AVS2018 Wednesday Afternoon

Impact of Hydrogen on Graphene-based Materials: Atomistic Modeling and Simulation of HRSTEM Images

High Density H2 and He Plasmas: Can They be used to Treat Graphene?

Novel Binder-free Ag@Ni(OH)₂ over Graphene/Ni Foam and Glucose Sensing

Surface Modification and Magnetization of Carbon Based Nanostructures

Chemical Modification of Graphene and Carbon Nano Tubes as viewed by XPS and NEXAFS Spectroscopies underpinned by DFT Spectra Simulation

Elastic Spongy Graphene-Functionalized Silicon Anode with Excellent Cycle Stability in Li battery

Electrical and Structural Changes of Multilayer WSe₂ Transistors: Atmospheric Gas Adsorption and Long Term Aging

Ion Migration Studies in Exfoliated 2D Molybdenum Oxide via Ionic Liquid Gating for Neuromorphic Device Applications

Infrared Absorption of Nanometer-scale Thermally Reduced Graphene Oxide

Dielectric Properties of Carbon Nanomembranes prepared from aromatic Self-Assembled Monolayers and their application in All-Carbon Capacitors

New Directions in f-Block Separations Chemistry based on Metal and Ligand Redox Activity

Bond Distance Variations for Lanthanide and Actinide Compounds and its Implication

Spectroscopic Studies of Trivalent Actinide Coordination

Speciation of Rare Earth Elements in Coal Harvesting Byproducts

Exotic Electronic Properties of Strongly Correlated Compounds NpPd₃ and PuPd₃

Advanced Scanning Probe Lithography: Processes, Nanopatterning and Nanoelectronics

Integrated Devices made Using Atomically Precise Advanced Manufacturing

Electrical Transport Properties of Si:P δ-layer Devices

Atomically Precise Tip Positioning for Automated Writing of Atomic-scale Devices

Kilobyte Scale Data Storage through Autonomous Atom Assembly

Extending the Capabilities of STM-based Dopant Device Fabrication

Identification of Unknown Contaminants in Industrial Applications Using MS/MS in Combination with High Resolution Mass Spectrometry

ToF-SIMS Analysis of Glass and Glass Coatings

Problem Solving with Valence Band Spectroscopy and SIMS MS/MS

Surface and In-depth XPS Characterization of Liquid and Cured Control Release Additives (CRAs) Used in Silicone-Based Release Coatings

Differentiating Silicones Using SIMS

Uranium Particles Analysis and Imaging Using ToF-SIMS for Source Identification

XPS Depth Profiling of Organic Resins with Inorganic Inclusions

Application of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy to Degradation Studies of Electrodes in Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers

Application of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy in Semiconductor Industry

Gaede-Langmuir Award Lecture: From Description to Prediction of Biointerphase Reactions

Unraveling Complexities at the Adhesive Interface of Acorn Barnacles

Ultra Low Fouling Zwitterionic Coatings – Influence of Molecular Architecture on Fouling Inhibition

Biomimetic Surfaces on Chitosan Membranes with Enhanced Antibacterial Properties Produced by Directed Plasma Nanosynthesis

How Do Geobacter Aggregates Communicate: New Understanding from In Situ Liquid SIMS

Medard W. Welch Award Lecture: A Surface Scientist’s Journey from Small Molecules to Biomolecules and Biomaterials

Invited Talk-Future Stars of AVS Session: Making, Studying, and Designing Hierarchically Structured Soft Materials

Invited Talk-Future Stars of AVS Session: Vapor Phase Infiltration for Transforming Polymers into Hybrid Materials: Processing Kinetics and Applications

Invited Talk-Future Stars of AVS Session: Surface Preparation Methods for the Selective Oxidation of Ethanol to Acetaldehyde over TiO₂/Au(111)

Invited Talk-Future Stars of AVS Session: Single Atom Catalysis: An Atomic-Scale View

Invited Talk-Future Stars of AVS Session: Multimodal Chemical and Functional Imaging of Nanoscale Transformations Away from Equilibrium

Invited Talk-Future Stars of AVS Session: Expanding the Structural Toolkit to Characterize Heavy Actinide Complexes

Invited Talk-Future Stars of AVS Session: Trends in Adsorbate Interactions with Bimetal Surfaces

2300 V Reverse Breakdown Voltage Ga₂O₃ Schottky Rectifiers

Characterization of β-(Al,Ga,In)₂O₃ Epitaxial Films for UV Photodetector Applications

High Three-terminal Breakdown Voltage Quasi-two-dimensional β -Ga₂O₃ Field-effect Transistors with a Dual Field Plate Structure

GaN Vertical Device Technology and its Future

Effects of Proton Irradiation Energy on SiN_x/AlGaN/GaN Metal-insulator-semiconductor High Electron Mobility Transistors

Cesium-Free III-Nitride Photocathodes Based on Control of Polarization Charge

Current Enhancement for Ultra-Wide Bandgap AlGaN High Electron Mobility Transistors by Regrowth Contact Design

Understanding Homoepitaxial GaN Growth

First-Principles Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of CO Oxidation on PdO(101): Role of Oxygen Vacancies

