AVS2004 Monday Afternoon

Single Photon Ionization of a Derivatized Peptide Covalently Bound to a Surface

ToF-SIMS Applications in the Analysis of DNA Microarrays

Cell Imaging, DNA Diagnostics, Protein Analysis: Mass Spectrometric Characterization of Biological Surfaces

Molecular Depth Profiling of Polymer Multilayers using a Polyatomic Primary Ion Beam

Applications of Cluster SIMS for Molecular Depth Profiling in Biomaterial Systems

Improved ToF-SIMS Ion Yields and Cationization of Water-Soluble Analytes by Polyelectrolyte Multilayers

Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Elemental Distributions from TOF-SIMS Image Depth Profiles

Thermodynamic and Kinetic Control of Protein Adsorption on Surfaces with Grafted Polymers

Approach Towards Protein Adsorption, Desorption and Exchange

Mixology of Protein Solutions and the Vroman Effect

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the γ Chain Fragment of Fibrinogen on Functionalized SAM Surfaces

The Effects of Adsorbed Proteins on the Performance of Biomedical and Biotechnological Devices

The Surface Analysis and Quantification of the Electro-sprayed Fibronectin on Biocompatible Materials

The Effect of Surface Structure and Functionality on Conformation of Surface-Adsorbed Fibrinogen

Natural Power Scaling Trends in Microprocessors and Other Complex Logic

Challenges and Opportunities for Cooling Advanced Semiconductor Devices

Overview of the Heat Removal by Thermo Integrated Circuits (HERETIC) Program at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Liquid Cooling Technologies for Microprocessors

Microfluidic Technologies for Integrated Thermal Management

Metal Nitride Gate Electrode Effects on Dielectric Properties of HfO2 and Hf-doped TaOx High-k Gate Dielectrics

d-states Coupling in Mixed High-k Oxides: Transition Metal Oxide Binary Alloys, and Transition Metal-rare Earth Complex Oxides

Theoretical Analysis of High-K Dielectric Interfaces with Silicon and Metals

Nitrided Hafnium Silicates for Gate Dielectrics

Optical Properties of Prospective High-k Dielectric Films

Spectroscopic Studies of Valence Band States in HfO2, TiO2, ZrO2 and HfTiO4 by Soft X-Ray and Vacuum Ultra-Violet Photoemission Spectroscopy

Electronic Properties and Band Alignments of Hf-based Gate Dielectrics on Silicon

Interface Band Alignment in High-k Gate Stacks

A New Approach to the Synthesis of Zr Oxynitride Alloys: Chemical and Electrical Characterizations

Parylene and Its MEMS Applications

Fabrication of Ferroelectric Nanomechanical Resonators

BCB-Based Linear Micromotor Supported on Microball Bearings: Design Concepts, Characterization, and Fabrication Development

Dielectrophoretic Assembly and Integration of Functional Nanodevices with VLSI Circuitry

Nanoscale Synthesis of Particles and Vesicles in Microfluidic Devices

Layered Nanofabrication (lnf) As a Tool for NEMS and Bio-NEMS

Ultrafast Fabrication of 3D Microstructures for MEMS Applications

Micro-fabricated Charge-sensing Resistive Probe

Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Achievements and Perspectives

Atomic-Scale Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Magnetic Transition Metal Nitride Surfaces

Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Single-Crystallized Nanodot Arrays

Spin-Resolved Core Level Photoemission of Ferromagnetic Thin Films

Spin Polarized Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy on Ferromagnetic Thin Films

High-Resolution Imaging of Magnetization Dynamics Using X-PEEM

Magnetic Interaction between a Ferromagnetic Substrate and Adsorbed Manganese Porphyrin Molecules

Quantitative Plasma Beam Investigation of Polysilicon Sidewall Roughening

3-Dimensional Feature Scale Simulation of Polysilicon Sidewall Roughening

Unraveling the Complex Process Known as 'Plasma Chemistry'

Stabilization of Radical Composition Drift in Fluorocarbon Plasmas

Etching of Passivated SiO₂ Film by Fluorocarbon Ions: A Molecular Dynamics Study

Spontaneous Etching of Silicon with F Atoms and XeF₂: A Unified Model

Real-time Spectroscopic Studies of Si Etch Dynamics

Insights into the Ion Energy Dependence of Ion-Assisted Chemical Etch Rates in High-Density Plasmas

