Alfred Huan

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Band engineering in the high-k dielectrics gate stacks
    Microelectronic Engineering, vol. 84, no. 9-10, pp. 2332–2335, 2007
  2. Epitaxial LaAlO[sub 3] thin film on silicon: Structure and electronic properties
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 90, no. 18, p. 181925, 2007
  3. Mechanisms of silicon diffusion in erbium silicide
    Physical Review B, vol. 75, no. 12, 2007
  4. Thermal behavior of localized surface plasmon resonance of Au/TiO[sub 2] core/shell nanoparticle arrays
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 90, no. 18, p. 183117, 2007
  5. First-principles simulations of Si vacancy diffusion in erbium silicide
    Physical Review B, vol. 76, no. 3, 2007
  6. Chemical tuning of band alignments for metal gate/high-κ oxide interfaces
    Physical Review B, vol. 73, no. 4, 2006
  7. Dimer rotation on the carbon-induced Si(001)-c(4Ã?4) structure
    Physical Review B, vol. 74, no. 11, 2006
  8. Evolution of Schottky barrier heights at Ni/HfO[sub 2] interfaces
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 88, no. 22, p. 222102, 2006
  9. Energetic and magnetic properties of transition-metal nanowire encapsulated B[sub x]C[sub y]N[sub z] composite nanotubes
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 88, no. 19, p. 193117, 2006
  10. Investigation of silicon diffusion into yttrium using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 88, no. 1, p. 011904, 2006
  11. Fabrication of large area ordered metal nanoring arrays for nanoscale optical sensors
    Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, vol. 352, no. 23-25, pp. 2532–2535, 2006
  12. Interaction of manganese with single-wall B2O nanotubes: An ab initio study
    Physical Review B, vol. 73, no. 15, 2006
  13. Structural and electronic properties of 4Ã? carbon nanotubes on Si(001) surfaces
    Physical Review B, vol. 74, no. 23, 2006
  14. Ab initio studies on Schottky barrier heights at metal gate/LaAlO[sub 3] (001) interfaces
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, no. 12, p. 122115, 2006
  15. Adsorption and diffusion of Co on the Si(001) surface
    Physical Review B, vol. 74, no. 19, 2006
  16. Fabrication of tunable nanostructure arrays using ion-polishing-assisted nanosphere lithography
    Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 99, no. 3, p. 034308, 2006
  17. Effect of nitrogen incorporation on the electronic structure and thermal stability of HfO[sub 2] gate dielectric
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 88, no. 19, p. 192103, 2006
  18. Band-gap energies and structural properties of doped Ba[sub 0.5]Sr[sub 0.5]TiO[sub 3] thin films
    Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 99, no. 1, p. 014106, 2006
  19. First-principles studies on initial growth of Ni on MgO(001) surface
    Surface Science, vol. 600, no. 10, pp. 2154–2162, 2006
  20. Thermal stability and band alignments for Ge[sub 3]N[sub 4] dielectrics on Ge
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, no. 2, p. 022105, 2006
  21. Energy-band alignments at LaAlO[sub 3] and Ge interfaces
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, no. 20, p. 202107, 2006
  22. High-thermal-stability (HfO2)1-x(Al2O3)x film fabricated by dual-beam laser ablation
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 504, no. 1-2, pp. 45–49, 2006
  23. Structural properties and dopant-modified bandgap energies of Ba0.5 Sr 0.5 TiO 3 thin films grown on LaAlO 3 substrates
    Journal of Electroceramics, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 571–574, 2006
  24. Growth and characterization of UHV sputtering HfO2 film by plasma oxidation and low temperature annealing
    Journal of Electroceramics, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 517–521, 2006
  25. Physical and electrical characteristics of high-? gate dielectric Hf(1-x)LaxOy
    Solid-State Electronics, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 986–991, 2006
  26. Sharp n-type doping profiles in Si/SiGe heterostructures produced by atomic hydrogen etching
    Surface Science, vol. 600, no. 11, pp. 2288–2292, 2006
  27. Evolution of Fermi level position and Schottky barrier height at Ni/MgO(001) interface
    Surface Science, vol. 599, no. 1-3, pp. 255–261, 2005
  28. Al[sub 2]O[sub 3]-incorporation effect on the band structure of Ba[sub 0.5]Sr[sub 0.5]TiO[sub 3] thin films
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 86, no. 11, p. 112910, 2005
  29. Impact of interface structure on Schottky-barrier height for Ni/ZrO[sub 2](001) interfaces
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 86, no. 13, p. 132103, 2005
  30. Physical and electrical properties of lanthanide-incorporated tantalum nitride for n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 87, no. 7, p. 073506, 2005
  31. Nanoporous Ultra-Low-Dielectric-Constant Fluoropolymer Films via Selective UV Decomposition of Poly(pentafluorostyrene)-block-Poly(methyl methacrylate) Copolymers Prepared Using Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
    Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 315–322, 2005
  32. Reduction of amplitude and wavelength of Friedel oscillation on Na(111) surface
    Physical Review B, vol. 72, no. 15, 2005
  33. First-principles study of ZrO_{2}â??Si interfaces: Energetics and band offsets
    Physical Review B, vol. 72, no. 4, 2005
  34. Thermally Robust<tex>$hbox TaTb_x hbox N$</tex>Metal Gate Electrode for n-MOSFETs Applications
    IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 75–77, 2005
