2016 ANNUAL JOINT SYMPOSIUM

FLORIDA CHAPTER OF THE AVS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY

AND THE FLORIDA SOCIETY FOR MICROSCOPY

March 2-3, 2016 University of Central Florida

Student Union Orlando, Florida

INSTITUTIONAL SPONSORSHIP

We gratefully acknowledge the following centers and institutional offices for their sponsorship

of our symposium

AVS Student Chapter at UCF

AVS Student Chapter at UF

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SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 7:30-5:00 Registration Registration Desk Coordinators: Mikaeel Young, University of Central Florida Yi Ding, University of Central Florida 7:30-10:30 Student Poster Setup Pegasus Ballroom A-F Coordinator: Parthiban Rajasekaran, University of Central Florida 7:30-10:30 Equipment Exhibit Setup Pegasus Ballroom A-F Coordinators: Laurene Tetard, University of Central Florida 8:00-4:30 Technical Program Pegasus Ballroom G-H 4:30-7:00 Poster Session Pegasus Ballroom A-F 5:00–7:00 Reception Pegasus Ballroom A-F Thursday, March 3, 2016 8:00-12:00 Registration Registration Desk Coordinators: Mikaeel Young, University of Central Florida Yi Ding, University of Central Florida 9:00-4:50 Technical Program Pegasus Ballroom G-H 5:00-5:30 Poster Award Ceremony Pegasus Ballroom G-H

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Student Union closes at 7 pm Parking is available in Garage D

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Vendors and Equipment Exhibit Pegasus Ballroom A-F

10:00am-7:00pm

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016

YOUNG LEADERS SESSION Pegasus Ballroom G-H Chair: Abraham Vazquez-Guardado, University of Central Florida

8:00 am-8:17 am “Redox Active Nanoparticles for Wound Healing Applications" Dr. Soumen Das, University of Central Florida 8:17 am-8:34 am "Multi – Frequency Atomic Force Microscopy For Tomography Analyses" Pauline Vitry, Universite de Bourgogne, France 8:34 am-8:51 am "Single-Layer Light-Emitting Diodes Using Organometal Halide Perovskite/Polymer Composite Thin Films" Dr. Junqiang Li, Florida State University 8:51 am-9:08 am "Continuous characterization of structural dynamics in complex systems" J. Rafael Guzman-Sepulveda, University of Central Florida 9:08 am-9:25 am “Adsorption of Thiophene on Transition metal Surfaces: Role of van der Waals Interactions” Walter Malone, University of Central Florida 9:25 am-9:42 am “Applying material synthesis procedures for developing animal feed additives to combat microbial resistance” (Invited) Parthiban Rajasekaran, University of Central Florida

9:42 am -10:00 am Coffee Break & Exhibits

OPENING AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS Pegasus Ballroom G-H

10:00 am -10:05 am Welcome and Introduction Program Chair: Laurene Tetard, NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida

10:05 am -11:00 am Keynote Address “Metal Complexation of Sulfur on Coinage Metal Surfaces” (Invited) Patricia Thiel, Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Ames Laboratory

Vendors and Equipment Exhibit Pegasus Ballroom A-F

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ADVANCES IN INSTRUMENTATION Pegasus Ballroom G-H Chair: Yan-Yan Hu, Department of Chemistry, Florida State University

11:00 am-11:30 am “Dynamic Nuclear Polarization at High Magnetic Field” (Invited) Thierry Dubroca, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory 11:30 am-12:00 pm “Advanced transmission/scanning transmission electron microscopy using a probe-aberration corrected TEM” (Invited) Yan Xin, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory 12:00 pm-12:30 pm “Phase Coexistence and Piezoelectric Switching in Highly Strained BiFeO3 Thin Films” (Invited) Christianne Beekman, Dept. of Physics, Florida State University 12:30 pm-1:30 pm Lunch Break & Exhibits Working lunch - “Advanced nanoIR spectroscopy for life sciences and materials characterization using AFM-IR and s-SNOM” hosted by Curt Marcott and Jay Anderson, Anasys Instruments

