x2

Challenges in the First-Principles Description of Reactions in Electrocatalysis

Beyond the 2D Lattice Gas and 2D Ideal Gas Models for Adsorbates: The Hindered Translator / Hindered Rotor Model

Methanol Partial Oxidation Catalyzed by Singly-dispersed Pd on ZnO(101¯0)

Simulations of Surface Induced Dissociation, Soft Landing, and Reactive Landing in Collisions of Protonated Peptide Ions with Organic Surfaces

Mask Repair Technology using Gas Field Ion Source

Application of an Advanced Bi Cluster LMIS for TOF-SIMS Analysis at the Nano-scale

Nanoscale Imaging and Characterization of Interface Driven Assembly of Soft Materials via He-Ion Beam Microscopy

Advances in Ex Situ Lift Out and Manipulation Techniques for FIB Applications

Helium Ion Microscopy Imaging of Carbon Nanofoams from Hydrothermal Carbonization of Sucrose

Nanofabrication Limits in Layered Ferroelectric Semiconductors via He-ion Beam

Focused Ion Beam Technology Challenges for Circuit Edit

Ion-milling of Graphene Nanostructures While Supported and Unsupported: Considerations of Graphene Contamination, Substrate Scattering and Beam Tailing

Interaction of Gas Field Ionized Nitrogen with Silicon

Spatially Controlled Ripple Formation in the HIM using Low Voltages and High Temperatures

The Influence of Oxygen on the Catalytic Interaction between CO₂ and Copper studied by High Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Graphene Membranes for Atmospheric Pressure Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Development of Graphene Environmental Cells for Atmospheric Pressure Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Microscopy

Probing Surface Structural and Chemical Evolutions at Atomic Scale in Bi-metallic Catalysts using In Situ STEM

Calculations of Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths for Liquid Water at Energies from 50 eV to 30 keV

Structural Response of Compact Copper Surfaces to CO Adsorption and its Effects of Reactivity

Using a Novel In-situ/Operando Chemical Cell to investigate Surface Reactions such as the Reduction of Oxygen and Surface Oxides

Monitoring of Electrochemical Reactions on Metal Surfaces with Sub-monolayer Sensitivity by Means of Polarization Optical Spectroscopy and EC-STM

A Liquid-Jet AP-XPS Study of TiO₂ Nanoparticles in an Aqueous Electrolyte Solution

Exploring New Degrees of Freedom by Reducing Dimensions

Manipulating Nonlinearities in 2D NEMS

Wide Bandgap β-Ga₂O₃ Nanomechanical Resonators

Nonlinear Mode Coupling and Internal Resonances in MoS₂ Nanoelectromechanical System

Very-High-Frequency (VHF) Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS₂) Nanomechanical Resonators Operating in Liquid

Advancing the Development of Nanocrystal Emitters via Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques

Demonstration of Electron Mirror for Quantum Electron Microscopy

Nanoscale Chemical Imaging by Photo-induced Force Microscopy

Strong Coupling of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances to Light-Harvesting Complexes from Plants and Bacteria

Microfluidic Device For Aptamer-Based Cancer Cell Capture And Genetic Mutation Detection

Molecular Processes in an Electrochemical Clozapine Sensor

Quantitative Quartz Crystal Microbalance Measurements across Transients Produced by Switching Fluid Properties

ToF-SIMS/XPS Characterization of Frozen-Hydrated Hydrogels

GCIB-SIMS for Studying Bacterial Surfaces

Nonthermal Plasma Driven Power to Gas

Plasma-based CO₂ Conversion: Experiments and Modeling

Revisiting HgCdTe Etching Mechanism in High Density CH₄-H₂ Plasmas in Terms of Langmuir Adsorption Kinetics and Taking into Account Etching Inhibition

Temporal Evolution of Surface Chemistry in Ion and Radical Dominated Etch of Hydrocarbon Polymers

Etching Mechanisms of Transparent Conducting Oxides by Hydrocarbon Plasmas

The Role of the Dense Amorphous Carbon (DAC) Overlayer in Photoresist Etching

Transport Mechanism on Reactive Species in Downflow Reactors for F-based Etch

Surface Reactions of Magnetic Materials by CO Cluster Beams

A Method to Accelerate Creation of Plasma Etch Recipes Using Physics and Bayesian Statistics

Introductory Remarks About Prof. John T Yates Jr. and his Scientific Legacy

JOHN T. YATES, JR. - The Energizer Bunny (Invited Talk)

Polymer Precursors Studied by Mass Spectrometry, Ion Mobility and Computational Strategies (Invited Talk)

From Symmetry to Applications: One of Many Journeys Touched by John Yates (Invited Talk)

A Tribute to John T. Yates Jr. and His Pioneering Work with Graphitic Surfaces (Invited Talk)

Surface Science influenced by Dopants (Invited Talk)

Desorption: Out of the Vacuum, into the Liquid (Invited Talk)

Infrared Spectroscopy in Surface Science: The Legacy of John T. Yates, Jr. (Invited Talk)

From Surface Science to New Catalysts (Invited Talk)

Activation of Carbon Dioxide on Metal and Carbide Surfaces (Invited Talk)

Thermodynamic Control of TTF-TCNQ Molecular Layers on Metallic Surfaces (Invited Talk)

Surface Affinity Control by Polymer Brushes for Direct Self-Assembly

Measuring the Rate of Organic Reactions on Surfaces

Operando Investigation of Chemical Bonding at Hybrid Interfaces: the Effect of Humidity on Polymer/metal Oxide Bonds

Integration of Redox-Active Diruthenium-based Molecular Layer onto Electrodes for Memory Device Applications

Fabrication Methods of Organic-Inorganic Hybrids Based on Atomic Layer Deposition

Self-healing Antifouling Fluorinated Monolayers and Polymer Brushes: One Fluorine Goes a Long Way!

Sensitivity Enhancement in Grating Coupled Bloch Surface Wave Resonance by Azimuthal Control

Thin Film Technologies for Biomedical Devices- Current State of Art and Future Opportunities

Preparation and Characterization of Amino Coatings for Peptide Arrays

Electronic Characterization of SWCNT/Block Copolymer-based Nanofiber for Biosensor Application

Reaction Pathways and Tribofilm Formation Kinetics at a Solid-Solid Interface

Nanotribology of Graphene Revisited: The Influence of Contact Size and Substrate Topography

Iron-Doped Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings (Fe-DLCs): Synthesis, Characterization, and Tribology--Seminal Results

Tribo-Rheometry of Soft Matter

Friction Coefficient Lowering in High-hardness Boron Nitride Films Under Ultra-high Vacuum

Nanoscale Friction Properties of Water Intercalated Graphene on Mica and its Isotope Effects

The Remarkable Friction Behavior of Copper at Cryogenic Temperatures

Understanding Friction in MoS2, Part 1: Stress, Time and Temperature

Understanding Friction in MoS2, Part 2: Water, Oxidation and Run- in