Applied Surface Science

Applied Surface Science, Vol.238, No.1-4 Entire volume, number list

ISSN: 0169-4332 (Print)

In this Issue (99 articles)

1 - 2	Special issue - APHYS-2003 - Badajoz, Spain, 15-18 October, 2003 -Preface Mendez-Vilas A, Gonzalez-Martin ML
3 - 8	Scanning probe microscopy experiments in microgravity Drobek T, Reiter M, Heckl WM
9 - 13	Some geometrical considerations about the influence of topography on the adhesion force as measured by AFM on curved surfaces Mendez-Vilas A, Gonzalez-Martin ML, Nuevo MJ
14 - 17	Determination of uptake rate of sensitive diffusion sampler for formaldehyde in air Sekine Y, Oikawa D, Butsugan M
18 - 23	Surface characterisation of two strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis with different slime-production by AFM Mendez-Vilas A, Gallardo-Moreno AM, Gonzalez-Martin ML, Calzado-Montero R, Nuevo MJ, Bruque JM, Perez-Giraldo C
24 - 28	Topography induced by sputtering in a magnetic sector instrument: an AFM and SEM study Iacob E, Bersani M, Lui A, Giubertoni D, Barozzi M, Anderle M
29 - 35	Scanning tunneling microscopy of titanium silicide nanoislands Goldfarb I, Grossman S, Cohen-Taguri G, Levinshtein M
36 - 41	Missing dimer defect on beta-SiC(001)-c(2 x 2) surface - numerical analysis of the structure and STM profiles Stankiewicz B, Kaminski W, Jurczyszyn L
42 - 46	Artifacts in AFM images revealed using friction maps Mendez-Vilas A, Gonzalez-Martin ML, Labajos-Broncano L, Nuevo MJ
47 - 50	Force spectroscopy of covalent bond rupture versus protein extraction Afrin R, Okazaki S, Ikai A
51 - 63	Direct surface probing of cell wall-defective mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by atomic force microscopy Mendez-Vilas A, Corbacho I, Gonzalez-Martin ML, Nuevo MJ
64 - 72	Domain size effects on the thermal properties of PS/PMMA blends Silva GG, Rocha PMD, de Oliveira PS, Neves BRA
73 - 76	The dynamics of H-2 and N-2 sorption in carbon nanotubes Otvos Z, Onyestyak G, Valyon J, Kiricsi I, Konya Z, Rees LVC
77 - 81	The effect of promoters on the electronic structure of ruthenium catalysts supported on carbon Guraya M, Sprenger S, Rarog-Pilecka W, Szmigiel D, Kowalczyk Z, Muhler M
82 - 85	Adsorption of Pd atoms on gamma-Al2O3: a density functional study of metal-support interactions Marquez AM, Sanz JF
86 - 90	Ethanol pretreatment effect and particle diameter issues on the adsorption of Candida rugosa lipase onto polypropylene powder Foresti ML, Ferreira ML
91 - 96	An intermittent temperature-programmed desorption method for studying kinetics of desorption from heterogeneous surfaces Gaillard F, Abdat M, Joly JP, Perrard A
97 - 100	The effect of ultrasound on the catalytic activity of alkaline carbons: preparation of N-alkyl imidazoles Duran-Valle CJ, Ferrera-Escudero S, Calvino-Casilda V, Diaz-Teran J, Martin-Aranda RM
101 - 107	Adsorbtion of polyelectrolyte multilayers on plasma-modified porous polyethylene Greene G, Tannenbaum R
108 - 112	Analyses of thin films and surfaces by cold neutron depth profiling Lamaze GP, Chen-Mayer HH, Soni KK
113 - 116	Ion beam processing of magnesium oxide thin films for PDP application Nomura H, Murakami S, Ide-Ektessabi A, Tanaka Y, Tsukuda Y
117 - 120	Erbium-doped thin amorphous carbon films prepared by mixed CVD sputtering Speranza G, Calliari L, Ferrari M, Chiasera A, Ngoc KT, Baranov AM, Sleptsov VV, Nefedov AA, Varfolomeev AE, Fanchenko SS
121 - 124	Dry laser cleaning of mechanically thin films Bloisi F, Barone AC, Vicari L
125 - 131	Microstructure and bactericidal ability of photocatalytic TiO2 thin films prepared by rf helicon magnetron sputtering Lei M, Tanemura S, Kondo Y, Iwata M, Toh S, Kaneko K
132 - 137	Silver nanoparticle formation in thin oxide layer on silicon by silver-negative-ion implantation for Coulomb blockade at room temperature Tsuji H, Arai N, Matsumoto T, Ueno K, Gotoh Y, Adachi K, Kotaki H, Ishikawa J
