Preface

Acknowledgments

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

CARBON NANOTUBES: GROWTH

*Mechanisms of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Growth by the Laser Vaporization Technique: In Situ Imaging and Spectroscopy

D.B. Geohegan

A.A. Puretzky

X. Fan

M.A. Guillorn

M.L. Simpson

V.I. Merkulov

S.J. Pennycook

Synthesis of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

David Jacques

Stephane Villian

Apparao M. Rao

Rodney Andrews

Frank Derbyshire

Elizabeth C. Dickey

Dali Qian

Synthesis of C60 Chains Contained Within Carbon Nanotubes

Brian W. Smith

David E. Luzzi

Multi- and Single-Walled Boron Nitride Nanotubes Produced From Carbon Nanotubes by a Substitution Reaction

D. Golberg

Y. Bando

W. Han

L. Bourgeois

K. Kurashima

T. Sato

Twisting of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Bundles

Lu-Chang Qin

Sumio Iijima

Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Via Microwave Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

H. Cui

D. Palmer

O. Zhou

B.R. Stoner

Effect of Catalyst Supports in the Synthesis of Graphite Nanostructures

P.E. Anderson

N.M. Rodriguez

Diameter Control in the Formation of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

Rahul Sen

Y. Ohtsuka

T. Ishigaki

D. Kasuya

S. Suzuki

H. Kataura

Y. Achiba

Coalescence of C60 Molecules in Fullerite by Intense Femtosecond Laser Pulses: An Ab Initio Simulation

A. Gambirasio

M. Bernasconi

G. Benedek

P.L. Silvestrelli

Film Formation Behavior of the Endohedral Metallofullerence Dy@C82

Houjin Huang

Shihe Yang

A Surface Diffusion Model for Nanotube Growth

Oleg A. Louchev

Yoichiro Sato

*Synthesis and Characterization of Cluster-Assembled Carbon Films

P. Milani

P. Piseri

E. Barborini

A. Podesta

Bulk Synthesis of Nanotube-Like Carbon Material

Michael Jacob

Ulrik Palmqvist

Peter Alberius-Henning

Thommy Ekstrom

Novel Silica-Sol Mediated Synthesis of Nanoporous Carbons

Taeghwan Hyeon

Sangjin Han

Kwonnam Sohn

NANOTUBES: STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERIZATION

The Vibrational Density-of-States of Nanobundles of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes: An Inelastic Neutron Scattering Study

S. Rols

Z. Benes

J.L. Sauvajol

P. Papanek

E. Anglaret

G. Coddens

A.J. Dianoux

J.E. Fischer

On the Raman Spectrum of Nanobundles of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes

L. Alvarez

A. Righi

S. Rols

E. Anglaret

J.L. Sauvajol

Resonance Raman Scattering of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

H. Kataura

Y. Achiba

X. Zhao

Y. Ando

Cutting Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes

I. Stepanek

G. Maurin

P. Bernier

J. Gavillet

A. Loiseau

Purification and Characterization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

H.Y. Kim

W.B. Choi

N.S. Lee

D.S. Chung

J.H. Kang

I.T. Han

J.M. Kim

M.H. Moon

J.S. Kim

Direct Observation of Intercalant and Catalyst Particle in Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes

X. Fan

E.C. Dickey

P. Eklund

K. Williams

L. Grigorian

A. Puretzky

D. Geohegan

R. Buczko

S.T. Pantelides

S.J. Pennycook

Isomeric Higher and Smaller Fullerenes: A Profound Enthalphy/Entropy Interplay

X. Zhao

Z. Slanina

E. Osawa

NANOTUBES: ELECTRONIC AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Electronic Structures of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Studied by NMR

