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Brian Willis
Associate Professor
Ph.D., MIT
Phone: (860) 486-9429
Email: bgwillis@engr.uconn.edu

Research

Research Group

Publications

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

R. Gupta and B.G. Willis, “Nanometer spaced electrodes using selective area atomic layer deposition,” Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology v. 16, p. 1 (2007).

R. Gupta and B.G. Willis, “Nanometer spaced electrodes using selective area atomic layer deposition,” Applied Physics Letters v. 90, p. 253102 (2007).

D. Skliar, C. Gelmi, and B.G. Willis, “STM investigation of the product distribution from the interaction of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptandionate with Si(100)-2x1,” Surface Science, v. 601, p. 2887 (2007).

K. Beadle, R. Gupta, A. Mathew, J.G. Chen, B.G. Willis, “Chemical vapor deposition of phase-rich WC thin films on silicon and carbon substrates,” Thin Solid Films, v. 516, p. 3847 (2008).

L.P. Shepherd, A. Mathew, B.E. McCandless, and B.G. Willis, “Oxygen pressure dependence of copper ion transport in SiO2 dielectrics,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 24(3) p. 1297 (2006).

E.C. Weigert, N.A. Smith, B.G. Willis, J.G. Chen, “PVD Synthesis and Characterization of Pt-Modified molybdenum carbides as potential electrocatalysts,” Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 8 (7) p. A 337 (2005).

"Bonding States and Coverage Calculations for HfO2 Deposited on H2O terminated Si (100)-2x1 using Atomic Layer Deposition," A. Mathews, R. Opila and B. Willis, E4 Symposium"High Dielectric Constant Materials and Gate Stack 5," of the 212th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, v. 11, (2007).

B. G. Willis, A. Mathew, L. Wielunski and R. Opila, “Adsorption and reaction of HfCl4 with H2O terminated Si(100)-2x1,” J. Phys. Chem. C, v. 112, p. 1994 (2008).

B. G. Willis and A. Mathew, “Growth of ordered SrO layers on Si(100) using metal-organic surface reactions,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, v. 26, p. 83 (2008).

D. B. Skliar and B. G. Willis, “The role of dangling bonds in H2O induced oxidation of Si(100)-2x1,” J. Phys. Chem. C, v. 112, p. 9434 (2008).

R. Gupta, I. Appelbaum, and B.G. Willis, “Reversible molecular adsorption and detection using inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy in monolithic nanoscopic tunnel junctions.” Submitted (2008).

K. A. Perrine, D. B. Skliar, B. G. Willis and A. V. Teplyakov, “Molecular level investigation of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedione on Si(100)-2x1: Spectroscopic and computational studies,” Surf. Sci., v. 602, p. 2222 (2008).