138 - 142	Spectromicroscopy of ultrathin Pd films on W(110): interplay of morphology and electronic structure Aballe L, Barinov A, Locatelli A, Heun S, Cherifi S, Kiskinova M
143 - 146	Equilibrium and non-equilibrium 1/f noise in AlGaN/GaN TLM structures Vitusevich SA, Danylyuk SV, Petrychuk MV, Antoniuk OA, Klein N, Belyaev AE
147 - 150	Study of GaNxAs1-x semiconducting films grown by laser pulsed deposition on crystalline and amorphous substrates Cardona-Bedoya JA, Cruz-Orea A, Mendoza-Alvarez JG, Gomez-Herrera ML, Farias MH, Diaz JA
151 - 154	Electron inelastic mean free paths and surface excitation parameters for GaAs Kwei CM, Li YC
155 - 158	Ni-Mn-Ga films on Si, GaAs and Ni-Mn-Ga single crystals by pulsed laser deposition Hakola A, Heczko O, Jaakola A, Kajava T, Ullakko K
159 - 164	Ion beam synthesis of 3C-SiC layers in Si and its application in buffer layer for GaN epitaxial growth Ito Y, Yamauchi T, Yamamoto A, Sasase M, Nishio S, Yasuda K, Ishigami Y
165 - 168	Crystallization kinetics of hydrogenated amorphous silicon thick films grown by plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition Farjas J, Rath C, Roura P, Cabarrocas PR
169 - 174	SEM and HRTEM study of porous silicon - relationship between fabrication, morphology and optical properties Dian J, Macek A, Niznansky D, Nemec I, Vrkoslav V, Chvojka T, Jelinek I
175 - 179	Heating-sol-gel template process for the growth of TiO2 nanorods with rutile and anatase structure Miao L, Tanemura S, Toh S, Kaneko K, Tanemura M
180 - 183	Structural and morphological properties of Cu(In, Ga)Se-2 thin films on Mo substrate Caballero R, Guillen C
184 - 188	Characterization of copper selenide thin films deposited by chemical bath deposition technique Al-Mamum, Islam ABMO
189 - 192	Homo-epitaxial growth of rutile TiO2 film on step and terrace structured substrate Yamamoto Y, Matsumoto Y, Koinuma H
193 - 198	Effect of UV irradiations on the structural and optical features of porous silicon: application in silicon solar cells Aouida S, Saadoun M, Boujmil MF, Ben Rabha M, Bessais B
199 - 203	Silicon dissolution regimes from chemical vapour etching: from porous structures to silicon grooving Ben Jaballah A, Saadoun M, Hajji A, Ezzaouia H, Bessais B
204 - 208	Quantum Hall effect devices based on AlGaAs/GaAs structures studied by photoreflectance spectroscopy Zamora-Peredo L, Lopez-Lopez M, Rivera Z, Guillen A, Rodriguez-Vaquez AG, Ramirez-Flores G, Lastras-Martinez A, Mendez-Garcia VH
209 - 212	Energy transfer in PbS quantum dots assemblies measured by means of spatially resolved photoluminescence Dantas NO, Monte AFG, Qu FY, Silva RS, Morais PC
213 - 217	Polaronic states in II-VI quantum dot Triki M, Jaziri S
218 - 222	Deposition of phospholipid layers on SiO2 surface modified alkyl-SAM islands Tero R, Takizawa M, Li YJ, Yamazaki M, Urisu T
223 - 227	Molecular dynamics simulation of Cu cluster deposition on Au(001) surfaces Jimenez-Saez JC, Perez-Martin AMC, Jimenez-Rodriguez JJ
228 - 232	First principles simulations of Cu and Au deposition on alpha-Al2O3 (0001) surface Hernandez NC, Sanz JF
233 - 237	In situ GISAXS study of the growth of Pd on MgO(001) Leroy F, Revenant C, Renaud G, Lazzari R
238 - 241	Deposition of 10-undecenoic acid self-assembled layers on H-Si(111) surfaces studied with AFM and FT-IR Li Y, Tero R, Nagasawa T, Nagata T, Urisu T
242 - 248	Numerical simulation of surface deformation and residual stresses fields in laser shock processing experiments Ocana JL, Morales M, Molpeceres C, Torres J
249 - 253	Deformation behaviour induced by point defects near a Cu(001) surface Said-Ettaoussi A, Jimenez-Saez JC, Perez-Martin AMC, Jimenez-Rodriguez JJ
