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applied surface science ELSEVIER Applied Surface Science 220 (2003) v—vii —————————— www.elsevier.com locate apsus¢e Contents Short communications Oxygen atom-induced D, and D»O desorption on D/Si(1 1 1) surfaces F. Rahman, F. Khanom, S. Inanaga, H. Tsurumaki and A. Namiki Characteristics of the silver-doped TiO, nanoparticles Y. Liu, C.-y. Liu, Q.-h. Rong and Z. Zhang Photoluminescence of ZnO films prepared by rf. sputtering on different substrates Q.P. Wang, D.H. Zhang, H.L. Ma, X.H. Zhang and X.J. Zhang Argon ion stimulated conversion between CF, (x = 0-3) chemical states and fluorine depletion in fluorocarbon films studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy S.W. Tong, M.K. Fung, C.S. Lee, Y. Lifshitz, $.T. Lee and A. Hoffman Growth and magnetism of Ni nanoparticles in Ni/Al,O,/Si or Si,N, multilayers A.K. Pradhan Growth, structural, and magnetic properties of iron nitride thin films deposited by de magnetron sputtering X. Wang, W.T. Zheng, H.W. Tian, S.S. Yu, W. Xu, S.H. Meng, X.D. He, J.C. Han, C.Q. Sun and B.K. Tay Formation of copper silicides by high dose metal vapor vacuum arc ion implantation C. Rong, J. Zhang and W. Li Field emission from quantum size GaN structures O. Yilmazoglu, D. Pavlidis, Yu.M. Litvin, S. Hubbard, I.M. Tiginyanu, K. Mutamba, H.L. Hartnagel, V.G. Litovchenko and A. Evtukh Effect of the current density on the volume expansion of the deposited thin films of aluminum during porous oxide formation I. Vrublevsky, V. Parkoun, J. Schreckenbach and G. Marx Determination of the intrinsic bulk and surface plasmon intensity of XPS spectra of magnesium M. Kurth, P.C.J. Graat and E.J. Mittemeijer AFM and SEM characterization of non-toxic vanadium-free Ti alloys used as biomaterials C. Morant, M.F. Lopez, A. Gutiérrez and J.A. Jiménez Femtosecond laser ablation of DAST P.-h. Dittrich, R. Bartlome, G. Montemezzani and P. Giinter Field emission characteristic of screen-printed carbon nanotube cathode J. Li, W. Lei, X. Zhang, X. Zhou, Q. Wang, Y. Zhang and B. Wang Diagnosis of deactivation sources for vanadium catalysts used in SO, oxidation reaction and optimization of vanadium extraction from deactivated catalysts M. Ksibi, E. Elaloui, A. Houas and N. Moussa Surface segregation of Al substrate metal on Zr film surface T.T. Lay, M. Yoshitake and S. Bera Effect of Ag promoter on redox properties and catalytic performance of Ag-Mo-P-O catalysts for oxidative dehydrogenation of propane X. Zhang, H.-l. Wan, W.-z. Weng and X.-d. Yi vi Contents Resonance absorption of coherent infrared radiation by thin polypropylene films and its technological applications E. Bormashenko, R. Pogreb, A. Sheshnev, S. Sutovski, A. Shulzinger, L. Nachum and R. Kerbel Ga* primary ion ToF-SIMS fragment pattern of inorganic compounds and metals Z. Li and K. Hirokawa Fractal dimensions of lanthanum ferrite samples by adsorption isotherm method G. Dobrescu, D. Berger, F. Papa and N.I. Ionescu Surface and interface characteristics of TiO.—muscovite nanocomposites G.B. Song, H. Joly, F.S. Liu, T.J. Peng, P. Wan and J.K. Liang X-ray diffraction evidence of the single solid solution character of bi-metallic Pt-Pd catalyst particles on an amorphous SiO, substrate A.E. Cordero-Borboa, E. Sterling-Black, A. Gomez-Cortés and A. Vazquez-Zavala Effect of freon flow rate on tin oxide thin films deposited by chemical vapor deposition T.-H. Fang and W.