Publications

56. A. P. Hinckley, M. M. Driskill, A. J. Muscat, “Dense Organosilane Monolayer Resist That Directs Highly Selective Atomic Layer Deposition,” ACS Appl. Nano Mater. in the press (2020). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.9b02128.

55. I. R. Nizameev, A. J. Muscat, M. V. Motyakin, M. V. Grishin, L. Ya. Zakharova, G. R. Nizameeva, M. K. Kadirov, “Surfactant Templated Oriented 1-D Nanoscale Platinum and Palladium Systems on a Modified Silicon Surface,” Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects 17, 1-6 (2019). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoso.2018.10.004.

54. A. P. Hinckley, A. J. Muscat, “Atomic Layer Deposition of TiN Below 600 K Using N₂H₄,” Solid State Phenomena 282, 232-237 (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.282.232.

53. A. J. Muscat, “Self-Assembly of Functionalized Organic Molecules on Flat Solid Surfaces",” Encyclopedia of Interfacial Chemistry 4, 810-816 (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409547-2.13137-3.

52. S. L. Heslop, L. Peckler, A. J. Muscat, “Reaction of Aqueous Ammonium Sulfide on SiGe 25%,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 35, 03E110 (2017). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.4982223.

51. P. Mancheno-Posso and A. J. Muscat, “Self-Assembly of Alkanethiolates Directs Sulfur Bonding With GaAs(100),” Appl. Surf. Sci. 397, 1-12 (2017). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.11.016.

50. S. Purdy and A. J. Muscat, “Coating Nonfunctionalized Silica Spheres with a High Density of Discrete Silver Nanoparticles,” J. Nanoparticle. Res. 18(3) 1-10 (2016). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11051-016-3371-8.

49. Y. Contreras and A. J. Muscat, “Self-Assembly of a 1-Eicosanethiolate Layer on InSb(100),” Appl. Surf. Sci.., 370, 67-75 (2016), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.02.099.

48. E. Vyhmeister, H. Valdes-Gonzalez, L. Reyes-Bozo, R. Rodriguez-Maecker, A. J. Muscat, L. A. Estevez, and D. Suleiman, “In-Situ FTIR Kinetic Study in the Silylation of Low-k Films with Hexamethyldisilazane Dissolved in Supercritical CO₂,” Chem. Eng. Comm. (2015), in the press, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00986445.2015.1124098.

47. E. Vyhmeister, L. Reyes-Bozo, R. Rodriguez-Maecker, A. J. Muscat, D. Suleiman, and L. A. Estevez, “Study of Low-k Film Functionalization and Pore Sealing using Chlorosilanes Dissolved in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide,” Chem. Eng. Comm. (2015), in the press, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00986445.2015.1116068.

46. F. Jiang, L. T. Peckler, A. J. Muscat, “Phase Pure Pyrite FeS₂ Nanocubes Synthesized Using Oleylamine as Ligand, Solvent, and Reductant,” Crys. Growth Des., 15(8) 3565-3572 (2015). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b00751.

45. E. Vyhmeister, L. Reyes-Bozo, H. Valdes-Gonzalez, J.-L. Salazar, A. Muscat, L. A. Estevez, D. Suleiman, “In situ FTIR Experimental Results in the Silylation of Low-k Films with Hexamethyldisilazane Dissolved in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide,” J. Supercrit. Fluids, 90, 134-143 (2014). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.supflu.2014.01.019.

44. C. C. Finstad and A. J. Muscat, “Ammonia Photodissociation Promoted by Si(100),” J. Phys. Chem. A, 118 (22), 3880-3890 (2014). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp408543e.

43. F. Jiang and A. J. Muscat, “Solvent-Triggered Self-Assembly of CdTe Quantum Dots into Flat Ribbons,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 117(42). 22069-22078 (2013). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp406795t.

42. E. Vyhmeister, H. Valdes-Gonzalez, A. J. Muscat, D. Suleiman, and L. A. Estevez, “Surface Modification of Porous Silicon-Based Films Using Dichlorosilanes Dissolved in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide,” Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res. 52 (13), 4762-4771 (2013). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie302686e.

41. R. Morrish and A. J. Muscat, “Multiphase AgCu Thin Films in Supercritical CO₂,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 117(23), 12071-12077 (2013). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp312651b.

40. B. Granados and A. J. Muscat, “Interfacial Chemistry of HF-treated In_0.53Ga_0.47As(100) During Atomic Layer Deposition of Aluminum Oxide,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 31, 01A143 (2013). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.4770288.

39. F. Jiang and A. J. Muscat, “Ligand-Controlled Growth of ZnSe Quantum Dots in Water during Ostwald Ripening,” Langmuir 28(36), 12931-12940 (2012). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la301186n.

