AVS2013 Wednesday Morning

Progress in Planar-Feature Spatial Reconstruction for Atom Probe Tomography

APT Analysis of Superlattices, Nanowires, and Non-Planar Heterostructures

Atom Probe Analyses of Interfaces in Nd-Fe-B Permanent Magnets for Higher Coercivity

New Insights Into the Corrosion Behavior of Simulated Vitrified Nuclear Waste from Atom Probe Tomography

Advanced Applications in LEAP Microscopy

Gaining an Atomic Scale Understanding of Optoelectronic, Magneto- and Ionic-Transport in Nanostructured Materials using Cross-Correlative STEM and APT

Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry - Principles and Applications

A Microplasma VUV Photoionization Source for Ambient Mass Spectrometry

Advances in Pulsed-Plasma Sources for Surface Analysis by Ambient Mass Spectrometry

Comparison of Ambient Pressure Ionization Sources by Determining Useful Yields of Forensic Compounds of Interest

Atmospheric Pressure Ionization Mass Spectrometry: Fundamentals, Simulations, and Applications

Ambient Mass Spectrometry for Structural Analysis of Organic Monolayers

Differentiation of Microbial Species & Strains in Coculture Biofilms by Multivariate Analysis of Laser Desorption Postionization Mass Spectra

High-Throughput Discovery of Materials for Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Culture

Toxicology of Antimicrobial Conjugated Electrolytes: Interactions with Mammalian Cells

In Situ ATR-FTIR of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation

Do Cells Read Braille? High Throughput Screening of Surface Topography-Induced Cellular Responses

Less is More: Enhancing the Effect of Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF2) on Human Dermal Fibroblast Proliferation by Surface Modification

An Anionic Drug Delivery System using Lecithin Liposomes to Improve Oncolytic Viral Cancer Therapy

Poly(N-isopropyl Acrylamide)-coated Surfaces: Investigation of Biocompatibility with Mammalian Cells

Polymer Microarrays for the High Throughput Discovery of Novel Switchable Materials

Antibacterial and Cells Proliferation Studies of Biodegradable Polymeric 3D Scaffolds

Active Surfaces and Interfaces in Valence Change Memory Type Oxides

Resistive Switching and Interface Structure of Metal / Ga₂O₃ / Metal Heterostructures

The Effect of High-Pressured N₂ Annealing in NiO_x based Resistive Random Access Memory

Ionic Memory - Materials and Devices

Electrode-bias Injection and Percolation Controlled Transport through Vacated O-atom Site Defects in Nano-grain (ng-) TM Oxides and in Non-crystalline (nc-) Si(Ge)O₂

Investigation of the Dominant Conduction Mechanisms in Metal-Insulator-Metal Tunnel Diodes with Ta₂O₅ and Nb₂O₅ Dielectrics Deposited by Atomic Layer Deposition

Mechanism of Light Emission and Optical Characteristics of Thin Film Metal Oxides

Formation and Properties of High-k/InGaAs Interfaces on Well-Controlled Surfaces

Chemical Passivation of GaAs using Alkanethiols

Disorder Induced Gap States in III-V MOS Devices

III-V Frequency Dispersion in CV and Small Signal AC Transconductance Measurements

High-k Dielectric/InGaAs MOSCAPs with EOTs 0.7 nm and Low Interface Trap Densities

Effect of Deposition Temperature on the Electrical Properties of ALD-HfO₂ Film on GaAs

ALD of Nanolayers and Nanoparticles for Photovoltaics and Other Clean Energy Technologies

Titanium Doped Tungsten Oxide (WO₃) Thin Films for Application in Photovoltaic Devices

Microstructural and Chemical Features Affecting the Reversible Lithiation of SiO_x

Correlation of Thermoelectric Properties with Local Chemical Environments in Reduced Polycrystalline and Single Crystalline Sr_xBa_1-xNb₂O₆

Engineering Energy Levels at the TiO₂:P3HT Interface using Atomic Layer Deposition

Electrical and Thermal Transport in Inorganic Nanowire/Polymer Nanocomposites

TOF-SIMS and AFM Studies of Morphology and Molecular Intermixing at Organic Thin Film Interfaces

PREVAC’s Solution for Scientific Software Needs

Integrated AFM-Raman – Connecting Performance & Flexibility to Ease of Use & Reliability

Growth of Graphene by Catalytic Dissociation of Ethylene on CuNi(111)

Energies and Lifetimes of Unoccupied Electronic States of Graphene on the Ru(0001) Surface

Low-Energy Electron Microscopy of Hexagonal Boron Nitride on Nickel

Intercalation of C₆₀ at the Interface of CVD Graphene and Copper

Controlled Synthesis of Heterostructures of 2D Materials

Growth and Characterization of Single Layer MoS₂ and Mo₂S₃ on Cu(111): Toward an Inverted Catalyst

Ultrafast Charge Transfer at Graphene Monolayers on Ni(111) and Other Substrates

Growth Kinetics of Monolayer Graphene on Pd(111)

Preparation of Ultra Stable Organic Glasses by Physical Vapor Deposition

Composition and Structure Manipulation for Energy Materials with Improved Properties

Accelerated Optimization of Solar Cell Materials

The "Materials Genome" Project: Accelerated and Large-Scale Materials Discovery through Computation

Multifunctional Interfacial Materials by Design

Outcomes of and Materials for Two University-Level Courses on Atomic Force Microscopy

Imaging Li and B in a Glass Sample with 100nm Lateral Resolution Using NanoSIMS

Visualization of Subsurface Features in Soft Matrix using Atomic Force Microscopy Techniques