RENEWABLE ENERGY (I) Pegasus Ballroom G-H Chair: Jose Mendoza-Cortes, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Florida State University

1:30 pm -2:00 pm “Tuning Catalytic Property of Single-Layer MoS2 through Defects and Supports” (Invited) Duy Le, University of Central Florida 2:00 pm -2:30 pm “New Computational Methods and its Applications to Clean and Sustainable Energy: Towards the Carbon Neutral Holy Grail” (Invited) Jose Mendoza-Cortes, Florida State University 2:30 pm -3:00 pm Coffee Break & Exhibits RENEWABLE ENERGY (II) Pegasus Ballroom G-H Chair: Jose Mendoza-Cortes, Florida State University 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm “PV, EV and Your Home: How Transportation and Grid Infrastructures Work Together” (Invited) James Fenton, Florida Solar Energy Center, University of Central Florida

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3:30 pm - 4:00 pm “MTi2O2(PO4)2 (M = Fe, Ni, Co) advanced Material for Li-ion Batteries” (Invited) Karima Lasri, University of Central Florida 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm “Nanoengineered Films Electrodes for Renewable Energy” (Invited) Yang Yang, University of Central Florida POSTER SESSION AND RECEPTION Pegasus Ballroom A-F

4:30 pm-7:00 pm Poster Session and Competition Chair: Laurene Tetard, University of Central Florida 5:00 pm-7:00 pm Reception

Student Union closes at 7 pm

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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016

CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOBIOMATERIALS Pegasus Ballroom G-H Chair: Hitesh Handa, Department of Biological and Biochemical Engineering, University of Georgia

9:00 am-9:30 am “How actin filament assembly and mechanics power cell movement” (Invited) Hyeran Kang, Nanoscience Technology Center, University of Central Florida 9:30 am-10:00 am “Quantum Dot LEDs for Next Generation Displays” (Invited) Jake Hyvonenn, Nanophotonica 10:00 am-10:30 am “Prevention of thrombosis and infection using diazeniumdiolate-based nitric oxide releasing materials in short-term and long-term rabbit models” (Invited) Dr. Hitesh Handa, Department of Biological Engineering, University of Georgia 10:30 am-10:50 am Coffee Break & Exhibits SURFACE SCIENCE Pegasus Ballroom G-H Chair: William Kaden, Physics Department, University of Central Florida

10:50 am-11:20 am “Understanding Zeolites with the Tools of Surface Science” (Invited) J. Anibal Boscoboinik, The Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory 11:20 am-11:50 am “1D defects in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides” (Invited) Matthias Batzill, Department of Physics, University of South Florida 11:50 am-12:20 pm “Connecting Metals and Semimetals to Semiconductors: The Ubiquity of Schottky Barriers” (Invited) Arthur Hebard, Department of Physics, University of Florida 12:20 pm-1:30 pm Lunch Break & Exhibits Door Prize Drawing (Pegasus Ballroom A-F)

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THIN FILMS AND 2D MATERIALS Pegasus Ballroom G-H Chair: YeonWoong Jung, NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida

1:30 pm-2:00 pm “Opto-Electronic Properties And Metal-To-Insulators Quantum Phase Transition Of Few-Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides” (Invited) Nihar Pradhan, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University 2:00 pm-2:30 pm “Optical Properties on Single- and Few-layers Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Films and Heterostructures” (Invited) Humberto Rodriguez Gutierrez, Department of Physics, University of South Florida 2:30 pm-3:00 pm “Wafer Scale 2D-Transition metal dichalcogenides for Electronics and Energy Applications” (Invited) Nitin Choudhary, NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida 3:00 pm-3:20 pm Coffee Break MEMS/NEMS Pegasus Ballroom G-H Chair: Imen Rezadad, Nanospective

3:20 pm-3:50 pm “Development of Chip-Scale Sensing Microsystems” (Invited) Jing Wang, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida 3:50 pm-4:20 pm “Emerging Trends in Infrared Sensors” (Invited) James Ginn, Plasmonic, Inc. 4:20 pm-4:50 pm “Piezoelectric-on-Substrate Resonant Micro-Sensors” (Invited) Reza Abdolvand, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Central Florida SPECIAL EVENTS

