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July 2010
ISSN 2166-2746
EISSN 2166-2754
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Regular Articles
Continuous cell air-extracting technique used for fast cell filling of flexible liquid-crystal displays
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 673–677 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3437008
Semiconductor-superconductor transition and magnetoresistance terraces in an ultrathin superconducting Pb nanobridge
Jian Wang; Jin-Feng Jia; Xu-Cun Ma; Quan-Tong Shen; Tie-Zhu Han; Ai-Zi Jin; Li Lu; Chang-Zhi Gu; Ming-Liang Tian; X. C. Xie; Qi-Kun Xue
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 678–681 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3437016
Multistage etching process for microscopically smooth tellurite glass surfaces in optical fibers
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 682–686 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3437017
Novel split-tip proximal probe for fabrication of nanometer-textured, in-plane oriented polymer films
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 687–692 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3437473
Simulations of radical and ion fluxes on a wafer in a inductively coupled plasma discharge: Confrontation with GaAs and GaN etch experiments
Emilie Despiau-Pujo; Pascal Chabert; Shailendra Bansropun; Didier Thénot; Patrick Plouhinec; Simone Cassette
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 693–701 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3437492
Extension of active region in crossbar-type polymer solar photovoltaics induced by highly conductive PEDOT:PSS buffer layer
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 702–705 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3437506
Conformal electroless filling of Cu into patterned amorphous carbon layer modified by oxygen plasma and aminosilane treatments
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 715–719 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3442474
Effect of rapid thermal annealing on films prepared by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 720–723 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3442476
Carbon nanotube field emitter irradiated by proton beam
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 724–728 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3443571
Fabrication of surface plasmon waveguides and devices in Cytop with integrated microfluidic channels
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 729–735 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3449187
Field emission behavior study of multiwalled carbon nanotube yarn under the influence of adsorbents
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 736–739 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3449188
Newly developed electron beam stepper for nanoimprint mold fabrication
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 740–743 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3449270
Improving the metallic content of focused electron beam-induced deposits by a scanning electron microscope integrated hydrogen-argon microplasma generator
Hiroyuki Miyazoe; Ivo Utke; Hirokazu Kikuchi; Shinya Kiriu; Vinzenz Friedli; Johann Michler; Kazuo Terashima
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 744–750 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3449808
Molecular structure effects on dry etching behavior of Si-containing resists in oxygen plasma
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 751–757 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3455496
Numerical testing of the Fowler–Nordheim equation for the electronic field emission from a flat metal and proposition for an improved equation
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 758–762 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3455495
Fabrication of nanowires with high aspect ratios utilized by dry etching with and self-limiting thermal oxidation on Si substrate
Si-Young Park; Sandro J. Di Giacomo; R. Anisha; Paul R. Berger; Phillip E. Thompson; Ilesanmi Adesida
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 763–768 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3455498
Germanium surface hydrophilicity and low-temperature Ge layer transfer by bonding
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 769–774 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3455499
Dual exposure, two-photon, conformal phase mask lithography for three dimensional silicon inverse woodpile photonic crystals
Daniel J. Shir; Erik C. Nelson; Debashis Chanda; Andrew Brzezinski; Paul V. Braun; John A. Rogers; Pierre Wiltzius
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 783–788 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3456181
Impact of metal etch residues on etch species density and uniformity
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 789–794 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3456619
Effects of argon ion bombardment on the structure and magnetic properties of ultrathin Fe films
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 795–798 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3457935
Effective mobility characteristics of platinum-silicided -type Schottky barrier metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 799–801 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3457936
In situ direct visualization of irradiated electron-beam patterns on unprocessed resists using atomic force microscopy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 802–805 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3457938
Novel planarizing scheme for patterned media
Wei Choong Allen Poh; Hang Khume Tan; Lay Ting Ong; Hui Kim Hui; Seng Kai Wong; Kyaw Oo Aung; Eileen Tan; Rachid Sbiaa; Yew Seng Kay; S. N. Piramanayagam
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 806–808 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3455497
Residue growth on metallic-hard mask after dielectric etching in fluorocarbon-based plasmas. I. Mechanisms
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 809–816 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3456182
Polythiophene-based charge dissipation layer for electron beam lithography of zinc oxide and gallium nitride
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 817–822 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3460903
High sheet resistance, low temperature coefficient of resistance resistor films for integrated circuits
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 834–840 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3466531
Lithographic performance evaluation of a contaminated extreme ultraviolet mask after cleaning
Simi George; Patrick Naulleau; Uzodinma Okoroanyanwu; Kornelia Dittmar; Christian Holfeld; Andrea Wüest
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 841–848 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3466999
High-aspect-ratio deep Si etching in plasma. I. Characteristics of radical reactions with high-aspect-ratio patterns
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 854–861 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3466794
High-aspect-ratio deep Si etching in plasma. II. Mechanism of lateral etching in high-aspect-ratio features
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 862–868 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3466884
Synergistic Compositions of Colloidal Nanodiamond as Lubricant-additive
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 869–877 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3478245
Simulation study of the in-plane-type triode carbon nanotube emitter
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, 878–881 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3456180
