AVS2000 Tuesday Morning

Quantitative Analysis of Protein Adsorption Kinetics

Investigation of the Structure and Dynamic of Proteins on Surfaces by EPR Spectroscopy: Annexin XII as an Exploratory Example

A Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor Study of Protein Interactions with Thin Apatite Films

Protein Adsorption to Plasma Functionalized Surfaces Using Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy

How to Make and Analyze Cross-linked Monolayers of Mytilus Edulis Foot Proteins (Mefp)

Assessment of Fibronectin Conformation Adsorbed to Polytetrafluoroethylene Surfaces from Serum Protein Mixtures and Correlation to Support of Cell Attachment in Culture

Protein Adsorption on Self-assembled Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films

Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry on Porous Silicon Surfaces

Determination of Surface-Protein Equilibrium Binding Constants by MALDI Mass Spectrometry

The Molecular Orientation Distribution of an Electrochemically Active Protein Monolayer Adsorbed to Indium-Tin Oxide

Molecules, Hierarchical Assembly and Architecture of Moletronic Computers

Molecular Wires, Switches and Memories

Dissimilar Metal Electrodes with Nanometer Interelectrode Distance: Fabrication and Application to Characterizing Self-Assembled Molecular Electronic Devices

Characterization of Gold/Pentacene and Pentacene/Gold Interfaces

Current-Induced Organic Molecule-Silicon Bond Breaking: Consequences for Molecular Devices

Molecular Arrays and Individual Dopants Studied by Ultrahigh Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Direct Measurements of Electrical Transport through DNA Molecules

Whole-Cell Bio-computing in a Microelectronic Format

Cross-sectional TEM Investigation of the Dead Layer of ZnS:Ag,Al Phosphors in Field Emission Displays

Enhanced Activator Interactions During Low Electron Energy Cathodoluminescence

Growth and Characterization of Pulsed Laser Deposited Zn2GeO4:Mn Green Thin Film Phosphors

Energy Loss Mechanisms in Pulsed Laser Coated Cathodoluminescent Phosphors

Effect of He/Ar Sputtering Gas Mixture on the Brightness of RF Magnetron-Sputtered ZnS:TbOF for Alternating Current Electroluminescent Displays

Eu⁺³ and Cr⁺³ Doping for Red Cathodoluminescence in ZnGa₂O₄

Molecular Organic Light-Emitting Devices based on a Guest-Host System

Aging and Luminescent Characterization of Coated ZnS:Ag Phosphors in FED Systems

Temperature Dependence of Cathodoluminescent Degradation of ZnS Phosphor

The 21st Century Co-Evolution of Technology and Environmental Science

Single Particle Analysis of Particulate Pollutants in Yellowstone National Park and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Environmental Concerns in Brazil

Multi-phase Atmospheric Chemical Processes: A Major Gap in Understanding Regional to Global Air Pollution Issues

Structure and Composition of Size- and Time-Resolved Outdoor Aerosols Determined Using TOF-SIMS

Surface Interaction, Coverage and Performance of Quaternary Amine Treatments on Hair

Chemical Characterization of Modified Nanotips by TOF-SIMS and Laser-SNMS

Real World Surface Analysis

Thermal Degradation of IM7/BMI5260 Composite Materials: Characterization by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Pt-Metal Oxide Aerogel Catalysts: An X-ray Photoemission Investigation

Quantification of the Changes in the Air-formed Oxide/Hydroxide Film at the Surface of Aluminium on Exposure to Ambient Conditions

Scanning Auger Microscopy Studies of an Ancient Bronze

Practical Applications of Surface Analysis Techniques in Electroplating

Surface Chemistry and Physical Properties Related to Adhesion of Various Soldermask Materials

Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis (SEMPA) Imaging of Surface and Thin Film Magnetic Microstructure

'Magnetic-Laboratory' on an AFM Tip

High Anisotropy, High Gradient Magnetic Tips For Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy

Quantitative Magnetic Force Microscopy and Exchange Force Microscopy: New Tools for Magnetic Imaging

Magnetic Force Microscopy of Coupled and Decoupled Micrometer Scale Permalloy Structures

Correlation of Structural and Magnetic Properties of Fe/Cr(001) Studied by Combined SP-STM and MFM

