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July 2009
ISSN 0734-2101
EISSN 1520-8559
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Regular Articles
Low temperature grown polycrystalline thin films on amorphous substrates by rf magnetron sputtering
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 595–600 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3125265
Surface effects on the luminescence degradation of hydride vapor-phase epitaxy-grown GaN induced by electron-beam irradiation
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 611–613 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3130148
Fabrication of surface plasmon waveguides on thin CYTOP membranes
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 614–619 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3131723
Large crystal grain niobium thin films deposited by energetic condensation in vacuum arc
Xin Zhao; A.-M. Valente-Feliciano; C. Xu; R. L. Geng; L. Phillips; C. E. Reece; K. Seo; R. Crooks; M. Krishnan; A. Gerhan; B. Bures; K. Wilson Elliott; J. Wright
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 620–625 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3131725
Relationship between gas-phase chemistries and surface processes in fluorocarbon etch plasmas: A process rate model
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 631–642 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3136850
Effect of cesium assistance on the electrical and structural properties of indium tin oxide films grown by magnetron sputtering
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 643–647 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3136854
Thermal stability of sputter deposited nanomosaic rutile
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 648–652 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3139900
Rotation magnet sputtering: Damage-free novel magnetron sputtering using rotating helical magnet with very high target utilization
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 653–659 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3139903
Characterization of ALD copper thin films on palladium seed layers
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 660–667 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3143663
Particle-induced x-ray emission in stainless steel using focused ion beams
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 668–671 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3136852
Structure and mechanical properties of nanoscale multilayered CrN/ZrSiN coatings
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 672–680 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3136856
Inductively coupled plasma-reactive ion etching of InSb using plasma
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 681–685 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3143664
Establishment of very uniform gas-flow pattern in the process chamber for microwave-excited high-density plasma by ceramic shower plate
Tetsuya Goto; Atsutoshi Inokuchi; Kiyotaka Ishibashi; Seij Yasuda; Toshio Nakanishi; Masayuki Kohno; Masahiro Okesaku; Masaru Sasaki; Toshihisa Nozawa; Masaki Hirayama; Tadahiro Ohmi
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 686–695 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3143665
Low-temperature growth of InN on Si(100) by femtosecond pulsed laser deposition
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 696–699 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3151819
Silicon-oxide-high--oxide-silicon memory using a high- nanocrystal film for flash memory application
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 700–705 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3151816
Effects of interelectrode gap on high frequency and very high frequency capacitively coupled plasmas
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 706–711 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3151821
Nitrogen stabilized reactive sputtering of optimized photocatalysts with visible light reactivity
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 712–715 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3139906
Nucleation and growth of tantalum nitride atomic layer deposition on using TBTDET and hydrogen radicals
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 716–724 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3147215
Physical and optical properties of room temperature microwave plasma anodically grown
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 725–730 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3154514
Ge nanocrystals embedded in a matrix formed by thermally annealing of Ge oxide films
K. Vijayarangamuthu; Shyama Rath; D. Kabiraj; D. K. Avasthi; Pawan K. Kulriya; V. N. Singh; B. R. Mehta
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 731–733 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3155402
PAPERS FROM THE 55TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF AVS
Applied Surface Science
Scanning Auger of a specific via interface in an integrated circuit using a novel focused ion beam sample preparation technique
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 738–742 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3110003
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis of organic materials etched by charged water droplet impact
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 743–747 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3077283
Surface characterization of polymethylmetacrylate bombarded by charged water droplets
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 748–753 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3100219
BioMEMS Topical Conference
Atomic force microscopy measurement of boundary slip on hydrophilic, hydrophobic, and superhydrophobic surfaces
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 754–760 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3086637
Electronic Materials and Processing
Self-limiting deposition of semiconducting ZnO by pulsed plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 761–766 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3119673
Graphene Topical Conference
Synthesis, characterization, and luminescent properties of
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 767–769 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3086645
MEMS and NEMS
Integrated aluminum nitride piezoelectric microelectromechanical system for radio front ends
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 776–784 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3077276
