Light Optical Nanoscopy in Cellular Biophysics

Biological Applications of Micro and Nanoscale Devices

Atomic-scale Device Fabrication in Silicon

Nanometer Computing

Electronic Materials in the 21st Century: Is the Future Different from the Past?

Advances in Chemical Imaging: NanoSAM and NanoESCA

Correlation of XPS and AFM Images for Polymer Blends

XPS and Confocal Microscopy Data Fusion for Polymer Characterization

Solvent Enhanced Surface Modification of Polymers Accompanying AFM Tip Induced Mechanical Stresses

SF5+ Ion Beam Damage of Poly(Acrylates) Studied using Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry of Ordered Polymeric Monolayers: Effect on Tertiary Structures

Grazing Incident X-ray Diffraction Study of Poly(alkylthiophene) Thin Films on Various Substrates

Study of Water-Induced Reorganization of Amphiphilic Graft Copolymers Containing Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) and Polydimethylsiloxane by Angle-dependent X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

The Role of Polymer Architecture and Environmental Humidity on the Interfacial Conformation and Properties of Surface-adsorbed Poly(l-lysine)-graft-poly(ethylene Glycol) Co-polymer

Ultra-fast Laser Ablation as a Facilitator for Depth-dependant Characterization of High Pigment Volume Concentration Organic Coatings

Modulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Behavior by Tuning Substrate Compliance

Mechanical and Biochemical Analyses of Cell Adhesion Strengthening Using Micropatterned Substrates

The Use of XPS, SIMS, and Immunostaining to Examine the Behavior of Extracellular Matrix upon Cell Detachment from a Smart Polymer

Neurite Outgrowth on Well Characterized Surfaces: Chemically and Spatially Controlled Fibronectin and RGD Substrates

Surfaces Engineered to Target Integrins to Direct Cell Adhesion and Function

Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging and Force Spectroscopy of Microbial Cell Surfaces

Molecule Specific Imaging Analysis of Carcinogens in Breast Cancer Cells using Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Preparation and Characterization of Chemically Patterned Surfaces for Cell-Surface Interaction Studies

Drug Testing and Environmental Toxin Detection using Cell-based Biosensors

Effects of Transistor Fabrication Process Conditions on Electrical Characteristics of High-k Gate Dielectrics

Characteristics of High-k Gate Dielectric Formed by Oxidation of Sputtered Hf/Zr/Hf Thin Fims on the Si Substrate

Study of ZrO₂ Initial Stage Deposition on Si(100) During High Vacuum Chemical Vapor Deposition

Thin Film Growth and Composition Characterization of Hafnium Oxide Grown on Surface Treated Silicon by Atomic Layer Deposition

The Effect of Hf Content in Liquid Precursor on the Properties of Mist Deposited Ultra-Thin Films of HfSiO₄

The Effect of Surface Preparation and Post Growth Annealing on the Thickness and Composition of High-k Layers Grown on Silicon

Si and Ge Surface Functionalization Characterized by In Situ and Ex Situ Infrared Spectroscopy

Plasma Deposition of RuO₂ on HfO₂ for Gate Electrode Applications

Novel Ultra-thin TiAlO_x Alloy Oxide for New Generation of Gate Dielectric

A Microreactor System for Electrocatalytic Kinetics: Methanol Oxidation on Platinum Electrodes at Elevated Temperature

In Situ Characterization of Nucleation and Growth During Electrochemical Deposition of Copper

Electrochemical Synthesis of Multifunctional Building Blocks for Nanosystems

Photoexcited Electrodeposition of Cu Structures on p-Si(001)

Ultrahigh Vacuum Studies of Static and Dynamic Solid Oxide Electrocatalysts by Field Ionization and Spectroscopic Techniques

Molecular Ordering at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces

Water-Graphite Interaction and the Behavior of Water near Graphite Surface

Molecular Structure at Interfaces between Water and Metal, Metal Oxide, or Polymer Studied by Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

Characterization of Magnetic Thin Films and Nanostructures using Electron Microscopy

Imaging of Magnetic Nanoislands at the Thermal Stability Limit

Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Magnetic Impurities at Metal Surfaces

