AVS2007 Wednesday Morning

Local Chemical Measurements with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Chemical Characterisation on the Nanoscale: Imaging XPS and Scanning Auger Microscopy with Ultimate Spatial Resolution

Application of Chemical Imaging in the Pharmaceutical Industry

In-situ Surface Analysis by Optical Means

Synchrotron Radiation Induced X-ray Photoelectron Emission Microscopy (SR-XPEEM) with Aberration Corrected Energy Filterin

Directed Growth of Ordered Metal Nanostructures on Crystalline Cellulose Templates

Critical Issues Concerning the Use of Nanomaterials In Aerospace Platforms

Functionalization and Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles

Multifunctional Quantum Dots for Biomedical Detection and Imaging

Lateral Bilayer Fusion to Nanofunctional Probes

GaN Nanowires for DNA-Sensing Applications

Functional Protein Chip Nano-Templates by Chemical Lithography and Multivalent Chelator Techniques

Protein Patterning by Scanning Near-Field Photolithography

Multicomponent Nanoparticles for Controlled Intracellular Delivery to Targeted Cells

Femtosecond Laser Ablation to Create Nanometer-Scaled Cell Adhesion Ligand Patterns

Neuron Pathfinding on Functionalized Patterned, Gradient, and Fiber Biomaterial Surfaces

XPS, ToF-SIMS, NEXAFS and SPR Characterization of Nitrilotriacetic Acid-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers For Controllable Immobilization of Proteins

Role of Hydrogen Bonding Environment in Amorphous Silicon Films for Passivation of Crystalline Silicon Based Photovoltaic Devices

Impact of Intrinsic Vacancies on Phase Change and Epitaxial Growth of In₂Se₃ on Si(111)

Reliability of Electrical Contacts to Single Crystal SiC

Epitaxial CVD of Metallic HfB2 on SiC Substrates

Surface and Grain Boundary Electron Scattering in Encapsulated Cu Thin Films

Microstructural Evolution of Nickel Germanides in the Ni_1-xTa_x/Ge Systems during In-situ Annealing

Probing the Effect of Interaction and Thermal Expansion Mismatch between Ge and Templated Mask on Defects during Selective Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Ge on Si

Silver-Bearing Ohmic Contacts for AlGaN/GaN Heterostructures

Schottky Barrier Characteristics and Interfacial Reactions of Ir and Ti Gate Metallizations on In0.52Al0.48As/In0.53Ga0.47As High Electron Mobility Transistors

Improvement of AlGaN/GaN HEMT and GaN Schottky Contact Device Performance by Reduction of Epitaxial Film Dislocation Density

Catalysts for Hydrogen Production by Sulfur-Iodine Thermochemical Water Splitting Cycle

Trends in Hydrogen Splitting on Transition Metals at 1 Bar

Catalytic Autothermal Reforming of Renewable Fuels at Millisecond Times

Transient Kinetic Analysis of Intermediates in Steam Reforming on Oxide Supported Cu Catalysts

Model Catalysts for Water-Gas Shift Reaction

Double Role of Water in Fuel Cell Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Adsorption and Dehydrogenation of Carborane on Pt(111)

Short Range Order of Ti Dopants in Al(111): Implications for Hydrogen Storage

Alane Formation on Al(111) and Ti-doped Al(111)

Surface Stability and Electronic Structure of Half-Metallic MnSb

Magnetic and Structural Properties of Epitaxial FeRh Thin Films Grown by MBE

Properties of Epitaxial Co₂MnSi on Vanadium

High Magnetization FeCo/Pd Multilayers

Induced Spin Polarization of Copper Spin 1/2 Molecular Layers

Controlling Magnetic Anisotropy and Probing Magnetic Structure in Magnetic Nanoparticles and Ferromagnetic/Antiferromagnetic Bilayers

Fabrication and Real Time Characterization of Highly Anisotropic Magnetic Nanostructures

Effects of Preheat Treat on the Anisotropy and Particle Size of Sr(TiMn)2Fe8O19 Magnetic Powders

