Using Gold Liquid Metal Ion Sources for Imaging ToF-SIMS

Molecular Imaging Using Atomic and Molecular Primary Ions

Topographic Effects in SIMS Imaging

Towards Quantitative Chemical State XPS Imaging

Analysis Area and Sample Area Viewed by the Analyzer in a Scanning Auger Microscope

Materials Characterization using High Spatial Resolution XPS: Multi-technique, Multi-variate, Multi-collaborator Analyses

Nano-XAS and Nano-XPS: Energy-discriminating Imaging Utilizing a PEEM Lens Combined with Retarding or Dispersive Electron Energy Filters

Imaging Thin Oxide-Covered Metal Lines with the Photoelectron Emission Microscope*

A Framework and Practices for Advancing Toward Sustainability

Chemical Plant Safety After 9/11: Reducing Risks Associated with the Use of Organo/chlorinated Solvents in Degreasing Operations

Global Warming: How Much is Too Much?

The Garden, the Wilderness, and Covenant: Formulating a Theological Mandate for Sustainable Development

Climate Change Science Economics and Politics

Invited Speakers Panel Discussion with Audience Participation. Title of the Panel Discussion and background information on the panelists will be posted openly at the Symposium.

Medard W. Welch Award Address: The Biointerface Examined in Five Dimensions

"Smart" Biomolecular Conjugates

Molecular Recognition Mediated Fabrication of Protein Nanostructures by Dip-Pen Lithography

Threading DNA Through a Nanopore: Applications for Analyte Detection

Novel Immunosensor Interfaces based on Mixed Self-Assembled Monolayers of Thiols on Gold

Electrostatic and Fluorescence Sensing of DNA Hybridization at Electrode Surfaces

Characterization of DNA on Gold: A Quantitative Surface Science Approach

Antibacterial Coatings of Immobilised Furanones

Active-Device Scanning Voltage Microscopy Studies on a Forward and Reverse Biased InP pn Junction Sample

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Imaging of Charged Defects on Clean Si(100)-(2x1)

The Surface Photovoltage and Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Direct Measurement of the Electrical Potentials in GaInP₂ Solar Cells

Deep Level Defect Characterization of InGaAsN Layers Grown by Molecular-Beam Epitaxy

Thermal Quenching and High Temperature Cathodoluminescent Degradation of Sulfide-Based Powder Phosphors

Analysis of Ion Implantation Damage in Silicon Wafers by a Contactless Microwave Diagnostic

Gas-phase Nanoparticle Formation during AlGaN MOCVD

Single-Molecule Magnets: A Molecular Approach to Nanoscale Magnetic Materials

Density-Functional-Based Simulation of Molecular Magnets

Measuring and Manipulating Single Molecules Inside Living Cells

Synthesis and Functionalization of Nanoparticles

Silicon Micromachines for Science and Technology

Silicon Nano-biotechnology

Manufacturing Issues in MEMS and Related Microsystems

MEMS Technology Challenges for Volume Manufacturing

Manufacturing Issues of Automotive Sensors produced at Bosch

Peter Mark Memorial Award Address: Mechanisms of Semiconductor Nanostructure Formation

Strain Effects and Inter-Dot Coupling in Self-Assembled Quantum Dot Arrays

Growth of Ge Quantum Dots on Si(100) Without a Wetting Layer ¹

Spontaneous Generation of Free-Standing Ge Quantum Dots on Silicon-on-Insulator

Production and Structure of Gas-phase Prepared Germanium Nanocrystals

Surface Passivation Effects of Deposited Ge-Nanocrystal Films Probed with Synchrotron Radiation

Growth and Properties of Si Compatible Nanostructures: Si Quantum Dots Grown on CaF₂/Si Films

Formation of Self-Assembled Copper-Oxide Nano-Dots on SrTiO3(100)

Mechanics and Electrostatics of Nanotubes

Carbon Nanotube/ Polymer Composite: Mechanical and Electrical Properties

Self-Aligned Mechanical Attachment of Carbon Nanotubes to Surfaces

Self-assembly of Carbon Nanotubes

Fullerene Coalescence as a Junction Engineering for Nanoelectronics

Synthesis and Properties of Plasma-polymerized Polypyrrole / Au Nanotube Composite Structures

Reactivity of Polymers Containing Nitrogen and Oxygen Functional Groups with Vapor Phase Metal Atoms

A New Crystalline Form of Pentacene: pi-stacked Thin Films Grown on Au(111)

Vapor Deposition and Polymerization of Low-k Polycyanurate Films

Formation of Chemically Patterned Surfaces using Gas-Phase Oxalyl Chloride

Characterization of Ultrathin Organic Films via Near-edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy

Interfaces with Evaporated Short Chain Polyaniline

Controlled p-Doping of Organic Molecular Films

Processable Optically Transparent Thin Films of Conducting Polymers

Optical Properties of Ordered Ultrathin Films of PTCDA

Microhollow Cathode Discharges¹

Hollow Cathode Sustained Atmospheric Plasma Microjets

Microhollow Cathode Discharge Microreactor Chemistry

One-dimensional Simulation of Glow-like Plasma Phenomena in Parallel-plate Microdischarge Geometries

Characteristics of Miniature Microwave Excited Plasma Discharges

Materials with a High Secondary-electron Yield Studied in a Macroscopic Discharge Cell

