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Journals

Surface Metrology Algorithm Testing System

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Son H. Bui, Theodore V. Vorburger

This paper presents the development of a Web-based surface metrology algorithm testing system. The system includes surface analysis tools and a surface texture...

Images of Strips On and Trenches In Substrates

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Egon Marx

The computation of images of lines or strips on a substrate and trenches in a substrate or a layer above a substrate, all made of dielectric or absorbing...

Comparison of Optical and Stylus Methods for Measurement of Rough Surfaces

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Theodore V. Vorburger, H G. Rhee, Thomas B. Renegar, Jun-Feng Song, Xiaoyu A. Zheng

Abstract Optical methods are increasingly used for measurement of surface texture, particularly for areal measurements where the optical methods are generally...

3D Image Correction of Tilted Sample Through Coordinate Transformation

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Wei Chu, Joseph Fu, Ronald G. Dixson, Theodore V. Vorburger

In scanned probe measurements of micrometer- or nanometer-scale lines, it is nearly impossible to maintain the sample in a perfectly level position, and even a...

A Time-Resolved Kinetic Monte-Carlo Simulation Study On Si (111) Etching

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Hui Zhou, Joseph Fu, Richard M. Silver

In this paper we have extended the Kinetic Monte-Carlo simulation method to study the etching dynamics of Si (111) surfaces in NH4F in a time-resolved basis. We...

Widefield Light Microscopy Method for High Resolution and Quantum Dot Spectral Studies

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Cynthia J. Zeissler, Keana C. Scott, Richard D. Holbrook, Peter E. Barker, Yan Xiao

We are exploring methods to achieve 3D 200 nm resolution multispectral imaging with an ordinary inexpensive widefield microscope using incoherent white light...

Pattern-Directed to Isotropic Dewetting Transition in Polymer Films on Micropatterned Surfaces With Differential Surface Energy Contrast

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

D Julthongpiput, Wenhua Zhang, Jack F. Douglas, Alamgir Karim, Michael J. Fasolka

Verifying Measurement Uncertainty Using a Control Chart With Dynamic Control Limits

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Jun-Feng Song, Theodore V. Vorburger

We propose a control chart with dynamic control limits that promotes the process of developing and refining an uncertainty budget and verifying the measurement...

Fundamentals and Applications of Cluster SIMS

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Christopher W. Szakal, John G. Gillen

Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Covalently-Cationized Polyethylene as a Function of Sample Temperature

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

William E. Wallace, William R. Blair

A pre charged, low mass, low polydispersity linear polyethylene was analyzed with matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry as a...

Development of Certified Reference Materials of Ion-Implanted Dopants in Silicon for Calibration of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometers

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

David S. Simons, Robert G. Downing, George P. Lamaze, Richard M. Lindstrom, Robert R. Greenberg, Rick L. Paul, Susannah Schiller, William F. Guthrie

Certified reference materials have been developed for calibration of the concentrations of the most common dopants used in silicon semiconductor technology...

Anisotropic Wetting on Tunable Micro-Wrinkled Surfaces

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Jun Y. Chung, Jeffrey Youngblood, Christopher M. Stafford

We demostrate that the buckling instability technique is promising for studying wettability because key elements of surface topography such as surface roughness...

Miniaturized Dynamic Light Scattering Instrumentation for Use in Microfluidic Applications

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Thomas Q. Chastek, Kathryn L. Beers, Eric J. Amis

Five designs for a miniaturized dynamic light scattering (DLS) instrument with microfluidic flow and fiber optic probes directly embedded into the sample are...

Acoustic Emission Source Location in a Thick Steel Plate Using Lamb Modes

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Marvin A. Hamstad

Using a validated finite-element modeling code, buried out-of-plane (two dimensional code (2D)) and in-plane (three dimensional code (3D)) acoustic emission (AE...

Comments on 'Bayesian evaluation of comparison data' by Ignacio Lira

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker, Blaza Toman

A recent paper by Ignacio Lira in Metrologia 43 (2006) S231-S234 addresses a well-known problem in combining information from interlaboratory evaluations. Lira...

Nonequilibrium Theory of Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy via Adsorbate Resonances: Nonmagnetic and Kondo Impurities

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

M Plihal, John William Gadzuk

We report on a fully nonequilibrium theory of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) through resonances induced by impurity atoms adsorbed on metal surfaces. The...

Implementation of a Non-Equilibrium Green's Function Method to Calculate Spin Transfer Torque

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Christian Heiliger, M Czerner, B Yavorsky, I Mertig, Mark D. Stiles

We present an implementation of the steady state Keldysh approach in a Green function multiple scattering scheme to calculate the non-equilibrium spin density...

A Highly Flexible, Minimum Dead Time, Data Intensive Acquisition System for Characterizing Low Level Decay Events Constructed with Commericial Off-the-Shelf Hardware

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Alan H. Band, George A. Klouda, Stephen H. Pheiffer

Spin-Orbit Precession Damping in Transition Metal Ferromagnets

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Keith Gilmore, Y Idzerda, Mark D. Stiles

We provide a simple explanation, based on an effective field, for the precession damping rate due to the spin-orbit interaction. Previous effective field...

Identification of the dominant precession damping mechanism in Fe, Co, and Ni by first-principles calculations

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Keith Gilmore, Y Idzerda, Mark D. Stiles

The Landau-Lifshitz equation reliably describes magnetization dynamics using a phenomenological treatment of damping. This paper presents first-principles...

Adiabatic Domain Wall Motion and Landau-Lifshitz Damping

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Mark D. Stiles, Wayne M. Saslow, Michael J. Donahue, A Zangwill

Recent theory and measurements of the velocity of current-driven domain walls in magnetic nanowires have re-opened the unresolved question of whether Landau...

Hemispherical imaging of skin with polarized light, ed. by Valery V. Tuchin

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

J C. Ramella-Roman, Bruno Boulbry, Thomas A. Germer

-Component Segregation in Model Chemically Amplified Resists,-

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

John T. Woodward IV, T H. Fedynyshyn, D K. Astolfi, Susan Cann, J R. Roberts, M K. Leeson

A Survey of Self-Organization in Wireless Networks

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Kevin L. Mills

This paper surveys recent research on self-organizing techniques applied to design and control large wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. The survey divides...

On the Shape of the Isotropic-(Para)Nematic Coexistence Curve in Sheared Semi-Dilutenanotube suspensions

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Erik K. Hobbie

A simple geometric argument is presented to account for the value of the measured critical exponent describing the development of anisotropy at the stability...

Line Edge Roughness Characterization of Sub-50nm Structures Using CD-SAXS: Round-Robin Benchmark Results

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Chengqing C. Wang, J C. Roberts, Robert Bristol, B Bunday, Ronald L. Jones, Eric K. Lin, Wen-Li Wu, John S. Villarrubia, Kwang-Woo Choi, James S. Clarke, Bryan J. Rice, Michael Leeson

he need to characterize line edge and line width roughness in patterns with sub-50 nm critical dimension challenges existing platforms based on electron...

Biomaterials Approach For Assessing Total Cellular DNA Damage

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Marc Roy

Rheology of Concentrated Carbon Nanotube Suspensions

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

K HobbieE, J FryD

The rheological properties of non-Brownian carbon nanotube suspensions are measured over a range of nanotube volume fractions spanning the transition from semi...

Chemical twinning of the pyrochlore structure structure in the system Bi2O3-Fe2O3-Nb2O5

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Ian E. Grey, W G. Mumme, Terrell A. Vanderah, Robert S. Roth, C Bougerol

Technology and Metrology of New Electronic Materials and Devices

January 1, 2007

Author(s)

Eric M. Vogel

Scaling of the complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) field effect transistor (FET) and its traditional materials has been the basis of the...

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