5:00 pm-5:30 pm Student Poster Competition Awards Ceremony - Pegasus Ballroom G-H Program and Poster Session Chairs: Laurene Tetard and Parthiban Rajasekaran, University of Central Florida

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Poster Session Pegasus Ballroom A-F

Poster Session Chair: Laurene Tetard, University of Central Florida

Wednesday, March 2, 4:30-7:00 pm Category: Undergraduate P-01 AMPICILLIN AND KANAMYCIN LOADED CHITOSAN HYDROGEL EXHIBITS ENHANCED ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY AGAINST GRAM POSITIVE AND GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA, Kripa Ahuja1, 2, Parthiban Rajasekaran2, and Swadeshmukul Santra2 , 1Trinity Preparatory School, Oviedo, FL, 2NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-02 A SIMPLE TECHNIQUE TO TUNE PLASMONIC RESONANCE, Judin Job Thomas1, Kevin Zhai2, Katherine Layne3, Nitesh Dhasmana3, Chao Li4, Laurene Tetard4, 1Winter Park High School, Winter Park, FL, 2Seminole High School, 2701 Ridgewood Avenue, Sanford, FL, 3College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL), 4NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-03 CELL COMPOSITION OF CITRUS GREENING INFECTED FRUITS, Uma Menon1,2, Mikhael Soliman2, Laurene Tetard2, 1Glenridge Middle School and Winter Park High School, Winter Park, FL, 2NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-04 IPURE: INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPLORERS, Ana Rosario, Ashley Gramajo, Chanelle Hunter, Claudia Ragosta, Han Le, Rawan Almousa, Yasmine Lanham, Laurene Tetard, Alfons Schulte, AbdelKader Kara, Ahlam Al-Rawi, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, Biology Department, Physics Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-05 STRUCTURE –TEMPERATURE-PROCESSING RELATIONSHIP OF CO25FE75 NANOPARTICLES, Kristin Tringali, Sean Ortiz*, Jennifer Andrew, Nancy Ruzycki, Department of Materials Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, *Harris Corporation, Palm Bay, FL P-06 EXPLORING THE VOLUME OF HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS WITH NANOSCALE PRECISION, Cristian Lacera1, Marcy Yi1, Mikhael Soliman1,2 Negar Otrooshi1,2, Laurene Tetard1,2,3, 1NanoScience Technology Center, 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 3Physics Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-07 NANOSCALE STUDIES OF POLYMER BY NOVEL MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUES, Marcy Yi1, Cristian Lacera1, Mikhael Soliman1,2 Negar Otrooshi1,2, Laurene Tetard1,2,3, 1NanoScience Technology Center, 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 3Physics Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-08 THEORETICAL STUDY OF CHROMOPHORES FOR BIOLOGICAL SENSING: UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISM OF RHODOL BASED MULTI-CHROMOPHORIC SYSTEMS, Hector J. Rivera-Jacquez,1,2 Diana Lopez3 Artëm E.

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Masunov1,4,5, 1NanoScience Technology Center, 2Department of Chemistry, 3Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, 4Department of Physics and 5Florida Solar Energy Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-09 POLYMERIC MICELLE ENCAPSULATION OF IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR REMOTE DRUG DELIVERY, Sarah Shakespeare1, Daniel Denmark1, Jessica Major1, Kripal Bisht2, Sarath Witanachchi1, 1Department of Physics, 2Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Graduate Category: Graduate - Materials, Devices and Applied research P-10 ENZYME-FREE DOPAMINE SENSOR USING RARE EARTH NANOPARTICLE TRANSDUCERS IN A HYBRID PLASMONIC SENSOR, Abraham Vázquez-Guardado,1,2 Swetha Barkam,3,4 Soumen Das,2,3 Sudipta Seal,2,3,4 and Debashis Chanda1,2,5,1CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, 2NanoScience Technology Center, 3Materials Science and Engineering, 4Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center, 5Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA P-11 SURFACE PASSIVATON STUDIES IN CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS, Haider Ali1,2,3, Kristopher Davis2,3 and Winston Schoenfeld1, 2,3,4, 1 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, 2