Nanoscale Characterization Using Resonance Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy

AFM-based Chemical and Mechanical Property Characterization of Low-k/Cu Interconnects

Amino Acid Immobilization and Surface Diffusion of Copper

Catalytic Model Systems Studied by High-Resolution, Video-Rate Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Scanned Probe Based Nanofabrication on Silicon: Progress, Challenges and Technology Spin-Offs

Examination of Atomistic Etching Control of SiO₂-Si-SiO₂ Multi-Layers Stacks Using Cyclic Ar/C₄F₈ Plasma

Plasma Induced Surface Roughness of ArF Photoresist Examined by Plasma-Beam Processes

Sidewall Polymer Deposition for Achieving Near 1:1 x:y Critical Dimension Shrinkage

Plasma Energy Partitioning and Influences on Surface Reactivity

H₂/ D₂/Ar Plasmas Interacting with Carbon-based Films: Plasma Distribution Functions, Etching and Applications

Molecular Dynamics Simulation for Hydrogen Plasma Processing of Graphene

Beam Studies of Plasma Etching Reactions

Surface Cleaning for Enhanced Adhesion to Packaging Surfaces: Plasma and Free Radical Chemistries

LEEM, PEEM and ARPES Studies of Epitaxial Graphene on SiC(0001)

An Imaging NEXAFS Detector for Compositional and Structural Analysis

Recent Advances in High Resolution Real and Reciprocal Space Photoelectron Emission Microscopy

Quantum Material Spectroscopy Center at the Canadian Light Source

Nano-ARPES Beamline at SOLEIL: A Powerful and Innovative Probe for Nanoscience

Grazing Incidence and Grazing Exit X-ray Spectroscopy of Ultra Shallow Arsenic Implants in Silicon

Basic Principles and Applications of Time Resolved Grazing Incidence EXAFS Experiments for Surface Studies in the 50 ms Range

Portable versus Synchrotron TXRF Analysis

Models for the Origin of Biological Homochirality

A New Catalytic RNA for the RNA World

Chemical Mapping of Minerals and Meteorites for Origins of Life Research

Water at Interfaces under Realistic Conditions

pH Dependent Behavior of Ammonia and Ammonium at the Liquid-Vapor Interface of Aqueous Solutions

Hydrogen Bonding – Probing its Role in Electron-promoted Desorption from Icy Films

Structure Sensitivity of Glycerol Oxidation Catalyzed by Pt/SiO₂ under Mild Conditions

Heats of Adsorption and Surface Reaction for CO and O₂ on Pd Nanoparticles by Single Crystal Adsorption Microcalorimetry

Size-dependent Correlations between Supported Cluster Electronic Properties and Catalytic/Electrocatalytic Activity

Characteristics of Sulfur-Vacancy Clusters in Single Layer MoS₂: Insights from ab initio Calculations

A New Effect of Nanoconfinement on Chemical Equilibrium: Theory and Experimental Evidence

Encapsulation of Noble-Metal Clusters on ZnO(10-10) and Its Impact on Catalytic Reactivity

ALD ZnO 3D Hierarchical Nanostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic Dye Degradation Kinetics

Phase/Catalytic Activity Correlations of TiO₂ ALD Functionalized Nanoporous Gold

Nanostructured Gold Model Catalysts on Oxygen-Free Substrates

Characterization of Thermal Plasma....

Effects of High Pressure on InGaZnO Thin Film

Surface Chemistry of Amorphous InGaZnO₄ Films

UV Radiation Effect on Electrical Characteristics of Passivated IGZO TFTs

Processing Water-based TFT Materials

Printed Circuits and Sensing Systems

Low Temperature Integration of Metal Oxide Thin Films for Flexible Electronic Applications

Recent Advances and Challenges in Magnetic Recording Media

FePt Nanopillars for Advanced Media by Glancing Angle Deposition

Mössbauer Study of Disordering in Thin Sputtered FeCo–SiO₂ and FeCo Films

Comparing Deep Reactive Ion Etching vs. Ion Milling for Block Copolymer Templating for Bit Patterned Media

Atomic Layer Deposition Enabled Synthesis of Nanostructured Composite BiFeO₃/CoFe₂O₄ Thin Films for Multiferroic Applications

Tuning the Composition and Water Vapor Permeation Properties of the Silica-Like Films Deposited in Atmospheric Pressure High Current Dielectric Barrier Discharge

Measuring the Diffusion Coefficient of Water in High Quality Permeation Barrier Layers

Improving the Reliability of Electronics Using ALD Barrier Films

Long-term Performance of Atomic Layer Deposited Al₂O₃ and Parylene Bi-layer Encapsulation for Utah Electrode Array Based Neural Interfaces

On the Role of Nanoporosity in Moisture Permeation Barrier Layers

Atomic Density and Nano-Porosity Thresholds for Nanoscale Low-k Moisture Diffusion Barrier Materials

Low Stress Carbon Films as Gas Barrier Layers

The Effective Control of Surface Profile and Arc Discharge during Amorphous Carbon Layer Deposition Process

Recent Innovation in Dry Pumping Technology

Novel Approaches in the Pumping Speed Characterization of NEG, SIP and their Combination in UHV Systems

Symbiotic Relation between High Energy Accelerators and Advanced Medical Treatments

LHC Experimental Beam Pipe Vacuum Chambers Characterization and Validation

Commissioning of NSLS-II Vacuum Systems

Higher Order Mode RF Absorbers for Cornell ERL Superconducting Cavity Cryo-Module