X-P. Tang

A. Kleinhammes

H. Shimoda

L. Fleming

K.Y. Bennoune

C. Bower

O. Zhou

Y. Wu

Formation of Nanotube-Based Quantum Dots With Strain and Addimers

D. Orlikowski

M. Buongiorno Nardelli

J. Bernholc

C. Roland

Inelastic Deformations in Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

D. Tekleab

R. Czerw

A. Rubio

P.M. Ajayan

D.L. Carroll

Electronic Properties of Potassium-Doped Carbon Nanotube Lattice

Susumu Saito

Alkali-Metal Containing Amorphous Carbon: Reactivity and Electronic Structure

M. Towe

P. Reinke

P. Oelhafen

Effect of Gas Adsorption on the Electrical Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Mats

C. Marliere

P. Poncharal

L. Vaccarini

A. Zahab

Study of Carbon Nanotubes Under High Pressure

J. Tang

L.C. Qin

A. Matsushita

T. Kikegawa

M. Yudasaka

S. Bandow

S. Iijima

Hydrogen Storage in Single-Walled and Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Seung Mi Lee

Thomas Frauenheim

Marcus Elstner

Young Gyoo Hwang

Young Hee Lee

Synthesis of Novel Mesoporous Carbons and Their Applications to Electrochemical Double-Layer Capacitors

Taeghwan Hyeon

Seung M. Oh

Jinwoo Lee

Songhun Yoon

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polymer-Nanotube Composites

S.J.V. Frankland

D.W. Brenner

FIELD EMISSION

*Low Threshold Field Emission From Nanocluster Carbon Films

W.I. Milne

B.S. Satyanarayana

J. Robertson

Fabrication and Field Emission Properties of Carbon Nanotube Cathodes

C. Bower

O. Zhou

W. Zhu

A.G. Ramirez

G.P. Kochanski

S. Jin

Field Emission and Nanostructure of Carbon Films

V.I. Merkulov

D.H. Lowndes

L.R. Baylor

Electron Field Emission Characterization of Nanocrystalline Diamond Thin Film Cold Cathode Devices

B.L. Weiss

A. Badzian

L. Pilione

T. Badzian

W. Drawl

G. Morell

Low Temperature Growth of Ultra-Nanocrystalline Diamond on Glass Substrates for Field Emission Applications

T.D. Corrigan

A.R. Krauss

D.M. Gruen

O. Auciello

R.P.H. Chang

AMORPHOUS CARBON: GROWTH

*Hydrogenated Amorphous Carbon Deposition by Saddle-Field Glow Discharge

S. Zukotynski

F. Gaspari

D. Manage

V. Pletnev

E. Sagnes

Filtered Cathodic Arc Deposited Diamond-Like Carbon: Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) and Raman Spectroscopy

B. Druz

I. Zaritskiy

Y. Yevtukhov

A. Konchits

M. Valakh

S. Kolesnik

B. Shanina

V. Visotski

Plasma Diagnostics During Pulsed Laser Deposition of Diamond-Like Carbon Using Single Crystal Graphite and Amorphous Carbon

Y. Yamagata

A. Sharma

J. Narayan

R.M. Mayo

J.W. Newman

K. Ebihara

Electrostatic Measurement of Plasma Plume Characteristics in Pulse Laser Ablated Carbon

R.M. Mayo

J.W. Newman

A. Sharma

Y. Yamagata

J. Narayan

Deposition and Annealing Studies of Diamond-Like Carbon Grown by Molecular Beam Deposition

Oliver Goetzberger

Nobuaki Kojima

Aurangzeb Khan

Masafumi Yamaguchi

Direct Ion Beam Deposition of Diamond-Like Films From RF Inductively Coupled (IC) Plasma Source: Mechanical, Electrical, and Optical Properties

B. Druz

I. Zaritskiy

K. Williams

A. Hayes

V.I. Polyakov

A.V. Kchomich

Xiodung Li

Bharat Bhushan

Rapid Photo-Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition of Amorphous Carbon From Diiodomethane

M. Lindstam

M. Boman

K. Piglmayer

Fluorinated Diamond-Like Carbon Films Produced by Plasma Immersion Ion Processing Technique