Flux Lattice Imaging of a Patterned Nb Film with a Cryogenic Magnetic Force Microscope

Magnetic Field Measurements of Current-Carrying Devices by Force Sensitive Magnetic Force Microscopy with Potential Correction

Evaluation of MFM for Probing Electromigration Processes

Orientated Nanotube Growth with Cobalt Catalyst

Carbon Nanotube Growth on Nanoparticle Catalyst Patterns by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Carbon Nanotube Catalyst Optimization Using Combinatorial Methods

Effects Gas Adsorption and Collisions on the Physical Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes¹

Time-Resolved Diagnostic Investigations of Carbon Nanotube Synthesis

Growth of Well-Aligned Carbon Nanotubes on Nickel by Hot-Filament-Assisted DC Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition in a CH₄/H₂ Plasma

Modeling of HiPco Process for Carbon Nanotube Production

A Gas-Phase Method for Large-scale Production of Carbon Single-walled Nanotubes

Diameter Selective Laser Ablation Synthesis of SWNTs: from 0.8 to 1.8 nm

Initial Growth Study of Well-aligned Carbon Nanotubes on Fe-coated Silicon Substrate by MWCVD Process

Nanomechanical Properties of Molecular Organic Thin Films

Quantitative Imaging of Dynamic Mechanical Properties by Hybrid Nanoindentation

Force-Modulated Nanoindentation of Fluorinated Polymer Thin Films Grown by PECVD

Dynamic Contacts to Adhesive Viscoelastic Materials

Precision Nanoscale Machining with STM-QCM

Size-Dependent Mechanical Properties of MoO₃ Nanoplates

High Frequency Nanomechanical Systems

Quantum Well Micromechanical Photon Detectors

Nanomechanical Systems

Integrated Photonics for Optical Communications: A Materials Processing Challenge

Infrared Ellipsometry Characterization of Porous Silicon Bragg Reflectors

IR Fiber Optics Development at the Naval Research Laboratory

First-Principles Study of Oxygen-Deficient Defects in Silicate and Germanosilicate Glasses

Dynamic Polymeric Photonic Components

The Understanding and Realization of Photonic Crystals

Plasmonics: Electromagnetic Energy Transfer and Switching Below the Diffraction Limit in Nanoparticle Chain Arrays

Optimization of Plasma Processing for Manufacturing Using Fast Integrated Models

Modeling Transport and Etch Chemistry in High Density Plasmas

Plasma Chemistry Model for Fluorocarbon Etching of SiO₂

Sustaining Another Decade of Innovation in Plasma Equipment and Process Design: Needs and Challenges¹

Electron Transport and Power Deposition in Magnetically Enhanced Inductively Coupled Plasmas¹

Surface Reaction Model for Etch-rate Calculations in SiO₂ Selective Etching

3D Monte-Carlo Simulation of SiO₂ Film Growth Combined with Gas-phase Kinetic Model of TEOS-O₂ Plasma

Integrated Ionized and Conventional PVD Process Analysis Comparisons

Modeling and Experimental Verification of a Ti/Nitrogen/Ar Ionized Physical Vapor Deposition Tool

Reconstructions and Steady-state Surface Structures on InAs(001)-(2x4): Implications for Atomistic Modeling of Growth

Oscillations of Local Density of States at the Epitaxially Grown InAs(111)A Surfaces Characterized by Low-temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something BLUE - Fifty Years of III-V Compound Semiconductors!

Strain-Induced Anisotropy of Gallium Phosphide Islands on Gallium Arsenide

Relative Reactivity of Arsenic and Gallium Dimers and Backbonds during the Adsorption of Molecular Oxygen on GaAs(100)(6x6)

Role of Ligand Termination in Atomic-Layer-Controlled Growth

Two-step MOCVD Growth of Piezoelectric ZnO Thin Film on SiO₂/Si Substrates

Spontaneous Island Formation Caused by Reconstruction Changes During III-Sb Homoepitaxy¹

Photon-activated Electron-Transfer-Reaction Surface Modification of GaAs(001)

Epitaxial Growth of Metastable B1-NaCl-Structure TaN_x on MgO(001) by Ultrahigh Vacuum Reactive Magnetron Sputter Deposition

