Recent Publications      

• Thermal stability and oxidation resistance of TiCrAlYO coatings on SS430 for solid oxide fuel cell interconnect applications"
  H. Chen, J.A. Lucas, W. Priyantha, M. Kopczyk, R.J. Smith, K. Lund, C. Key, M. Finsterbusch, P.E. Gannon, M. Deibert, V.I. Gorokhovsky, V. Shutthanandan, P. Nachimuthu
  Surface and Coatings Technology, in press(2008).
  Article pdf 619 kb
• Oxidation behavior of stainless steel 430 and 441 at 800C in single (air-only) and dual atmosphere (air/hydrogen) exposures
  J. Rufner, P. Gannon, P. White, M.C. Deibert, S. Teintze, R.J. Smith, H. Chen
  The International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33,1392-1398 (2008).
  Article pdf 1270 kb
• Simulated Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Interconnect Performance of Crofer22 APS with and without Filtered Arc Cr-Al-O-N Coatings
  P. Gannon, A.Kayani, C.V. Ramana, M.C. Deibert, R.J. Smith, V. Gorokhovsky
  Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 11(4), B54-B58 (2008).
  Article pdf 731 kb
• Advanced PVD Protective Coatings for SOFC Interconnects
  P. Gannon, M.C. Deibert, V. Gorokhovsky, P. White, R.J. Smith, H. Chen, J. Lucas
  The International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, XX, accepted (2008).
  Article pdf xxx kb
• Interface Intermixing of Al/Fe and Fe/Al Multilayer Systems and the role of Ti as a Stabilizer Layer Using Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscoopy (RBS) and X-ray Reflectrometry (XRR)
  W. Priyantha, H. Chen, M. Kopczyk, R.J. Smith, A. Kayani, A. Comouth, M. Finsterbusch, P. Nachimuthu, D. McCready
  J. Appl. Phys., 103, 014598 (2008).
  Article pdf 119 kb
• Thermal and chemical stability of epitaxial Fe films grown on the Ti-stabilized Al(100) surface
  C.V. Ramana, W. Priyantha, R.J. Smith, Bum-Sik Choi
  Surface Science, 602, 534 (2008).
  Article pdf 574 kb
• The evolution of composition and structure at metal-metal interfaces: Measurements and Simulations
  R.J. Smith
  Chapter 13 (35 pages; 17 figures) in Applied Computational Materials Modeling: Theory, Simulation, and Experiment, G. Bozzolo, R.D. Noebe, and P.Abel (Eds.), 600p (2008), Hardcover ISBN:978-0-387-23117-4.
  ChapterProof pdf 1060 kb
• Enabling inexpensive metallic alloys as SOFC interconnects: An investigation into hybrid coating technologies to deposit nanocomposite functional coatings on ferritic stainless steels
  P.E. Gannon, V.I. Gorokhovsky, M.C. Deibert, R.J. Smith, A. Kayani, P.T. White, S. Sofie, Zhenguo Yang, D. McCready, S. Visco, C. Jacobson, H. Kurokawa
  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 32, 3672 (2007).
  Article pdf 967 kb
• Surface structure of ultrathin Ag film on the Al(100 ) surface
  D.-S. Choi, M. Kopczyk, A. Kayani, R.J. Smith, Guillermo Bozzolo,
  Physical Review B 74, 115407 (2006).
  Article pdf 262 kb
• Deposition and Evaluation of Protective PVD Coatings on Ferritic Stainless-Steel SOFC Interconnects
  V.I. Gorokhovsky, P.E. Gannon, M.C. Deibert, R.J. Smith, A. Kayani, M. Kopczyk, D. VanVorous, Zhenguo Yang, J.W. Stevenson, S. Visco, C. Jacobson, H. Kurokawa, S.W. Sofie,
  Journal of Electrochemical Society, 153 (10) A1886-A1893 (2006).
  Article pdf 940 kb
• Tribological performance of hybrid filtered arc-magnetron coatings. Part I. Coating deposition process and basic coating properties characterization
