AVS2016 Monday Morning

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Air Exposure Effects on Molecular Beam Epitaxy Grown WSe₂ Monolayers and Bilayers

Tuning the Trion Photoluminescence Polarization in Monolayer WS₂

Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene Visualized through Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy

Enhancing the Electrical Conductivity of VUV-reduced Graphene Oxide by Multilayered Stacking

Silicene-like Reconstruction via Surface Relaxation of Hexagonal-MoSi₂ Crystallites

Electron Dynamics in Two-Dimensional Materials

Novel Characterization Techniques for 2D Materials: Visualizing Inherent and External Defects

Anomalous Dynamical Behavior of Freestanding Graphene

Quantitative Analysis of Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nanoparticles

Developing a Straightforward Method to Calculate Shell Thicknesses for Core-Shell-Shell Nanoparticles from XPS Data

Double-Lorentzian Asymmetric Line-shape as a Practical Tool for Peak-fitting Multiplet Structures in XPS Data

Quantitative Evaluation of the Carbon Hybridization State by Near Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy

Simultaneous XPS-UPS Depth Profiling of Thin Films

Quantification of the Layer Thickness of Thin Organic Layers by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Depth Profiling

Spectromicroscopy and Vector Analysis of Carbon Materials

Angular Broadening in Core Electron Spectroscopy

Probing the Selectivity of Antimicrobial Peptides to Cell Membranes by Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

Bacterial Adhesion to Immobilized Liquid Layers under Dynamic Conditions

Nitric Oxide Materials—An Approach to Creating More Hemocompatible Medical Device Coatings

Why do Bacteria Stick to Some Surfaces and Not Others? Characterisation of the Behaviour of Motile Bacteria at and Above the Surface of Materials

Probing Adhesion of Marine Biofilm Formers by Microfluidics

Protein Control of Materials Nucleation Probed by Sum Frequency Generation

Regulation of Cell Surface Access and Mechanics at the Interface

Optical Materials for Far-IR Reststrahlen Optics

Mid-IR to THz Nanophotonics: Realizing Alternative Polaritonic Materials

Time-Resolved Optical Studies on Reflection and Transmission of Niobium Dioxide Thin Films

Fabrication of Nanosphere-Based Disordered Coatings for Radiative Cooling under Direct Sunlight

Symmetry-Breaking Nanostructures for Light Trapping in Thin Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

Non-thermal Plasma Synthesis of In Situ Graphene Shells on Silicon Carbide Nanoparticles

Size and Structure Dependence of Electronic Transport Properties at Nanosized Interfaces

Metal Nanoparticles formed in Organic Molecular Crystals: HR-TEM and HR-PES Characterisation

Development of AlGaN based UV Laser Diodes

Low-Temperature PA-ALD Growth Technology for Group III-Nitride Nano-heterostructures and their (Opto)Electronic Device Applications

Structural Qualities of GaN Grown on AlN Buffer Layer by MEPA-MOCVD

Optical and Electrical Characteristics of Gamma-ray Irradiated AlGaN/GaN Heterostructures

Seeded Regrowth for Production of AlN and GaN Substrates by HVPE

Manipulation of Magnetic Skyrmions with STM

Skyrmion Hall Effect

Microscopic Magnetic Structures in Dy/Y Superlattices Measured by Polarized Neutron Reflectometry with Off-specular Scattering

Chirality Effects in Rare Earth based Thin Films and Multilayers

Is the High Tc Superconductivity in Cuprates an Interface Problem?

How to do Depth-Dependent Measurements on Magnetic or Magnetoelectric Thin Films

Nano-Pico-Mikro - Dynamic Soft X-ray Microscopy of Magnetic Materials with High Sensitivity

Manufacturing Challenges in Batteries: Lessons from Current Technology for Future Energy Storage Developments

Efficient Manufacturing of Nano-structured Lithium Sulfide for Next Generation Batteries

Anode Protection for Advanced Energy Storage Systems via Atomic Layer Deposition

Controlling Nanomaterial Assembly to Improve Material Performance in Energy Storage Electrodes using Electrophoretic Deposition

3D Architectures for Thin Film Batteries – from Science to Manufacturing

Advanced Manufacturing R&D for Clean Energy in the US Department of Energy

Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube-Based Electronic Devices

Multi-Material Two Photon and Direct Write Lithography for Photonics, Phononics and Mechanics

Applications of 2-photo 3D Stereolithography to Aerial Microrobots and Air-Microfluidics

Elucidating Proximity Effects during Direct-Write Synthesis of Complex 3D Nanostructures

Surface Textures with Asymmetric Wetting and Optical Properties Enabled by Two-Photon Direct Laser Writing

New 3D Structuring Process, by Ion Implantation and Selective Wet Etching

Design and Realization of 3D Printed AFM Probes

Evaluating the Reproducibility of Atomically Precise Dopant Structures

Novel Etch Strategies for Sidewall Image Transfer

Enhancing Fin Retention in Low-K Spacer Etch Processes Using a Highly Selective Etch Chemistry

Effect of the Amount of Hydrogen During SiN etching on Etching Properties

Dual Channel Si/SiGe Fin patterning for 10nm Node and Beyond

Computational Patterning and Process Emulation: Linchpins to Enable Continued Scaling through Design Technology Co-optimization for Advanced Nodes

Overcoming Challenges of sub-10NM FinFET Gate Etching in Halogenated Plasmas.