Florida Solar Energy Center, University of Central Florida, 3 c-Si Division, U.S. Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium, 4 CREOL, the College of Optics & Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-12 SYNTHESIS OF ZnO NANOPARTICLES WITH DIFFERENT CAPPING AGENTS FOR ENHANCED BIOCIDAL ACTIVITY Ali Ozcan1,2, Parthiban Rajasekaran2, Rajneesh Prajapati2, Swadeshmukul Santra1,2,3,4, 1Department of Chemistry, 2 NanoScience Technology Center, 3 Department of Material Science and Engineering, 4 Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

P-13 PLASMA SPRAYED NIAL-GRAPHENE OXIDE COMPOSITE COATINGS FOR AEROSPACE INDUSTRY, Ankur Gupta1, David Ward1, Shashank Saraf1, Cheng Zhang2, Arvind Agarwal2, Sudipta Seal1, 1Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center, NanoScience Technology Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL-32816, 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL P-14 PROBING TERNARY SOLVENT EFFECT IN HIGH VOC POLYMER SOLAR CELLS USING ADVANCED AFM TECHNIQUES, Chao Li1,2, Yi Ding1,2, Mikhael Soliman1,2, Andre J. Gesquiere,1,2,3,4 Laurene Tetard1,2,*, Jayan Thomas1,2,4, 1NanoScience Technology Center, 2Department of Material Science and Engineering, 3 Department of Chemistry, 4CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-15 GRAPHENE GUIDED ORDERED CONJUGATED POLYMER SELF-ASSEMBLIES FOR ELECTRIC DEVICES, Chen Shen, Lei Zhai, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-16 AMPEROMETRIC DETECTION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE USING AN ENZYME-FREE SENSOR PLATFORM, Craig J. Neal1, Swetha Barkam1, Ankur Gupta1, Shashank Saraf1, Soumen Das1,2, Hyoung Jin Cho1,2, Sudipta Seal1,2,3, 1

Materials Science & Engineering, 2 Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, 3 Nanoscience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

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P-17 LOSS ANALYSIS OF SILICON SOLAR CELLS USING SPATIAL RESOLVED QUANTUM EFFICIENCY, Eric J. Schneller1,2, Kristopher O. Davis1,2,3, Greg Horner4 and Winston V. Schoenfeld1,2,3, 1Florida Solar Energy Center, University of Central Florida, Cocoa, FL, 2c-Si Division, U.S. Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium, Orlando, FL, 3CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 4Tau Science, 2350 NE Griffin Oaks St 300, Hillsboro, OR

P-18 28% EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT USING PHOTON HARVESTING IN THIN-FILM CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS, Javaneh Boroumand1, Debashis Chanda1, 2, 3, 1Physics Department, 2 CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, 3NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-19 TAILORING THE SURFACE OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DROPLETS WITH CHITOSAN/SURFACTANT COMPLEXES FOR THE DETECTION OF BILE ACIDS, Jinan Deng, Wenlang Liang, Jiyu Fang, Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-20 BINDER-FREE FREESTANDING FLEXIBLE SI NANOPARTICLES-MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES COMPOSITE ANODES FOR LI-ION BATTERIES, Kang Yao, Jim P. Zheng, Richard Liang, Materials Science & Engineering, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Aero-propulsion, Mechatronics and Energy Center (AME), Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, High-Performance Materials Institute (HPMI), Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL P-21 ROLE OF GOLD NANOPARTICLE SIZE AND SHAPE ON THE SENSITIVITY OF APTASENSOR DEVELOPMENT, Nileshi Saraf, Soumen Das, Bradley Jay Willenberg, Sudipta Seal, Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center (AMPAC), Materials Characterization Facility (MCF), NanoScience Technology Center, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, FL P-22 POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELL PASSIVATION AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, Onkar S Shinde1,2, Subhash V Ghaisas2 and Neelkanth G Dhere1, 1Florida Solar Energy Centre, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 2School of Energy Studies, SP Pune University, India. P-23 SYNTHESIS OF J-AGGREGATE NANOTUBES FOR BIOSENSOR APPLICATIONS, Samuel Rhodes1, Wenlang Liang1, Xiaochen Wang1, Joe Cho2, Jiyu Fang1