  V. Gorokhovsky, C.Bowman,P.Gannon, D.VanVorous, A. Voevodin, A. Rutkowski, C.Muratore, R.J.Smith, A.Kayani, D.Gelles, V.Shutthanandan, B.G.Trusov
  Surface and Coatings Technology, 201 (2006) 3732-3747
  Article pdf 1633 kb
• Chromium Volatility of Coated and Uncoated Steel Interconnects for SOFCs
  C. Collins, J. Lucas, T.L. Buchanan, M. Kopczyk, A. Kayani, P.E. Gannon, M.C. Deibert, R. J. Smith, D.-S. Choi, V.I. Gorokhovsky
  Surface and Coatings Technology, 201 (2006) 4467-4470
  Article pdf 241 kb
• Oxidation resistance  of magnetron-sputtered CrAlN coatings on 430 steel at 800 ^oC
  A. Kayani, T.L. Buchanan, M. Kopczyk, C. Collins, J. Lucas, K. Lund, R. Hutchison, P.E. Gannon, M.C. Deibert, R.J. Smith, D.-S. Choi, and V.I. Gorokhovsky
  Surface and Coatings Technology, 201 (2006) 4460-4466
  Article pdf 427 kb
• Oxidation studies of CrAlON Nanolayered Coatings on Steel Plates
  A. Kayani, R.J. Smith, S. Teintze, M. Kopczyk, P.E. Gannon, M.C. Deibert, V. I. Gorokhovsky, and V. Shutthanandan
  Surface and Coatings Technology, 201 (2006) 1685-1694
  Article pdf 964 kb
• Misfit dislocations at the single-crystal Fe₂O₃/Al₂O₃ interface
  S. Maheswaran, S. Thevuthasan, F. Gao, V. Shutthanandan, C. Wang, and R.J. Smith
  Phys. Rev. B 72, (2005)
  Article pdf 626 kb
• Atomistic modeling of Ag deposition on the low index faces of Al and Al deposition on Ag
  Guillermo Bozzolo, Jorge E. Garces, and R.J. Smith
  Surface Science 583 (2005) 229-252
  Article pdf 434 kb
• Correlations between growth conditions, microstructure, and optical properties in pulsed-laser deposited V₂O₅ thin films
  C.V. Ramana, R.J. Smith, O.M. Hussain, C.C. Chusuei, and C.M. Julien
  Chemistry of Materials 17 (2005) 1213-1219
  Article pdf 267 kb
• Surface analysis of pulsed-laser deposited V₂O₅ thin films and their lithium intercolated products studied by Raman spectroscopy
  C.V. Ramana, R.J. Smith, O.M. Hussain, M. Massot, and C.M. Julien
  Surface and Interface Analysis 37 (2005) 406-411
  Article pdf  386 kb
• Epitaxial growth of bcc Fe films on Al(100) surfaces using Ti as an interface stabilizer
  C.V. Ramana, N. Winward, R.J. Smith, and Bum Sik Choi
  Surface Science 551 (2004) 189-203
  Article pdf  575 kb
• NRA and ERDA investigation of helium retention in SiC as a function of irradiation and annealing
  R.J. Smith, Y. zhang, V. Shutthanandan, L.J. Bissell, S. Thevuthasan, W. Jiang, and W.J. Weber
  Nucl. Instru. Meth. Res. B 219-220 (2004) 631-635
  Article pdf  349 kb
• Using CrAlN multilayer coatings to improve oxidation resistance of steel interconnects for solid oxide fuel cells
  R.J. Smith, C. Tripp, A. Knospe, C.V. Ramana, A. Kayani, Vladimir Gorokhovsky, V. Shutthanandan, D.S.Gelles
  Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 13(3) (2004) 295-302
  Preprint pdf  432 kb
• On the growth mechanism of pulsed-laser deposited vanadium oxide thin films
  C.V. Ramana, R.J. Smith, O.M. Hussain, and C. Julien
  Materials Science and Engineering B 111 (2004) 218-225
  Article pdf  283 kb
• High-temperature oxidation resistance and surface electrical conductivity of stainless steels with filtered arc CrAlN multilayer and/or superlattice coatings
  P.E. Gannon, C.Tripp, A.K. Knospe, C.V. Ramana, M. Deibert, R.J. Smith, V.I. Gorokhovsky, V. Shutthanandan, D. Gelles
  Surface and Coatings Technology 188-189 (2004) 55-61
  Article pdf 847 kb
• Growth and surface characterization of V₂O₅ thin films made by pulsed-laser deposition