M. Hakovirta

D.H. Lee

X.M. He

M. Nastasi

AMORPHOUS CARBON: PROPERTIES

Density and sp3 Content in Diamond-Like Carbon Films by X-ray Reflectivity and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy

A. Libassi

A.C. Ferrari

V. Stolojan

B.K. Tanner

J. Robertson

L.M. Brown

Raman Signature of Bonding and Disorder in Carbons

A.C. Ferrari

J. Robertson

Oriented Graphitic Carbon Film Grown by Mass-Selected Ion Beam Deposition at Elevated Temperatures

J. Kulik

G. Lempert

E. Grossman

Y. Lifshitz

Elastic Constants of Diamond-Like Carbon Films by Surface Brillouin Scattering

A.C. Ferrari

J. Robertson

R. Pastorelli

M.G. Beghi

C.E. Bottani

Computing Thin Film Mechanical Properties With the Oliver and Pharr Method

P.J. Wolff

B.N. Lucas

E.G. Herbert

Fabrication and Characterization of Functionally Gradient Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings

Q. Wei

A.K. Sharma

S. Yamolenko

J. Sankar

J. Narayan

Study of Chromium-Doped Diamond-Like Carbon by Z-Contrast Imaging and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy

X. Fan

E.C. Dickey

S.J. Pennycook

Properties of Ion Beam Deposited Tetrahedral Fluorinated Amorphous Carbon Films (ta-C:F)

C. Ronning

R. Merk

H. Feldermann

F. Harbsmeier

H. Hofsass

Characterization and Dielectric Properties of Fluorinated Amorphous Carbon Measured by Capacitance-Voltage Response and Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

A.D. Glew

M.A. Cappelli

Fluorine Incorporation Into Hard Amorphous Hydrogenated Carbon Films Deposited by PECVD

F.L. Freire, Jr.

L.G. Jacobsohn

D.F. Franceschini

Structure and Photoluminescence of Hydrogenated Amorphous Carbon Films Produced by Using Aromatic Hydrocarbon Source

Jun Xu

Tianfu Ma

Wei Li

Li Wang

Zhifeng Li

Kunji Chen

Structural and Mechanical Properties of Diamond-Like Carbon Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition With Varying Laser Intensity

M. Bonelli

A.C. Ferrari

A.P. Fioravanti

A. Miotello

P.M. Ossi

Interaction of Oxygen With Nanophase Carbons Investigated by Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy

A. Manivannan

A. Punnoose

M.S. Seehra

Nanomechanical Properties of Amorphous Carbon and Carbon Nitride Thin Films Prepared by Shielded Arc Ion Plating

N. Tajima

H. Saze

H. Sugimura

O. Takai

Electrical Behavior of Pure and Cu Doped Diamondlike Carbon Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Q. Wei

A.K. Sharma

S. Yamolenko

J. Sankar

J. Narayan

Voids Investigation of Amorphous Carbon Films Deposited by DC-Magnetron Sputtering: A Small Angle X-ray Scattering and Gas Thermal Effusion Study

F.L. Freire, Jr.

L.G. Jacobsohn

D.F. Franceschini

S.S. Camargo, Jr.

Partial Carbonization of Aromatic Polyimide Films

M. Doyama

A. Ichida

Y. Inoue

Y. Kogure

T. Nozaki

S. Yamada

AMORPHOUS CARBON: APPLICATIONS

*Tribochemistry of ZDOL Decomposition on Carbon Overcoats in Ultra-High Vacuum (UHV)

C.S. Bhatia

C-Y. Chen

W. Fong

D.B. Bogy

Micro-Wear Scan Test on the Carbon Overcoats as Thin as 6 nm or Less

T.W. Wu

Thomas W. Scharf

Hong Zhang

John A. Barnard

Effects of O2 Gas Addition on Diamond-Like Carbon Film Deposition

N. Nakamura

T. Itani

H. Chiba

K. Watanabe

K. Kurihara

Effect of Argon Addition on Nitrogen Containing Carbon Films Prepared by Hot Carbon Filament CVD