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-24 BATIO3 FILM GROWN BY WATER-BASED PROCESS, Sarmad Fawzi Hamza Alhasan1,3, Hussain Abouelkhair2, Robert. E. Peale2, Isaiah. O. Oladeji4, 1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering, 2Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 3 Laser and Optoelectronics Engineering Department, University of Technology, Alsina'a Street, Baghdad, Iraq, 4 SISOM Thin Films LLC, Orlando, FL

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P-25 NON-CYTOTOXIC QUANTUM DOT-CHITOSAN NANOGEL BIOSENSING PROBE FOR POTENTIAL CANCER TARGETING AGENT, Tyler Maxwell 1,2, , Tahmina Banu 2,3, , Edward Price 1,2, Jeremy Tharkur 2,6, Maria Nogueira Campos 2,4, Andre Gesquiere1,2,5, and Swadeshmukul Santra 1,2,3,6, 1Department of Chemistry, 2 NanoScience Technology Center, 3Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 4 Institute of Science and Technology, Federal University of Alfenas, Poços de Caldas, Brazil, 5 CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, 6Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida Orlando, FL P-26 FREE-STANDING SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRODE BASED ON PAA@ MNO2/POLYPYRROLE CORE-SHELL NANOFIBER, Xiaoyan Lu, Lei Zhai, NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-27 EFFECT OF B-SITE Fe,Cu-DOPING ON La0.75Sr0.25CoO3 PEROVSKITES FOR THE CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TO CARBON MONOXIDE, Yolanda A. Daza, Debtanu Maiti, Bryan J. Hare, Venkat R. Bhethanabotla and John N. Kuhn, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL P-28 FIXED QUAT: AN ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO COPPER (Cu) BIOCIDES FOR PLANT DISEASE CONTROL, Mikaeel Young1,2, Parthiban Rajasekaran1, Preeti Kumrah2, Monty E. Myers5, James H. Graham5 and Swadeshmukul Santra1,2,3,4, 1NanoScience Technology Center, 2Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, 3Department of Chemistry and 4Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 5Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL P-29 ANTIMICROBIAL TESTING OF UREA-PEROXIDE (UP) AND CHITOSAN-UREA-PEROXIDE (UP-DCS) COMPOSITE, Jorge Martinez2*, Mikaeel Young1,2, Parthiban Rajasekaran2 and Swadeshmukul Santra1,2,3,4, 1Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, 2NanoScience Technology Center, 3Materials Science and Engineering, 4Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-30 LIQUID CRYSTAL MEDIATED SELF-ASSEMBLY OF POROUS Α-FE2O3 NANORODS ON PEDOT:PSS FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE AS A FLEXIBLE TERNARY ARCHITECTURE FOR CAPACITIVE ENERGY STORAGE, Md. Monirul Islam,1,2 Taslima Akhter,1 Konstantin Konstantinov*, 1 Jayan Thomas*,2 and Shi Xue Dou1, 1 Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM) Facility, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, North Wollongong, Australia, 2 NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL Category: Graduate - Condensed Matter P-31 INTER-DIFFUSION AND REACTION IN Al vs. Mo AND Al vs. Zr DIFFUSION COUPLES TO STUDY THE FUNCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO CANDIDATE MATERIAL FOR DIFFUSION BARRIER IN MMMRC FUEL ALLOY TO MINIMIZE FUEL-CLADDING INTERACTION, Abhishek Mehta1, Youngjoo Park1, D.D. Keiser Jr.2, Yongho Sohn1, 1Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 2Nuclear Fuels and Materials Division, Idaho National Laboratory, Iadho Falls, ID P-32 OPTICAL AND ELECTRON BEAM STUDIES OF GAMMA-IRRADIATED AlGaN/GaN HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS, Anupama Yadav, Cameron Glasscock, Elena Flitsiyan and Leonid Chernyak, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