  C.V. Ramana, R.J. Smith, O.M. Hussain, and C. Julien
  Journal of Vacuum science and Technology A 22(6) (2004) 2453-2458
  Article pdf  911 kb
• Ion Scattering Studies of the Formation and Thermal Stability of the Ti-Al Interface
  C.V. Ramana, Bum Sik Choi, R. Hutchison, R.J. Smith
  Nucl. Instru. Meth. Res. B 212 (2003) 465-472
  Article pdf  165 kb
• Grain size effects on the optical characteristics of pulsed-laser deposited vanadium oxide thin films
  C.V. Ramana, R.J. Smith, O.M. Hussain
  Phys. Stat. Sol. (a) 199, R4 (2003).
  Article pdf  203 kb
• Thermal Stability of Thin Ti Films on Al Single Crystal Surfaces
  C.V. Ramana, Bum Sik Choi, R.J. Smith, Byoung Suk Park, Adli A. Saleh, Dong Ryul Jeon
  J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A21(4), 1326-1331 (2003)
  Abstract    Article pdf  193 kb
• Using Metallic Interlayers to Stabilize Abrupt, Epitaxial Metal-Metal Interfaces
  C. V. Ramana, P. Masse, Bum-Sik Choi, and R.J. Smith
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 066101 (2003)
  Abstract    Article pdf  213 kb
• Using MeV ion backscattering/channeling and MC simulations to characterize the composition and structure of buried metal-metal interfaces.
  R. J. Smith, C.V. Ramana, Bum-sik Choi, Adli A. Saleh, N.R. Shivaparan, V. Shutthanandan
  Applied Surface Science 219, 28 (2003) 
  Abstract    Article pdf  214 kb
• Low-Energy Ion-Beam Induced Effects in Al(100) Surface Studied Using Rutherford Backscattering and Channeling
  C. V. Ramana, R.J. Smith, and Bum-Sik Choi
  Applied Surface Science 214, 338-350 (2003)
  Article pdf  239 kb
• Composition and Structure of the Co-Al Interface for Thin Co Films Deposited on Al(001) and Al(110) Surfaces at Room Temperature
  N. R. Shivaparan, Marcus A. Teter, and R.J. Smith
  Surface Science 476 152-160 (2001)
  Abstract    Article pdf  200 kb
• Alloy Formation at the Ni-Al Interface for Ni films Deposited on Al(110) Surfaces
  V. Shutthanandan, Adli A. Saleh, R. J. Smith
  Surface Science 450 204-226 (2000)
  Abstract (pdf  411 kb)
• A Kinetic Model for the Removal of Sulfur from Polycrystalline Titanium Surfaces Exposed to Oxygen
  R. Reibel, S. Schneider, H. Cruguel, J. Lapeyre and R.J. Smith
  Surface Review and Letters, 6 935-940 (1999)
  Abstract (pdf  2.1 Mb)
• Growth and Structure of hcp Ti films on Al(111) surfaces
   Y.W. Kim, G.A. White, N.R. Shivaparan, M.A. Teter, R.J. Smith
  Surface Review and Letters, 6 775-780 (1999)
  Abstract (pdf  2.0 Mb)
• Alloy formation of ultrathin Ni films on Al(111) surfaces at room temperature
  Y.W. Kim, G.A. White, R. Reibel and R.J. Smith
  Surface Review and Letters 6 781-786 (1999)
  Abstract (pdf  1.9 Mb)
• Growth of Thin Ti Films on Al Single-crystal Surfaces at Room Temperature
  R.J. Smith, Y.W. Kim, N. R. Shivaparan, G.A. White, and M.A. Teter
  Surf. Interface Anal. 27,185-193 (1999)
  Abstract (pdf  3.6 Mb)
• Epitaxial Growth of fcc Ti Films on Al(001) Surfaces
  Adli A. Saleh, V. Shutthanandan, N. R. Shivaparan, R.J. Smith
  Phys. Rev. B56, 9841-9847 (1997)
  Abstract (pdf  133 kb)
• Application of Secondary Neutral Mass Spectrometry in Low-energy Sputtering Yield Measurements
  S. Bhattacharjee, J. Zhang, V. Shutthanandan, P.K. Ray, N.R. Shivaparan and R.J. Smith
  Nuclear Instruments and Methods B, 129 (1997) 123
  Abstract (pdf  447 kb)
• RBS Studies of Solid-Solid Interfaces: Transition Metals on Aluminum
  R.J. Smith, N.R. Shivaparan, V. Shutthanandan, and Adli A. Saleh
  in Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, edited by J.L. Duggan and L.L. Morgan, AIP Conference Proceedings, 392, 587-590 (AIP Press, New York, 1997)
  Abstract (pdf  173 kb)
• Rutherford Backscattering and Channeling Studies of a TiO2(100) Substrate, Epitaxially Grown Pure and Nb-doped TiO2 Films
  S. Thevuthasan, N.R. Shivaparan, R.J. Smith, Y. Gao, and S.A. Chambers
  Applied Surface Science, 115(4) 381-385 (1997)
  Abstract (pdf  366 kb)
• Role of Surface Strain in Transition Metal Film Growth on Aluminum Single Crystal Surfaces
  R.J. Smith, N.R. Shivaparan, V. Krasemann, V. Shutthanandan, Adli A. Saleh
  Journal of the Korean Physical Society 31, 448-451 (1997)
  Abstract (pdf  149 kb)
• Room Temperature Growth of Thin Pd Films on Al(110) Surfaces
  N.R. Shivaparan, V. Shutthanandan, V. Krasemann and R.J. Smith
  Surface Science 373, 221-229 (1997)
  Abstract (pdf  601 kb)
• Growth of Transition Metal Films on Al(110) Surfaces
  R.J. Smith, Adli A. Saleh, V. Shutthanandan, N.R. Shivaparan, V. Krasemann
  in Evolution of Epitaxial Structure and Morphology, ed. by Zangwill, Jesson, Chambliss, and Clarke, 
  Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 399, 135-140 (1996)
  Abstract (pdf  169 kb)
• Room Temperature Growth of Thin Fe Films on Al(001) and Al(110) Surfaces
  N.R. Shivaparan, V. Krasemann, V. Shutthanandan and R.J. Smith
  Surface Science 365, 78-86 (1996)
  Abstract (pdf  675 kb)
• Growth of Ultrathin Pd Films on Al(001) Surfaces
  V. Shutthanandan, Adli A. Saleh, N.R. Shivaparan, R.J. Smith
  Surface Science 350, 11 (1996)
  Abstract (pdf  616 kb)
• Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth and Characterization of Mixed (Ti,Nb)O2 Rutile Films on TiO2(100)
  S.A. Chambers, Y. Gao, S. Thevuthasan, Y. Liang, N.R. Shivaparan, and R.J. Smith
  J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A14(3), 1387-1394 (1996)
  Abstract (pdf  448 kb)
• Strain, Structure, and Electronic States in MBE Grown (Nb,Ti)O2 Mixed Rutile
  S.A. Chambers, Y. Gao, S. Thevuthasan, S. Wen, K.L. Merkle, N.R. Shivaparan, and R.J. Smith, in Epitaxial Oxide Thin Films II, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 401, (1996)
  Abstract (pdf  429 kb)
• Observation of Ultrathin Metastable fcc Ti Films on Al(110) Surfaces
  Adli A. Saleh, V. Shuthanandan, and R.J. Smith
  Phys. Rev. B49, 4908 (1994)
  Abstract (pdf 1329 kb)
• Calculation of Ion-Scattering Yields From Simulated Intermetallic Surfaces: Ni-Al(110)
  V. Shutthanandan, Adli A. Saleh, A. W. Denier van der Gon, and R.J. Smith
  Phys. Rev. B48, 18292 (1993)
  Abstract (pdf 402 kb)
• Growth of Thin Ti Films on Al(110) Surfaces
  Adli A. Saleh, V. Shutthanandan and R.J. Smith
  J. Vac. Sci. Tech., A11(4), 1982 (1993)
  Abstract (pdf 829 kb)
• Room Temperature Reaction of Thin Ni Films with Al(110) Surfaces
  V. Shutthanandan, Adli A. Saleh and R.J. Smith
  J. Vac. Sci. Tech. A11(4), 1780 (1993)
  Abstract (pdf 989 kb)
• Ar+ Induced Mixing Mechanisms in Metal-Metal Bilayer Systems
  S.O. Kim, J.H. Song, H.G. Jang, S.S. Kim, J.J. Woo, C.N. Whang and R.J. Smith
  J. Mater Sci. 27, 2141 (1992)
  Abstract (pdf 253 kb)
• Calculation of Ion Scattering Yields From Simulated Crystal Surfaces: Theory and Application to Melting and Non-Melting Al Surfaces
  A.W. Denier van der Gon, D. Frenkel, J.W.M. Frenken, R.J. Smith and P. Stoltze
  Surface Science 256, 385 (1991)
  Abstract (pdf 401 kb)
• Growth of Thin Ni Films on the W(110) Surface
  Xu Mingde and R.J. Smith
  J. Vac. Sci. Tech. A9, 1828 (1991)
  Abstract (pdf 588 kb)
• Ion Scattering Studies of Modified Metal Surfaces
  R.J. Smith
  Nucl. Instru. Meth. Res. B B56/57, 664 (1991)
  Abstract (pdf 151 kb)
• Ar+ Induced Interfacial Mixing and Phase Formation in the Al/Cr System
  H.K. Kim, S.O. Kim, J.H. Song, K.W. Kim, J.J. Woo, C.N. Whang, and R.J. Smith
  Nucl. Instr. Meth. B59/60, 554 (1991)
  Abstract (pdf 156 kb)
• Medium Energy Ion Scattering Studies of Thin Pd Films on Al(111) and Al(110) Surfaces
  R.J. Smith, A.W. Denier van der Gon, J.F. van der Veen
  Surf. Sci. 223, 103 (1990)
  Abstract (pdf 452 kb)
• Ion Scattering Studies of Clean Nb(110) Surfaces Before and After Exposure to Hydrogen
  Xu Mingde, C.N. Whang, R.J. Smith
  J. Vac. Sci. Tech. A8 (3), 2501 (1990) 
  Abstract (pdf 977 kb)
• Ion Beam Mixing Variance Profiles of Al and Pd in Al/Pd Bilayers
  J.H. Song, S.O. Kim, K.H. Chae, J.J. Woo, C.N. Whang, and R.J. Smith
  Nucl. Instr. Meth. B52, 19 (1990)
  Abstract (pdf 201 kb)
• Melting of Al surfaces
  A.W. Denier van der Gon, R.J. Smith, J.M. Gay, D.J. O'Connor, and J.F. van der Veen
  Surf. Sci. 227, 143 (1990)
  Abstract (pdf 235 kb)
• Peak Shape analysis for the determination of interface structure in reactive metallic bilayers: Pd on Al
  R.J. Smith, A.W. Denier van der Gon, J.F. van der Veen
  Nucl. Instr. Meth. B45, 429 (1990)
  Abstract (pdf 198 kb)
• Ar+ Induced Interfacial Mixing in the Pd/Cu Bilayer System
  H.K. Kim, J.H. Song, S.K. Kim, K. Jeong and C.N. Whang in Beam Solid Interactions: Physical Phinomena, ed. J.A. Knapp, P.Bergesen, R.A. Zuhr vol 157, 1990 MRS Symposium Proceedings
  Abstract (pdf  193 kb)
• Suppression of Surface Premelting on Pb(110) by an epitaxial PbO Overlayer
  A.W. Denier van der Gon, B. Pluis, R.J. Smith, and J.F. van der Veen
  Surf. Sci. 209, 431 (1989)
  Abstract (pdf 322 kb)
• Ion induced mixing in Al/Pd thin films
  R.Y. Lee, C.N. Whang, T.K. Kim, S.C. Kim, R.J. Smith
  Nucl. Instr. Meth. B39, 114 (1989)
  Abstract (pdf 138 kb)
• Reaction of thin Pd films with Al(111) and Al(110) surfaces
  R.J. Smith, A.W. Denier van der Gon, and J.F. van der Veen
  Physical Review B38, 12712 (1988)
  Abstract (pdf 767 kb)
• Growth of uniform epitaxial CoSi₂ films on Si(111)
  Fischer, W. Slijkerman, K. Nakagawa, R.J. Smith, C. Bulle-Lieuwma, and J.F. van der Veen,
  J. Appl. Phys. 64, 3005 (1988)
  Abstract (pdf 1981 kb)
• Electronic structure of Pd films on the Al(110) surface
  Xu Mingde and R.J. Smith
  J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A6(3), 739 (1988)
  Abstract (pdf  407 kb)
• Ion beam mixing of Pd/Si bilayers
  R.Y. Lee, C.N. Whang, H.K. Kim, and R.J. Smith
  Nucl. Instr. Meth. B33, 661 (1988)
  Abstract  (pdf  140 kb)
• Ultrahigh-vacuum system for surface studies using high-energy ion scattering and x-ray photoemission spectroscopy
  R.J. Smith, C.N. Whang, Xu Mingde, M. Worthington, C. Hennesey, M. Kim, and N. Holland
  Rev. Sci. Instrum. 58(12), 2284 (1987)
  Abstract  (pdf  646 kb)
• High-energy ion scattering studies of anisotropic surface-atom vibrations on W(110)
  R.J. Smith, C. Hennessy, M.W. Kim, C.N. Whang, M. Worthington, and Xu Mingde
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 702 (1987)
  Abstract (pdf  682 kb)

For information on these publications or to request a reprint send mail to smith@physics.montana.edu

Seminar and Notes

"Influence of Substrate Surface Orientation on the Structure of Ti Thin Films
     Grown on Al Single-Crystal Surfaces at Room Temperature"
     Presented at 6th Korea-China Symposium on Thin Film Materials, Cheju, Korea,June 28-July 3, 1999
     (PowerPoint Presentation)

"Epitaxial Overlayers vs Alloy Formation at Aluminum-Transition Metal Interfaces"
     Presented at the 17th National Symposium of the Korean Vacuum Society, CheJu, Korea,Jul 2-3, 1999
     (PowerPoint Presentation)

"Alloy formation at the epitaxial interface for Ag films deposited on Al(001) and Al(110) Surfaces at room temperature", Presented at 46th International Symposium of the American Vacuum Society, Seattle, WA Oct 25-29, 1999
     (PowerPoint Poster)

"Evolution of Ni-Al interface alloy for Ni deposited on Al surfaces at room temperature"
     Presented at the Spring Meeting of the APS Northwest Section,Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR, May 19-20,2000
     (PowerPoint Presentation)

"Evolution of the Ni-Al interface during growth of thin Ni films on Al(110) surfaces"
     Presented at 7th Sino-Korean International Symposium on Thin Film Materials, Dalian, China,June 19-22, 2000
     (PowerPoint Presentation)

"Alloy formation at the Co-Al interface for thin Co films deposited on Al(001) and Al(110) at room temperature",
  Presented at 47th International Symposium of the American Vacuum Society, Boston, MA Oct 2-6, 2000
     (PowerPoint Poster)

"What makes Surface Science "surface" science?",
  Presented at CMP Seminar, Physics Department, Montana State University, Bozeman MT, Oct 18 and 25th, 2000
     (PowerPoint Presentation)

"Applicationsof MeV ion channeling and backscattering to the study of metal/metal epitaxial growth"
     Presented at the 16th International Conference on the Applications of Accelerators in Research and Industry,
     Denton TX, Nov 1-4, 2000
     (PowerPoint Presentation)

"The Nobel Laboratory Experiments Revisted"
     Presented at the 16th International Conference on the Applications of Accelerators in Research and Industry,
     Denton TX, Nov 1-4, 2000
     (PowerPoint Presentation)

"Growth and Structure of Thin Fe Films on the Ti-Al Interface"
     Condensed Matter Physics Seminar Montana State University, Bozeman MT, Sept. 22, 2003
     (PowerPoint Presentation)

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