AVS2013 Monday Afternoon

Structural and Electronic Relationships Between the Lanthanide and Actinide Elements

Signature of Strong Correlations in Actinides and its Compounds: A Dynamical Mean Field Theory Perspective

Towards a Better Understanding of Low-Energy Excitations in Heavy-Fermion Systems

Electronic Structure of EuO under Pressure

Status and Prospects for ICP Focused Ion Beams

Detection of Small Molecules on Intact Biofilms using Femtosecond Laser Desorption Postionization Mass Spectrometry

TOF-MEIS Analysis of Nanostructured Materials

Effect of Ion Bombardment of Novel Electronic Materials

Adventures in Mass Spectrometry Imaging - From Pictures to Words

Argon Gas Cluster Ion Beam (GCIB) Sputter Yields: Measurements for 22 Biological and Organic Electronic Materials, Metals and Oxides

Mass Imaging of Biological Samples with Focused Massive Ar Cluster Ion Beams

Dissociation of Argon Cluster Ions by Impact on Metal Surfaces

Biofouling of Carbon Steel: Effects of Microstructure and Test Media on Initial Bacterial Attachment and Subsequent Corrosion

Charged SAMs as Model Surfaces to Understand Anti-fouling Properties of Zwitterionic Coatings

The Role of Bacterial Physiology in Biodeterioration of Polyurethane Coatings

Multifunctional Active Nano and Microstructured Surfaces for Biofouling Management

Roles of Extracellular DNA in the Development and Expansion of Bacterial Biofilms

Sample Preparation and Optimization for Bacterial Identification by Raman Spectroscopy

Silicene, an Option for Future Electronics

Fabrication and Electrical Characterization of High-k/Germanium Tri Gate MOSFETs Grown by MBE on Bulk Silicon

Sub 1-nm Ge-MOSFET with TiO₂/Al₂O₃ Gate Stacks and Interface Trap Passivation by Forming Gas Anneal

Surface Passivation of III-V Antimonides and Ge Based MOSFETs

High-Carrier-Mobility p- and n-Type Field Effect Transistors Fabricated on Large-Area Wafer-Scale Ge Film Epitaxially Grown on Si

Passivation, Functionalization, and Atomic Layer Deposition Nucleation of SiGe(100) via H₂O and H₂O₂

III-V on Insulator (XOI): Processes, Materials, and Devices

Solar Energy Conversion Beyond the Limit

Photocurrent Generation Characteristics of Ge Quantum-Dot Solar Cells

Interfacial Charge Transfer in Extremely Thin Absorber Solar Cells

Solar Photochemical Fuel Generation using Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Graphene as a Transparent Front Contact for Heterojunction Silicon Solar Cells

Tuning Energy Level Alignment at Organic/Semiconductor Interfaces using a Built-in Dipole in Chromophore-Bridge-Anchor Compounds

Plasmonic Sensing of Impregnation Kinetics of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC)

Broken Symmetry Quantum Hall States in Dual Gated ABA and ABC Trilayer Graphene

Electrical Properties of Graphene on Non-Conventional Substrates

Electronic Dispersion in Two Overlapping Graphene Sheets: Impacts of Long-Range Atomic Ordering, Periodic Potentials, and Disorder

Modification of Density of States in Fluorinated Epitaxial Graphene with Electric Bias

Low-Frequency Current Fluctuations in Graphene and 2D Van-der-Waals Materials

Peter Mark Memorial Award Lecture - Opportunities Offered by a Graphene Line Defect

Electronic and Optical Excitations in Graphene and Related 2D Systems: Symmetry and Many-body Effects

Sum-frequency Vibrational Spectroscopy for Studies of Ions Emerging at Water Interfaces

Experimental Quantification of Surface Propensity of Halide Ions by Femtosecond Surface Vibrational Spectroscopy

Specific Ion Effects on Acid-Base Equilibria at the Planar Silica/Water Interface

Molecular Insight Into the Preferential Adsorption of Monovalent Ions to Selected Polar Surfaces: A Vibrational Sum Frequency Study

Dielectric Interfacial Effects

Liquid Jet –XPS Studies of Ions and Nitriles at the Aqueous Interface

Study of the Structural and Adhesion Forces in Highly Concentrated Electrolytes using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

Deposition of AgFeO₂ Thin Films with the Delafossite Structure by Combinatorial Sputtering

MBE Growth and Properties of SrCrO₃ Thin Films

Oxygen Stoichiometry and Topotactic Phase Reversal in SrCoO_x Epitaxial Films

Medard W. Welch Award Lecture - Complex Oxide Interfaces: Conquering the (Polar) Catastrophe

Magnetic Reconstructions in Ultrathin Oxide Heterostructures

A New Tool to Manipulate the Transition Metal Crystal Field: Creating Local Dipoles via Cation Ordering

Hybridized L1' Ordered Phase Induced by Strain in Epitaxial Fe_38.5Pd_61.5 Thin Films

Silicon Integrated Optoelectronics

Multiplexed Nanomechanical Devices with Single Wavelength Nanophotonic Actuation and Detection

Photonic Readout of Higher Flexural Modes of Nanomechanical Doubly Clamped Beams

Progress in Coupling a Superconducting Qubit to Light

Silicon Carbide (SiC) Optical Interferometry for Ultrasensitive Motion Transduction of High Frequency Mechanical Resonators

Graphene Materials and Devices Roadmap

Devices and Materials for the Post CMOS Area - What Are We Looking For?

