Invited Presentations

From Aachen, Germany to Pittsburg, Pennsylvannia and from Tokyo, Japan to Dallas, Texas the Schlom Group has been invited and presented their work throughout the world.

  1. D.G. Schlom, J.N. Eckstein, I. Bozovic, Z.J. Chen, A.F. Marshall, K.E. von Dessonneck, and J.S. Harris, Jr., "Molecular beam epitaxy-a path to novel high Tc superconductors?," presented at the joint SPIE session on Growth of Semiconductor Structures and High Tc Thin Films on Semiconductors and High Tc Superconductivity: Thin Films and Applications in San Diego, California (1990).

  2. D.G. Schlom, A.F. Marshall, J.S. Harris, Jr., I. Bozovic, and J.N. Eckstein, "Growth of Metastable Phases and Superlattice Structures of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Compounds by an Atomic Layering MBE Technique," presented at the Symposium of Superconductivity of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy in Kyoto, Japan (1990).

  3. D.G. Schlom, A.F. Marshall, J.S. Harris, Jr., I. Bozovic, and J.N. Eckstein, "Growth of Metastable Phases and Superlattice Structures of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Compounds by an Atomic Layering MBE Technique," presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Superconductivity in Sendai, Japan (1990).

  4. D.G. Schlom, D. Anselmetti, J.G. Bednorz, R. Broom, A. Catana, T. Frey, Ch. Gerber, H.-J. Güntherodt, H.P. Lang, J. Mannhart, and K.A. Müller, "Towards the Growth Mechanism of Sputtered and Laser-Ablated YBa2Cu3O7-d Films and Implications for Josephson Electronic Components," presented at the International Workshop on Physics and Technology of HTS Artificial Structures for Josephson Electronics in Tokyo, Japan (1991).

  5. D.G. Schlom, "Epitaxial Growth of High Temperature Superconductors from the Gas Phase," presented at the International Workshop on Superconductivity Co-Sponsored by ISTEC and MRS: Controlled Growth of Single- and Poly-Crystals of High Temperature Superconductors in Honolulu, Hawaii (1992). (Plenary Lecture)

  6. D.G. Schlom, "Epitaxial Growth of Cuprate Superconductors from the Gas Phase," presented at the Ninth American Conference on Crystal Growth (ACCG-9) in Baltimore, Maryland (1993).

  7. D.G. Schlom, J. Mannhart, and J.G. Bednorz, "High-Tc Superconductor Field-Effect Microstructures: An Overview," presented at the SPIE OE/LASE '94 International Symposium in Los Angeles, California (1994).

  8. D.G. Schlom, C.D. Theis, and C.J. Kraisinger "MBE Growth of Perovskite Thin Films using Real-Time Atomic Absorption Composition Control," presented at The First Yamazaki International Symposium on Oxide Materials with Optoelectronic Functions and 3rd International Symposium on Oxide Electronics in Tokyo, Japan (1996).

  9. D.G. Schlom, C.D. Theis, and M.E. Hawley, "The Controlled Growth of Perovskite Thin Films: Opportunities, Challenges, and Synthesis," presented at the American Ceramic Society 99th Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio (1997).

  10. D.G. Schlom, S.B. Knapp, S. Wozniak, Ying Liu, M.E. Hawley, G.W. Brown, A. Dabkowski, H.A. Dabkowska, R. Uecker, and P. Reiche, "Growth of Epitaxial (Sr,Ba)n+1RunO3n+1 Films," presented at the 3rd European Conference on Applied Superconductivity in Veldhoven, The Netherlands (1997).

  11. D.G. Schlom, C.D. Theis, J. Lettieri, B.J. Gibbons, and S. Trolier-McKinstry, "MBE Growth of Oxides using Real-Time AA and RHEED Control," presented at the Fall '97 Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts (1997).

  12. D.G. Schlom, C.D. Theis, J.P. Lettieri, and J.H. Hanei, "MBE Growth of Oxide Superconductor Films using Real-Time Atomic Absorption Composition Control," presented at the 215th Spring National American Chemical Society Meeting in Dallas, Texas (1998).