Nanomanufacturing Focus Topic
Fabrication of a highly oriented line structure on an aluminum surface and the nanoscale patterning on the nanoscale structure using highly functional molecules
Y. Watanabe; H. Kato; S. Takemura; H. Watanabe; K. Hayakawa; S. Kimura; D. Okumura; T. Sugiyama; T. Hiramatsu; N. Nanba; O. Nishikawa; M. Taniguchi
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 793–798 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3125264
Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology
Structural and morphological evolution of gallium nitride nanorods grown by chemical beam epitaxy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 799–802 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3117248
Fabrication of ordered anodic aluminum oxide with matrix arrays of pores using nanoimprint
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 803–807 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3139884
Fabrication and characterization of metal-semiconductor-metal nanorod using template synthesis
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 808–812 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3100217
Plasma Science and Technology
Substrate temperature effects on amorphous carbon film growth, investigated by infrared spectroscopy in multiple internal reflection geometry
Masanori Shinohara; Ken Cho; Yoshinobu Matsuda; Takanori Inayoshi; Hiroki Kawazoe; Hiroshi Fujiyama; Yuuki Nitta; Tatsuyuki Nakatani
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 813–817 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3077278
Temperature dependence on dry etching of thin films in plasma
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 821–825 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3086642
Characterization of platinum catalyst supported on carbon nanoballs prepared by solution plasma processing
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 826–830 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3077285
Plasma Science and Technology I
Fluorination mechanisms of and surfaces irradiated by high-density and plasmas
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 831–835 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3112624
Sidewall damage in plasma etching of Si/SiGe heterostructures
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 836–843 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3097858
contact resistance after etching and ashing plasma exposure
Ken Katahira; Masanaga Fukasawa; Shoji Kobayashi; Toshifumi Takizawa; Michio Isobe; Satoshi Hamaguchi; Kazunori Nagahata; Tetsuya Tatsumi
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 844–848 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3130146
Plasma Science and Technology II
Capillary jet injection of in the high density plasma chemical vapor deposition of
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 849–854 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3153283
Effect of Ar and addition on based chemistry inductively coupled plasma etching of HgCdTe
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 855–861 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3147219
Advanced Surface Engineering
Role of carbon in titania as visible-light photocatalyst prepared by flat-flame chemical vapor condensation method
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 862–866 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3081889
Thermal stability and tribological properties of CrZr–Si–N films synthesized by closed field unbalanced magnetron sputtering
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 867–872 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3116589
Comparative studies on the thermal stability and corrosion resistance of CrN, CrSiN, and coatings
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 873–879 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3155396
Investigation of photocatalytic activity of bilayered thin films with various amounts of exposed surface
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 880–884 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3086647
Structural, optical, and photocatalytic properties of ZnO:Al nanowall structure deposited on glass substrate by spray pyrolysis
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 885–888 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3093878
Surface Science
Ultrathin Schottky diodes as detectors of chemically generated hot charge carriers
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 889–894 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3100218
Effect of support on morphology and NO reactivity of Rh
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 895–899 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3081887
Surface characterization of hydrophobic thin films deposited by inductively coupled and pulsed plasmas
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 900–906 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3136763
Surface Science II
Kinetics of hydride front in Zircaloy-2 and H release from a fractional hydrided surface
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 913–917 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3130147
Surface Science III
Chemicurrent measurements using alkali metal covered Schottky diodes
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 918–922 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3086643
Thin Films
Atomic layer deposition of GaN using and
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 923–928 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3106619
Mechanical and tribological property comparison of melt-compounded nanocomposites of atomic-layer-deposition-coated polyamide particles and commercial nanofillers
K. Nevalainen; R. Suihkonen; P. Eteläaho; J. Vuorinen; P. Järvelä; N. Isomäki; C. Hintze; M. Leskelä
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 929–936 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3072920
High-resolution Rutherford backscattering spectrometry study on process dependent elemental depth profile change of hafnium silicate on silicon
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 937–942 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3125263
Chemical vapor deposition of using the tungsten piperidylhydrazido complex : Deposition, characterization, and diffusion barrier evaluation
Dojun Kim; Oh Hyun Kim; Tim Anderson; Jürgen Koller; Lisa McElwee-White; Lii-Cherng Leu; Joseph M. Tsai; David P. Norton