-J. Chang Comparison between post-irradiation annealing and post-high electric field stress annealing of n-channel power VDMOSFETs G.S. Risti¢é, M.M. Pejovié and A.B. Jaksi¢ Microstructure and high-temperature wear resistance of a laser surface alloyed y-TiAl with carbon Y. Chen and H.M. Wang Tantalum irradiation by high power pulsed laser at 1315 and 438 nm wavelengths L. Torrisi, S.G ammino, A.M. Mezzasalma, C. Gentile, J. Krasa, L. Laska, K. Rohlena, J. Badziak, P. Parys and J. Wolowski Tetrakis(diethylamido) titanium (TDEAT) interactions with SiO, and Cu substrates J. Tong, N. Magtoto and J. Kelber ESEM study of size removal from ceramic fibers by plasma treatment Q.F. Wei, X.Q. Wang, R.R. Mather and A.F. Fotheringham Atomic force microscopy study of self-organization of chiral azobenzene derived from amino acid Y. Zhang, C. Tan, Q. Liu, R. Lu, Y. Song, L. Jiang, Y. Zhao, T.J. Li and Y. Liu XPS and RBS investigations of Si-Er—O interactions on a Si(1 0 0)-2x1 surface S. Scalese, S. Mirabella and A. Terrasi Electroless plating of nickel-phosphorous on surface-modified poly(ethylene terephthalate) films S.C. Domenech, E. Lima Jr., V. Drago, J.C. De Lima, N.G. Borges Jr., A.O.V. Avila and V. Soldi Observation of unrecoverable domains in two-dimensional-arrayed Pry s;Cap.s;MnO,_, junctions J. Sakai and S. Imai X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy investigation of the carburization of 310 stainless steel N. Tabet, I. Allam and R.C. Yin Role of surface reactions in the transpassive dissolution of ferrous alloys in concentrated H,PO, I. Betova, M. Bojinov and T. Tzvetkoff Double optical waveguide in Cu-doped KNSBN crystal formed by MeV boron ion implantation F.-X. Wang, F. Chen, X.-L. Wang, K.-M. Wang, Q.-M. Lu, D.-Y. Shen, H.-J. Ma and R. Nie Preparation of atomically clean and flat Si(1 0 0) surfaces by low-energy ion sputtering and low-temperature annealing J.C. Kim, J.-Y. Ji, J.S. Kline, J.R. Tucker and T.-C. Shen Investigation on NIR, coating mechanism of PS-b-PAA coated calcium carbonate particulate S. Miao Auger electron spectroscopy investigation of sputter induced altered layers in SiC by low energy sputter depth profiling and factor analysis R. Kosiba, G. Ecke, J. Liday, J. Breza and O. Ambacher Contents Effect of substrate bias on SE, XPS and XAES studies of diamond-like carbon films deposited by saddle field fast atom beam source R. Sharma, O.S. Panwar, S. Kumar, D. Sarangi, A. Goullet, P.N. Dixit and R. Bhattacharyya Structural and compositional analysis of InBi,As,Sb,,_,_,, films grown on GaAs(0 0 1) substrates by liquid phase epitaxy V.K. Dixit, K.S. Keerthi, H.L. Bhat, P. Bera and M.S. Hegde Two series of triple- and single-domain reconstructions induced by europium on vicinal Si(1 1 1) {i [ 2}-miscut surface R.-L. Vaara, M. Kuzmin, P. Laukkanen, R.E. Peralé and 1.J. Vayrynen Structure and properties of molybdenum implanted with high-flux carbon ion J. Zhang, Y. Gao, Z. Wang and C. Rong Fractal study of Ni-Cr—Mo alloy for dental applications: effect of beryllium A. Eftekhari Characteristics of sputtered TaB, thin films as diffusion barriers between copper and silicon S.-T. Lin, Y.-L. Kuo and C. Lee Polymer surface modification and characterization of particulate calcium carbonate fillers M. Shui Influence of N»:(N> + Ar) flow ratio and substrate temperature on the properties of zirconium nitride films prepared by reactive dc magnetron sputtering L. Hu, D. Li and G. 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