The Use of Soft X-ray Absorption Microspectroscopy in the Study of Bacterial Corrosion at Surfaces

Effects of Marine Biocorrosion on the Polyurethane - Stainless Steel Interface

In Situ Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Biopolymer Adhesion at Metal/Liquid Interfaces

Organic Diffusion into Stainless Steel Surface due to Biofilm Colonization

Comparison of Pb and Cu Corrosion Rates in Potable Water Systems Treated with Various Phosphate Inhibitors

An XPS Study of Electrochemically-Induced Oxide Formation in the Presence of Carboxylic Acid Corrosion Inhibitors on Aluminum and Copper Surfaces

Surface Oxidation Studies of Hot Isostatically Pressed Al-Cu-Fe Quasicrystalline Powders

Enhancement in Nickel Oxidation Rates by Simultaneous Sputtering with Argon Ions

A Multi-Analytical Approach to Localized Corrosion Studies using Small Area Analysis and TOF-SIMS

Recent Advances in III-V Heteroepitaxy for Photonic Devices

Synthesis and Characterization of Epitaxial Sn\sub X\Ge\sub 1-x\ Alloy Thin Films

Growth of GeSi Short-period Superlattices by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Active Devices with Organic Materials

Chemical Vapor Deposition of Polymers used in Light Emitting Diodes

Transition to Crystalline Growth of an Organic Molecular Semiconductor on InAs(100) Studied by STM

Study of Effects of Chemistry, Surface States, and Confinement on the Wavelength and Lifetime of Emission from Si Nanocrystals

Magnetic X-ray Linear Dichroism of Ultrathin Fe-Ni Alloy Films

Magnetic Anisotropy and Soft X-ray Dichroism of Pseudomorphic Alloy Films

Second Order Magneto-optic Effects in Anisotropic Thin Films

Modeling and Verification of Polar Magneto-optic Kerr Response

Modeling the In-Plane Anisotropy in Epitaxial Co/Cu

High Coercivity Co/Pt Multilayers for Quantitative Magnetic Field Imaging

Magnetic and Structural Properties of Nanostructured Pt/Co Multilayers

Magnetic Switching in Ultra Short Magnetic Field Pulses

Microfabricated Instruments for In Situ Analysis of Planetary Surfaces

Micro-analysis with MEMS

Microfabricated Devices for Chemical and Biochemical Analysis

Investigation of Surface Adhesion Phenomena in MEMS Devices

Towards Miniaturization of a Vacuum Pump

Sandia/Sematech Contamination Free Manufacturing Research Center Novel Sensor Development Activities for Enhanced Process Control

In Situ Mass Spectrometry for Real Time Process Sensing in Amorphous and Selective-area Silicon Plasma CVD

Endpoint Prediction for Polysilicon Plasma Etching via Optical Emission Interferometry

Real-time Detection of Inadvertant Composition Changes in SiGe Alloys using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

Wavelet Approach to Temperature Determination via Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy

Radio-Frequency Electrical Measurements of Ar/NF\sub 3\ Plasmas

Controlled Growth of Si-Oxide Barriers for Si Based Resonant Tunneling Devices

Focusing a Neutral Atomic Beam to Nanometer Resolution using a Laser

Molecular Nanostructures: Functionalized Design, Assembly at Surfaces and Characterization of Properties

Tip Induced C\sub 60\ Island Growth and Manipulation using a Scanning Tunneling Microscope.

In-situ Method of Fabricating Nanoscale Structures on the Si(100) Surface

Atomic Scale Manipulation of Si(111)-7x7: A Variable Temperature STM Study

Layer-by-Layer Atomic Manipulation and Quantized Conductance on Si(111)-7x7 Surface

Laser Assisted Atomic-Scale Surface Modifications with the STM

Development of 0.15\mu\m Contact Hole Etching Process for 1G-bit Era

Oxide Etching in High Density Etch Tools

High Density Plasma Tool Process Development using "Plasma Chemical State" Diagnostics

Optical Emission Diagnostics used in Contact Etching

The Effects of CH\sub3\F Addition to Carbon-rich Chemistry on Nitride Barrier SAC Etching for 1G DRAM and Beyond

Electron Cyclotron Resonance Plasma Etching of SiO\sub 2\ with C\sub 4\F\sub 8\/O\sub 2\

Linear Slot Antenna Microwave Plasma Source for Large Area Processing

Electromagnetic Field Patterns in Slot Antenna Microwave Plasma Sources: Numerical Simulation and Measurement