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 943–950 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3106625
Vanadium oxide thin films for bolometric applications deposited by reactive pulsed dc sputtering
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 951–955 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3119675
Correlation of temperature response and structure of annealed thin films for IR detector applications
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 956–961 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3143667
Thin films by metal-organic precursor plasma spray
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 962–969 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3148826
Latest innovations in large area web coating technology via plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition source technology
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 970–974 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3077287
High rate sputtering deposition of silicon oxide thin films from new target composition
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 979–985 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3071962
Molecularly thick dicationic ionic liquid films for nanolubrication
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 986–995 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3086640
Transparent conducting Si-codoped Al-doped ZnO thin films prepared by magnetron sputtering using Al-doped ZnO powder targets containing SiC
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1001–1005 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3153284
Transparent conducting impurity-doped ZnO thin films prepared using oxide targets sintered by millimeter-wave heating
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1006–1011 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3119674
Surface slope distribution with mathematical molding on Au(111) thin film growth
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1012–1016 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3130145
Vacuum Technology
Compact deposition system for device-based ultrathin crystalline film growth
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1024–1028 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3097859
Biological, Organic, and Soft Materials Focus Topic/Applied Surface Science/Biomaterial Interfaces/Nano Content
Reflectance anisotropy spectroscopy: A probe to explore organic epitaxial growth
G. Bussetti; S. Cirilli; A. Violante; V. Chiostri; C. Goletti; P. Chiaradia; A. Sassella; M. Campione; L. Raimondo; D. Braga; A. Borghesi
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1029–1034 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3155399
Biological, Organic, and Soft Materials Focus Topic/Plasma Science and Technology/Applied Surface Science/Biomaterial Interfaces/Surface Science
Characterization of microwave plasmas for deposition of polyparylene
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1035–1041 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3148825
Energy Science and Technology Focus Topic/Applied Surface Science/Thin Film/Vacuum Technology/Nano Content
Fabrication of dye-sensitized solar cells with photoelectrode prepared by sol-gel technique with low annealing temperature
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1042–1046 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3116588
Energy Science and Technology Focus Topic/Electronic Materials and Processing/Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology/Plasma Science and Technology/Applied Surface Science/Thin Film/Vacuum Technology
Study of sol-gel derived porous ZnO photoelectrode for the application of dye-sensitized solar cells
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1047–1051 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3139887
Graphene Topical Conference/Surface Science/Nano Content
Tunneling spectroscopy of graphene and related reconstructions on SiC(0001)
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1052–1057 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3071977
In Situ Microscopy and Spectroscopy: Interfacial and Nanoscale Science Topical Conference/Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology/Tribology Focus Topic/Nano Content
In situ electron diffraction characterization of the deformation of nanobelts: Gallium oxide
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1058–1061 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3081888
Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures/Nano Content
Preparation and properties of perpendicular CoPt magnetic nanodot arrays patterned by nanosphere lithography
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1062–1066 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3116586
Controlling magnetic anisotropy in epitaxial FePt(001) films
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1067–1070 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3098497
Nanomanufacturing Focus Topic/Plasma Science and Technology/Applied Surface Science
Large-scale production and metrology of vertically aligned carbon nanotube films
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1071–1075 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3148827
Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology/Nano Content
Quantitative evaluation of carbon nanotubes by the scanning atom probe
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1076–1079 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3077280
Advanced Surface Engineering/Nano Content
Deposition of various metal, ceramic, and cermet coatings by an industrial-scale large area filtered arc deposition process
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1080–1095 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3114462
Tribology Focus Topic/Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology/Electronic Materials and Processing/Nano Content
Characterization of surface damage in AlSi alloys
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 1096–1103 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3139898
PAPERS FROM THE 55TH INTERNATION SYMPOSIUM OF AVS
Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures
Structural and magnetic properties of epitaxial
Z. Lu; M. J. Walock; P. R. LeClair; G. J. Mankey; P. Mani; D. Lott; F. Klose; H. Ambaye; V. Lauter; M. Wolff; A. Schreyer; H. M. Christen; B. C. Sales
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 27, 770–775 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3143668