AVS2001 Thursday Morning

Atomic Oxygen Irradiation of Polymers: Ground Simulation of LEO Environment

Surface Oxidation on Pure Liquid InSn Alloy

Oxidation of Scandium Layers on Tungsten

Mechanism of the Activation of Mg₂Ni for Hydrogen Up-Take by Surface Treatment With Liquid Water and Water Vapor

The Interaction of Organic Molecules with Oxidised Metal Surfaces: Studies by High Resolution XPS and ToF-SIMS

Characterization of Rhenium Oxide Using ESCA

Physicochemical Properties of Polysaccharide Coatings as Determinants of Protein Adsorption

Effect of Adsorbate Alkyl Chain Length and Terminal Group Chemistry on the Adsorption of Fibronectin and Albumin on Self-assembled Monolayers

Deformation of Proteins Adsorbed on Glass Surfaces as Characterized by XAS

Reversible Adsorption/Desorption of Proteins from a Thermally Switching Polymer Monolayer

Polyelectrolyte Multilayers : A New Tool to Design Targeted Biofilms

Design of Bioadhesive Polymers for Use at Mucosal Interfaces

The Role of Protein-surface Interactions in Implanted Joints

Fabrication of a Silicon-based Solid State Quantum Computer

Ratchets, Heat Pumps and Maxwell's Demon: Quantum Transport in the Non-linear Regime

Two Dimensional Electronic Properties of a Disordered Three Dimensional Conductor in the Extreme Quantum Limit

First-principles Study of Conduction Channels of Atomic Wires

Quantum Transport through One Dimensional Aluminum Wires

Probing a One Dimensional Conductor Confined Below a Charged Step Edge

Measurement of Spin Polarization using Andreev Reflection

Point Contact Spectroscopy in Magnetic Fields

Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy Probed using X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism

Soft X-ray Microscopy to Image Magnetic Domain Structures at High Resolution

Photoemission Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism of Ultrathin FeNi Alloy Films on Cu(111)

Imaging Magnetization in MRAM Elements with Soft X-Ray Microscopy

Imaging Magnetic Nanostructures by Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Mechanical Properties of MEMS Materials

The Beam vs. Plate Distinction for Si Strips Mechanically Loaded in Bending

Amorphous Diamond MEMS

Fabrication Techniques and Integration Processes for a New Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCD) -Based MEMS Technology and Characterization of UNCD Mechanical Properties

Silicon Carbide Films by Low Temperature CVD for MEMS Applications

Thermal Characteristics of Microswitch Contacts

MBE-grown Single-crystal Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Ni₂MnGa Thin Films

Stability of Alkylsilane Monolayer Films in Humid Environments

Control of Carbon Nanofiber Growth: "Base" versus "Tip" Growth Regimes

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy of GdC₈₂-filled Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes

Using Carbon Nanotube Materials to Separate Molecular Mixtures: Predictions from Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Chemical Disentanglement of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Bundles

Electromechanical Properties of Carbon and Boron-Nitride Nanotubes

Magnetic "Smart-Wires": Magnetic and Electronic Properties of Nickel and Iron Nanotubes Grown on Polypeptide Templates

Chemical Reactivity of Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerenes

Atomic Resolution Imaging of WS2 Nanotubes

In-situ Observed Atomic Structures at Carbon Nanotube Tips under Applied Electric Field

Characterization of CVD Grown Carbon Nanotubes and Field Emission Properties

Characterization and Modification of ITO Surfaces: Use of Chemisorbed Probe Molecules as Indicators of Electron Transfer Rates and Their Use in Improving OLED Performance

XPS Characterization of Photo-Alignment of Liquid Crystals using Adsorbed Dichroic Materials

An STM , XPS and RAIRS Study of Cobalt(II) Hexadecafluorophthalocyanine (CoF16Pc) and Its Co-adsorption with Nickel(II) Tetraphenylporphyrin (NiTPP)on Au (111)

Solution-Assisted Tribological Modification of Surfaces Using an Atomic Force Microscope

Viscoelastic Properties of Thin Liquid Crystal Films

Structure of Ultrathin Pentacene Films

Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Exciton Dynamics and Interactions in Organic Thin Films: C₆₀ and Photopolymerized C₆₀

Optical Properties of Highly Ordered Ultrathin Epitaxial Films of PTCDA on Au(111)

Importance of Structural Order for the Low Surface Energy of Perfluoroalkyl Substituted Polymethacrylates

Chalcogenide Glasses as Nonlinear Optical Materials and Their Application in Optical Communication Systems

Crystallization Kinetics in Chalcogenide Glasses

Single Quantum Dots as Tunable Artificial Atoms

Dynamic Response of the Electro-optic Effect in Epitaxial Ferroelectric Thin Films