Yoshihisa Watanabe

Shinobu Ohnita

Nobuaki Kitazawa

Yoshikazu Nakamura

High Reverse Breakdown a-C:H/Si Diodes Manufactured by rf-PECVD

Shashi Paul

F.J. Clough

Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings for Rhenium Wire and Foils

Edward A. Evans

U. Hafeli

Ram Wusinka

Philip W. Morrison

Electrical and Electrochemical Properties of a-C:N:H Films

Yu. V. Pleskov

M.D. Krotova

V.I. Polyakov

A.V. Khomich

A.I. Rukovishnikov

B.L. Druz

I. Zaritskiy

An Electrochemical Impedance Evaluation and Laser Irradiation Effects on the Electronic Structure of Silicon Containing Diamond-Like Carbon Coating

Costas G. Fountzoulos

Jack V. Kelley

Garry P. Halada

DIAMOND, CARBON NITRIDE AND SILICON CARBIDE

An Auger and XPS Study on CVD and Natural Diamonds

Jane Y. Howe

Linda E. Jones

David N. Braski

UV Raman Studies of Microcrystalline Diamond

Katsuyuki Okada

Hisao Kanda

Shojiro Komatsu

Seiichiro Matsumoto

Tensile Properties of Amorphous Diamond Films

D.A. LaVan

R.J. Hohlfelder

J.P. Sullivan

T.A. Friedmann

M. Mitchell

C. I.H. Ashby

Intrinsic Stress Measurements in CVD Diamond Films

Jin Yu

J.G. Kim

Y.C. Sohn

Y.S. Lee

Altering Resistivity in Diamond Films Without Impurity Addition

Colin C. Baker

Karen M. McNamara

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Impurities in Nanocrystalline Diamond Grain Boundaries

Michael Sternberg

Peter Zapol

Thomas Frauenheim

Dieter M. Gruen

Larry A. Curtiss

Nanocrystalline and Hard, Boron-Alloyed Be Coatings

A. Jankowski

P. Ramsey

M. McKernan

J. Morse

Dielectric Properties of Amorphous Carbon Nitride Films

M. Aono

T. Katsuno

S. Nitta

T. Itoh

S. Nonomura

Photoconductivity and Photoluminescence of Amorphous Carbon Nitride a-CNx Films Prepared by the Layer-by-Layer Method

T. Katsuno

S. Nitta

H. Habuchi

T. Iwasaki

T. Itoh

S. Nonomura

Effects of CF4 Addition on the Growth of Amorphous CNx Films by Plasma Decomposition of CH4-N2 Gas Mixtures

T. Inokuma

H. Matsumoto

Y. Kurata

S. Hasegawa

Electrical and Structural Properties of Carbon-Nitrogen Films

R. Kurt

R. Sanjines

A. Karimi

Nanocrystalline Silicon Carbide Film Growth Using Hot Filament CVD

M.B. Yu

Rusli

S.F. Yoon

J. Cui

K. Chew

J. Ahn

Q. Zhang

Amorphous Carbon-Silicon Alloys Prepared by a High Plasma Density Source

A.C. Ferrari

B. Racine

N.A. Morrison

I. Hutchings

W.I. Milne

J. Robertson

Observation of Blue Emission from ECR-CVD Deposited Amorphous Hydrogenated Silicon Carbide

J. Cui

Rusli

S.F. Yoon

M.B. Yu

K. Chew

J. Ahn

Q. Zhang

Effects of Composition on the Microstructures and Optical Properties of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Carbide Films Prepared by Electron Cyclotron Resonance Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition

Lih-Hsiung Chan

Wei-Zen Chou

Lih-Hsin Chou

Mechanical and Chemical Properties of CBxNy and CSixNy Thin Films Grown by N*-Plasma Assisted Pulsed Laser Deposition

T. Tharigen

V. Riede

G. Lippold

E. Hartmann

R. Hesse

P. Streubel

D. Lorenz

P. Grau

M. Lorenz

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