Manufacturing Challenges of Directed Self-Assembly

Phase Change Memory

450 mm Project

Fe-doped Titania Nanotubes: Iron Role in Structural Modification

Impact of Crystallinity, Chemical Environment and Electronic Structure of TiO₂ Nanotube Arrays for Photocatalysis

Enhanced Field Emission from Oxygen-deficient TiO₂ Nanotube Arrays

Fabrication and Controlled In Situ Morphological Transformation of Highly Ordered Hollow Oxide Nanostructures based on Nanoscale Kirkendall Effect

Carbon Nanotube Macroelectronics and Nanoelectronics

Geometry-Dependent Formation of Multiple Twins in Si Nanowires

Plasma Modification of Chemically Vapor Deposited SnO₂ Nanowires and SnO₂ Nanoparticles for Enhanced Gas Sensing

Vapor Transport Growth and Thermal Conductivity Measurement of Chalcogenide Nanowires with Axial Heterojunctions

Etching Challenges in the BEOL for sub 20nm Technology Nodes

Plasma Etch Challenges at 10nm and beyond Technology Nodes using Multi Patterning Techniques in the BEOL to Produce Metallization-Friendly Profiles

Fine Patterning of Copper by Plasma Etch Process for Advanced BEOL Interconnects

Virtual Fabrication for BEOL Module Optimization Beyond the 22nm Technology Node

Improvements in Low-k Damage and Hard Mask Selectivity in BEOL Dielectric Etch Using C5HF7

Mitigation of Plasma-induced Damage of Advanced 2.0 Porous Dielectrics by the Pore Stuffing Approach

EPR Studies of SiOC:H BEOL (Low-k) Dielectrics

Effect of NH₃/N₂ Ratio in Plasma Treatment on Porous Low Dielectric Constant SiCOH Dielectric

Practical Aspects of using Tailored Voltage Waveforms for Thin Film Processing of Photovoltaic Devices

Characteristics of Plasma Generated by ICP-CVD with Various H₂/SiH₄ Ratios and the Resultant Properties of nc-Si:H Thin Films

Medium Range Order (MRO) in "Amorphous (a)-Si(H)" Alloys in PV and TFT Devices with Intrinsic, B and P Doped a-Si(H) and a-Si,Ge(H) Layers: Reduction of Photo- and Stress-induced Defects by O-bonding

Plasma Prize Talk - Plasma Processing Advances at Illinois

PECVD, Rf vs Dual Frequency : Investigation of Plasma Influence on Metalorganic Precursors Decomposition and Material Characteristics

Reactive High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HiPIMS)

Sputtering Yields and Selectivity of Magnetic Materials by Chemically Reactive Plasmas

Two-dimensional Growth of Novel ZnO based Semiconductor ZnInON with Tunable Bandgap by Magnetron Sputtering

Controlling Surface Reactivity of an Ultrathin MgO Film by Interface Tuning

Energetics of Adsorption of D₂O on Fe₃O₄ (111) Studied by Microcalorimetry

Surface Chemistry of PdO(101)

Elemental Steps in Dehydration of Diols on TiO₂(110)

Site-specific Chemistry in Aqueous Solutions Produces Atomically Flat Rutile (110)

Coverage Dependence of Photocatalysis of Trimethyl Acetate on TiO₂(110)

TiO_x Thin Films on Au(111): Water Dissociation Properties

Probing Charge Transfer Following Molecular Adsorption on CeO₂(100) using Resonant Photoemission

Reactivity of Acetaldehyde on CeO₂(111) Surfaces and the Roles of Oxygen Vacancies

Growth of Metallic First Row Transition Metal Films by Atomic Layer Deposition from New Precursors

O₂ based Ru ALD using CpRu(CO)₂Et: First-principles, Experiments and Micro-kinetic Modeling

The Chemistry of the Cu(I) s-Butyl Amidinate Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Precursor on Ni and Cu Surfaces

Quantitative In Situ Infrared Analysis of Reactions between Trimethylaluminum and Polymers during Al₂O₃ Atomic Layer Deposition

Surface Reactions during the ALD of TiO₂ on Si and GaAs Surfaces Studied by In Situ ATR-FTIR

Metal Oxide/Carbon Composite Films by Pyrolysis of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic MLD Films

Molecular Layer Deposition of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Implant BARC Applications

Mechanical Property Modification of Fiber Forming Polymers by Sequential Organometallic Exposures

Vapor-Phase Modification of Simple Sugars Towards New Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Materials

Unraveling and Eliminating Dissipation Mechanisms in Polymer Brush Interfaces

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Adhesion & Friction between Carbon-based Materials, Silicon, and Silicon Carbide

Electronic Friction at the Atomic Scale: Conduction, Electrostatic and Magnetic Effects

Chemical Origins of Interfacial Friction: Insights from Atomistic Simulations

The Relationship Between Molecular Contact Thermodynamics and Surface Contact Mechanics

Friction of a Thermally Activated Ensemble of Nanocontacts

Nanoprobing of Friction and Charge Transport Properties of Vanadium Dioxide under the Metal-Insulator Transition

Non-Uniform Friction-Area Dependency for Antimony Oxide Surfaces Sliding on Graphite

Modeling and Simulation of Fast Flows in the Vacuum Regime

Capacitance Diaphragm Gauges with Sub-Millisecond Measuring Rate

Measuring Static Outgassing Pressures at Elevated Temperatures

Gas Permeation Measurements on Low Temperature Cofired Ceramics