38. F. L. Lie, W. Rachmady, A. J. Muscat, “Oxide Removal and Selective Etching of In from InSb(100) with TiCl₄,” J. Phys. Chem. C 115(40), 19733-19740 (2011). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp204408n.

37. B. Granados-Alpizar and A. J. Muscat, “Surface Reactions of TiCl₄ and Al(CH₃)₃ on GaAs(100) During the First Half-Cycle of Atomic Layer Deposition,” Surf. Sci. 605, 1243-1248 (2011). DOI:10.1016/j.susc.2011.04.009

36. F. L. Lie, A. J. Muscat, “Controlled oxide removal and surface morphology on InSb(100) using gas phase HF/H₂O,” J. Phys. Chem. C 115(15), 7440-7449 (2011). DOI: 10.1021/jp110151y.

35. R. Morrish, K. Dorame, A. J. Muscat, “Formation of nanoporous Au by dealloying AuCu thin films in HNO₃,” Scripta Materialia 64(9), 856-859 (2011). DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2011.01.021.

34. B. Imangholi, F. L. Lie, H. G. Parks, A. J. Muscat, “Effect of deep-level defects on surface recombination velocity at the interface between silicon and dielectric films,” IEEE Trans. Elec. Dev. 57(4), 877-889 (2010).

33. F. L. Lie, W. Rachmady, A. J. Muscat, “In_0.53Ga_0.47As(100) native oxide removal by liquid and gas phase HF/H₂O chemistries,” Microelectronic Eng. 87, 1656-1660 (2010).

32. R. Morrish and A. J. Muscat, “Nanoporous silver with controllable optical properties formed by chemical dealloying in supercritical CO₂,” Chemistry of Materials 21, 3865-3870 (2009).

31. Z. Deng, M. Mansuripur, A. J. Muscat, “Synthesis of two-dimensional single-crystal berzelianite nanosheets and nanoplates with near-infrared optical absorption,” J. Mater. Chem. 19, 6201 - 6206 (2009), DOI: 10.1039/b907452j.

30. Z. Deng, M. Mansuripur, A. J. Muscat, “Simple Colloidal Synthesis of Single-Crystal Sb-Se-S Nanotubes with Composition Dependent Band-Gap Energy in the Near-Infrared,” Nano Letters 9(5), 2015-2020 (2009), DOI: 10.1021/nl9002816.

29. Z. Deng, D. Chen, F. Tang, J. Ren, A. J. Muscat, “Synthesis and purple-blue emission of antimony trioxide single-crystalline nanobelts with elliptical cross section,” Nano Research 2, 151-160 (2009), DOI: 10.1007/s12274-009-9014-y.

28. Z. Deng, M. Mansuripur, A. J. Muscat, “New method to single-crystal micrometer-sized ultra-thin silver nanosheets: synthesis and characterization,” J. Phys. Chem. C 113 (3), 867-873 (2009).

27. Z. Deng, F.-L. Lie, S. Shen, I. Ghosh, M. Mansuripur, A. J. Muscat, “Water-based route to ligand-selective synthesis of ZnSe and Cd-doped ZnSe quantum dots with tunable ultraviolet A to blue photoluminescence,” Langmuir 25 (1), 434-442 (2009).

26. M. Durando, R. Morrish, A. J. Muscat, “Kinetics and mechanism for the reaction of hexafluoroacetylacetone with CuO in supercritical carbon dioxide,” Journal of the American Chemical Society 130 (49) 16659-16668 (2008), DOI: 10.1021/ja8050662.

25. T. K. Moreno, W. Zimmt, N. Odegaard, R. A. Turner, B. Xie, A. J. Muscat, M. R. Riley, “Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO₂) extraction of pesticides from simulated museum artifacts,” Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, in the press.

24. E. Vyhmeister, A.J. Muscat, D. Suleiman, L. A. Estevez, “High pressure phase equilibria for chlorosilane + carbon dioxide mixtures,” Fluid Phase Equilibria 270, 121-128 (2008).

23. Z. Deng, B. Peng, D. Chen, F. Tang, A. J. Muscat, “A new route to self-assembled tin dioxide nanospheres: fabrication and characterization,” Langmuir 24 (19), 11089-11095 (2008).

22. F. L. Lie, W. Rachmady, A. J. Muscat, “A comparison of liquid and gas phase surface preparation of III-V compound semiconductors for atomic layer deposition,” Microelectronic Eng. 86, 122-127 (2009), doi: 10.1016/j.mee.2008.07.004.

21. Z. Deng, Z. Bao, L. Cao, D. Chen, F. Tang, F. Wang, C. Liu, B. Zou, A. J. Muscat, “Spherical hexagonal tellurium nanocrystals: fabrication and size-dependent structural phase transition at high pressure,” Nanotechnology 19, 045707 (2008).