PAPERS FROM THE 37th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES
Epitaxial Oxides
Survey of fractured surfaces: From the micrometer to nanometer scale
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5A11–C5A13 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3420395
Phase separation and microstructure of epitaxial nanocomposite films deposited under low working pressure
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5A14–C5A19 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3429597
Domain dynamics in epitaxial films studied by piezoelectric force microscopy
Levente J. Klein; Catherine Dubourdieu; Martin M. Frank; Jason Hoffman; James W. Reiner; Charles H. Ahn
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5A20–C5A23 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3442802
Polar catastrophe and the spin-polarized electron gas at the interface
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5A24–C5A27 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3454370
Growth and characterization of PZT/LSMO multiferroic heterostructures
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5A6–C5A10 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3427140
Epitaxial oxides on silicon
Morphology of epitaxial (001) determined using three-dimensional diffraction profile analysis
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5B1–C5B4 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3420394
Thermal stability of thin films prepared by a sol-gel process on Si(001) substrates
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5B5–C5B11 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3425637
Graphene and nanotubes
Formation of epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001) using vacuum or argon environments
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5C1–C5C7 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3420393
Structural and electronic properties of carbon nanocylinder consisting of nanoribbon-walls with arrayed-oxygen hinges
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5C8–C5C11 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3463148
Biological interfaces
Multitechnique characterization of adsorbed peptide and protein orientation: and Protein G B1
J. E. Baio; T. Weidner; N. T. Samuel; Keith McCrea; Loren Baugh; Patrick S. Stayton; David G. Castner
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5D1–C5D8 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3456176
Quantum dots
InAs nanostructures on InGaAsP/InP(001): Interaction of InAs quantum-dash formation with InGaAsP decomposition
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5E1–C5E7 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3456173
Atomic structure and strain of the InAs wetting layer growing on
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5E13–C5E21 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3456169
Vibrational spectra of quantum dots formed by Langmuir–Blodgett technique
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5E22–C5E24 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3442799
Polarized emission from GaN/AlN quantum dots subject to uniaxial thermal interfacial stresses
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5E25–C5E34 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3435325
Fabrication and coupling investigation of films of PbS quantum dots
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5E8–C5E12 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3456172
Organic films, interlayers, and devices
Dual parameter ballistic electron emission spectroscopy analysis of inhomogeneous interfaces
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5F1–C5F4 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3428546
Probing and modeling of interfacial carrier motion in organic devices by optical second harmonic generation
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5F12–C5F16 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3454371
In situ investigation of CuPc thin films grown on vicinal Si(111)
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5F17–C5F21 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3442797
Mobility saturation in tapered edge bottom contact copper phthalocyanine thin film transistors
James E. Royer; Jeongwon Park; Corneliu Colesniuc; Joon Sung Lee; Thomas Gredig; Sangyeob Lee; Sungho Jin; Ivan K. Schuller; William C. Trogler; Andrew C. Kummel
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5F22–C5F27 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3464771
Control of surface morphology and electronic properties of III-V semiconductors using molecular modification
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5F28–C5F32 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3447228
Real-time monitoring of the evolving morphology and molecular structure at an organic-inorganic semiconductor interface: SnPc on GaAs(001)
D. A. Evans; A. R. Vearey-Roberts; O. R. Roberts; A. C. Brieva; A. Bushell; G. T. Williams; D. P. Langstaff; G. Cabailh; I. T. McGovern
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5F5–C5F11 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3464769
Scanning probe techniques for atom manipulation and nanoscale characterization
Atom-by-atom assembly and spectroscopy of In/InAs(111)A adatom chains by low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5G1–C5G4 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3430546
Cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of nonpolar surfaces
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5G11–C5G18 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3456166
Nanoscale electrical characterization of arrowhead defects in GaInP thin films grown on Ge
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5G5–C5G10 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3454373
Interface characterization
In situ antiphase domain quantification applied on heteroepitaxial GaP growth on Si(100)
Henning Döscher; Bernardette Kunert; Andreas Beyer; Oliver Supplie; Kerstin Volz; Wolfgang Stolz; Thomas Hannappel
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5H1–C5H6 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3466529
Device-related phenomena
Bias stress stability of zinc-tin-oxide thin-film transistors with gate dielectrics
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5I1–C5I6 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3455494
Ex situ Ohmic contacts to
Ashish Baraskar; Mark A. Wistey; Vibhor Jain; Evan Lobisser; Uttam Singisetti; Greg Burek; Yong Ju Lee; Brian Thibeault; Arthur Gossard; Mark Rodwell
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, C5I7–C5I9 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3454372
Letters
Scatterometric porosimetry: A new characterization technique for porous material patterned structures
R. Bouyssou; M. El Kodadi; C. Licitra; T. Chevolleau; M. Besacier; N. Posseme; O. Joubert; P. Schiavone
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, L31–L34 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3457489
Electric field induced motion of metallic droplets: Application to submicron contactor
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 28, L35–L38 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3462963
Future of plasma etching for microelectronics: Challenges and opportunities
Gottlieb S. Oehrlein, Stephan M. Brandstadter, et al.
Heating of photocathode via field emission and radiofrequency pulsed heating: Implication toward breakdown
Ryo Shinohara, Soumendu Bagchi, et al.
Vertical silicon nanowedge formation by repetitive dry and wet anisotropic etching combined with 3D self-aligned sidewall nanopatterning
Yasser Pordeli, Céline Steenge, et al.