Focus Session: Metal Surfaces, Interfaces, and Thin Films

Presentations

• Surface islands nucleated by a beam of energetic self-ions on Pt(111): A low-energy electron microscopy study

  ORAL

  March 13, 2008, 7:00 AM – March 13, 2008, 7:12 AM

  Authors

  • Michal Ondrejcek

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • C. Peter Flynn

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Wacek Swiech

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• The effect of Fe atoms on the adsorption of a W atom on W surfaces

  ORAL

  March 13, 2008, 7:12 AM – March 13, 2008, 7:24 AM

  Authors

  • Jeffery Houze

    • Mississippi State University

  • Sungho Kim

    • Mississippi State University
    • Center for advanced vehicular system
    • Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Center for Advanced Vehicular System, Mississippi State University

  • Seong-Jin Park

    • Mississippi State University

  • Randall German

    • Mississippi State University

  • Mark F. Horstemeyer

    • Mississippi State University
    • Center for advanced vehicular system

  • Seong-Gon Kim

    • Mississippi State University

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• Stability of V and Ti on Al surfaces: Searching for suitable interlayer materials to stabilize the Fe-Al interface

  ORAL

  March 13, 2008, 7:24 AM – March 13, 2008, 7:36 AM

  Authors

  • Weerasinghe Priyantha

    • Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

  • Hui Chen

    • Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

  • Michael Kopczyk

    • Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

  • Kasey Lund

    • Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

  • Dan Tonn

    • Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

  • Richard Smith

    • Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

  • Ponnusamy Nachimuthu

    • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA

  • Vaithiyalingam Shutthanandan

    • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA

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• Magic planar Ag clusters

  ORAL

  March 13, 2008, 7:36 AM – March 13, 2008, 7:48 AM

  Authors

  • Y.P. Chiu

  • C.M. Wei

  • C.S. Chang

  • Tien. T. Tsong

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• Crucial electronic contributions to measures of surface diffusion by He atom scattering

  ORAL

  March 13, 2008, 7:48 AM – March 13, 2008, 8:00 AM

  Authors

  • Guido Fratesi

    • ETSF and Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Universit\`a di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, IT

  • Gil Alexandrowicz

    • Cavendish Laborator, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

  • Mario Italo Trioni

    • ETSF and CNISM, UdR Milano-Bicocca, Milano, IT

  • Gian Paolo Brivio

    • ETSF, CNISM, and Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Universit\`a di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, IT

  • William Allison

    • Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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• Sapphire Surface Polymorphs and The Growth of Pb Overlayers

  ORAL

  March 13, 2008, 8:00 AM – March 13, 2008, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Hawoong Hong

    • Frederick Seitz Matrials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Aaron Gray

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

  • T.-C. Chiang

    • Department of Physics and Frederick Seitz Matrials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champiagn

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• Molecular dynamics simulations of low temperature Cu/Cu(100) growth

  ORAL

  March 13, 2008, 8:12 AM – March 13, 2008, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Valery Borovikov

    • University of Toledo

  • Yunsic Shim

    • University of Toledo

  • Jacques G. Amar

    • University of Toledo

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• Parallel temperature accelerated dynamics simulations of vacancy formation in low temperature Cu/Cu(100) growth

  ORAL

  March 13, 2008, 8:24 AM – March 13, 2008, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Yunsic Shim

    • University of Toledo

  • Valery Borovikov

    • University of Toledo

  • Jacques G. Amar

    • University of Toledo

  • Blas P. Uberuaga

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • A.F. Voter

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • T-12 Group, MS B268, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
    • T-12 Group, MS B268, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545

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• Atomic Processes responsible for the diffusion of 2D Cu islands on Ag(111): results from self learning KMC

  ORAL

  March 13, 2008, 8:36 AM – March 13, 2008, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • O. Trushin

    • Institute of Microelectronics, ASR, Yaroslavl

  • H. Yildirim

    • Department of Physics, University of Central Florida

  • A. Kara

    • Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando FL32816
    • Department of Physics, University of Central Florida

  • T.S. Rahman

    • Department of Physics, University of Central Florida
    • University of Central Florida

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• Semi-coherent Fe(001)/MX(001) interfaces

  ORAL

  March 13, 2008, 8:48 AM – March 13, 2008, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Dan Fors

    • Chalmers University of Technology

  • G\"{o}ran Wahnstr\"{o}m

    • Chalmers University of Technology

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• Unstable and metastable states of dynamics governed by surface diffusion

  ORAL

  March 13, 2008, 9:00 AM – March 13, 2008, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • B. Davidovitch

    • UMass

  • H. King

    • UMass

  • C.D. Santangelo

    • UMass

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• Morphology evolution of solid thin films in the presence of long range de-wetting interactions

  ORAL

  March 13, 2008, 9:12 AM – March 13, 2008, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Adi Constantinescu

    • West Virginia University

  • Artem Levandovsky

    • University of Californina Riverside
    • University of California Riverside

  • Leonardo Golubovic

    • West Virginia University

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• Charge Transfer Model for Disscociative Barrier Formation; A First Principles Study

  ORAL

  March 13, 2008, 9:24 AM – March 13, 2008, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Shigeyuki Takagi

    • Meiji University

  • Hidekazu Tomono

    • Meiji University
    • Meiji University, Japan

  • Kazuo Tsumuraya

    • Meiji University

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• A Density Functional Study of Atomic Hydrogen and Oxygen Chemisorptions on the (0001) Surface of Double Hexagonal Close Packed Americium

  ORAL

  March 13, 2008, 9:36 AM – March 13, 2008, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Pratik Dholabhai

    • The University of Texas at Arlington

  • Raymond Atta-Fynn

    • The University of Texas at Arlington
    • Physics Department, The University of Texas at Arlington

  • Asok K. Ray

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019
    • The University of Texas at Arlington
    • Physics Department, The University of Texas at Arlington
    • Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX-76019

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• Simulations of adsorption of hydrocarbons on decagonal AlNiCo quasicrystal surfaces

  ORAL

  March 13, 2008, 9:48 AM – March 13, 2008, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Wahyu Setyawan

    • Duke University

  • Renee D. Diehl

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Milton W. Cole

    • Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Stefano Curtarolo

    • Duke University

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