Stress Evolution in TiN and TaN Layers and Multilayers Prepared by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering and Studied with in-situ Laser Reflection Curvature Technique

The Compressive Coating Stresses in the Scratch Adhesion Test

Interface Engineering and Graded Films: Structure and Characterisation

Characterization of Cr₂N/CrN Multilayer Coatings Produced by Ion-Assisted Reactive Magnetron Sputtering

Optimization of In Situ Substrate Surface Treatment in a Cathodic Arc Plasma: A Plasma Diagnostics and STEM-EDX Study

Laterally Graded Multilayers and their Applications¹

A Novel Interface Modification Technique Applied from the Top of a Coated Layer

Ethylene Polymerization on a CrOx/SiO2 Model Catalyst: XPS, SIMS, RBS and AFM

Structurally Ordered Magnesium Vanadate Model Catalysts for Oxidative Dehydrogenation

Reactive Scattering Studies of Organophosphorous Compounds on Semiconducting Metal Oxides

Chemistry of SO₂ and NO₂ on ZnO(0001)-Zn and ZnO Powders: Changes in Reactivity with Surface Structure and Composition

Adsorption of S and Cl on TiO₂(110) Studied by Ultra-violet Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Thermal Production of Phosgene from Carbon Tetrachloride Reactions on Natural Single Crystal α-Fe₂O₃ Surfaces in Ultrahigh Vacuum

Multiplet Splitting and Crystal Field Strengths at Iron Oxide Surfaces

Scanning Electron Microscopy Studies of the Hydration of Alkali Halides

Reactivity of Water toward NaCl(100)

Surface Segregation of Bromine in Bromide Doped NaCl: Implications for the Seasonal Variations in Arctic Ozone

Isothermal Desorption Kinetics of H₂O from ¹H₂¹⁶O, ¹H₂¹⁸O and ²H₂¹⁶O Ice Multilayers

Creating Highly Selective Organic Surfaces using Self-assembly: A New Family of Organothiols

Characterization of the Alkanthiol/Metal Interface by High Resolution Core Level Spectroscopy

The Influence of the Endgroup and the Chain Length on the Growth of CH₃- and CF₃-terminated Alkanetiols on Au(111)

Self-Assembled Monolayers of Terphenyl Derivatized Thiols; Adsorption, Insertion Process and Electrical Conduction

Structure and Chemistry of Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers

Characterization of SAMs with Contrast Variation SPR Technique

Characterization of a Polymerized Self-Assembled Monolayer Using NEXAFS

An Estimation of Effective Mean Free Path of Photo- and Auger Electrons in Partial Yield Measurements using Self-assembled Monolayers

Growth Process and Thermal Stability of Semifluorinated Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au(111)

Multi-technique Study of Self-Assembled AuCN Monolayers on Au(111) Formed by Electrochemical Deposition

Twenty-First Century Modeling: Multiscale Coupling and its Impact on Surface and Interface Science

The KMLYP Density Functional Approximation: A New Method for Accurate Prediction of Activation Barriers and Enthalpies of Reaction

Probing Chemical Interactions at the Single Bond Level

Surface Vibrational Spectroscopy Beyond the Harmonic Approximation, Experiments and Calculations

Time Resolved Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

Momentum Space Line Narrowing by Angle Resolved Auger-photoelectron Coincidence Spectroscopy

A Microarray Technique for Measuring Adsorption/Desorption Kinetics

Scanning Probe Energy Loss Spectroscopy: Spectroscopic Analysis of Reflected Electrons in Field Emission STM

Application of a Direct Method in Surface X-ray Crystallography

Line of Sight Techniques: Providing an Inventory of all Species Arriving at and Departing from a Surface

Atomic-Level Control of Microstructure, Morphological Evolution, and Physical Properties during Film Growth: The Golden Era of Materials Science

1D Nanostructures: Building Blocks for Nanotechnologies

Challenges for Thin Films in Communications

The Transition from Thermally-grown SiO₂ to Deposited Thin Film Alternative Gate Dielectrics

Porous Coatings with Engineered Microstructure

Thin Film Technology in the 21st Century