  13. D.G. Schlom, C.D. Theis, J.H. Hanei, G.W. Brown, M.E. Hawley, J.C. Jiang, and X.Q. Pan, "The Growth of Titanate Perovskites with Unit Cell Precision by MBE," presented at the 40th Electronic Materials Conference in Charlottesville, Virginia (1998).

  14. D.G. Schlom, Y. Jia, L.-N. Zou, J.H. Hanei, M.A. Zurbuchen, S. Briczinski, C.W. Leitz, S. Wozniak, Y. Liu, M.E. Hawley, G.W. Brown, A. Dabkowski, H.A. Dabkowska, R. Uecker, and P. Reiche, "Searching for Superconductivity in Epitaxial Films of Copper-Free Layered Oxides with the K2NiF4 Structure," presented at the 43rd SPIE Annual Meeting in San Diego, California (1998).

  15. D.G. Schlom, "Epitaxial Growth and Properties of Perovskite Thin Films," presented at The 12th International Conference on Crystal Growth in conjunction with The 10th International Conference on Vapor Growth and Epitaxy in Jerusalem, Israel (1998).

  16. D.G. Schlom, J.H. Haeni, C.D. Theis, J. Lettieri, W. Tian, J.C. Jiang, L-N. Zou, G.W. Brown, M.E. Hawley, Y. Liu, and X.Q. Pan, "The Emergence of Molecular Beam Epitaxy as a Means to Build Smart Oxide Heterostructures with Nanometer Precision," presented at the 56th Annual Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1998).

  17. D.G. Schlom, C.D. Theis, J. Lettieri, J.C. Jiang, X.Q. Pan, G.W. Brown, and M.E. Hawley, "Adsorption-Controlled growth of Bismuth Titanate, Lead Titanate, and their Superlattices," presented at the International Workshop on Chemical Designing and Processing of High-Tc Superconductors IV (Chem-HTSC IV) in Tokyo, Japan (1998).

  18. D.G. Schlom, C.A. Billman, P. Tan, and K.J. Hubbard, "High-K Candidates for use as the Gate Oxide in Silicon MOSFETs," presented at the 5th International Workshop on Oxide Electronics in College Park, Maryland (1998).

  19. D.G. Schlom, C.D. Theis, J. Lettieri, Y. Jia, W. Si, X.X. Xi, G.W. Brown, M.E. Hawley, J.C. Jiang, X.Q. Pan, H. Li, R. Ramesh, O. Auciello, J. Im, A.R. Krauss, R. Uecker, and P. Reiche, "Epitaxial Growth of Aurivillius Phases by MBE and PLD," presented at the 11th International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics (ISIF '99) in Colorado Springs, Colorado (1999).

  20. D.G. Schlom, J.H. Haeni, C.D. Theis, J. Lettieri, M.A. Zurbuchen, W. Tian, J.C. Jiang, L-N. Zou, G.W. Brown, M.E. Hawley, Y. Liu, and X.Q. Pan, "Nano-Engineering Perovskites: An Epitaxial Perspective (with examples)," presented at the 3rd STCS-CNRS Workshop in Evanston, Illinois (1999).

  21. D.G. Schlom, J. Lettieri, M.A. Zurbuchen, C.D. Theis, J.H. Haeni, Y. Jia, S. Wozniak, G.W. Brown, M.E. Hawley, W. Tian, J.C. Jiang, X.Q. Pan, A. Dabkowski, H.A. Dabkowska, R. Uecker, and P. Reiche, "Substrates for Epitaxial Oxide Films - A Film Grower's Perspective," presented at the 11th American Conference on Crystal Growth & Epitaxy in Tucson, Arizona (1999).

  22. D.G. Schlom, J.H. Haeni, W. Tian, L-N. Zou, M.A. Zurbuchen, Y. Jia, G.W. Brown, M.E. Hawley, A.H. Carim, Y. Liu, and X.Q. Pan, "Growth of Superconductor-Related Layered Ruthenates and Layered Titanates," presented at the Fall '99 Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts (1999).