8.3 GHz Microwave Plasma Excitation using a Radial Line Slot Antenna

Homogeneity Characterization of a Large Microwave Plasma

Large Volume, Ultra High Frequency Electron Cyclotron Resonance Plasma for Microelectronics Processing

A Compact Helicon Plasma Tool for R&D

Frequency Dependence of Helicon Wave Plasmas Near the Lower Hybrid Frequency

Operational Characteristics of the MORI-200 High Density Plasma Source

Metal Etch Application of Extremely High Density Plasma Generated by Modified Helicon Plasma Tool

Surface Band Structure and Electron Affinity on Cesiated C(100) Surfaces

Silicon Oxycarbide Formation on SiC and at the SiC/SiO\sub 2\ Interface

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Oxygen Adsorption on 6H-SiC(0001) (3x3) and (=883x=883) Surfaces

Study of Oxygen Chemisorption on GaN(0001)-(1x1)

Fluorine Exposure to Hydrogen-terminated Si(111) Surface and Subsequent Oxidation

HREELS Investigation of the Oxidation of the Ammonium Fluoride-Treated Si(100) Surface

Atomically-selective Chemisorption of I\sub 2\Cl\sub 6\ Molecules on the Si(111)-7x7 Surface

Room Temperature Etching of Si(111) 7x7 by ICI

Reflectance Anisotropy Spectroscopy - A New Technique for Determining Surface Kinetics

Growth of Self-assembled Monolayers from Vapor and Solution: Decanethiol on Au(111)

Nucleation and Growth of Amphiphiles on (111) Surfaces of Au and Ag

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Alkanethiols on Stepped Au(111)

Adsorption of n-alkanes and 1-alkenes on Au(111)

Self Assembly and Electrochemical Oxidation of Pyrrole Terminated Alkanethiolate Films Studied by Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy

Film Formation of Alkanethiols on Gold and Silver Studied by Linear and Nonlinear Vibrational Spectroscopy

Dynamical Simulation of Perturbed Systems of Alkanethiols on Gold Surfaces

Controlling Surface Molecular Structure: Step by Step Construction of Multi-Component Organic Monolayers

Self-assembly Strategies for Characterization of Single Molecule Conductivity of Oligomers of Thiophene-ethynylenes and Phenylene-ethynylenes

A Chemical View of Bonding at Metal Surfaces

Hydrogen Promotion of Surface Self-diffusion on Rh(100) and Rh(311)

Effects of Hydrogen in Ni(100) Submonolayer Homoepitaxy

A Method for Extending the Time Scale of Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Surface Growth

Adatom Mobility during Homoepitaxial Growth of Platinum(111)

Dislocation Motion Caused by Exchange with the Surface Adatom Lattice Gas

Effects of Dimer Shearing in Heteroepitaxy and Dimer Sliding Along Step Edges on Metal (100) Surfaces

Characterization of the LPCVD Grown Rugged Polysilicon Surface using Atomic Force Microscopy

Diode-like Behavior of Silicon-Phthalocyanine Junctions Investigated with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy

Deconvolution of Tip Effected Atomic Force Microscope Images and Comparison to Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry

In Situ Optical Emission Spectroscopic Study of the Plumes Produced during Pulsed-laser Deposition of Metal Oxide Films

In Situ Monitoring of Molecular Beam Epitaxy using Specularly Scattered Ion Beam Current Oscillations

In Situ Characterization of Oxygen Incorporation during Initial Growth of Pb(Zr\sub x\Ti\sub 1-x\)O\sub 3\ Thin Films using Time of Flight (ToF) Ion Beam Analysis Methods

Core-Level Photoabsorption Characterization of Diamond and Carbon Films

Quantification of BPSG Films Compared using Quadrupole SIMS, RBS, WDX and Wet Chemistry

Vacuum Requirements for Next Wafer Size Physical Vapor Deposition System

Vacuum Environment Considerations in Field Emission Displays

Field Emission Cathode Arrays: Effect of Various Gases on Device Performance

Vacuum Considerations in Sealing Flat Panel Displays

Improvements in Signal-to-Noise and Minimization of Analyzer Related Background Contributions in Ultra High Vacuum Residual Gas Analysis

Evaluation of Low Cost RGA's for UHV Applications

Fast Pump-down System Combined the Chemical Treatment and Ultra-Dry Gas Introduction using Oxygen-Ion Conductor as a Moisture Remover