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P-33 MULTISCALE INVESTIGATION OF CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF ULTRA-THIN MOLYBDENUM NITRIDE FOR HYDROGENDENITROGENATION PROCESS, Asim Khaniya, William Kaden, Department of Physics, University of central Florida, Orlando, FL P-34 METHODICAL FRAMEWORK OF ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR THE OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION IN PEMFC (PROTON-EXCHANGE-MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS), Bijoya Dhar, William Kaden, Department of Physics, University of central Florida, Orlando, FL P-35 EXTENDED SIMULATIONS OF THE DNA FORCE EXTENSION CURVE, Gregory Shinaberry, Alexander Balaeff, Nanoscience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-36 DENSE NETWORK OF 1D METALLIC LINE-DEFECTS IN MoSe2/MoS2 HETEROSTRUCTURE, Horacio Coy Diaz, Yujing Ma, and Matthias Batzill, Physics Department, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL P-37 UNRAVELING VARIATIONS IN THE STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF PLANT SYSTEMS AT THE NANOSCALE WITH STATISTICAL ANALYSIS METHODS, Mikhael Soliman1,2, Laurene Tetard1,2,3, 1NanoScience Technology Center, 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 3Physics Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-38 HIGH LATTICE RELAXATION ENERGY OF DOPED-GRAPHENE AND ITS EFFECT ON BINDING OF ADSORBATES, Nagendra Dhakal1, Marisol Alcántara Ortigoza2 and Sergey Stolbov1, 1Physics Department, University of central Florida, Orlando, FL, 2Physics Department, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL P-39 PREDICTIVE MODELLING OF METAL-ORGANIC CHAINS WITH ACTIVE METAL SITE, Naseem Ud Din, Duy Le and Talat S. Rahman, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-40 ADSORPTION OF SMALL MOLECULES ON DEFECT-LADEN SINGLE LAYER BORON NITRIDE, Tao Jiang, Takat B. Rawal, Duy Le, and Talat S. Rahman, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-41 AFM-IR SPECTROSCOPY OF METALLIC NANOPARTICLES, Negar Otrooshi, Laurene Tetard, Physics Department, NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-42 MULTI – FREQUENCY ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY FOR TOMOGRAPHY ANALYSES, P. Vitry1, E. Bourillot1, A. Dazzi2, L. Tetard3, E. Lesniewska1 , 1Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France, 2Laboratoire de Chimie Physique d’Orsay, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, 3NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-43 ALUMINUM-SILVER METALLIC NANORODS FROM PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION AS DEGRADATION RESISTANT SERS SUBSTRATES, Ryan Scherzer, Stephen Stagon, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

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P-44 ORDERED Fe(II)Ti(IV)O3 MIXED MONOLAYER OXIDE ON RUTILE TiO2(011), Sandamali Halpegamage1, Pan Ding2, Xueqing Gong2, Matthias Batzill1, 1Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China. P-45 VARIATION OF DIFFUSION KINETICS OF SMALL Ni or Cu ISLANDS ON HETEROMETALLIC (111) SURFACE: RESULTS OF THE SELF-LEARNING KINETIC MONTE CARLO (II) SIMULATIONS, Shree Ram Acharya, Talat S. Rahman, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-46 AB-INITIO STUDY OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES SUPPORTED ON DEFECT-LADEN SINGLE-LAYER MOS2, Takat B. Rawal, Duy Le, and Talat S. Rahman, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL P-47 DISTINGUISHING THE PHOTOTHERMAL AND PHOTOINJECTION EFFECTS IN VANADIUM DIOXIDE NANOWIRES, Xi Wang, Hanwei Gao, Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL P-48 CONNECTING NANOSCALE STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES TO DEVICE PERFORMANCES OF SOFT SOLAR CELL MATERIALS BY ADVANCED AFM CHARACTERIZATION, Yi Ding1, Chao Li1, Anton Ievlev2, Jayan Thomas1, Laurene Tetard1,1NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 2The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN P-49 THE IMPACT OF FUNCTIONAL GROUP ON THE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF COORDINATION CENTER, Zahra Hooshmand, Duy Le, and Talat .S. Rahman, University of Central Florida, Department of Physics, Orlando FL