  23. D.G. Schlom, "Physical Deposition Methods: Sputtering, PLD, and MBE," presented at the 12th International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics (ISIF 2000) in Aachen, Germany (2000). (Tutorial)

  24. D.G. Schlom, J.H. Haeni, C.D. Theis, W. Tian, X.Q. Pan, G.W. Brown, and M.E. Hawley "The Importance of In Situ Monitors in the Preparation of Layered Oxide Heterostructures by Reactive MBE," presented at the Spring '00 Materials Research Society Meeting in San Francisco, California (2000).

  25. D.G. Schlom, M.A. Zurbuchen, J.H. Haeni, J. Lettieri, C.D. Theis, J. Yeh, A.H. Carim, W. Tian, J.C. Jiang, X.Q. Pan, G.W. Brown, and M.E. Hawley, "The Interrelationship between Interfaces and the Structural Customization on the Nanometer Scale of Oxide Films, Superlattices, and New Compounds," presented at the Fall 2000 Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts (2000).

  26. D.G. Schlom, J.H. Haeni, J. Lettieri, C.D. Theis, W. Tian, J.C. Jiang, X.Q. Pan, G.W. Brown and M.E. Hawley "Oxide Nano-Engineering using MBE," presented at the Lawrence Symposium on Critical Issues in Epitaxy in Scottsdale, Arizona (2001).

  27. D.G. Schlom, "Physical Vapor Deposition Techniques - Sputtering, PLD, and MBE," presented at the 13th Annual International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics (ISIF) in Colorado Springs, Colorado (2001). (Tutorial)

  28. D.G. Schlom, J.H. Haeni, J. Lettieri, S-G. Lim, K.J. Hubbard, S. Trolier-McKinstry, T.N. Jackson, J.L. Freeouf, C.A. Billman, A.M. Balbashov, R. Uecker, A.G. Petrosyan, R.R.M. Held, S. Völk, and F. Lichtenberg, "Si-Compatible Gate Oxides with High K, High Optical Bandgap, and their Epitaxy on Si (100)," presented at the 13th Annual International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics (ISIF) in Colorado Springs, Colorado (2001).

  29. D.G. Schlom, "Use of X-Ray Diffraction to Assess the Quality and Crystallographic Orientation of Oxide Thin Films," presented at the Spring 2001 Materials Research Society Meeting in San Francisco, California (2001). (Tutorial)

  30. Z-K. Liu, D.G. Schlom, Q. Li, and X.X. Xi, "Thermodynamics of the Mg-B System and its Implications for the in situ Deposition of MgB2 Thin Films," presented at the Spring 2001 Materials Research Society Meeting in San Francisco, California (2001).

  31. D.G. Schlom, J.H. Haeni, J. Lettieri, S-G. Lim, S. Trolier-McKinstry, T.N. Jackson, J.L. Freeouf, C.A. Billman, J.M. Finder, A.M. Balbashov, R. Uecker, A.G. Petrosyan, R.R.M. Held, S. Völk, and F. Lichtenberg, "Si-Compatible Gate Dielectrics with High K, High Optical Bandgap, and their Epitaxy on Silicon" to be presented at the 43rd Electronic Materials Conference in Notre Dame, Indiana (2001).

  32. D.G. Schlom, "Epitaxial Engineering of Ferroelectric and Dielectric Thin Films," to be presented at the 13th International Conference on Crystal Growth in conjunction with the 11th International Conference on Vapor Growth and Epitaxy in Kyoto, Japan (2001).

  33. D.G. Schlom, "Si-Compatible Gate Dielectrics with High K, High Eg, and an MBE Approach to their Synthesis," presented at SEMICON Southwest 2001 in Austin, Texas (2001).

  34. D.G. Schlom, "Epitaxial Engineering of Oxide Films, Superlattices, and New Compounds," presented at the International Workshop on "Oxidic Interfaces" in Wittenberg, Germany (2002).

  35. D.G. Schlom, "MBE Growth of Epitaxial Oxides on Silicon," presented at the 2002 March Meeting of the American Physical Society in Indianapolis, Indiana (2002).