Surface Functionalization of Single Iron Oxide Magnetic Nanoparticles (SPIONs) for Targeted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Emerging Materials for Nanomanufacturing

Formation of Parallel- and Latticed-Nanostructures by Surface-Patterning Technique

The Challenges and Rewards of Building a Better Biosensor System: The NRL cBASS^®

Patterned Medium Substrates for Magnetic Recording Fabricated Using Ion Beam Proximity Lithography

Fabrication of Large-area Magnetic Ring Arrays using Ion Beam Proximity Lithography

Nano-fabrication of Patterned Media

Direct Integration of Carbon Nanostructure Family into Bimetal Micro-tubular Scroll

Self-Organization of SiGe Quantum Dots Grown on Ultrathin Si Nanomembranes

Synthesis of Si_1-xGe_x Nanowire Alloys by Chemical Vapor Deposition

In Situ Kinetic Measurements during the Nucleation and Growth of Si and Ge Nanowires

Self-Catalyzed Growth of Defect-Free Indium Phosphide Nanowires on Silicon

Plasma-stimulated Control of Silicon Nanowire Nucleation, Orientation and Growth Kinetics

Nanowires in Nanoelectronics: Problems and Promise

Electrical and Mechanical Characterization of Nanowire Properties using In-Situ SEM

Four Independent STM Navigated by High Resolution UHV SEM: Transport Measurements on In-Situ Grown Titanium Silicide Nanowires on Si(111)

Anisotropic Plasmon and Electronic Structure of Ag Nanowires on Cu(110)

Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes in Biomedical Research: Lessons from Neutron Scattering

Study of Fluctuation and Destabilization of Single Phospholipidic Bilayer by Neutron and X-ray Scattering

Protein-induced Pores in Membranes Detected and Studied by Neutron Scattering

Using Neutron Spectroscopy to Study Collective Dynamics of Biological and Model Membrane Systems

Spectroscopic, Spatial, and Temporal Investigation of Fe Nanoparticle Synthesis by Through Thin Film Ablation

Size Manipulation and Control of Nanoparticles Produced from Atmospheric-Pressure Microplasmas

Ionic Plasmas Yielding Novel-Structured and -Functional Nanocarbons

Continuous-Flow Microplasma Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles for Catalytic Growth of Carbon Nanotubes

Low Temperature Growth of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Oxygen-Assisted Inductively Coupled Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition

Fabrication of Defect-Free and Diameter-Controlled Silicon Nanodisks for Future Quantum Devices by using Neutral Beam Etching

Parallel Writing of Complex Nanofeatures using Nanopantography

High Aspect Ratio Deep Trench Chamber and Process Development for Silicon Etch in DRAM Applications below 50 nm

Etch Selectivity and Surface Roughening of Polystyrene and Poly(methyl methacrylate) in Plasma Etching of Block Copolymers

Comparison between NF₃ and CF₄ Chemistries for the Selective Etching of SiGe Sacrificial Layers in a 300mm Chemical Dry Etching Reactor

Measurement of Electron Shading and its Depletion by Ultraviolet Radiation using Scanning Surface Potential Microscopy¹

Surface Reaction Enhancement by UV Irradiation during Si Etching with Chlorine Atom Beam

Vacuum-Ultraviolet Radiation-Induced Charge Depletion in Plasma-Charged SiO2/Si by Electron Photoinjection and Fowler-Nordheim Tunneling¹

The Characteristics of a Neutral Beam Angle using a Low Angle Reflected Neutral Beam Etching System

Quantitative Characterization of Ions and Si Surface Interactions - Estimation of Plasma-Induced Defect Generation Probability

Plasma-Catalytic Removal of Nitrogen Oxides

New Insight into Fundamental Ion-Surface Interactions

Investigating Fundamental Etch Limits: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Sub-10 nm Feature Fabrication

Fragmentation Dynamics of Energetic Fluorinated Ions on Inert and Reactive Surfaces

Optical Second-Harmonic Generation to Study Plasma-Surface Interaction in Silicon Materials Processing

