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3-Dimensional Nanoscale Structural Characterization of Magnetic Tunnel Junction
Y. Liu, A. K Petford-Long, D. K Schreiber (Argonne-MSD)

Characterizing High-performance Nanorod-array LEDs
R. Colby, P. Deb, M. Oliver, D. N. Zakharov, I. H. Wildeson, D. A. Ewoldt, Z. Liang, R.
Edwin Garcia, E. A. Stach, T. D. Sands (Purdue U. and Birck Nanotechnology Center);
N. J. Zaluzec (Argonne-MSD-EMC)

Diamond Nanowires and the Mechanism of Electrical Conductivity in
Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCD) Films
P. Bruno, D. M. Gruen, (Argonne-MSD); R. Arenal (Laboratoire d'Etude des
Microstructures, ONERA-CNRS)

Electron Diffraction on Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes
R. Arenal (Argonne-MSD and CNRS-ONERA, France); M. F. Fiawoo (CNRS-ONERA,
France)

Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy Measurements of Amorphization of Polymorphs of TiO2 Induced by Ion Irradiation
N. J. Zaluzec (Argonne-EMC); K. L. Smith, G. R. Lumpkin, M. G. Blackford, K. R.
Whittle (ANSTO)

First Applications of Cc Corrected Imaging for High-Resolution and Energy-Filtered TEM
B. Kabius, Argonne National Laboratory; P. Hartel, Maximilian Haider, CEOS GmbH,
Heidelberg, Germany

Fundamental Investigations on Nanotribology using In Situ TEM
A. M’Ndange-Pfupfu, A. Merkle, S. K. Eswara Moorthy, Y. Liao, L. D. Marks
(Northwestern University)

Imaging Magnetization Reversal in Magnetic Nanostructures
M. Tanase, A. K. Petford-Long (Argonne-MSD); K. Buchanan (Argonne-CNM); O.
Heinonen (Seagate Technology); J. Sort, J. Nogues (Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona); M.
De Graef, C. D. Phatak (Carnegie Mellon Univ)

Interface Structure of ZrO2/In2O3 Multilayer Films
X. Zhong, B. Kabius, D. Fong, J. Eastman, D. Schreiber, A. Petford-Long (Argonne-
MSD)

Magnetic Phase Transition Probed by High Momentum Resolution EELS
Y. Ito (Northern Illinois U.; Argonne-MSD); N. J. Zaluzec, A. N. Chiaramonti, D. J.
Miller (Argonne-MSD); M. van Veenendaal (Northern Illinois U.; Argonne-APS)

Nanometer-scale Sharpness in Corner-overgrown Heterostructures
P. Cantwell and E. A. Stach (Purdue U.); M. Grayson (Northwestern U.); N. J. Zaluzec
(Argonne-MSD)

Nanoscale Studies of Metal/Oxide/Metal Tunnel Junction Structures: Development of Novel Characterization Tools
A. N. Chiaramonti, A. K. Petford-Long, L. J. Thompson, Y. Liu (Argonne-MSD); D. K.
Schreiber (Argonne-MSD, Northwestern U.); W. F. Egelhoff (NIST, Gaithersburg), D. N.
Seidman (Northwestern U.), H.-S. Yang (IBM; National U. Singapore), Y-S. Choi, D. D.
Djayaprawira (Canon-Anelva Corp.)

Nucleation of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Films on Si
X. Y. Zhong, B. Kabius, J. Hiller, Y. C. Chen, O. Auciello (Argonne-MSD)

Phases, Structure and Strength of RuAlCr Alloys
M. Acosta, D. R. Johnson, E. P. Kvam, (Purdue-MSE); N. J. Zaluzec (Argonne-MSD)

Protein-Assisted Synthesis of Metallic and Semiconductor Nanowires
R. Colby, S. Padalkar, L. Stanciu (Purdue U.); N. J. Zaluzec (Argonne-MSD)

Scanning Confocal Electron Microscopy of Integrated Circuits
N. J. Zaluzec (Argonne-MSD-EMC)

Structural and Compositional Study of Doped Boron Nitride Nanotubes
M. Xie, C. H. Lee, Y. K. Yap (Michigan Tech. U.); R. E. Cook (Argonne-MSD)

Structure-Property Relationship of CoFe2O4 Thin Films
M. Pan (Northwestern U.; Argonne-MSD); G. Bai, Yuzi Liu, A. Petford-Long (Argonne-
MSD); V. Dravid (Northwestern U.)

