AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Surface Science Thursday Sessions

Session SS1-ThA
Nucleation and Growth - Metals

Thursday, November 12, 2009, 2:00 pm, Room M
Moderator: G.F. Verbeck, University of North Texas


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2:20pm SS1-ThA2
Influence of Quantum Well States on the Formation of Surface Au/Pb Alloy in Pb/Si(111) Quantum Thin Films
J.D. Kim, S.Y. Qin, A. Khajetoorians, The University of Texas, Austin, W.G. Zhu, Z.Y. Zhang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, C.K. Shih, The University of Texas, Austin
2:40pm SS1-ThA3
Far-From-Equilibrium Film Growth on Alloy Surfaces: Ni and Al on NiAl(110)
Y. Han, D. Jing, B. Unal, P.A. Thiel, J.W. Evans, Iowa State University
3:00pm SS1-ThA4
Growth Instabilities on Cu Vicinals: Metallic Impurities
R. Sathiyanarayanan, University of Maryland, College Park, A. Bhadj Hamouda, University of Monastir, Tunisia, A. Pimpinelli, Univ. B–Pascal Clermont-2, France & Science Attaché, French Embassy, Houston, T. Einstein, University of Maryland, College Park
3:40pm SS1-ThA6 Invited Paper
Epitaxial Thin Films and Multilayers: Growth Mode, Microstructure and Physical Property Correlations
R.A. Lukaszew, College of William and Mary
4:20pm SS1-ThA8
Nucleation and Growth of Ceria-supported Pt-Au Bimetallic Nanoparticles
Y. Zhou, J. Zhou, University of Wyoming
4:40pm SS1-ThA9
Growth of Iridium on Ge(111) Studied by STM and LEEM
C. Mullet, S. Chiang, J. Morad, A. Durand, University of California, Davis
5:00pm SS1-ThA10
Adatom- and Addimer-Mediated Exchange Diffusion of Embedded Ge Atoms in the Ge/Si(001) Surface Alloy
E. Bussmann, B.S. Swartzentruber, Sandia National Laboratories
5:20pm SS1-ThA11
Substrate Effect on the Morphological Transition of Planar Magic Ag Nanoclusters
Y.P. Chiu, B.C. Huang, C.Y. Shen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan