Recent Publications

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Low temperature sintering of Ba(Zr_0.8-xCe_xY_0.2)O_3-_δ using lithium fluoride additive
C.-L. Tsai, M. Kopczyk, R.J. Smith, V.H. Schmidt
Solid State Ionics xxx (2010) xxx-xxx.
Effect of Cr₂O₃ on the ¹⁸O tracer incorporation in SOFC materials
Martin Finsterbusch, Alexandre Lussier, Ezana Negusse, Zihua Zhu, Richard J. Smith, Juergen A. Schaefer, Yves U. Idzerda
Solid State Ionics 181 (2010) 640–645.
Structure of ultra-thin Ti film on the Al(001) surface
M. Kopczyk, W. Priyantha, N. Childs, C. Key, M. Lerch, R.J. Smith, D.S. Choi
Surface Science 604 (2010) 988-995.
High Temperature Thermal Stability and Oxidation Resistance of Magnetron-sputtered Homogenious CrAlON Coatings on 430 Steel
A. Kayani, K.J. Wickey, M.I Nandasiri, A. Moore, E. Garratt, S. AlFaify, X. Gao, R.J. Smith, T.L. Buchanan, W. Priyantha, M. Kopczyk, P.E. Gannon, V.I. Gorokhovsky
AIP Conf. Proceedings, 1099 (2009) 303.
Fe-Al interface intermixing and the role of Ti, V, and Zr as a stabilizing interlayer at the interface
W. Priyantha, R. J. Smith, H. Chen, M. Kopczyk, M. Lerch, C. Key, P. Nachimuthu, and W. Jiang
J. Appl. Phys. 105 (2009) 053504.
Thin film YSZ coatings on functionally graded freeze cast NiO/YSZ SOFC anode supports
P. Gannon, S. Sofie, M. Deibert, R.J. Smith, V. Gorokhovsky
J. Appl. Electrochem., 39 (2009) 497–502.
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, 202 (2008) 4820-4824.
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).
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).
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, 33, (2008) 3991-4000.
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).
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).
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.
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).
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).
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).
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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).
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Growth of Thin Ni Films on the W(110) Surface
Xu Mingde and R.J. Smith
J. Vac. Sci. Tech. A9, 1828 (1991)
Ion Scattering Studies of Modified Metal Surfaces
R.J. Smith
Nucl. Instru. Meth. Res. B B56/57, 664 (1991)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
Electronic structure of Pd films on the Al(110) surface
Xu Mingde and R.J. Smith
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A6(3), 739 (1988)
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)
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)
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)

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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