Vector Field Electron Tomography
C. Phatak, M. De Graef (Carnegie Mellon U.); A. Petford-Long, M. Tanase (Argonne-
MSD)

Damage Correlation between In Situ Ion Irradiation and Neutron Irradiation
M. Li (Argonne-NE); M. A. Kirk, P. M. Baldo (Argonne-MSD)

Damage Evolution in Thin Foils of UHP-Fe and FeCr Alloys at High Doses
M. Hernández-Mayoral (CIEMAT); Z. Yao, M. L. Jenkins (U. Oxford); M. A. Kirk
(Argonne-MSD)

Defect Evolution and Phase Transformation in Iron-chromium
C. Tomchik, J. Stubbins (U. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – NPRE); M. Kirk (Argonne-
MSD); M. Okuniewski (INL); S. Maloy (LANL, MST-8)

Energetic Ion Interactions with Solar System Materials: Application of In Situ Ion Irradiation Experiments
R. Christoffersen, L. P Keller (NASA Johnson Space Center)

Free Surfaces Influence on Induced Defects and Disilicide Growth During Ion Implantation in Si
F. Fortuna, E. Oliviero, M.-O. Ruault (CSNSM/CNRS/Univ. P-Sud, Orsay, France); M.
Kirk, P. Baldo (Argonne-MSD)

Grain Growth in Nanocrystalline Metal Thin-Films Under In Situ Ion-Beam Irradiation
D. Kaoumi, A. T. Motta (Penn. State U.); R. C. Birtcher (Argonne-MSD)

Ion Beam Irradiation of Complex Ceramics
R. C. Ewing, J. Zhang, L. Wang (U. Michigan); J. Lian (Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute); S. Utsunomiya (Kyushu U., Japan)

Ion Irradiation-Induced Microstructure Evolution of a Fe-12Cr-0.1C Model Martensitic Steel Studied In Situ in a TEM
D. Kaoumi, A. T. Motta (Penn. State U.); M. Kirk (Argonne-MSD)

In-situ Observation of Dynamical Behavior of Helium Bubbles and Dislocation Loops Induced by Irradiation with High-Energy Self-Ions
K. Ono, M. Miyamoto (Shimane U., Japan); K. Arakawa (UHV-EM Center, Osaka U.,
Japan); R. C. Birtcher, M. Kirk (Argonne-MSD)

Loop Formation and Motion in Fe and Fe-Cr alloys
Z. Yao, M. L. Jenkins (U. Oxford); M. Hernández-Mayoral (CIEMAT); M. A. Kirk
(Argonne-MSD)

Microstructural Stability of the Depleted Uranium Alloys
J. Gan, D. Keiser, B. Miller, D. Wachs (INL); M. Kirk (Argonne-MSD), J. Rest
(Argonne-NE)

Phase Stability under Irradiation of Precipitates in Oxide-Dispersion-Strengthened (ODS) Steels Relevant for Generation-IV Nuclear Reactors
D. Kaoumi, A. T. Motta (Penn. State U.); M. Kirk, B. Kabius (Argonne-MSD)

Radiation Damage of Lanthanide Titanates – Ln2TiO5
G. R. Lumpkin, K. L. Smith, M. G. Blackford, K. R. Whittle (Institute of Materials
Engineering, ANTSO, Australia); N. J. Zaluzec (Argonne-MSD)

Radiation Damage Modelling of TiO2 – Rutile, Anatase and Brookite
G. R. Lumpkin, K. L. Smith, M. G. Blackford (Institiute of Materials Engineering,
ANTSO, Australia); N. J. Zaluzec (Argonne-MSD)

