Focus Session: Quantum Size Effects in Metallic Thin Films

Presentations

• Quantum size effects in metallic thin films: from thermodynamic stability to superconductivities

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 5, 2007, 6:00 AM – March 5, 2007, 6:36 AM

  Authors

  • Chih-Kang Shih

    • Physics Department, University of Texas at Austin
    • The University of Texas at Austin; Department of Physics
    • University of Texas at Austin
    • Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin
    • The University of Texas at Austin

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• Non-classical second layer nucleation in Pb/Si(111) and the kinetics of the wetting layer.

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 6:36 AM – March 5, 2007, 6:48 AM

  Authors

  • M. Hupalo

    • Ames Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University
    • Ames Laboratory of US DOE, Iowa State University

  • Z. Kuntova

    • Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

  • Z. Chvoj

    • Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

  • C.Z Wang

    • Ames Laboratory of US DOE, Iowa State University

  • K.M Ho

    • Ames Laboratory of US DOE, Iowa State University

  • M. C. Tringides

    • Ames Laboratory of US DOE, Iowa State University

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• Quantum Modulation of Island Nucleation on Top of a Metal Nanomesa

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 6:48 AM – March 5, 2007, 7:00 AM

  Authors

  • Yong Han

    • Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0610, USA
    • Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

  • M. Hupalo

    • Ames Lab-USDOE, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

  • M.C. Tringides

    • Ames Lab-USDOE, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

  • Feng Liu

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
    • University of Utah
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Univeristy of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
    • Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0610, USA
    • Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

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• In situ x-ray scattering investigation of the Pb/Si(111)7x7 interface

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 7:00 AM – March 5, 2007, 7:12 AM

  Authors

  • Michael Gramlich

    • U Missouri-Columbia

  • Rui Feng

    • Georgia Inst. Tech

  • Shawn Hayden

    • U Missouri-Columbia

  • Myron Hupalo

    • Ames Lab

  • Michael Tringides

    • Ames Lab

  • Chinkyo Kim

    • Kyunghee U

  • Craig Jeffrey

    • U Missouri-Columbia

  • Philip Ryan

    • MUCAT, APS Agronne Nat Lab

  • Paul Miceli

    • U Missouri-Columbia

  • Edward Conrad

    • Georgia Inst. Tech.

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• Strongly-Driven Coarsening of Height-Selected Pb Islands on Si(111)

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 7:12 AM – March 5, 2007, 7:24 AM

  Authors

  • Maozhi Li

    • Ames Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University

  • J. W. Evans

    • Ames Laboratory and Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University

  • C. Z. Wang

    • Ames Laboratory
    • Ames Laboratory-U.S. DOE. and Department of Physics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa IA 50011
    • Ames Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University

  • M. Hupalo

    • Ames Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University
    • Ames Laboratory of US DOE, Iowa State University

  • M. C. Tringides

    • Ames Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University

  • T.-L. Chan

    • Ames Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University

  • K. M. Ho

    • Ames Laboratory
    • Ames Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
    • Ames Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University

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• Stability of magic planar Ag clusters

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 7:24 AM – March 5, 2007, 7:36 AM

  Authors

  • Y.P. Chiu

    • Department of Physics, National Sun Yat-sen University

  • Y.S. Ou

    • Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica; Department of Physics, National Taiwan University

  • Y.R. Chang

    • Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica; Department of Physics, National Taiwan University

  • C.M. Wei

    • IAMS, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica;Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica

  • C.S. Chang

    • Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica

  • Tien T. Tsong

    • Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica

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• Self Organization of Pb Islands on Si(111) Caused by Quantum Size Effects

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 7:36 AM – March 5, 2007, 7:48 AM

  Authors

  • Hawoong Hong

    • Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • Argonne National Laboratory
    • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  • Leo Basile

    • Escuela Polit\'ecnica Nacional

  • Peter Czoschke

    • Seagate Technology

  • Aaron Gray

    • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  • Tai-Chang Chiang

    • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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• First-principles Study of Pb(111) Nanofilms in the Quantum Regime

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 7:48 AM – March 5, 2007, 8:00 AM

  Authors

  • Yong Han

    • Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0610, USA
    • Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

  • Raj Ganesh S. Pala

    • Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0610, USA

  • Guang-Hong Lu

    • Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0610, USA

  • Li Huang

    • Surface Physics Laboratory and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China

  • Feng Liu

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
    • University of Utah
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Univeristy of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
    • Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0610, USA
    • Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

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• Strength modulation of quantum-well states in Pb islands with periodic distortions

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 8:00 AM – March 5, 2007, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • S.M. Lu

    • Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C.

  • M.C. Yang

    • Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C.

  • W.B. Su

    • Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C.

  • C.L. Jiang

    • Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C.

  • C.S. Chang

    • Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C.

  • Tien T. Tsong

    • Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C.

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• Coherent Electronic Fringe Structure in Incommensurate Silver-Silicon Quantum Wells

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 8:12 AM – March 5, 2007, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Nathan Speer

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Shu Tang

    • National Tsing Hua University
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Tom Miller

    • Department of Physics and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Tai Chiang

    • Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• First-principles studies of quantum growth of PbBi alloy films

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 8:24 AM – March 5, 2007, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Yu Jia

    • Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
    • Zhengzhou University

  • M. M. Ozer

    • The University of Tennessee

  • James R Thompson

    • University of Tennessee, ORNL
    • University of Tennessee
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996;Condensed Matter Sciences Division, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN 37831
    • U. of Tennessee
    • The University of Tennessee

  • Hanno Weitering

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996;Condensed Matter Sciences Division, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN 37831
    • The University of Tennessee
    • University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Zhenyu Zhang

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory \& University of Tennessee
    • Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, The University of Tennessee
    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831
    • ORNL

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• Umklapp-Mediated Quantization of Electronic States in Ag Films on Ge(111)

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 8:36 AM – March 5, 2007, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Shu Tang

    • National Tsing Hua University
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Yen-Ru Lee

    • National Tsing Hua University

  • Shih-Lin Chang

    • Physics Department, National Tsing Hua University
    • National Tsing Hua University

  • Tom Miller

    • Department of Physics and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Tai Chiang

    • Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• The Phases of Ag on Ge(111): A Low Energy Electron Microscopy Investigation.

  ORAL

  March 5, 2007, 8:48 AM – March 5, 2007, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Jason Giacomo

    • University of California, Davis

  • Shirley Chiang

    • University of California Davis
    • University of California, Davis

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