  35. International Journal of Nanoscience, vol. 3, no. 4 & 5, p. 639, 2004
  36. Rule for Structures of Open Metal Surfaces
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 93, no. 13, 2004
  37. STM observation of Ga-dimers on a GaAs(001)-c(8×2)-Ga surface
    Physical Review B, vol. 70, no. 8, 2004
  38. Photoemission study of energy-band alignment for RuO[sub x]/HfO[sub 2]/Si system
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 85, no. 25, p. 6155, 2004
  39. Energy-band alignments at ZrO[sub 2]/Si, SiGe, and Ge interfaces
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 85, no. 19, p. 4418, 2004
  40. Surface modification of SiLK® by graft copolymerization with 4-vinylpyridine for reduction in copper diffusion
    Applied Surface Science, vol. 225, no. 1-4, pp. 144–155, 2004
  41. The decomposition mechanism of SiO2 with the deposition of oxygen-deficient M(Hf or Zr)Ox films
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 462-463, pp. 106–109, 2004
  42. Multilayer relaxations of (311), (331) and (210) fcc transition metal surfaces studied by pseudopotential DFT calculations
    Surface Science, vol. 548, no. 1-3, pp. 309–316, 2004
  43. Structure of Fe(3 1 0) studied by quantitative LEED analysis and pseudopotential DFT calculations
    Surface Science, vol. 546, no. 2-3, pp. L808–L812, 2003
  44. Magnetic properties of ultrathin Co films on Si (111)
    Solid State Communications, vol. 126, no. 12, pp. 659–664, 2003
  45. Langmuir, vol. 19, no. 17, pp. 6802–6806, 2003
  46. Reaction of SiO[sub 2] with hafnium oxide in low oxygen pressure
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 82, no. 13, p. 2047, 2003
  47. Multilayer relaxation of Cu(210) studied by layer-doubling LEED analysis and pseudopotential density functional theory calculations
    Physical Review B, vol. 68, no. 11, 2003
  48. Surface Review and Letters, vol. 10, no. 2 & 3, p. 493, 2003
  49. Surface Passivation of (100)-Oriented GaAs with Ultrathin Fluoropolymer Films Deposited by Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering of Poly(tetrafluoroethylene)
    Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 150, no. 3, p. F53, 2003
  50. Surface modification of polyimide films via plasma polymerization and deposition of allylpentafluorobenzene
    Polymer, vol. 43, no. 26, pp. 7279–7288, 2002
  51. Visualization of the effect of die shear rate on the outer surface morphology of ultrafiltration membranes by AFM
    Journal of Membrane Science, vol. 196, no. 2, pp. 251–266, 2002
  52. Langmuir, vol. 18, no. 16, pp. 6373–6380, 2002
  53. Plasma polymerization of allylpentafluorobenzene on copper surfaces
    Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 426–431, 2002
  54. Optical and electrical properties of p-type transparent conducting Cu–Al–O thin films prepared by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
    Materials Science and Engineering B, vol. 85, no. 2-3, pp. 131–134, 2001
  55. RHEED and XPS Studies of the Decomposition of Silicon Dioxide by the Bombardment of Metal Ions
    Surface Review and Letters, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 521–526, 2001
  56. Crystalline zirconia oxide on silicon as alternative gate dielectrics
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 78, no. 11, p. 1604, 2001
  57. Characterization of inductively coupled plasma etched surface of GaN using Cl[sub 2]/BCl[sub 3] chemistry
    Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, vol. 19, no. 5, p. 2522, 2001
  58. Semiconductor Science and Technology, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. L13–L16, 2001
  59. Interface effects on magnetoresistance and magnetic-field-reduced Raman scattering in magnetite
    Physical Review B, vol. 61, no. 10, pp. 6876–6878, 2000
  60. Surface modification of poly(tetrafluoroethylene) films by low energy Ar+ ion-beam activation and UV-induced graft copolymerization
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol. 168, no. 1, pp. 29–39, 2000
  61. Tungsten–carbon thin films deposited using screen grid technique in an electron cyclotron resonance chemical vapour deposition system
    Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 123, no. 2-3, pp. 134–139, 2000
  62. Effect of argon ion irradiation on Sb2Te3 films in a dense plasma focus device
    Materials Research Bulletin, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 477–486, 2000
  63. Investigation of tungsten incorporated amorphous carbon film
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 355-356, no. 1, pp. 174–178, 1999
  64. Enhancement or reduction of catalytic dissolution reaction in chemically amplified resists by substrate contaminants
    IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 462–469, 1999
  65. Improvement on lithography pattern profile by plasma treatment
    Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, vol. 17, no. 4, p. 1526, 1999
  66. Structure and magnetization of MnSb thin films deposited at different substrate temperatures
    Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 85, no. 10, p. 7340, 1999
  67. The role of nitrogen in the deposition of polycrystalline diamond films
    Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 8, no. 2-5, pp. 215–219, 1999
  68. Surface and interface studies of titanium silicide formation
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 283, no. 1-2, pp. 130–134, 1996
  69. SIMS study of NO, CO adsorption on Cu(100) and Cu(210) surfaces
    Surface Science, vol. 304, no. 1-2, pp. 145–158, 1994