Radiation Damage of Potential Nuclear Materials
K. R. Whittle, K. L. Smith, M.G. Blackford (Institute of Materials Engineering, ANTSO,
Australia); N. J. Zaluzec (Argonne-MSD)

Role of the Induced Defects under Ion Beam on CoSi2 Nucleation in Si
F. Fortuna, B. Décamps, E. Oliviero, M.-O. Ruault (CSNSM/CNRS/Univ. P-Sud, Orsay,
France); M. Kirk, P. Baldo (Argonne-MSD)

Using Electron Tomography to Characterize Twin Nuclei in a High Strain Rate Deformed Nitrogen-strengthened Austenitic Steel
B. D. Miller, I. M. Robertson (U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign); M. A. Kirk (Argonne-
MSD)

Anisotropic Superconductivity in MoGe-Permalloy Heterostructures
A. V. Belkin, G. T. Karapetrov, V. Novosad, M. Iavarone, R. E. Cook, J. M. Hiller
(Argonne-MSD)

Development of Techniques to Prepare Atom Probe Samples of Thin Film Oxide Heterostructures with FIB
C. K. Sudbrack, J. M. Hiller and A. K. Petford Long (Argonne-MSD); D. Schreiber
(Northwestern U.; Argonne-MSD); W. F. Egelhoff, Jr. (NIST)

Examination of Buried Bonding Interfaces for Microsystem Applications
F. Mei, W. J.Meng (Louisiana State U. – ME); J. Hiller, D. J. Miller (Argonne-MSD)

Fabrication of Scanning Electrochemical – Atomic Force Microscopy Probes by Atomic Layer Deposition of Aluminum Oxide
D. J. Comstock, M. C. Hersam (Northwestern U.); J. M. Hiller (Argonne-MSD); J. W.
Elam (Argonne-ES)

Focused Ion Beam Welding of Stardust Grains
M. Savina, J. Hiller (ANL-MSD); E. Zinner, M. Jadhav (Washington U. St. Louis)

Influence of Substrate Grain Orientation on Heteroepitaxial Nucleation of YBa2Cu3O7
V. F. Solovyov, Q. Li, H. Wiesmann (Brookhaven Nat'l Lab.); D. Abraimov (Florida State
U.); D. J. Miller (Argonne-MSD-EMC)

Optimized Sample Fabrication for Atom Probe and Electron Tomography with Dual-Beam FIB
D. K. Schreiber (Northwestern U.; Argonne-MSD); J. M. Hiller, Y. Liu, A. K. Petford
Long (Argonne-MSD); D. N. Seidman (Northwestern U.); Y. S. Choi (Canon-ANELVA
Corp.)

Three Dimensional Reconstruction of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes
J. R. Wilson, J. S. Cronin, S. A. Barnett, P. Voorhees (Northwestern U.); D. J. Miller, J.
M. Hiller (Argonne-MSD); H. Chen, K. Thornton (U. Michigan)

Anodized Aluminum Oxide (AAO) Based Nanofabrication for Hydrogen Sensing
F. Rumiche and H. H. Wang (Argonne-MSD); J. E. Indacochea (U. Illinois at Chicago)

Atomic Layer Deposition Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials
J. W. Elam, J. A. Libera (Argonne-ES); A. V. Zinovev (Argonne-MSD)

Characterization of Carbide-Derived Carbon (CDC) Films Synthesized on Pure Microcrystalline Tungsten Carbide (WC)
M. Tlustochowicz, M. McNallan (U. Illinois at Chicago); A. Erdemir (Argonne-ES)

Characterisation of TiO2 Nanoparticles for Toxicological Investigations
A. Musumeci, D. Martin (U. Queensland, Australia); T. Rajh (Argonne-CNM)

Composition Studies of Novel Oxides for Spintronics
S. Kolesnik (Northern Illinois U.; Argonne-MSD)

Correlation between Hydrophobicity of a Surface and its Roughness
Y. Sun (Argonne-CNM)