254 - 261	Study of interfacial properties and its effect on magnetization behaviour of Fe/Ni multilayer structure Gupta R, Gupta A, Chaudhari SM, Gupta M, Allenspach P
262 - 268	Structure and interface properties of Mo/B4C/Si multilayers deposited by rf-magnetron sputtering Patelli A, Ravagnan J, Rigato V, Salmaso G, Silvestrini D, Bontempi E, Depero LE
269 - 272	Membrane surface modification and characterization by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy and contact angle measurements Khayet M
273 - 277	Variability between chitosan membrane surface characteristics as function of its composition and environmental conditions Larena A, Caceres DA
278 - 281	Advanced generation of green conversion coatings for aluminium alloys Bethencourt M, Botana FJ, Cano MJ, Marcos M
282 - 287	Organization of copper-phthalocyanine molecules on mono-molecular organic buffer layers Takajo D, Nemoto T, Ozaki H, Mazaki Y, Isoda S
288 - 294	Microstructure and mechanical properties of ceramic coatings on Ti and Ti-based alloy Surowska B, Bienias J, Walczak M, Sangwal K, Stoch A
295 - 298	Molecular-scale structure fabrication at liquid/solid interfaces Takajo D, Nemoto T, Kurata H, Isoda S
299 - 303	Spontaneous aggregation of lipids in supported membranes with geometrical barriers Yoon TY, Jeong CY, Kim JH, Choi MC, Kim MW, Lee SD
304 - 308	High value carbon materials from PET recycling Parra JB, Ania CO, Arenillas A, Rubiera F, Pis JJ
309 - 313	Porous texture of activated carbons prepared by phosphoric acid activation of woods Diaz-Diez MA, Gomez-Serrano V, Gonzalez CF, Cuerda-Correa EM, Macias-Garcia A
314 - 319	Synthesis and application of hydroxyapatite/polylactide composite biomaterial Ignjatovic N, Uskokovic D
320 - 323	Synthesis and characterization of lanthanum incorporated mesoporous molecular sieves Pesquera C, Gonzalez F, Blanco C, Sanchez L
324 - 330	3D imprint technology using substrate voltage change Taniguchi J, Iida M, Miyazawa T, Miyamoto I, Shinoda K
331 - 335	Polycrystalline SiC growth and characterization Ricciardi C, Boota EA, Giorgis F, Mandraccia P, Meotto UM, Barucca G
336 - 340	Plasma-assisted SiC oxidation for power device fabrication Mandracci P, Ferrero S, Porro S, Ricciardi C, Richieri G, Scaltrito L
341 - 346	Evaluation and quantification of reprocessing modification in single-use devices in interventional cardiology Tessarolo F, Ferrari P, Silvia B, Motta A, Migliaresi C, Zennaro L, Rigo A, Guarrera GM, Nollo G
347 - 354	Preparation of activated carbons from bituminous coal pitches Ganan J, Gonzalez-Garcia CM, Gonzalez JF, Sabio E, Macias-Garcia A, Diaz-Diez MA
355 - 359	Well-aligned Co-filled carbon nanotubes: preparation and magnetic properties Kozhuharova R, Ritschel M, Elefant D, Graff A, Leonhardt A, Monch I, Muhl T, Groudeva-Zotova S, Schneider CM
360 - 366	Optical properties of metal and semiconductor SmS thin films fabricated by rf/dc dual magnetron sputtering Tanemura S, Miao L, Koide S, Mori Y, Jin P, Terai A, Nabatova-Gabain N
367 - 374	Optical and structural properties of amorphous silicon-carbon films for optoelectronic applications Stapinski T, Swatowska B, Kluska S, Walasek E
375 - 379	Comparison between optical techniques and confocal microscopy for defect detection on thin wires Siegmann P, Sanchez-Brea LM, Martinez-Anton JC, Bernabeu E
380 - 384	Optical characterization of surfaces by robust reflectance determination based on air-gap interference Martinez-Anton JC, Quiroga JA, Gonzalez-Moreno R, Bentabeu E
385 - 389	Determination of surface anchoring energies of liquid crystals by optical diffraction Yu CJ, Park JH, Lee SD
390 - 394	Isomeric states of polar molecules on ionic surfaces: electrostatic model and FTIR studies Storozhev PY, Yanko VS, Tsyganenko AA, Palomino GT, Delgado MR, Arean CO
395 - 399	Infrared characterization of strontium titanate thin films Almeida BG, Pietka A, Mendes JA