P-50 CORUNDUM VTiO3 GROWTH, MAGNETIC, VALANCE AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION, Alan Kramer1, Rami Hajj Hussein2, Eli Sutter3, Hari Srikanth4, Manh-Huong Phan4, Rajas Das4 , Matthias Batzill1 , 1Interface and Surface Science Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2Materials Research Group in Condensed Matter Physics, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Canada, 3Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton NY, 4Functional Materials Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL P-51 COMPARISON OF BEAM BENDING EFFICIENCY OF WAVEGUIDES AND SPATIALLY VARIANT PHOTONIC CRYSTALS (SVPCS), Rashi Sharma1, Jennefir. L. Digaum2, Nicholas Kosan2, Stephen M. Kuebler1,2.3, Raymond C. Rumpf4, 1Chemistry Department, 2CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, 3Physics Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 4EM Lab, W. M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Ave., El Paso, TX, USA 79968 P-52 IMPROVING ENERGY HARVESTING USING PLASMONIC OPTICAL HORNS, Christopher N. Grabill1, Jennefir Digaum2, David Shelton3, Eric Tucker3, Glenn Boreman3, Stephen M. Kuebler*1,2,4 , 1Chemistry Dept., 2CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 3Plasmonics, Inc., Orlando, FL, 4Physics Department, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

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Others P-53 GROWTH OF LARGE SCALE MOS2 NANOSHEETS FOR ELECTRONICS AND ENERGY APPLICATIONS, Nitin Choudhary,1 Wonbong Choi,2 YeonWoong Jung1,1Nanoscience Technology Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

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AWARD WINNERS YEAR 2015

Sixty-five posters were judged at the 2015 Annual Symposium.

Computational and Experimental Materials Science Anupama Yadava (Physics, UCF)

Le Zhou (MSE/AMPAC, UCF) Shashank Saraf (AMPAC, UCF)

Zahra Hooshmand-Gharehbagh (Physics, UCF) Imen Rezadad (Physics, UCF)

Abraham Vázquez-Guardado (NSTC/CREOL, UCF)

Energy-Related Materials Zenan Yu (CREOL/NSTC, UCF)

Matthew McInnis (NSTC/Chemistry, UCF) Abhishek Mehta (AMPAC, UCF)

Nagendra Dhakal (Physics, UCF)

Materials Processing and Characterization Narae Kang (NSTC/Physics, UCF) Swetha Barkam (MSE/AMPAC, UF)

Xiaochen Wang (MSE, UCF) Jinan Deng (MSE, UCF)

Shihyun, Ahn (University of Florida, UF) Ankur Gupta (AMPAC, NSTC, UCF)

Undergraduate Awards

Rameech McCormack (MAE/NSTC, UCF) Eric Calkins (NSTC/Physics, UCF)

Antonia Bass (Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences/NSTC, UCF) David Fox (NSTC, UCF)

Sebastien Benoit (Physics, UCF) Preeti Kumrah (Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences/NSTC, UCF)

The program committee congratulates all the student winners and also thanks all the students, whose outstanding work made the 2015 student session very competitive. The committee gives a special thank you to all the judges who spend many hours with the students discussing their projects. Your encouragement and interaction meant more to the students than you will ever know.

