J. W. Rogers, Jr., Associate Director
Donald R. Baer, User Coordinator
and the Staff of the Interfacial
and
Processing Sciences Program

1. Introduction

EMSL Research
Research Capabilities
Accessing the EMSL
Mission
Research Overview

2. Oxide Films and Surfaces

Development of a Novel Deposition Method for Synthesis of Porous Oxide Thin Films^(a)
Y. Gao and S. Elder

X-Ray Photoelectron Diffraction of MgO(111)-(1x1)^(b,c)
M. Gajdardziska-Josifovska, R. Plass, and S. A. Chambers

Low-Energy Cathodoluminescence Spectroscopy of Al-Doped TiO₂ Films^(b,d)
S. Goss, L. J. Brillson, and S. A. Chambers

Surface Termination and Interlayer Relaxations in Fe₃O₄(001)^(b-g)
S. A. Chambers, S. Thevuthasan, S. A. Joyce, B. Stanka, W. Hebenstreit, and U. Diebold

Lattice Mismatched Oxide Heteroepitaxy – a -Fe₂O₃/a -Al₂O₃(0001)^(b,d)
S. I. Yi, Y. Liang, S. Thevuthasan, D. E. McCready, and S. A. Chambers

Reaction of Water with Well-Defined Iron Oxide Surfaces^(b-e,h)
P. Liu, E. Nelson, T. Kendelewicz, G. E. Brown, Jr., Y. J. Kim, and S. A. Chambers

Redox Chemistry of Chromate with Well-Defined Iron Oxide Surfaces^(b-e,h)
P. Liu, C. Doyle, E. Nelson, T. Kendelewicz, G. E. Brown, Jr., and S. A. Chambers

Cleaving Oxide Films Using Hydrogen Implantation^(b,d,e)
S. Thevuthasan, W. Jiang, and W. J. Weber

Spatially Designed Molecular Monolayers in Ordered Nanoscale Materials^(d,i)
J. Liu, G. E. Fryxell, L.-Q. Wang, Y. Shin, G. J. Exarhos, and S. Baskaran

Nanoscale Fabrication for Enhanced Properties^(a)
D. R. Baer and Y. Liang

Dense Arrays of Well-Aligned Carbon Nanotube Thin Films^(a,b,d)
Y. Gao, J. Liu, M. Shi, S. H. Elder, and J. W. Virden

Quantum Dot Molecules^(b)
M. H. Na, H. Luo, and Y. Liang

Effectiveness of High Energy Ion Beam Techniques for the Characterization of Mesoporous Low Dielectric-Constant Materials^(b,j)
S. Baskaran, J. Liu, and S. Thevuthasan

Effects of Precursors and Substrate Materials on Microstructure, Dielectric Properties and Step Coverage of (Ba,Sr)TiO₃ Films Grown by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition^(b,k)
Y. Gao, S. He, M. Engelhard, A. S. Lea, P. Alluri, J. Finder, B. Melnick, and R. L. Hance

Mechanistic Study of Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition of (Ba,Sr)TiO₃ Thin Films^(b,j,k)
Y. Gao, C. L. Perkins, S. He, T. Tran, S. Thevuthasan, M. A. Henderson, P. Alluri, and T. Baum

Interplay Between Interfacial Properties and Dielectric and Ferroelectric Behaviors of Barium Strontium Titanate Thin Films^(j)
Y. Liang, S. A. Chambers, S. Gan, and D. R. Baer

Development of Low-Temperature ITO Process for Flat Panel Display^(l)
P. M. Martin and G. L. Graff

Molecular Design of Agents for Selective Anion Separation^(m)
T. L. Hubler, J. H. Sukamto, G. M. Anderson, S. A. Bryan, G. J. Lumetta

Electroactive Materials for Anion Separation—Technetium from Nitrate^(e)
J. P. H. Sukamto, S. D. Rassat, T. L. Hubler, M. A. Lilga, G. M. Anderson, S. A. Bryan, W. H. Smyrl, and J. McBreen

Electrically Switched Ion Exchange (ESIX) for the Separation of Potassium and Chloride Ions to Enhance Water Recycle⁽ⁿ⁾
J. P. H. Sukamto, S. D. Rassat, W. E. Lawrence, G. B. Josephson, V. V. Viswanathan, D. P. Mendoza, A. S. Lea, J. S. Young, R. T. Hallen, R. J. Orth, W. A. Wilcox, M. A. Lilga, S. A. Bryan, B. J. Malmberg, Y. Gu, L. L. Edwards, and P. Thorn

Development of Novel Photocatalysts Using Interfacial Engineering^(a)
Y. Liang, J. L. Daschbach, S. A. Chambers, Y. Su, Y. Wang, H. Luo, and S. Gan

Local Reactions on Carbonate Surfaces: Structure, Reactivity and Solution^(d)
D. R. Baer, J. E. Amonette, Y. Liang, A. S. Lea, L. Sorenson, and P. Geissbuhler