400 - 404	Photoluminescence studies in highly Te-doped Ga1-xInxAsySb1-y epitaxial layers grown on GaSb by liquid phase epitaxy Diaz-Reyes J, Herrera-Perez JL, Gomez-Herrera ML, Cardona-Bedoya JA, Mendoza-Alvarez JG
405 - 409	Physical characteristics and photoluminescence properties of phosphorous-implanted ZnO thin films Lin CC, Chen SY, Cheng SY
410 - 414	Mesoscopic modelling of the interaction of infrared lasers with composite materials: an application to human dental enamel Verde AV, Ramos MMD, Stoneham M, Ribeiro RM
415 - 422	Effect of radiation and thermal treatment on structural and transport parameters for cellulose regenerated membranes Vaquez MI, Galan P, Casado J, Ariza MJ, Benavente J
423 - 428	Registration of heavy metal ions and pesticides with ATR planar waveguide enzyme sensors Nabok A, Haron S, Ray A
429 - 432	Interfacial microstructure and electrical properties of PT/Al2O3/Si annealed at high temperatures Chen SY, Hsiao CS, Hsu JJ
433 - 437	Characterization of pulsed plasma-ion streams emitted from RPI-type devices applied for material engineering Sadowski MJ, Baranowski J, Skladnik-Sadowska E, Borisko VN, Byrka OV, Tereshin VI, Tsarenko AV
438 - 443	Effect of molecular properties on the performance of polymer light-emitting diodes Ramos MMD, Almeida AM, Correia HMG, Ribeiro RM, Stoneham AM
444 - 448	Morphological change of polycrystalline copper after ion irradiation followed by annealing Hino T, Taguchi T, Yamauchi Y, Hirohata Y, Nishikawa M
449 - 456	Singular points of electrochemical impedance function Garcia-Jareno JJ, Gimenez-Romero D, Vicente F
457 - 463	Ab initio calculations of the LaMnO3 surface properties Evarestov RA, Kotomin EA, Fuks D, Felsteiner J, Maier J
464 - 468	Surface segregation phenomena of solute elements in Al-Pb and Al-Fe dilute binary alloys Tsubakino H, Nogami A, Yamamoto Y, Yamamoto A, Terasawa M, Mitamura T, Kinomura A, Horino Y
469 - 474	Characterisation of YAG : Ce powders thermal treated at different temperatures Del Rosario G, Ohara S, Mancic L, Milosevic O
475 - 479	Physical and rheological properties of petroleum fluids under the radio-frequency electromagnetic field effect and perspectives of technological solutions Kovalyova LA, Khaydar AM
480 - 484	A new drop-shape methodology for surface tension measurement Cabezas MG, Bateni A, Montanero JM, Neumann AW
485 - 489	Characterization of silicon-YBCO buffered multilayers grown by sputtering Chiodoni A, Ballarini V, Botta D, Camerlingo C, Fabbri F, Ferrari S, Gerbaldo R, Ghigo G, Gozzelino L, Laviano F, Minetti B, Pirri CF, Tallarida G, Tresso E, Mezzetti E
490 - 494	Manipulation and conductivity measurements of gold nanowires Wilms M, Conrad J, Vasilev K, Kreiter M, Wegner G
495 - 500	Characterization of a new sensing device based on hydrocarbon groups (CHx) coated porous silicon Cheraga H, Belhousse S, Gabouze N
501 - 505	Experimental assessment of the influence of irradiation parameters on surface deformation and residual stresses in laser shock processed metallic alloys Ocana JL, Molpeceres C, Porro JA, Gomez G, Morales M
506 - 512	Metal-ceramic interfaces: joining silicon nitride-stainless steel Polanco R, De Pablos A, Miranzo P, Osendi MI
513 - 517	Multifractal analysis of growing surfaces Chaudhari A, Yan CCS, Lee SL
518 - 522	Release of a chitosan-hydroxyapatite composite loaded with ibuprofen and acetyl-salicylic acid submitted to different sterilization treatments Larena A, Caceres DA, Vicario C, Fuentes A
523 - 529	Interfacial interactions of structural adhesive components with cement pastes - Studies by inverse gas chromatography (IGC) Neves IB, Chabut M, Perruchot C, Chehimi MM, Benzarti K
530 - 537	Use of different surface analysis techniques for the study of the photo-degradation of a polymeric matrix composite Larena A, de Ochoa SJ