PRELIMINARY  PROGRAM

SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
LABORATORY FOR SURFACE MODIFICATION

Thursday, February 27, 2003
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Fiber Optics Auditorium
Busch Campus
Piscataway, New Jersey


Preliminary Program
8:15
 		Registration; coffee
8:45
 Introductory Remarks: 
- Prof. Theodore E. Madey, Rutgers, Director, Laboratory for Surface Modification;
- Holly Smith, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
 
I.  Nanoscale Phenomena

9:00
 Quantum Size Effects and CO Adsorption at Cu(100) Surfaces,
A. G. Danese, and R. A. Bartynski, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
9:15
 Faceting Induced by Adsorption of Oxygen on Re( ),
H. Wang(1), W. Chen(1), A. S. Y. Chan(1), J. E. Rowe(2), and Theodore E. Madey(1),
(1) Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, (2) North Carolina State University
9:30
 Structure and Electrical Characterization of Organic Monolayers on Au,
W. Jiang (1), N. Zhitenev(2), B. de Boer(2), M. Frank(1), D. Abusch-Magder(2), S. Yang(2), A. Ermakov(1), O. Celik, Z. Bao(2), Y.Chabal(3) and E. Garfunkel(1), (1) Dept. of Chemistry, (2) Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, (3) Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
9:45
 TEM investigation of Carbon Iron-Fluoride Nanocomposites,
F. Cosandey, F. Badway, N. Pereira, and G. G. Amatucci, Dept. of Ceramic and Materials Engineering
10:00
 Selective Growth of ZnO Nanotips on Various Substrates by MOCVD,
H. H. Chen, S. Muthukumar, J. Zhong, J. Hu, Y. Lu, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
10:15
 First-principles Study of Oxygen Vacancy Pinning of Domain Walls in PbTiO3,
L. He and D. Vanderbilt, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
10:30
 Coffee Break


II.  Biomaterials and Condensed Films
11:00
 Highlight presentation  - The Importance of Surface Chemistry in Understanding Cell-Material Interactions,
Joachim Kohn, Dept. of Chemistry
11:30
 Comparative Study of Bioactive Bone Cement surfaces by SEM and NSOM,
R. Vargas-Coronado(1), J. V. Cauich-Rodríguez(1), L. F. Garfias(2),  (1) Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C, Mérida, Yucatán, México, (2) Lucent Technologies
11:45
 Mechanochemical Stimulation of the Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite from Nonionic Surfactant Emulsions,
C. -W. Chen(1), R. E. Riman(1), K. Brown(2), K. S. TenHuisen(2), and V. F. Janas(2),
(1) Department of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, (2) Johnson & Johnson Corporate Biomaterials Center
12:00
 Dynamics of Electron-induced Decomposition of CF2Cl2 and CCl4 Co-Adsorbed with Water (Ice),
N. S. Faradzhev(1), C. C. Perry(2), D. O. Kusmierek(1), D. H. Fairbrother(2), and T. E. Madey(1),
(1) Department of Physics and Astronomy, (2) Johns Hopkins University
12:15-1:45
 Lunch and Poster Session

