AVS 59th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    Actinides and Rare Earths Focus Topic Monday Sessions

Session AC+TF+SS+MI-MoA
Actinides and Rare Earths: Thin Films and Surface Science

Monday, October 29, 2012, 2:00 pm, Room 006
Moderator: R.K. Schulze, Los Alamos National Laboratory


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2:00pm AC+TF+SS+MI-MoA1 Invited Paper
Rare Earth 4f Hybridization in Gallium Nitride
J.W. McClory, S.R. McHale, Air Force Institute of Technology, L. Wang, W.N. Mei, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, J.C. Petrosky, Air Force Institute of Technology, J. Wu, R. Palai, University of Puerto Rico – San Juan, Ya.B. Losovyj, Louisiana State University, P.A. Dowben, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2:40pm AC+TF+SS+MI-MoA3
Revisiting the Yb Electronic Structure with Low-Energy Photoemission Spetroscopy
F. Offi, CNISM and Univ. Roma Tre, Italy, P. Vilmercati, L. Petaccia, S. Gorovikov, ELETTRA Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy, A. Ruocco, CNISM and Univ. Roma Tre, Italy, M.I. Trioni, CNR-ISTM, Milano, Italy, A. Rizzo, CNISM and Univ. Roma Tre, Italy, A. Goldoni, ELETTRA Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy, G. Stefani, CNISM and Univ. Roma Tre, Italy, G. Panaccione, CNR-IOM, Basovizza-Trieste, Italy, S. Iacobucci, CNI-IFN, Rome, Italy
3:00pm AC+TF+SS+MI-MoA4
Erbium Rare Earth Thin Film Hydride Stress Studies as a Function of Processing Techniques
J.L. Provo, J.L. Provo Consulting
3:40pm AC+TF+SS+MI-MoA6
Splat Cooling Technique Contributing to Understanding of Uranium Systems
L. Havela, Charles University, Czech Republic, A. Gonçalves, J.-C. Waerenbogh, L. Pereira, ITN Sacavém, Portugal, I. Tkach, Charles University, Czech Republic, N.-T. Kim-Ngan, Pedagogical University Cracow, Poland, T.B. Scott, University of Bristol, UK
4:00pm AC+TF+SS+MI-MoA7
Investigation of Rare Earth Doped Lithium Tetraborate Glasses with XAFS and Emission and Excitation Spectroscopy
T.D. Kelly, J.W. McClory, D.A. Buchanan, A.T. Brant, J.C. Petrosky, Air Force Institute of Technology, Ya.B. Losovyj, Louisiana State University, V.T. Adamiv, Ya.V. Burak, Institute of Physical Optics, P.A. Dowben, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
4:40pm AC+TF+SS+MI-MoA9
Eu-implanted p-type GaN: Charge-Driven Luminescence Hysteresis and Identification of a Possible Charge-State-Alternation Resonance of the Mg Acceptor
K.P. O'Donnell, P.R. Edwards, R.W. Martin, Strathclyde University, Scotland, UK, K. Lorenz, E. Alves, V. Darakchieva, ITN Sacavém, Portugal, M. Bockowski, Unipress, Poland