20. Z. Deng, F. Tang, A. J. Muscat, “Strong blue photoluminescence from single-crystalline bismuth oxychloride nanoplates,” Nanotechnology 19, 295705 (2008).

19. R. M. Morrish, A. Witvrou, A. J. Muscat, “Kinetic to transport-limited anhydrous HF etching of silicon oxynitride films in supercritical CO₂,” J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 15251-15257 (2007).

18. C. C. Finstad, A. G. Thorsness, A. J. Muscat, “The mechanism of amine formation on Si(100) activated with chlorine atoms,” Surface Science 600(17), 3363-3374 (2006); List of Top 25 Papers downloaded in Surface Science that month; see the perspective by R.J. Hamers, “Passivation and activation: How do monovalent atoms modify the reactivity of silicon surfaces?” Surface Science 600 (17) (2006) 3361-3362.

17. C. C. Finstad, G. Montano-Miranda, A. G. Thorsness, A. J. Muscat, “Gas phase preparation and analysis of semiconductor surfaces in a clustered reactor apparatus,” Review of Scientific Instruments 77(9), 093907/1-093907/11 (2006).

16. B. Xie and A. J. Muscat, “The restoration of porous methylsilsesquioxane (p-MSQ) films using trimethylhalosilanes dissolved in supercritical carbon dioxide,” Microelectronic Eng. 82, 434-440 (2005).

15. B. Xie, C. C. Finstad, and A. J. Muscat, “Removal of copper from silicon surfaces using hexafluoroacetylacetone (hfacH) dissolved in supercritical carbon dioxide,” Chemistry of Materials 17, 1753-1764 (2005).

14. B. Xie, G. Montano-Miranda, C. C. Finstad and A. J. Muscat, “Native oxide removal from SiGe using mixtures of HF and water delivered by aqueous, gas, and supercritical CO₂ processes,” Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 8(1-3), 231-237 (2005).

13. B. Xie, L. Choate, and A. J. Muscat, “Repair and capping of porous MSQ films using chlorosilanes and supercritical CO₂,” Microelectronic Eng. 80, 349-352 (2005).

12. B. Xie and A. J. Muscat, “Dehydration of porous MSQ (p-MSQ) using supercritical carbon dioxide and alcohol cosolvents,” IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing 17, 544-553 (2004).

11. B. Xie and A. J. Muscat, “Silylation of porous methylsilsesquioxane films in supercritical carbon dioxide” , Microelectronic Eng. 76, 52-59 (2004).

10. A. G. Thorsness and A. J. Muscat, “Moisture absorption and reaction in borophosphosilicate glass thin films,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society 150(12), F219-F228 (2003).

9. M. J. Schabel, T. Peterson, and A. J. Muscat, “Macromolecule formation in low density CF4 plasmas: the influence of H₂,” Journal of Applied Physics 93(3), 1389-1402 (2003).

8. C. C. Finstad, M. J. Schabel, and A. J. Muscat, “Multiple sample manipulator with five degrees of motional freedom for angle-resolved spectroscopy in ultrahigh vacuum,” Review of Scientific Instruments 74(2) 1036-1042 (2003).

7. A. J. Muscat, A. G. Thorsness, and G. Montano-Miranda, “Characterization of residues formed by anhydrous HF etching of doped oxides,” J. Vacuum Science & Technology A 19(4), 1854 (2001).

6. A. J. Muscat, E. L. Allen, E. D. H. Green, and L. S. Vanasupa, “Interdisciplinary teaching and learning in a semiconductor processing course,” J. Engineering Education 87, 413 (1998).

5. A. J. Muscat and R. J. Madix, “How annealing affects the desorption kinetics of CO on Ni(100),” J. Physical Chemistry 100, 9807 (1996).

4. N. Vasquez, A. J. Muscat, and R. J. Madix, “Coverage and site distribution effects in the desorption of CO from S-covered Ni(100),” Surface Science 339, 29 (1995).

3. A. J. Muscat, A. Rjeb, and D. Roy, “Oxidation of Si(111)7x7 using alkali metal atoms: evidence for local promotion mechanisms,” Surface Science Letters 302, L256 (1994).

2. N. Vasquez, A. J. Muscat, and R. J. Madix, “The effect of site distribution on desorption kinetics: CO on Ni(100),” Surface Science 302, 83 (1994).

1. K. R. Krovvidi, A. Muscat, P. Stroeve, and E. Ruckenstein, “Transport of monomer surfactant molecules and hindered diffusion of micelles through porous membranes,” J. Colloid and Interface Science 100(2), 497 (1984).