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2016 PARTICIPATING VENDORS & SPONSORS Kurt J. Lesker Company www.lesker.com 1925 Route 51 P: 412-387-9200 Jefferson Hill, PA 15025 F: 412-384-7563 Bill Zinn billz@lesker.com Joe Becker joeb@lesker.com Gideon Geer Physical Electronics, Inc. www.phi.com 18725 Lake Drive East P: 952-828-6100 Chanhassen, MN 55317-9384 F: 952-828-6451 Nancy Lynch nlynch@phi.com Richard Price rprice@phi.com All Scientific www.allscientific.com 1802 N Alafaya Trail P: 407-401-9882 Orlando, FL, 32826 Brandon Frazier bfrazier@allscientific.com Bruker Optics Inc. www.bruker.com 19 Fortune Drive P: 978 439-9899 x5470 Billerica, MA 01821 Jaclyn Scanlon jaclyn.scanlon@bruker.com R. D. Mathis Company www.rdmathis.com 2840 Gundry Ave P: 562-426-7079 Signal Hill, CA 90755 Bob Lumley rlumley@rdmathis.com

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LDS Vacuum Products, Inc. www.ldsvacuum.com 773 Big Tree Drive P: 407-862-4643 Longwood, FL, 32750 Sue Stratton Sue.Stratton@ldsvacuum.com Pfeiffer Vacuum www.pfeiffer-vacuum.com/ 24 Trafalgar Square P: 603-578-6524 Nashua, NH 03063 Ron Ligthart RLigthart@pfeiffer-vacuum.com Joe Rajan JRajan@pfeiffer-vacuum.com Electron Microscopy Sciences https://www.emsdiasum.com/microscopy/ 1560 Industry road P: 215-412-8400 Hatfield, PA 19440 Matt Irwin sgkcck@aol.com RHK Technology www.rhk-tech.com 1050 East Maple Road P: 317-652-7689 Troy, MI 48083 Allen Vallei vallei@rhk-tech.com Ryan Smith smith@rhk-tech.com Anasys Instrument (Sponsor) www.anasysinstruments.com 325 Chapala St P: 410-739-2901 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Jay Anderson jay@anasysinstruments.com Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center (AMPAC)-University of Central Florida www.ampac.ucf.edu 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Box 162455 P: 407-882-1517 Orlando, FL 32816 F: 407-882–1462

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Sudipta Seal Sudipta.Seal@ucf.edu Kari Stiles Kari.Stiles@ucf.edu NanoScience Technology Center (NSTC)-University of Central Florida www.nanoscience.ucf.edu 12424 Research Parkway, Suite 400 P: 407-882-0178 Orlando, FL 32826 F: 407-882-2819 Ernie Gemeinhart ernest.gemeinhart@ucf.edu

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44TH ANNUAL APPLIED VACUUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM 34TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE FLORIDA SOCIETY FOR MICROSCOPY

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Mark Davidson, Florida Tech Toybox Yi Ding, University of Central Florida

Ernie Gemeinhart, University of Central Florida Andre Gesquiere, University of Central Florida Helena Hagelin-Weaver, University of Florida

Hitesh Handa, University of Georgia Yan-Yan Hu, Florida State University

YeonWoong Jung, University of Central Florida William Kaden, University of Central Florida Maggie Puga Lambers, Florida Tech Toybox

Jose Mendoza-Cortes, Florida State University Parthiban Rajasekaran, University of Central Florida

Imen Rezadad, Nanospective Swadeshmukul Santra, University of Central Florida

Sudipta Seal, AMPAC/NSCT, University of Central Florida Laurene Tetard, University of Central Florida

Abraham Vazquez-Guardado, University of Central Florida Mikaeel Young, University of Florida

Plan now to attend next year’s Joint Meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American Vacuum Society and the Florida Society for Microscopy. The technical sessions will be held at the University of Central Florida Student Union on Monday and Tuesday, March 6-7, 2017. If you have suggestions for or would be interested in helping plan and run next year’s meeting, please contact any of the committee members listed above.

VENDOR BOOTH ASSIGNMENTS

KURT J. LESKER COMPANY 07

ALL SCIENTIFIC 09

LDS VACUUM 10

PFEIFFER VACUUM 12

BRUKER 13

RD MATHIS 15

PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 16

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SCIENCES 17

RHK 18

UCF – AMPAC/NSTC 21

March 2 -3, 2016 Floor Plan

UCF Student Union Pegasus Ballroom