Surface Reactivity of Activated CO₂

Shining Light on Complexity: State- and Energy-Resolved Studies of Gas-Surface Reaction Dynamics and Mechanism

Vibration-driven Reaction of CO₂ on Cu Surfaces via Eley-Rideal Type Mechanism

First Principles Reaction Kinetics over Metals, Oxides and Nanoparticles

Formation of Pd/Ag Sandwiches, a Stable PdAg Subsurface Alloy, and the Pd Segregation induced by CO and O₂, Studied with STM, Ambient-pressure XPS, and DFT

Delving into the Finer Details of Helium FIBID

Anderson localization of Graphene by Helium Ion Irradiation

The Frontiers of Focused Ion Beam in Semiconductor Applications

2D Materials Under Ion Irradiation: In-situ Experiments and the Role of the Substrate

Sample Heating Effects from Light Ions in Thin Films

Helium Ion Direct Write Patterning of Superconducting Electronics

BioMEMS for Eye Applications

Real-Time, Single Cell, Size Measurements using a Facile, Multimode Microwave Resonator

Magnetic Microsystems for Communications

MEMS-Based Resonant Sensors for IoT Applications

Etched Silicon Microcolumn For Tunable Thermal Gradient Gas Chromatography

Nanoscale Label-free Imaging of Protein Molecules via Photo-induced Force Microscopy

Evaluating Reaction-diffusion Immunoassays via High-resolution Imaging Techniques

The Last Nanometer – Hydration Structure of DNA and Solid Surfaces Probed by Ultra-High Resolution AFM

Open-hardware, High-speed Atomic Force Microscopy using Photothermal Off-resonance Tapping

Development of Multimodal Chemical Nano-Imaging for in situ Investigations of Microbial Systems

Pulsed Power Applications for Farming and Food Processing

Stimulus Control on Organisms Using Pulsed Power Technology

Synthesis of Nitrates by Atmospheric Microplasma in Aqueous Solution

Design Considerations for Plasma-based Water Purification Reactor Scale-up

Radicals and Ozone Generated in Ar/He and Ar/He/H₂O Plasma by using Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet Systems and their use in Methylene Blue Degradation

Etch Strategies for Reducing Defects and Pattern Roughness in BEOL EUV Patterning

Influence of Topological Constraints on the Ion Damage Resistance of Low-k Dielectrics

BEOL Patterning Challenges for 14nm and Beyond High Volume Manufacturing

Innovative Approaches for Future Challenges in MOL/BEOL Etch

Gas-phase Pore Stuffing for Low-damage Patterning of Organo-silicate Glass Dielectric Materials

ALD-Sequential Etch to Address Advanced BEOL Etch/Integration Challenges

The Underlying Role of Mechanical Rigidity and Topological Constraints in Reactive Ion Etching of Amorphous Materials

Plasma Processing of Phase Change Materials for PCRAM

Element-resolved Electronic Band Structure of Ga(Mn)As Measured by Standing-wave Hard X-ray Angle-resolved Photoemission

Probing Surface Band Bending of Polar GaN by Hard X-ray Photoemission Combined with X-ray Total Reflection

Interfaces in Cycled Battery Electrodes: Insights from HAXPES Studies

Development of Ambient Pressure HAXPES and other HAXPES Measurements at SPring-8 for Buried Interface

Operando HAXPES Investigations of La Manganite-based Resistive Memories

Combining Hard and Soft X-ray Angle-resolved Photoemission to Probe the Bulk Electronic Structure of Engineered Quantum Solids

Surface/Interface Coupling in Buried Oxide Interfaces

Functionalizing Semiconductor Surfaces and Interfaces

Atomic Structure of UHV-prepared GaP(111)A Surface and its Reactivity Towards Simple Molecules

Stabilization Mechanism of the Se- or S-treated GaAs(111)B Surface

Novel Pathways in Reaching Buried Interfaces of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Systems: A Mechanistic Understanding of Polymer Adsorption on Passivated Metal Oxide Surfaces

Surface Modification of Metal Oxide Surfaces with Gas-Phase Propiolic Acid for Dye Sensitization by Click Reaction

Solar Energy Storage in the Norbornadiene-quadricyclane System: From Surface Science to In-situ Photochemistry and photospectroelectrochemistry

In-situ Characterization of Photon induced Chemistries in Organotin Clusters with Ambient Pressure XPS

Integrated Photonics Driven Electron Emission from LaB₆ Nanoparticles

Photon Stimulated Desorption and Diffusion of CO on TiO₂(110)

What can we Benefit from Nanochemistry of Crystalline Silicon?

Low-temperature Homoepitaxial Growth of Two-dimensional Antimony Superlattices in Silicon

Electron-Doped BaZrO₃ Thin Films Prepared by Topochemical Reduction

Epitaxial Growth and Electrical Properties of VO₂Thin Films

A Novel Technique for the Growth of Gallium Oxide Nanowires for UV Detection

Enhanced Efficiency in Photon-trapping Ge-on-Si Photodiodes for Optical Data Communication

Correlating Composition and Structure with Optical Properties of Combinatorial Sputtered Thin Film Au_xAl_1-x Alloys

The Multifunctional TiO2 Thin Films Sensor