Plasma-Wall Interaction Studies during Gate Etch Processes

Effect of Plasma Chamber Wall Conditions on Atomic Chlorine Concentration and Polysilicon Etch Rate Uniformity

Abrupt Changes with Mixture Composition in the Surface Coverage and Etch Rate During Si Etching by Cl₂-Ar Plasmas

Generating High-efficiency Neutral Beams by Using Negative Ions in an Inductively Coupled Plasma Source

Direct Detection of Radical and Stable Species Impacting and Desorbing from Surfaces

Film Formation, CF₂ Reactivity and Ion Effects in Fluorocarbon Plasma Systems

Surface Reaction Analyses for Si/SiO₂ Selective Etching Processes using Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Subsurface Diffusion and Reaction of Fluorine Atoms in Photoresist

Mechanical Design of Coated Systems Based on Elastic Surface Contacts

A Combinatorial Sputtering Approach to Properties Modification in Polaron Conducting Films

Profile Coatings and Their Applications

Nano-Structure Substoichiometric Zirconium Nitride Coatings with Unique Metallic Colors and Superior Abrasion and Corrosion Resistance

The Adhesion Behavior of Alumina-based Ceramic Nanocoatings and Nanostructures

Adhesion Fundamentals and Nanomechanics in Alumina-diamonds Nanocomposites

Nanoindentation of Alumina - Chrome Carbide and Alumina - Ultra Dispersed Diamonds nanoComposites

Rheological Behaviour of Alumina-Diamonds-Polymer NanoComposite Structure

Adhesion of Alumina-based Nanocomposites to Polymer Substrate

Electron Dynamics at Surfaces

Observation of Isotope Effect in Femtosecond Laser-Induced Desorption of O₂/Pd(111)

Time Resolved Femtosecond Laser Desorption from Ionic Crystals

On the Detection of Chemically-Induced Hot Electrons in Surface Processes: from X-ray Edges to Schottky Barriers

Kinetics and Dynamics of CO Oxidation on Oxygen Precovered Gold Nanoclusters Supported on Titania

O₂ and NO Island Formation on Al(111)

Adsorption Dynamics and Desorption Kinetics of Argon and Methane on MgO(100)

Surface Chemistry of Size-Selected Soot Nano-Aerosol Particles

Uptake and Reaction of Ozone on NaCl and Bromide-doped NaCl

XPS Study on Surface Segregation of Bromide in Bromide-doped NaCl Crystals by Water Vapor Exposure

Chemical Reactions Induced by Ionizing and Electron-beam Irradiation in Organohalide/Water (Ice) Films

Heterogeneous Uptake of HNO₃ in the Troposphere: From Sand to Cirrus

Surface Chemistry of Oxide and Carbonate Particles in the Atmosphere

Variable-Temperature Studies of Sulfur Dioxide Reactions with Carbon Clusters

Heterogeneous Reactivity of Ozone on Mineral Oxides

Alkali Halide Nanocrystal Growth and Etching Studied by AFM and Modeled MD Simulation

High Quality Nanoscale Interfaces between Metals and Metal/Oxides: Co on Fully Hydroxylated Sapphire

The Interaction and Reactivity of Hydrocarbons on Hydroxylated γ-Al₂O₃/NiAl(100)

Calculations of the Free Energy and Structure of Alpha-Alumina (0001)

Effect of Annealing on the Crystallization of Ultrathin Al₂O₃ Film on NiAl(110)

Ab-Initio Calculations of Pristine and Doped ZrO₂ Tilt Grain Boundaries

Role of the Stress in the Epitaxy of Silver on the Basal Planes of Zinc Oxide

Vanadium Oxide Nanostructures on Rh(111): Novel Oxide Phases at the Interface¹

Room Temperature Growth and Thermal Sintering of Ag and Pd on Flat Ultra-thin SiO₂ and MoO₂ Films

Structure and Properties of SnOx Wetting Layers and Crystallites on Pt(111)

Growth Kinetics and Scaling of High-K Materials Deposited by Atomic Layer Deposition

Effect of Growth Temperature on the Properties of ALD Grown ZrO₂ Films

ZrO₂ Thin Film Growth by CVD from Tetrakis-diethylamino-zirconium for High-k Gate Dielectrics

Atomic Layer Deposition of Zirconium Silicate Films Using Zirconium Tetrachloride and Tetra-n-butyl Orthosilicate

Characteristics of ZrO₂ and HfO₂ Gate Oxides Deposited by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Using Metal Organic Precursors with Various Reactant Gas Sources

Trimethylaluminum-initiated ALD Growth of Al₂O₃ on Si: An In-situ Infrared Study

Atomic Layer Deposition of Aluminum Oxide Using Dimethylaluminum Isopropoxide and Water

Atomic Layer Deposition of HfO₂ / Al₂O₃ Laminate Structure for Gate Dielectric Applications

Room Temperature NH₃-Catalyzed SiO₂ Atomic Layer Deposition Using Sequential Exposures of TEOS and H₂O

Present Status of the KEKB Vacuum System

Development of Sputtering System for Large-Area Deposition of CuIn_1-xGa_xSe_1-yS_y Thin-Film Solar Cells

Ultra-sensitive Detection of Helium Release from Metal Tritides

Quantification of Mass Spectra in Experiments with Deuterium

Mass Spectrometric Determination of Hydrogen and Hydrogen Isotopes from Thin Films

Quantification of Gas Load from Ultra-small GDP Capsules

How to Have Clean Surfaces in an Unclean World