  36. D.G. Schlom, J.H. Haeni, J. Lettieri, Y. Jia, C.D. Theis, W. Tian, J.C. Jiang, X.Q. Pan, J.B. Neaton, C. Fennie, K.M. Rabe, A.M. Santos, and A.K. Cheetham "Epitaxial Engineering of Dielectrics and Ferroelectrics," presented at the 47th SPIE Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington (2002)

  37. D.G. Schlom, "The Why and How of Oxide MBE," presented at the Fourteenth American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ACCGE-14) in Seattle, Washington (2002). (Tutorial)

  38. D.G. Schlom, J.H. Haeni, J. Lettieri, V. Vaithyanathan, W. Tian, X.Q. Pan, B.T. Liu, K. Maki, Y. So, V. Nagarajan, R. Ramesh, D.M. Kim, S.D. Bu, C.B. Eom, J.B. Neaton, C. Fennie, K.M. Rabe, R. Uecker, and P. Reiche, "The Nano-Engineering of Perovskite Oxides by MBE," presented at the Fourteenth American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ACCGE-14) in Seattle, Washington (2002).

  39. D.G. Schlom, "Epitaxial Engineering of Ferroelectrics and Use of Diffraction Techniques to Assess the Structural Quality and Crystallographic Orientation of Ferroelectric Films," presented at the Pan-American Advanced Study Institute (PASI) on Science and Technology of Ferroelectric Materials in Rosario, Argentina (2002).

  40. D.G. Schlom, "Epitaxial Oxides on Silicon for Alternative Gate Dielectrics and More," presented at the AVS 49th International Symposium in Denver, Colorado (2002).

  41. D.G. Schlom, J.H. Haeni, J. Lettieri, L.F. Edge, V. Vaithyanathan, Y. Yang, S. Stemmer, H. Li, Y. Wei, K. Eisenbeiser, S-G. Lim, T.N. Jackson, J.L. Freeouf, G. Lucovsky, R. Uecker, and P. Reiche, "Si-Compatible Alternative Gate Dielectrics with High K and High Optical Bandgap," presented at the Fall 2002 Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts (2002).

  42. D.G. Schlom, "Epitaxial Alternative Gate Dielectrics (and More)," presented at the 30th Conference on The Physics and Chemistry of Semiconductor Interfaces (PCSI-30) in Salt Lake City, Utah (2003).

  43. D.G. Schlom, "Bringing Oxides into the Silicon World: Strategies to Integrate Functional Oxides Epitaxially with Silicon," presented at the 132nd TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition in San Diego, California (2003).

  44. D.G. Schlom, "Oxides on Silicon for Alternative Gate Dielectrics and Much More," presented at the 15th Annual International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics (ISIF) in Colorado Springs, Colorado (2003).

  45. D.G. Schlom, J. Lettieri, V. Vaithyanathan, J.H. Haeni, B.T. Liu, K. Maki, Y. So, V. Nagarajan, R. Ramesh, S.K. Eah, J. Levy, W. Tian, X.Q. Pan, D.M. Kim, S. Bu, C.B. Eom, J. Stephens, V. Sih, and D.D. Awschalom, "The Epitaxial Integration of Functional Oxides with Silicon Using MBE," presented at the American Ceramic Society 105th Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee (2003).

  46. D.G. Schlom, J.H. Haeni, M.D. Biegalski, S. Trolier-McKinstry, P. Irvin, J. Levy, W. Chang, S. Kirchoefer, O. Trithaveesak, J. Schubert, W. Tian, X.Q. Pan, M.E. Hawley, B. Craigo, R. Uecker, and P. Reiche, "Growth of Homogeneously Strained SrTiO3 by MBE for Tunable Dielectric Applications," presented at the IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2003) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2003).

  47. D.G. Schlom, "Engineering Ferroelectrics using Strain," presented at the 15th American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ACCGE-15) in Keystone, Colorado (2003).

  48. D.G. Schlom, J.H. Haeni, M.D. Biegalski, Y.L. Li, S. Choudhury, L.Q. Chen, S. Trolier-McKinstry, W. Tian, X.Q. Pan, P. Irvin, J. Levy, W. Chang, S. Kirchoefer, J.B. Neaton, C. Fennie, K.M. Rabe, K.J. Choi, C.B. Eom, M.E. Hawley, R. Uecker, and P. Reiche, "Epitaxial Engineering of Dielectrics and Ferroelectrics," presented at the International Conference on Electroceramics (ICE 2003) in Boston, Massachusetts (2003).