ESEM Studies of Fibers under Conditions of Varying Humidity
S. Diridollou, P. Hallegot (L’Oreal); N. J. Zaluzec (Argonne-MSD)

Exchange Bias in Fe/Fe3O4 Core-shell Magnetic Nanoparticles Mediated by Frozen Interfacial Spins
Q. K. Ong, A. Wei (Purdue U.); X.-M. Lin (Argonne-CNM)

Functionalized Aligned Carbon Nanotubes as Electrocatalyst for Fuel Cell Applications
J. Yang (Argonne-CSE)

Growth of Anisotropic Silver Nanoplates on Semiconductor Substrates
Y. Sun, G. Wiederrecht (Argonne-CNM)

High-Energy Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries
I. Belharouak, H. Deng (Argonne-CSE)

Investigation of Peptide-Gold Interfaces for Delivery of Nanoparticles in Vivo
S. W. Bishnoi, Y. J. Lin (Illinois Institute of Technology)

Micro- and Nano-crystals with Novel Shapes
Z. Xiao, U. Patel, S. Avci, S. Yu (Northern Illinois U.)

Microbial Transformations of Fe(III) Oxides and Oxyhydroxides: Characterization and Reactivity of Biogenic Fe(II) Minerals
E. O’Loughlin, K. Kemner (Argonne-BIO) and R. Cook (Argonne-MSD); M. Scherer (U.
Iowa)

Microstructure of Superhard Nanocrytalline Films
G. Chen, D. Singh (Argonne-ET)

Morphology Transitions of C60 Nanocrystals under High Pressure
L. Wang, Y. Ding (Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington)

Morphology of Functionalized and Drug-loaded, Biodegradable Microspheres
M. D. Kaminski, C. J. Mertz (Argonne-CSE); R. Kraig, A. J. Rosengart (U. Chicago)

Multilayer Laue Lenses for Nano-focusing of Hard X-rays
N. Jahedi, C. Liu, J. Qian, B. Shi, A. Macrander (Argonne-APS)

Nanoindentation-induced Amorphous Silicon Characterized by FEM
B. Haberl (Australian National U., Australia); A. C. Y. Liu (Argonne-MSD; now Monash
U., Australia)

Nanoparticles in ZBLAN Glass Ceramics
J. A. Johnson (UTSI-MS&E; Argonne-NE)

Nanoparticle Design and Metamaterials
E. Shevchenko, P. Podsiadlo (Argonne-CNM)

Particulate Studies on the Fine Fragmentation of Coal Ash
G. Fix, W. Seames (U. North Dakota; funding provided under DOE EPSCoR
Infrastructure Improvement Grant, no. DE-FG02-06ER46292); D. J. Miller (Argonne-
MSD)

Photo-Ferroelectric Heterojunctions
J. Li, J. A. Eastman, O. Auciello, G. R. Bai, L. Thompson and P. Baldo (Argonne-MSD);
S. K. Streiffer (Argonne-CNM)

PLZT Thin Films on Base Metallic Substrates
M. Narayanan, B. Ma, U. Balachandran (Argonne-ES); R. Koritala (Argonne-MSD)

Scuffing in Ceramics
M. Cinta Lorenzo-Martin, O.O. Ajayi (Argonne-ES)

SEM Imaging of Geoconcrete
S. Bernal (Universidad del Valle, Colombia); Volker Rose (Argonne-APS)

Study the Relationship between Metal Dusting Corrosion and the Growth of Carbon Nano-filaments
Z. Zeng, K. Natesan, and D. L. Rink (Argonne-NE)

TEM of Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts for Reduced Cost and Improved Lifetimes
J. Mawdsley, M. Smith, D. Myers, and J. Gilbert (Argonne-CSE); S. Seifert (Argonne-
XSD)

TEM Study of Nanoscale Cu-Ni(100) Alloy Oxidation
G. W. Zhou, J. A. Eastman, D. Fong (Argonne-MSD); L. Wang (UIUC-MSE)

 


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