A Practical Guide to the Interpretation of Point-contact Andreev Reflection Data

Preparation and Magneto-Optical Spectroscopic Studies of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Related Nanostructures: Potential Building Blocks for Spintronics Applications

Magnetic Linear and Circular X-ray Dichroism Studies of the Magnetic Instability of Fe(x)Ni(1-x) Pseudomorphic Thin Films Exhibiting the Invar Effect

Magnetic Circular X-ray Dichroism of Gd2O3 Nanoparticles

Magnetism in Transition-metal Alloy Films: Lineshape Analysis of Magnetic Linear Dichroism Angle-selective Photoemission Spectra

MEMS and NEMS from Chemical Vapor Deposited Nanodiamond Materials

Engineering the Surface Properties of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond for High-Performance MEMS Devices

AlN-based MEMS and NEMS Resonator Devices

Anchor Optimization for Quality Factor Improvement in Microresonators

Chemical Control of Mechanical Energy Dissipation in Micromechanical Silicon Resonators

Vapor-Phase Lubricants: Nanometer-scale Lubrication Mechanisms and Uptake on Silicon

Can We Predict Friction and Wear in MEMS?

Nanomechanical Characterization of Digital Micromirror Devices

Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Silicon Nitride Thin Film at Cryogenic Temperatures

Pointwise Strain Mapping a Multilayer MEMS Mirror Using Synchrotron Radiation

Challenges and Advances in Packaging Technology Development for IC Processing

Interfacial Engineering for Reliability Improvement of Cu/Low k Interconnects

Forming Laminar Cu/Substrate Interfaces: Vacuum vs. Electrochemical Processing

Challenges and Advances in Thin Film Mechanics

Growth and Characterization of Single-Crystal ZnO Nanowires

Growth and Characterization of ZnO Nanowires

Structure, Defect and Cathodoluminescence Studies of GaN Nanorods and Nanowires

Onset of Nanowire Growth by Vapor-Liquid-Solid (VLS) Epitaxy

Functional Semiconductor Nanowires and Their Optical Properties

Mo₃Se₃ Nanowires - Mechanical and Electrical Properties at the Nanoscale

Defect Mediated Electronic Transport in Nano and Molecular Wires

Electronic Structure and Excited States of One-dimensional Polydiacetylene Nanowire

STM and DFT Study of Gadolinium Silicide on Si(100)

Theoretical Calculation of the Thermal Conductivity of Semiconducting Nanowires

Charge Transport and Charge Injection in Polymer Field Effect Transistors

High Mobility Organic Field Effect Transistors

Growth Dynamics and Electrical Properties of Pentacene Ultra-thin Films

Optical and Electronics Properties of Poly(o-Methoxyaniline) (POMA) for Organic FET Applications

An Optical and Electronic Properties Study of a Stable n-Type Organic Semiconductor: N,N'-bis(3-phenoxy-3-phenoxy-phenoxy)-1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxydiimide

Organic Semiconducting Materials for Plastic Electronics

Localized Deposition of Thin Films of Conducting Polyaniline on Microhotplates for Chemical Sensing

Polymeric Aperture Masks for High Performance Organic Integrated Circuits

Conducting Nanofibers Integrated with Surface Micromachined Structures

Attractive Interactions Between Negatively Charged Dust Particles in a Plasma

Measurement of Electrical Fields Around Dissimilar Materials Exposed to a Discharge

Plasma Processing Diagnostic Methods and Studies: A Historical Perspective

Absolute SiCl_X Densities in Silicon Gate Etching Plasmas Determined by Broad Band UV Absorption

In-situ Processing Memory Effects for Confined vs. Unconfined Plasmas

Plasma Diagnostics and Thin Film Characterization in Dielectric Etching: Understanding the Role of Fluorine Chemistry

Loss Kinetics of CF_x Radicals and F Atoms in the Afterglow of Inductively Coupled Pulsed Plasmas

Effect of an Applied-phase of Bias Pulse on a Charge Reduction on a SiO₂ Hole Exposed to Plasma Etching in a Two-frequency CCP

Analysis of Downstream Etch Chemistry in Ion-Ion and Electron-Ion Cl2 Discharges

PECVD, From the Laboratory to Mass Production

Plasma-enhanced Deposition of Silicon and Metal Oxynitride Films in a High-density Ammonia Discharge

Identification of the Growth Precursors for Hydrogenated Amorphous Carbon Growth

Characterization of TaN Diffusion Barrier Layers Prepared by Chemical-Enhanced Physical Vapor Deposition (CEPVD)

Anisotropic Cu Deposition using Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition

Pulsed-plasma Deposition of Silicon Dioxide in a High Density Oxygen Discharge

Secondary Plasma Based Debris Mitigation for Next-Generation 13.5nm EUVL Sources

Antimonide-Based Compound Semiconductors: From Interfaces to High-Speed Transistors

Understanding the Electronic Properties of Diluted Nitrides Relevant to Optoelectronic Applications

Nitrogen Incorporation and Strain Relaxation Mechanisms during Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy of GaAsN Layers on GaAs (001)

Stress Evolution and Nitrogen Incorporation in GaAsN Films Grown by Reactive Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Electronic and Optical Properties of GaAsN/GaAs Quantum Wells

Growth of InN and Related Compounds by RF Plasma Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Electronic Band Structure Ge(1-x)Sn(x) Alloys Grown on Silicon

Influence of Sputtering Condition and Target Material on the Microstructure and Properties of Ti-Si-N Coatings Prepared by r.f.-reactive Sputtering

Growth and Physical Properties of Epitaxial CeN and Nanocrystalline Ti_1-xCe_xN Layers

Fabrication of Nanostructured Metallic Thin Films by Femtosecond Pulsed Laser Ablation

Self-adaptation Processes in Nanostructured Hard Coatings

Design of Functional Coatings

Functional Profile Coatings and Film Stress

The Effect of Surface Finish on Field Emission in Nitrogen-implanted, Silicon Dioxide-Coated Stainless Steel

Adsorption Energies of Small Alkane Molecules on MgO(100) and on Pd Nanoparticles on MgO by Temperature Programmed Desorption

Reactions of Aliphatic Alcohols on WO₃(001) Surfaces

Dissociative Adsorption of Cyclohexene on Pt(111) at 300 K studied by Single-Crystal Microcalorimetry and Sticking Probability Measurements

The Reaction of 1-chloro-2-methyl-2-propanol (Cl^tBuOH)on Oxygen-covered Ag(110): C-Cl Bond Cleavage in Epoxide Formation

Surface Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Fragments on Transition Metals: Towards Understanding Catalytic Processes

Fluorinated Carboxylic Acids Deprotonation on the Cu(100) Surface

Enantioselective Reactivity of R-2-bromobutane on Cu(531)

Coupled Experimental and Theoretical Study of Weakly Adsorbed Molecules on Metal Surfaces

H₂ Production from Ethanol Over Au-Rh/CeO₂ Catalysts

The Dynamics of Crystallite Shape Transformations

Fluctuations of Islands on Anisotropic Surfaces¹

The Importance of Substrate Steps on the Ripening of 3D Particles: Ag and Cu on Ru(0001)

Geometry-Based Simulation Algorithm for Island Formation during Submonolayer Film Growth

Pyramidal Faceted Ni Nanocrystals on W(111)

Growth and Stability of Bi Films on Si(111) Studied by LEEM

Nucleation Kinetics during Homoepitaxial Growth of TiN(001) by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering

Pt Adsorption on Chiral SrTiO₃ Surfaces

High-Temperature Low Energy Electron Microscopy Studies of Spiral Dislocation Dynamics on TiN(111) Terraces

Conversion from Nanowire to Epilayer: Epitaxial Growth of Bi on Si(114)-2x1

Low Cost Thin Film Electronics on Flexible Polymeric Substrates

Ultra-high Barrier Coating Deposition on Polycarbonate Substrates

Organic Thin Film Transistors based on Fluorene-Arylene Copolymers for Printed Electronics

Elastic Metal Interconnects

Properties of Indium Zinc Oxide Thin Films on Heat Withstanding Plastic Substrates

Interface and Bulk Charge in Low Temperature Silicon Nitride Dielectrics on Plastic Substrates

Effect of Swift Heavy Ions on the Structural and Optical Properties of RF Plasma Polymerized Aniline Thin Films