AVS2001 Monday Afternoon

Satellite Structure in the KLL Auger spectra of Ge

Optimized Analysis of Spectra: Application of Reciprocal-space Approaches to Broad, Sparse, and/or Multistructured Spectra

Quantitative AES and XPS - Databases Test Quantification Validity

Surface Excitations of Medium Energy Electrons in Metals and Semiconductors

The Attenuation Length Revisited

Comparisons of Practical Effective Attenuation Lengths and Inelastic Mean Free Paths for Applications in AES and XPS

Surface Analysis of Hafnium Compounds by XPS using High Energy Zr Source

VAMAS TWA2 Project A2, Evaluation of Static Charge Stabilization and Determination Methods in XPS on Non-conducting Samples: Report on an Inter-laboratory Comparison

Real and Gedanken Experiments Related to Surface Charging during XPS Measurements of Insulating Materials and Thin Films

Core-level Photoemission of Zirconium and Hafnium Silicates for Use as High Dielectric Oxides

Simulation Studies of the Structure and Dynamics of Biological Hydration Water

Local Solvation Shell Measurement in Water using a Carbon Nanotube Probe

The Role of Interphase Water in Protein Resistance

Computer Simulation of the Behavior of Water near Model Surfaces and Self-Assembled Monolayers

The Water Content of Proteins during Adsorption

X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Liquid and Gaseous Water

Proton Dynamics in Ice: A Resonant Photoemission Study

Epitaxial High-K Gate Oxides on Silicon: Impact on Future CMOS

High Dielectric Constant Material as an Alternative Gate Dielectric in MOSCAP and MOSFET Applications

High Frequency Characterization of Thin Films with High Dielectric Constant

Interfacial Stability of High-k Dielectrics Deposited by Atomic Layer Chemical Vapor Deposition

First Step Towards Crystalline Titanate-Si Integration: Formation of Atomic Layer Strontium Silicate on Si(001)

High-k Metal Oxide Dielectrics Deposited by CVD using Oxygen and Ozone

Local Dynamics of Electrochemical Dissolution and Growth Processes

In-situ STM Study of the Formation of Metal Nanostructures of Co on Ag(111)

Growth and Dissolution of Surface Structures by Electrochemical Control of Molecular Self-assembly

Electrochemical Epitaxial Growth of Palladium Thin Layers on Au(111) and Au(100) Electrodes and Their Electrocatalytic Properties

Electrochemical Deposition of Molybdenum Nanowires for Use as Sensors

First Observation of Anomalous Scaling in Electrodeposited Films

Preparation and Magnetic Studies of Mass-Selcted Iron Clusters

Fabrication of Nanomagnet Arrays using Anodic Porous Alumina

Torques and Tunneling in Nanomagnets

Self-assembled Magnetic Dots / Antidots and Dot Chains: Epitaxial Co/Ru(0001)^*

Greatly Enhanced Magnetic Anisotropies in Pure and Bimetallic Co Nanostructures on Pt(111)

Invited Paper

Collective Behavior in Patterned Nanomagnetic Dot Array - A Promising Route to Magnetic Data Processing at Room Temperature

Silicon on Insulator for 100 nm Generation System on Chip

Integrated Circuit Challenges for sub-100nm Generations

The Future for Storage Technology and Manufacturing

An Overview of Manufacturing Processes of Some Passive and Active Components for Fiberoptic Communication Networks

Scientific Challenges in Harnessing Molecules for Electronic Devices

Inorganic Nanorods: Synthesis, Alignment, and Properties

Interfacial Controlled, Self-assembled Copper-Oxide Nano-dots and Rings on SrTiO₃(001)

Charge Mediated Selective Reaction and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures

Size Selective Electrochemical Growth of Molybdenum Disulfide Nanowires and Nanoparticles

Generation of Self Organized Nanometer Structures on Surfaces of Ionic Solids Generated by Electron and Laser Beam Irradiation - The Role of Water

Optical Behavior In Semiconductor-Transparent Conducting Oxide Nanocomposite Thin Films Fabricated by RF Magnetron Sputtering

In-vacuo Electron-Spin-Resonce Study on Fluorocarbon Films for SiO₂ Plasma Etching

The Deposition on and Etching of Si(100) by Large, Hyperthermal Fluorocarbon Ions

Gas-Phase Chemistry of SiN PECVD Process at Ambient Pressure

Study of Surface Reaction of SiO₂ Etching by Plasma Beam Irradiation

Plasma Polymer Deposition and Permeation into Porous Substrates

Mechanisms for Surface Interactions of NH_x Radicals During NH₃ Plasma Processing of Metal and Polymer Substrates

Plasma Chemistry, Plasma-surface Interaction, and Surface Reactions during a-Si:H and a-SiN_x:H Deposition