High Rate Deposition of Photocatalytic TiO₂ Films by dc Magnetron Sputtering using a TiO_2-x Target

Flat-Flame Chemical Vapor Deposition Synthesis of Nanostructured Titania for Visible Light Photocatalyst

The Substrate Effect on the TiO2 Photocatalytic Thin Films

Structuring Highly Active, Nano-scale Photocatalytic Films using Reactive Sputtering

Photocatalytic Coating: Present Situation and Future Direction

Composition-Spread Carbon-Incorporated Titania Films for Visible Light Photocatalysis

High Rate Deposition of TiO₂ Films by using Two Sputtering Sources

Enhancement of Hydrophilicity and Photo Catalytic Activities of Nanocrystalline TiO₂ Thin Film Doped with Ruthenium

Influence of Ferroelectric Polarization on Adsorption on BaTiO₃

Effect of Poling Direction on the Reactivity of Ferroelectric Oxide Surfaces

The Interaction of NO₂ with MgO(100) Studied with Photoemission Spectroscopy

The Interaction of NO₂ with BaO: From Cooperative Adsorption to Ba(NO₃)₂ Formation

Reactivity of Low-dimensional Oxide Nanostructures^*

Adsorption Energetics of Ag on CeO₂(111)

Redox Properties of HCOOH over CeO₂ Surfaces: Pathways to Surface Oxidation and Reduction

Hydrogen Diffusion on TiO₂(110) at Elevated Temperatures

The Adsorption of Cysteine and Co-Adsorption of Cysteine and Gold on TiO₂(110)

Density Functional Theory Study of Hydrogen Cyanide and Formamide over Rutile TiO₂ (110) and (011) Surfaces

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Growth Study of a Columnar Liquid Crystalline Hexaazatriphenylene Derivative on Au(111)

UHV-STM Studies of DNA Bases on Au(111)

Understanding Molecular Exchange on Surfaces: Controlling and Elucidating the Mechanism of 1-Adamantathiolate Monolayer Displacement

Thermal Treatment of Glutamic Acid Etched Ni Nanoclusters on Au{111} Leads to the Formation of 1-D Metal Organic Co-Ordination Networks

Crossover from Site-Sensitive to Site-Insensitive Adsorption of the Fullerene Derivative PCBM on Au(111) due to Hydrogen-Bond Formation

Nanostructured Binary Molecular Films: Lessons from ACA:C₆₀ Mixtures

Detection of Gaseous Nitric Oxide Using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

An In Situ EC-STM Study of the Restructuring of Self-Assembled Monolayers upon Metal Deposition

Irradiation-Promoted Exchange Reaction: A New Approach to the Fabrication of Heterogeneous Self-Assembled Monolayers and Chemical Lithography

Calcium Adsorption on Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene): Synchrotron Radiation Photoemission and Microcalorimetric Studies

Supramolecular Coordination Networks at Surfaces: Self-selection and Error Correction in Multi-ligand Nanopore Arrays

Dependence of Fiber Texture on Connectivity in Composite Thin Films

Morphology Evolution during Growth of Epitaxial Ti_1-xAl_xN and Cr_1-xAl_xN Films onto MgO(100) and MgO(111)

A Mesoscopic View on Complex, Stress-Governed Phenomena in Submonolayer Ag-films on Pt(111) at High Temperature

Field Emission Suppression from Stainless Steel Using Silicon Oxynitride Coatings

A Study of Tungsten Silicon Nitride Films Used for Thermal Inkjet Printheads

Ti as an Interface Stabilizer for Fe-Al Interfaces*

Size-Selected Clusters: From 3D Atomic Structure to Applications in Biochips

Formation of Robust, Freestanding Tantalum Oxide Films with Controlled Morphology

Fabrication of Poly-Crystalline Silicon Thin Film by Using a Neutral Beam Deposition Method at a Low Temperature

Properties of Nano-Crystalline Silicon Grown by Internal Linear Antenna-Inductively Coupled Plasma-type Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition