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Housing: September 18, 2007
Symposium: September 24, 2007

 


 

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AVS Announces its 54th International Symposium and Exhibition on October 14-19, 2007, in Seattle, Washington
-Featuring Technical Symposia, Topical Conferences, Exhibitor Workshops, Short Courses, and a Free Equipment Exhibition
 
 

Are We Asking the Wrong Questions about Global Warming?
-Washington State Climatologist to Deliver AVS Public Lecture in Seattle on Oct. 14, 2007
 

AS1 Title: Multiphoton Patterning of Planar and Topographically Complex Surfaces for Control of Photon, Electron, and Chemical Transport
Authors:
P.V. Braun, pbraun@uiuc.edu
 


AS2 Title: Local Chemical Measurements with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Authors:
P.S. Weiss, stm@psu.edu
 

 

BI1 Title: Expanding Human Embryonic Stem Cells without Feeder Cells on Chitosan-Alginate 3D Porous Scaffolds
Author(s):

M.C. Leung; University of Washington, matthewl@u.washington.edu
L. Zhensheng; University of Washington
M. Zhang; University of Washington
 

 

BI2 Title: Fabrication of Surface-Engineered 3D Micro-Well Arrays for High Resolution and
High Throughput Analysis in a Single Cell Format

Author(s):

M. Textor, marcus.textor@mat.ethz.ch
M. Ochsner; ETH Zurich, Switzerland
M. Smith; ETH Zurich, Switzerland
H.M. Grandin; ETH Zurich, Switzerland
S. Luna-Morris; ETH Zurich, Switzerland
V. Vogel; ETH Zurich, Switzerland 

 

EMPD 1 Title: High-k/III-V Integration: from GaN to InSb
Author(s):
P.D. Ye, Purdue Univ., yep@purdue.edu 

 

EMPD 2 Title: Growth of Semiconductor Nanostructures Simple Models for Complex Behavior
Author(s):
J. Tersoff, IBM TJ Watson, tersoff@us.ibm.com
  

 

EMPD 3 Title: Electronic Transport Progress in Polymer Transistors
Author(s):

R.A. Street; Palo Alto Research Center, street@parc.com
M.L. Chabinyc; Palo Alto Research center
J.E. Northrup; Palo Alto Research Center
 

Insitu Title:  The TEAM Project and its Potential for In-Situ Experimentation
Author(s):
U. Dahmen, udahmen@lbl.gov
 

 

MIND Title: High-Efficiency Spin Injection through the Depleted Edge of a Magnetic Semiconductor
Author(s):
M.E. Flatte, michael-flatte@uiowa.edu 

 

SS1 Title: Progress and Challenges in Solar Energy Conversion Using Semiconductor/Liquid Junctions
Authors:
N.S. Lewis, California Institute of Technology, feick@caltech.edu
 

 

SS2 Title: Platinum Nanoparticle Shape and Stabilizing Agent Effects on Catalysis
Authors:

K.M. Bratlie; University of California, Berkeley, kmbratlie@lbl.gov
H. Lee; University of California, Berkeley
P. Yang; University of California, Berkeley
K. Komvopoulos; University of California, Berkeley
G.A. Somorjai; University of California, Berkeley 

 

SS3 Title:  Action Spectroscopy of Vibrationally Excited Molecules by Inelastically Tunneled Electrons
Authors:
  Y. Kim; RIKEN, Japan, ykim@riken.jp 

 

VTD1 Title: Miniature High Vacuum Pump for Mars Analytical Instruments
Author(s):

R.J. Kline-Schoder; Creare Incorporated, rjk@creare.com,
P.H. Sorensen; Creare Incorporated 

 

VTD2 Title: Recent Advances Enhance Space Simulation
Author(s):
F.G. Collins; The University of Tennessee Space Institute, fcollins@utsi.edu

 


MAJOR Symposium Sponsors
Ambios manufactures high performance, state-of-the-art, surface metrology equipment for industrial and academic researchers.  Product line includes  stylus profilometers, non-contact optical profilers, and  AFM and SPM instruments. JEOL manufactures a full line of surface analysis instrumentation including ultra high resolution TEMs for elemental analysis in sub-micron areas; scanning Auger Microprobes; ultra high resolution, low voltage, field emission SEMs and UHV SEMs; and UHV-STM’s featuring a high temperature sample heating stage. Kratos Analytical will exhibit its line of high performance XPS multi-technique spectrometers designed for R&D applications. The AXIS Ultra provides the latest in spectroscopic and imaging capabilities with analytical flexibility. Also being exhibited is the AXIS Nova, an automated XPS instrument combining research level performance with automation and high throughput. NREL's mission and strategy are focused on advancing the U.S. Department of Energy's and our nation's energy goals. The laboratory's scientists and researchers support critical market objectives to accelerate research from scientific innovations to market-viable alternative energy solutions.
OMICRON NanoTechnology is the premier supplier of UHV instruments for nanoscience-related research. We invite you to visit our booth to see the latest results from the next generation Low Temperature (down to 4K) Atomic Force Microscope with enhanced LHe hold time. The Variable Temperature AFM/STM is now available with a non-optical force sensor. We will also be highlighting the ESCA+, NanoESCA and NanoSAM surface science systems. From thin film development to characterization, Omicron can help. Physical Electronics (PHI) is a subsidiary of ULVAC-PHI, the world's leading supplier of surface analysis instrumentation.  PHI’s innovative AES, XPS, and SIMS instruments are used to accelerate the development of advanced materials for a broad range of high technology applications. Thermo Electron Corporation will display the new K-Alpha Materials Characterization instrument. Using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), the K-Alpha enables rapid, accurate and cost-effective quantitative monitoring of the surface chemical composition of the top few nanometers of solid materials including insulators, semiconductors and metals for materials researchers as well as the emerging biotech, nanotech and pharmaceutical industries Vacuum Research Ltd: Manufacturer for 50 years of a broad line of high vacuum valves. Throttle valves, poppet style valves, rectangular port valves, and gate valves from ISO-63 to ISO-630.  Valves with ANSI and JIS flanges in similar sizes.