Ion-Channeling Study of the SiC/Si/SiO₂/Si Interface^(b,d)
W. Jiang, F. Namavar, S. Thevuthasan, and W. J. Weber

Investigation of Hematite Film-Substrate Interfaces Using Rutherford Backscattering and Channeling Techniques^(b-e,o)
S. Maheswaran, R. J. Smith, S. Thevuthasan, and S. A. Chambers

Selected Functionalization of Polymer Surfaces by Plasma-Immobilization of Functional Molecules^(a,p)
M. K. Shi, X. Y. Gong, G. L. Graff, J. D. Affinito, and G. J. Exarhos

Fundamentals of Stress Corrosion Cracking: Light-Weight Materials Influence of Mg on the Corrosion of Al^(d)
D. R. Baer, C. F. Windisch, Jr., M. H. Engelhard, M. J. Danielson, R. H. Jones, and J. S. Vetrano

Ionizing Radiation Induced Catalysis on Metal Oxide Particles^(e)
M. A. Henderson, S. A. Chambers, Y. Su, J. L. Daschbach, Y. Wang, C. H. F. Peden, C. L. Perkins, Prof. M. E. Castro, Prof. A. K. Datye, Prof. J. Osterwalder

Detailed Investigations on Hydrogen Formation by the Photocatalytic Splitting of Water^(a)
G. S. Herman, Y. Gao, J. Osterwalder, C. S. Fadley, C. H. F. Peden, M. R. Sievers, and C. L. Perkins

Mesoporous Silica Supported Solid Acid Catalysts^(j)
S. Choi, Y. Wang, and C. H. F. Peden

Model Studies of Automobile Exhaust Catalysis Using Single Crystals of Rhodium and Ceria/Zirconia^(d)
C. H. F. Peden, G. S. Herman, and D. N. Belton

Plasma Assisted Catalysis^(q)
M. L. Balmer, R. Tonkyn, G. Maupin, S. Barlow, S. Yoon, and A. Kolwaite

Plasma Assisted Catalysis for Heavy Duty Diesel Engines^(q,r)
C. Habeger, C. Aardahl, and M. L. Balmer

DNA Sample Preparation and Detection for Complex Sample Matrices^(a,j)
C. Bruckner-Lea, D. Holman, L. Olson, J. Grate, D. Chandler, M. Stottlemyre, J. Brown, B. Schuck, J. Nielsen, D. Call, E. Jutras, D. Weaver, F. Brockman, J. Price, J. Follansbee, D. St. Pierre, L. Bond, T. Tsukuda, M. Kingsley 8-1

Chemical Analysis by Laser Ablation Mass Spectroscopy^(b,e,s)
M. L. Alexander, A. L. Hedges, S. C. Langford, J. T. Dickinson, G. Cardell, and M. Taylor

New Silicotitanate Waste Forms: Development and Characterization^(e)
M. L. Balmer, Y. Su, E. Bitten, A. Navrotsky, H. Xu, T. Nenoff, M. Nyman, and R. Roth

Heavy-Ion Irradiation Effects in Pyrochlore Structures for the Immobilization of Actinide-Rich Wastes^(e)
B. D. Begg, W. J. Weber, J. P. Icenhower, and S. Thevuthasan

Ion Exchange Processes and Mechanisms in Glasses^(e)
B. P. McGrail, D. R. Baer, J. G. Darab, M. H. Engelhard, J. P. Icenhower, D. K. Shuh, S. Thevusathan

Quantification of Water-Content of Simulated Nuclear Waste Glasses Using Nuclear Reaction Measurements^(a)
S. K. Sundaram, S. Thevuthasan, and D. E. McCready

Kinetics of Irradiation-Damage Processes in (6H) SiC^(d)
W. J. Weber, W. Jiang, and S. Thevuthasan

Accumulation and Recovery of Irradiation Effects in SrTiO₃^(d)
W. J. Weber, W. Jiang, and S. Thevuthasan

Effect of Oxygen Ion Implantation in Gallium Nitride^(d)
W. Jiang, W. J. Weber, and S. Thevuthasan

Interfacial and Processing Sciences Staff
Publications and Presentations
Publications
In-Press
Patents and Inventions
Presentations
Honors and Recognition
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Where I&PS Fits in PNNL

(a) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD).
(b) EMSL Operations, supported by DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER).
(c) National Science Foundation.
(d) DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Materials Sciences Division.
(e) DOE Environmental Management Science Program (EMSP).
(f) National Science Foundation, Faculty Early Career Development.
(g) DOE-Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).
(h) National Science Foundation, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC).
(i) U.S. Department of Agriculture.
(j) Laboratory Technology Research (LTR) Program.
(k) Motorola, Inc.
(l) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
(m) Laboratory Directed Research and Development funding (STEP Initiative).
(n) DOE Office of Industrial Technologies, Industry of the Future Program, Forest Products.
(o) University of Western Sydney (UWS) Nepean Staff Development Fund.
(p) Environmental and Health Sciences Division (EHSD).
(q) DOE Energy Efficiency Office of Advanced Automotive Technology.
(r) Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA).
(s) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).