AVS2009 Wednesday Morning

Probing Photoinduced Charging in CdS and CdSe Films by Dynamical XPS Measurements

Energy Filtered PhotoElectron Microscopy

Some Problems of Quantitative Applications of High (up to 15 keV) Energy X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Hydrogen Quantification at Surfaces by Electron Spectroscopy

Hot Electron Transport Properties of Thin Copper Films Using Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy

XPS Imaging Techniques for the Chemical Characterization of Fuel Cell Membrane Electrode Assemblies

Formation of Hydroxyapatite Films on Thin Etridonate Films formed on Stainless Steel and Titanium Studied by Core and Valence Band XPS - A Potentially Biocompatible Surface for Implants

Enhancing Information Extracted from XPS Spectra using a Near Real-Time Data Analysis Package

Size-dependent Properties and Surface Chemistry of Metal Oxide Nanomaterials

XPS and SEM/STEM Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles Formed from the X-ray-Induced and Thermal Reduction of Silver Behenate

Surface Chemistry of Deuterium Terminated Silicon Nanocrystals and Effect of Surface Passivation on Photoluminescence

Experimental Characterization of CdSe/ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dots Encapsulated with Poly(maleic anhydride-alt-1-tetradecene)

2009 AVS Albert Nerken Award Lecture - Reactivity of Nanoparticles and Other Surface Controlled Properties of Materials

Surface Characterization and Simulation of Self-Assembled Monolayer Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles

Nanocerium Oxide as Antioxidant – Role of Environment and Surface Coating on the Interaction with Reactive Oxygen Species

Dynamic Nature of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles – Influence of Aging and Local Environment

Characterizing Environmentally Induced Changes in Nanoparticle Surface Chemistry

Design of Antibody Array-Based Sensors for Disease Proteomics: Grand Challenges

Development, Validation and Application of Q-Plex Array Technology

Drop on Demand Ink Jet Methods for Development and Manufacturing of Array Based Sensors and Diagnostics

New Molecular Strategies to Suppress Noise and Amplify Signal in Protein and DNA Microarrays

SwitchDNA Biosensors for the Label-Free Detection and Sizing of Protein Targets on a Chip

Nanomechanical Readout of DNA Microarrays

Nanoscale Guided Molecular Engineering of Organic Electro-Optical Materials

Perpendicular Interaction between Donor and Accepter Molecules on Au(111) Surface

An Ultra-Thin Molecular Superconductor

Correlating Structure and Electronic Properties in Oligothiophene Monolayers, an AFM Study

Transport through a Single Octanethiol Molecule Adsorbed on a Pt-modified Ge(001) Surface

Modulation of Charge Injection and Transport in Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-Based Field-Effect Transistors by Self-Assembled Monolayers

Reliable and Selective Formation of Metallic Contacts to Organic Thin Films: Towards Molecular Electronics

Quantum Dot Polymer Light Emitting Device With a Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Film

Effects of Different Organic Passivation Layers on the Electrical Stabilities of Flexible Organic Thin Film Transistors under Cyclic Bendin

EFRC: Science of Precision Multifunctional Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage

Research at the Center on Materials for Energy Efficiency Applications (CMEEA)

RJ Lee Group's Advanced FESEM/STEM and XPS Analytical Services for Exploring the Nano-World

Graphene Extraordinary Magnetoresistive Devices

Electronic Spin Transport and Spin Precession in Single Graphene Layers at Room Temperature

Quantum Hall Effect in Suspended Graphene Devices

Spin Injection and Transport in Single Layer Graphene

Spin Polarized Electrons in Graphene Nanoribbons

Observation of Charge Puddles and Edge Effect in a Graphene Device by Scanning Gate Microscope

The Life and Death of a Drop: Topological Transitions and Singularities in Fluids

Liquid Fragmentation

Dripping and Jetting: Mechanisms of Droplet Formation in Two- and Three-Phase Flows

Interplay between Simulation, Theory, and Experiment in Nonstandard Inkjet Printing: From New Devices to Complex Fluids

The Microfluidics of NonSpherical Colloidal Particles and Vesicles with Application to Blood Additives

2009 Medard Welch Award Lecture - Molecular Interfaces to Nanoscale Materials: Making "Dumb" Materials "Smart"

Plasmon Induced Molecular Conductivity in Devices

CMOS Compatible Silicon Nanowire Field Effect Transistor as Ultrasensitive Bio-sensor

The Role of Surface Chemistry on the Properties of Nanoporous Gold

Surface Plasmon Induced Enhancement of Hot Electron Flow Generated by Photons Probed with Metal-Semiconductor Nanodiodes

Gallium Nanoparticles: An Alternative Metal for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

Effect of Functional Substrates on Optoelectronic Properties of Hybrid Nanostructures

Control of Coupled Silicon Atomic Quantum Dots for Nano-Electronic Computing Architectures

Towards Wafer-Scale Fabrication of Room-Temperature Single-Electron Transistors

A New Diagnostic Tool of Electron Energy Distribution Function in Capacitive Mode Plasmas in a Variety of Frequencies

A Diagnostic Investigation of Pulsed PECVD for Thin Film Deposition

Characterization and Active Stabilization of Plasma and Generator Interactions

Plasma Characterization of a 200-mm Hollow Cathode Magnetron for the Deposition of Metallic and Compound Thin Films

