AVS 60th International Symposium and Exhibition
    Applied Surface Science Tuesday Sessions

Session AS+BI-TuA
Forensic Science, Art and Archaeology (2:00-3:20 pm)/Quasicrystals and Complex Metal Alloys (4:00-6:00 pm)

Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 2:00 pm, Room 204
Moderators: J.A. Ohlhausen, Sandia National Laboratories, R. Opila, University of Delaware, S.J. Pachuta, 3M Company


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2:00pm AS+BI-TuA1 Invited Paper
Validation of Ultra-Trace Biological Agent Sample Matching Using NanoSIMS
P.K. Weber, M.L. Davisson, C.E. Ramon, S.P. Velsko, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2:40pm AS+BI-TuA3
Characterization of Foreign Material from Buried Interfaces in the Medical Device Industry
W. Theilacker, A. Belu, A. Burand, Medtronic, Inc.
3:00pm AS+BI-TuA4
Forensic XPS Characterization of Surface-Modified Textile Fibers
B. Strohmeier, Thermo Fisher Scientific, C. Deeks, Thermo Fisher Scientific, UK, R. Blackledge, Forensic Chemist Consultant
4:00pm AS+BI-TuA7 Invited Paper
Surface Properties and Complexity of Al-based Intermetallics
J.-M. Dubois, CNRS, France
4:40pm AS+BI-TuA9
Structural Investigation of the (001) Surface of Al5Co2
M. Meier, J. Ledieu, M-C. de Weerd, E. Gaudry, V. Fournée, CNRS-Université de Lorraine, France
5:00pm AS+BI-TuA10
Temperature-Dependence of Ag Film Roughness and Interlayer Spacings During Deposition on Complex Al-Pd-Mn Surfaces: Comparison with Periodic Substrates
B. Ünal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, J.W. Evans, P.A. Thiel, Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University
5:20pm AS+BI-TuA11
Study of Quasicrystal / α - Mg Eutectic Structure in the Mg-Cd-Yb System by EBSD
A.P. Tsai, Tohoku University, Japan
5:40pm AS+BI-TuA12
Plasmonic Quasicrystal Lattices
T.W. Odom, Northwestern University