  
POSTER PAPERS
1.
 Development of Ultrafast Near Field Optical Microscopy,
S. Lou, F. Zimmermann, R. Bartynski, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
2.
 Adsorption and Decomposition of Acetylene on Clean and Oxygen-covered Ir(210),
W. Chen(1), I. Ermanoski(1) and T. E. Madey(1), H. H. Hwu(2) and J. G. Chen(2), (1) Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, (2) University of Delaware
3.
 Structural, Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Clean and Overlayer-Covered Ir(210),
I. Ermanoski(1), W. Chen(1), M. J. Gladys(1), J. S. Quinton(1), T. E. Madey(1), M. Ulrich(2), and J. E. Rowe(2), (1) Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, (2) North Carolina State University
4.
 Electron- and Photon-stimulated Desorption of Alkali and Alkaline-earth Atoms from a Lunar Basalt Surface and a Model Mineral Surface,
B. V. Yakshinskiy and T. E. Madey, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
5.
 Oxygen Plasma Treatment of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Stamps,
B. Langowski and K. Uhrich, Dept. of Chemistry
6.
 Nanometer Scale Thin Film Structure Analysis Using MeV He Ion Beams,
L. S. Wielunski, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
7.
 Thermal Properties of Cerium Oxides as Potential High-k Dielectrics,
R. Barnes(1), T. Nishimura(2), T. Gustafsson(1), E. Garfunkel(3), (1) Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, (2) AIST, Tsukuba, Japan, (3) Dept. of Chemistry
8.
 Structural Characteristics of MgxZn1-xO Films Grown on R-plane Sapphire Substrates,
G. Saraf, S. Muthukumar, J. Zhong, Y. Chen, Y. Lu, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
9.
 Wet Chemical Etching of ZnO Films Grown on R-Sapphire,
J. Zhu, N. W. Emanetoglu, Y. Chen, Y. Lu, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
10.
 SAW Characteristics in Piezoelectric Materials Modified by ZnO Nanotips,
Z. Zhang, W. Pan, S. Muthukumar, Y. Chen, Y. Lu, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
11.
 Bulk Acoustic Wave Characteristics in Piezoelectric MgxZn1-xO Films,
R. H. Wittstruck(1), X. Tong(1), N. W. Emanetoglu(1), J. Zhu(1), Y. Lu(1), A. Ballato(2),
(1) Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, (2) U. S. Army Communications-Electronics Command, Fort Monmouth
12.
 Channel Mobility Study of 4H-SiC Lateral JFET,
P. Sannuti, X. Li, F. Yan, K. Sheng, J. H. Zhao, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
13.
 Understanding Response in TDDFT,
F. Zhang, N. T. Maitra, K. Burke and R. J. Cave, Dept. of Chemistry
14.
 A Model Description of Surface Second Harmonic Generation at Hydrogen Covered Si(001) Surface,
M. B.  Yilmaz, A. Rajagopal, F. Zimmermann, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
15.
 The Local Density Approximation Can Yield Accurate Excitations to Rydberg States,
A. Wasserman, N.T. Maitra, and K. Burke, Dept. of Chemistry
16.
 Nano-crack Growth by Ar+ Implantation with H+ Plasma Processing for SOI Exfoliation,
B. Chen, A.Y. Usenko, W. N Carr, NJIT


III.  Semiconductor Surfaces and Interfaces
1:45
 Highlight presentation - Exploring the Limits of Transistor Scaling with Electron Microscopy,
David Muller, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies
2:15
 Nucleation, Growth, and Structure of Alternative Gate Oxides,
M. M. Frank(1),4, S. Dörmann(2), M.-T. Ho(2), Y. J. Chabal(1,2,3), S. Sayan(1), E. Garfunkel(1), G. D. Wilk(4), and M. L. Green(4,5), (1) Dept. of Chemistry, (2) Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, (3) Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, (4) Agere Systems, 5IMEC, Belgium
2:30
 Band Alignment Issues of High-K Gate Stack Structures,
S. Sayan(1), R.A. Bartynski(2), M. Croft(2), T. Emge(1) and E. Garfunkel(1), (1) Dept. of Chemistry, (2) Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
2:45
 Nanochemistry of H, O2 and H2O at 3C-SiC Surfaces,
F. Amy(1), Y. Chabal(2), (1) Princeton University, (2) Dept. of Chemistry and Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
3:00
 Coffee Break


IV.  Surfaces and Interfaces: Theory and Applications
3:30 Tailoring of SAW Properties of ZnO-based Multilayer Structures,
Y. Chen, K. Wu, N. W. Emanetoglu, Y. Lu, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
3:45
 Revisiting Ni Growth on W(111):   Faceting, Thermal Stability, and Reactivity,
Q. Wu(1,2), J. Kolodziej(3), H. Wang(1,2), and T. E. Madey(1), (1) Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, (2) Dept. of Chemistry, (3) Instytut Fizyk, Jagellonian University, Poland
4:00
 TPD and STM Studies of Chlorosilane Desorption Mechanisms from Cl-exposed Cu/Si(111) Surfaces,
D. V. Potapenko, S. E. Sysoev, A. V. Ermakov, D. Maithil, and B. J. Hinch, Dept. of Chemistry
4:15
 Current-density Functional Theory for the Response of Solids,
N. T. Maitra(1), I. Souza(2), and K. Burke(1), (1) Dept. of Chemistry, (2) Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
4:30
 Growth and Thermal Evolution of Surface Structure in Ternary Sn-Si-Cu(001) Films,
L. V. Goncharova(1,2), A. V. Ermakov(1), D. V. Potapenko(1), B. J. Hinch(1), X. Zhang(3), D. R. Strongin(3), (1) Dept. of Chemistry, (2) Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, (3) Temple University
4:45
 End of Presentations/Talks; Laboratory Visits