Two-stage Growth of Patterned Epitaxial Lithium Niobate for Photonic Application

An Advanced 300 mm Etcher with Tunable Plasma Source for the Etching of <0.15mm Poly-Silicon Gates

Plasma-Based Copper Etch Process - Additive Gas Effects

Silicon Gate Etching: Potential Strategies for Future CMOS Devices

Sidewall Passivation Mechanism of CF₄ Added Polysilicon Gate Etch Process

Manufacturing Viability of the "Notched Gate" Process for sub 0.1µm Technologies

Properties of Pulsed ICPs with rf Substrate Biases¹

Magnetic Field Effects and Electron Shading Damage

Effects of H₂, D₂, N₂ and Ar Plasma on III-V Compound Semiconductor Devices

Plasma Induced Physical Damage and Contamination on the SrBi₂Ta₂O₉ Thin Film after Etching in Cl₂/CF₄/Ar Plasma

Prepairing-dependent Desorption Kinetics of Hydrogen from Si(100)-2x1

In situ Measurements of the Stability of H terminated Si Surfaces and Kinetics of Oxide Regrowth in Ambient

Hydrogen and Si(001): Adsorption/Desorption Pathways and the "Barrier Puzzle"

Noncontact AFM Study for Hydrogen Termination on Silicon Surfaces

Making Organic Molecules on Cu(100) and GaAs(100)

Adsorption and Thermal Decomposition of Iodoethane on Si(100)-2x1: Kinetically-Favored Adsorbate Ordering

Are Silicon and Germanium Surfaces Chemically Similar? Reactions of Amines

The Influence of Conjugation in Attachment of π-Electron Containing Organic Molecules to the Si(001) Surface: Acrylonitrile vs. Allyl Cyanide

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of a Conjugated {C}3-oligomer on Si(100)

Peter Mark Memorial Award Lecture - Surface Preparation and Electronic Properties of d-AlNiCo

Structure, Morphology and Dynamics of High Symmetry AlNiCo-Surfaces

Tribological Properties of Quasicrystals and Quasicrystal Approximants

Surface Properties of Quasicrystals

Auger Spectroscopy and the Electronic Structure of Quasicrystals

Nucleation and Growth of Al and Ag Thin Films on Five-fold Surface of Icosahedral Quasicrystals

Accessing the Role of Net Planes in Decagonal Al-Ni-Co

Fermi Surface Evolution of Ag(111) Films Grown onto Si(111) Surfaces

Ultrathin Epitaxial Mg Films on Si(111): Quantum Size Effects

Resonant Photoemission Investigation of the Electronic Structure of Plutonium

Visualization of the Electronic Structure of Metal Surfaces with Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy

Temperature-Dependent Fermi Gap Opening in the c(6X4)-C₆₀/Ag(100) Two-Dimensional Superstructure

Electronic Transport through Surface-state Bands

Electronic Structure of the Alkali Halide-metal Interfaces: LiCl(100)/ Cu(100)

Theoretical Analysis of Field Emission from Atomically Sharp Al Tips

Self-aligned Deposition and Patterning of Biologically-active Polymer Thin Films

Desorption and Processing of Bioactive Thin Films

Nano-scale Fabrication Using Organic Thin Films

Hot-Filament Chemical Vapor Deposition of Fluorocarbon-Organosilicon Copolymer Thin Films

Polyatomic Ion Deposition of Gradient Thin Films: A New Method for Combinatorial Materials

Plasma Sputtering Deposition of Metals on PAMAM Dendrimer Monolayer

Tribological Surface Engineering for Lubrication and Wear Resistance

Optimization of Wear-resistant Coating Architecture using Finite Element Analysis

Solution-Assisted Tribological Modification of Surfaces Using an Atomic Force Microscope

Low Frictional Force Coating of Boron Nitride - Copper Complex for Ultra High Vacuum by Magnetron Co-sputtering Technique

Aging Evaluations of MoS₂-Containing Lubricants¹

Diamond-Like Carbon Nanocontacts

Is the Effective Accommodation Coefficient of the Spinning Rotor Gauge Temperature Dependent?

Using Capacitance Diaphragm Gauges at Different Temperatures

Low-pressure Capacitiance Diaphragm Gage Measurements and Characteristics

Static Gas Expansion Method as High-accuracy Primary Pressure Standard

Transfer Standard for Low Rates of Gas Flow

Overview of Two CCM Key Comparisons in Low Pressure (1 Pa - 1000 Pa) - How Good are MEMS Sensors as Transfer Standards?

Some Consideration About Uncertainty on the Primary Vacuum Measurements

Performance Test of Vacuum Components and System