A Model of Multilayer Surface Reactions and Simulation of the Feature Profile Evolution in Etching of Silicon in Chlorine Plasmas

Dielectric Barrier, Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharges (DB-APGD) : Applications, Diagnostics and Modeling

Hot Hollow Cathode Diffuse Arc Deposition of Chromium Nitride Films

Atmospheric Plasma Deposition of Abrasion Resistant Coatings on Plastic

Plasma Surface Modification for In-line Commercial Applications

Fundamental Aspects on the Sputter Efficiency in High Power Pulsed Magnetron Sputtering

RF Plasma Deposition of Thin SiO_x Films onto Aluminium Alloy: XPS and Contact Angle Measurements Studies

Transparent Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Barrier Coatings for Plastic OLED Substrates

Mass Spectrometric Determination of the Mechanism of the Chemically-Enhanced Reaction of Hydrogen Plasmas and Propellant Surfaces.

Control of Nanostructure Evolution in Metastable Transition Metal Nitride Layers using High-Flux, Low-Energy Ion Irradiation during Growth

Investigation of the Solubility in (M_xM'_2-x)AlC (M and M' = Ti, V, Cr) as well as the Cr-Al-C System

Growth and Characterization of New Epitaxial MAX-Phase Thin Films from the Ti_n+1(Si, Ge)C_n Systems by Magnetron Sputtering

Epitaxial Growth of B1-NaCl-Structure HfN_x Layers on MgO(001) by Ultrahigh Vacuum Magnetron Sputter Deposition

Surface Morphological Evolution of Epitaxial CrN(001) Layers

Stress Reduction in Sputter Deposited Tungsten Films Using Nanostructured Compliant Layers by High Working-Gas Pressures

High Powered Pulsed Magnetron Sputtering of Metallic Films in Ar, Ne, and He Plasmas

The Dominance of Oxygen in Two-Gas Reactive Sputtering of Oxynitride Films

Ion Assisted Deposition of Zirconium Nitride using Balanced and Unbalanced Magnetron Sputtering

Theoretical Insights into Chemistry and Catalysis at the Aqueous Metal Interface

Atomistic Modeling of CO Oxidation on Pd(100): Ordering of the Reactant Adlayer, Bistability of Steady States, and TPR

CO Coupling Reaction on UO₂(111)Single Crystal Surface: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

Towards an Understanding of the Silver Catalysed Ethylene Epoxidation Process

Determination of Adsorption Site for Isocyanides and Aminocarbynes on Pt(111) from Theoretical and Experimental Vibrational Spectra

Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study of Methanol Adsorption and Reaction on Copper Clusters

Furan Decomposition Mechanism on Vicinal Pd(111) Studied by STM and DFT¹

Surface Liquid Behavior of Organic Molecules in Nanoscale Direct Deposition Processes

The First Demonstration of the Gas Phase Modification of Scribed Silicon

Displacement Printing of Adamantanethiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers

Controlling Surface Architecture on the sub-100 nm Length Scale with Dip-Pen Nanolithography

Competition as Design Concept in Self-Assembled Monolayers

Tuning of Orientation and Chiral Recognition of a Single Chiral Molecule in Self-Assembly through Modulation of Anchoring Sites

Resonance-Assisted Hydrogen Bonds Stabilize Guanine Quartet Networks on Solid Surfaces

Nano-Mechanical Properties of a "Solid Liquid"

Structure and Properties of Exothermic Metal Multilayers

A Nanometrics Feasibility Approach to Reliable Devices

Properties and Applications of Boron Carbide Thin Films

Mechanical Stress in PVD Deposited Chromium Films

Development of Zrb₂ and Hfb₂ Hard Coatings by CVD from Single Source Precursors

Effects of Sulfur Addition to Magnetron Sputtered a-C:H Thin Films

RF MEMS Beam Stiffness Measurement Using Nanoindentation

Effect of Trimethylsilylation on the Film Stress of Nanoporous Silica Ultralow-k Film Stacks