Arc Generation from Sputtering Plasma-Dielectric Inclusion Interactions

Treatment of Bone Tissue using an Inductively Coupled Plasma

Nitrogen Uptake Kinetics of Poly(ethylene-2,6-naphthtalate) Webs in Low-Radiofrequency Nitrogen Discharges

Control of Spatial Distribution of Adsorbed Proteins Using Plasma Surfaces

Characterization of Pulsed Plasma Chemistry for the Deposition of Polyethylene Glycol-like Polymer Thin Films

The Influence of Active Nitrogen Species and Substrate Polarity on the Growth and Doping of GaN Grown by RF Plasma-assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy

"Functionalizing" the GaN(0001) Surface: The Chemisorption of Organic Amines

STM Study of Dislocation-Mediated Surface Morphology of GaN Grown by ECR-Plasma Assisted MBE

Search for the Missing Group-III Flux during AlGaN OMVPE

Models, Concepts and Realizations of Pyroelectronic Heterostructure Devices

Ni/Au Ohmic Contacts to p-GaN Epilayers

Indium-Induced Charge Redistribution and Surface Electronic Structure of the Si(111)-(7x7) Surface

Study of GaAs(100) Surface Cleaning Using Synchrotron Radiation Photoemission Spectroscopy

Steady-State Fluctuations of High-T Vicinal Si(111): Investigation of Step-Step Correlation Function of REM Data¹

Simplified Bond-Charge Model for the Analysis of Second-Harmonic-Generation Data: Application to Si/Dielectric Interfaces

STM Studies of the Ca/Si(111) System

Growth of Semiconductor (Si, Ge)/Insulator (CaF₂) Heterostructures on Si(111)

Structural Relaxation at SiO₂/Si(100) Interfaces Studied by Coaxial Impact Collision Ion Scattering Spectroscopy

Two Dimensional Scattering-images of Lateral Structured GaAs/AlAs Systems as an Example for Diffuse X-ray Scattering at Interfaces

Multi-Level Control for Reactive Sputtering

The Influence of Sputtering Conditions on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Zr-Si-N Films Prepared by r.f.- Reactive Sputtering

Characterization of Ternary Nitride Films using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

Structural and Chemical Interplays in Hard Coatings Properties: Multinary Transition Metal Nitrides

Formation of Voids and its Influence on the Thermal Stability of Co Silicide

An Accurate Paremetrization for the Extended Hückel Theory (EHT): Application to the Electronic Structure and STM Imaging of the Cu(110)+c(2x2)-Si Surface Alloy

UV Free Electron Lasers and Their Applications in Surface Science

An End Station for Synchroton-Based Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Actinide and Other Highly Reactive Samples

Closing the Pressure Gap: Photoemission at 5 Torr and the Premelting of Ice

Desorption/Ionization on Porous Silicon (DIOS) Mass Spectrometry: A New Methodology for Bioanalysis

Enantiospecific Properties of Chiral Surfaces

Can Cu-TBP Porphyrin Molecules Emit Light under an STM Excitation?

A Fourier Transform-Based TOF HREELS Spectrometer

Probe Molecules on Hydroxylated γ-Al₂O₃/NiAl(100): Characterization of Surface OH Acidity

Evidence for a Radical-Radical Reaction between O₂ and OH on TiO₂(110)

Sulfur Adsorption and Reaction with a TiO₂(110) Surface: O - S Exchange and Sulfide Formation

Molecular Adsorbate Geometries and Bondlengths on NiO(100); A Failure of Current DFT Theories

The Stability of Polar Oxide Surfaces and Their Interaction with Deposits

Small Molecule Adsorption on SrTiO₃ and CaTiO₃ Surfaces

Dramatic Cooperative Effects in Chemisorption of NO_x on Oxide Surfaces

CO₂ and BF₃ Adsorption on Cr₂O₃ (1012): Probing Surface Basicity and Oxygen Anions

Synchrotron X-ray Photoelectron Studies of the CCl₄ Chemistry on Fe₃O₄ (111)- 2x2 Surfaces

Precision Multilayered Thin Films for Manufacturing of the Next Generation of Computer Chips

Ion Beam Growth and Properties of SiN/TiN Multilayer Thin Films for Phase-shift Masks in Optical Lithography

Gold Nanoparticle Films via Inert Gas Deposition: Biased Percolation and Current Induced Organization During and after Deposition

Deposition of Metallic Nanoclusters by Galvanic Displacement

Cross-Linked Nano-Onions of Carbon Nitride in Thin Solid Films

Towards the Single Pump Solution - A Recent Advance in High Speed Machines for Dry Vacuum Pumping

Effect on Capture Probability for a Commercial Cryopumpin Three Different Mounting Arrangements

Water Vapor Capture Within a Vacuum Chamber - The Technology of Meissner Cryopumping Yesterday and Today

Sputter-ion Pump Element Cathode to Reduce Noble Gas Instabilities

Compact Trapping Device Integrated with a Throttle-Cycle Cooler Operating with Mixed Refrigerant