Probe Measurements in a Very High Frequency CCP Discharge

Macroscopic Diagnostics for In-Situ Measurement of Sidewall Charging During Plasma Etching

Study on Relation between CFx Radicals and Plasma Parameters in ICP Plasmas with Laser-Induced Fluorescence and Wave Cutoff Probe

Development of High Density Radical Source and the Behaviors of Radicals in N₂-H₂ Mixture Plasma

Plasma Polymerization of bis-1, 2-(triethoxysilyl) Ethane (BTSE): Interfacial Characterization by ToF-SIMS and XPS

Self-limiting Deposition of Nanolaminates by Pulsed PECVD

Tailoring PECVD Ultra-Low-k Films for Nanoscale Interconnects

Amplitude Modulated Pulse RF Discharges for Producing and Driving Nano-Blocks

Plasma Deposition of Platinum-Based Nanocomposite Films as Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts

Contribution of CN Radicals to the Nitrogen Content of Plasma-Deposited a-CN_x Materials

Comparison between a DC Reactive Magnetron Sputtering Discharge in an Ar/NH₃ and Ar/H₂/N₂ Gas Mixture

The Application of AC Diode Sputtering for Aluminum Thin Films in Small Apertures

3D Plasma Simulations of a High Density Plasma CVD Reactor using VIZGLOW

Scanning Probe Microscopy of Interfacial Water Confined Between Silica Surfaces

Theory of Tip-Sample Interaction Force for AFM in Water

Isolated Single Water Molecules on Ultrathin MgO Film Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscope

In Situ XPS Study of H₂O and CO₂ Adsorption on MgO(100) Films under Ambient Conditions

Oxide and Carbonate Surfaces in Dynamic Equilibrium with Water Vapor

The Composition of the Liquid/Vapor Interface of Aqueous Nitrate and Nitric Acid Solutions

Investigation of Hydroxyl Dimer Rows Formed by Thermal Dissociation of Water on Cu(110) Surface

Key Processes of Ice-Multilayer Evolution during Growth and Annealing Studied with STM

Structure of Ultra Thin Water Films on Ruthenium

Adsorption of Xenon on Vicinal Copper Surfaces

Effect of Surface Order and Thickness on the Adsorption Mechanism of NO on FePc

Interfacial Bonding of Thiophene and Aromatic Isocyanide on Au(111)

Identification of C₂H_x Intermediates on Pt(111) through the Combined Use of Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Reflection Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy

Dehydrogenation of Single Ammonia Molecules on Ruthenium

The Ca / MEH-CN-PPV Interface: Ca Adsorption Calorimetry, LEIS and XPS

STM Tip Induced Surface Reactions on TiO₂(110)

H₂O Interaction with Oxygen Adatoms on TiO₂(110)

Sulfur Adsorption on Ag(111) and Ag(100): Structures and Surface Dynamics

Ionicity of Adsorbates: Dependence on Coverage, Site, and Substrate

Growth of Thin Films of Nanomeshes on Solid Surfaces through Self-Assembly

Nanometer-Scale Direct-Write 3D-Patterning using Probes

Subwavelength Patterning of Organic Monolayers Via Nonlinear Laser Processing with fs-laser Pulses

Alloy Destabilization Behavior of Cu-Ni Thin Films on Si during Solid State Dewetting

Electrical, Optical and Structural Studies of Shallow Buried Au-PMMA Composite Films formed by Very Low Energy Ion Implantation

Preparation and Microstructure of Silver Nanoparticles Embedded into a Flourocarbon Matrix Prepared by RF and DC Sputtering

Dewetting in Single and Bilayer Metallic Films under Pulsed Laser Irradiation

Subsurface Oxidation for Micropatterning Silicon (SOMS)

Variable-Thickness Patterns using Full-Wafer Dynamic Stencil Lithography

Nonlinear Contact Area Dependence of Sliding Friction for Metallic Nanoparticles

Why is Graphite so Slippery? Gathering Clues from Atomically Resolved Three-Dimensional Lateral Force Measurements

Atomistic Simulations of Friction and Wear of Carbon-Based Materials

MD and AFM Studies of the Adhesion of Diamond, Silicon, and UNCD

Which Fractal Parameter Most Determines Adhesion?

Multiscale Modelling of the Indentation and Scratch Damage of Ultrathin Coatings on Architectural Glass

Cognitive Molecular Engineering In Nanotribology - Intrinsic Friction Analysis

Optimization of Tailored Multifunctional Nanocomposite Structures

Gas Dynamics Aspects of Atomic Layer Deposition

Collimated Gas Beam Analysis for Atomic Layer Epitaxy of Cracked Disilane

Decomposition Characteristic of Metal-organic Gases

Numerical Simulation of Rarefied Gas Flows through Short Tubes Driven by a Pressure Drop

Modelling a 25 Stage Turbomolecular Pump with 6 Orders of Compression with DSMC

New Spiral Molecular Drag Stage Design for High Compression Ratio, Compact Turbo-Drag Pumps

Numerical Analysis of the Rarefied Gas Flow through a Short Channel into a Vacuum

Effect of Surface Material and Roughness on Conductance of Channel between Parallel Disks at Molecular Flow