Gate Etch Challenges Introduced by FinFET Gate Pitch Scaling

Hybrid Fin reveal for tight Fin Pitch Technologies

Damage Free Plasma Etching Processes for the Patterning of InGaAs fin for the sub-10nm Technological Node

Fundamental Characterization of a Low Frequency, Ambient Air, Plasma Jet Discharge

CO₂ Splitting by Dielectric Barrier Discharge at Atmospheric Pressure: Understanding the Influence of Electrical Regimes and Electrical Configurations

Effect of Structural Variations of the Monomer on the Fast Synthesis of Highly Oxygenated Coatings in an Argon DBD

Quantitative Study of Plasma Electrochemical Reduction of Aqueous Metal Salts

LDPE Modified by an Ar/H₂O Dielectric Barrier Discharge: Correlation between Texturization, Wettability and Grafting of Oxygen

Particle-free Fabrication of Stretchable, Electrically Conductive Features by Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Reduction of Metal-Ion-Containing Polymer Films

Plasma Polymerised 4-vinyl Pyridine Films with High Charge Density Synthesised in Atmospheric Roll-to-Roll System

Plasma-Surface Interactions in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas: In Situ Measurements of Local Excitations in Thin Films

Applications of Novel Hard X-ray Nanoprobe in Nanoscience

Extreme X-ray Flux to Probe Picosecond Dynamics

Beating Complexity through Selectivity: Anti-Stokes Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering for Excited State Dynamics

Ultrafast Imaging of Polarization Switching in Ferroelectrics via Complete Information Acquisition in SPM

Development of Synchrotron X-ray Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Development and Integration of a Universal SPM head: Design Criteria and Challenges

How Soft Is a Protein? Stress-Strain Curve of Antibody Pentamers with 5 pN and 50 pm Resolutions

AVS Medard W. Welch Award Talk: Action Spectroscopy: Characterizing Molecules at Surfaces and its Dynamics

Near-Field Spectroscopy and Imaging of Single Nanoparticles

Atomically-resolved Three-dimensional Structures of Electrolyte Aqueous Solutions near a Solid Surface

Super-resolution Optical and Chemical Imaging of Organic Thin Films using Tip-enhanced Near-Field Optical Microscopy

Study of Metal-Organic Complexation at Metal and Metal Oxide Surfaces by HREELS

Studies of Single-site Catalysts on Powdered Oxide Support through Redox Assembly

Controlled Reactions of Coordination Complexes on Oxide Surfaces

Adsorption and Activation of CO₂ on Cu(997) at Low Temperature

D₂O Interaction with Planar ZnO(0001) Bilayer Supported on Au(111): Structures, Energetics and Influence of Hydroxyls

Nanoscale Silicon as a Catalyst for Graphene Growth: Mechanistic Insight from In-Situ Raman Spectroscopy

Functionalization of Graphene on Ru(0001) with Atomic Oxygen

Interaction of BaO with H₂O, CO₂ and NO₂ Studied with APXPS and NEXAFS

New Heteroleptic Precursors Enabling Industrial Scale ALD of Next Generation Metal Oxides and Metal Films

Time-resolved IR Spectroscopy during ALD of La₂O₃/Al₂O₃ Nanolaminates

Incomplete Elimination of Precursor Ligands during Atomic Layer Deposition of Metal Oxides

Surface Chemistry of Pt and Al2O3 ALD Studied with Vibrational Sum-Frequency Generation

Surface Chemistry of Molybdenum Oxide Atomic Layer Deposition: Role of Precursor Chemisorption on Nucleation Delay and Initiating the ALD Process

In situ FTIR Study of the Surface Reactions during Plasma-assisted Atomic Layer Deposition of SiN_x from Silicon Amides

Industry Practice for Using Primary Leak Standards to Validate Calibration Methods

Fixed Length Optical Cavity for Photonic Realization of the Pascal

Analysis of a Quantum Based Refractometer to Replace Mercury Manometers as the Primary Standard for the United States

Creating Vacuum Standards in the UHV and XHV to Support Cold-Atom Physics and Other Cool Stuff

Technical Challenges of the Cold Atom Vacuum Standard

Investigation of a Novel Cold Cathode Ionization Gauge Geometry with Wide Range from High Vacuum to Atmosphere in a Single Gauge

Advanced Manufacturing Techniques for Cold Cathode Ionization Gauges

Operation and Performance of a Wide Range Cold Cathode Ionization Gauge

Improving Process Resistance of Capacitance Diaphragm Gauges