  49. D.G. Schlom, "Oxides Beyond SiO2: Strategies to Integrate Oxides Epitaxially with Silicon," presented at the 30th International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors (ISCS 2003) in San Diego, California (2003).

  50. D.G. Schlom, J.H. Haeni, J. Lettieri, L.F. Edge, Y. Jia, M. Biegalski, V. Vaithyanathan, S-G. Lim, S. Trolier-McKinstry, T.N. Jackson, Y. Yang, S. Stemmer, O. Trithaveesak, J. Schubert, S.A. Chambers, H. Li, Y. Wei, and K. Eisenbeiser, J.L. Freeouf, C. Hinkle, G. Lucovsky, R. Uecker, and P. Reiche, "Si-Compatible Alternative Gate Dielectrics with High k and High Bandgap," presented at the 10th International Workshop on Oxide Electronics in Augsburg, Germany (2003).

  51. D.G. Schlom, "Suppression of Subcutaneous Oxidation during the Deposition of Amorphous LaAlO3 on Silicon," presented at the 34th IEEE Semiconductor Interface Specialists Conference in Washington, D.C. (2003).

  52. D.G. Schlom, "The Epitaxial Integration of Functional Oxides with Semiconductors," presented at the 2004 Annual Conference of the British Association for Crystal Growth (BACG) in Leeds, England (2004). (Plenary Lecture)

  53. D.G. Schlom, "Enhancing Ferroelectrics using Strain," presented at the 2005 March Meeting of the American Physical Society in Los Angeles, California (2005).

  54. D.G. Schlom, W. Tian, M.D. Biegalski, J.H. Haeni, Y.L. Li, V. Vaithyanathan, A. Sharan, A.V. Rao, S. Choudhury, V. Gopalan, L.Q. Chen, S. Trolier-McKinstry, A. Soukiassian, D.A. Tenne, E. Hutchinson, B.L. Sheu, M.M. Rosario, P. Schiffer, Y. Liu, X.X. Xi, D.D. Fong, S.K. Streiffer, J.A. Eastman, P.H. Fuoss, M.A. Zurbuchen, K.J. Choi, C.B. Eom, Y.B. Chen, X.Q. Pan, P. Irvin, J. Levy, W. Chang, S.W. Kirchoefer, J. Schubert, A.K. Tagantsev, M.E. Hawley, R. Uecker, and P. Reiche, "Customizing Perovskites Using Oxide MBE," presented at the Spring 2005 Materials Research Society Meeting in San Francisco, California (2005).

  55. C.B. Eom and D.G. Schlom, "Giant Enhancement of Ferroelectricity in Strained BaTiO3 Thin Films," presented at Optics & Photonics (SPIE’s 50th Annual Meeting) in San Diego, California (2005).

  56. D.G. Schlom, M.D. Biegalski, J.H. Haeni, Y.L. Li, A. Sharan, A.V. Rao, W. Tian, S. Choudhury, V. Vaithyanathan, V. Gopalan, L.Q. Chen, S. Trolier-McKinstry, D.D. Fong, S.K. Streiffer, J.A. Eastman, P.H. Fuoss, M.A. Zurbuchen, P. Irvin, J. Levy, X.Q. Pan, W. Chang, S.W. Kirchoefer, M.E. Hawley, A.K. Tagantsev, R. Uecker, and P. Reiche, "Inducing Ferroelectricity in SrTiO3 using Strain," presented at Optics & Photonics (SPIE’s 50th Annual Meeting) in San Diego, California (2005).

  57. D.G. Schlom, M.D. Biegalski, J.H. Haeni, Y.L. Li, A. Sharan, A.V. Rao, W. Tian, S. Choudhury, V. Vaithyanathan, V. Gopalan, L.Q. Chen, S. Trolier-McKinstry, D.D. Fong, S.K. Streiffer, J.A. Eastman, P.H. Fuoss, M.A. Zurbuchen, K.J. Choi, C.B. Eom, P. Irvin, J. Levy, Y.B. Chen, X.Q. Pan, W. Chang, S.W. Kirchoefer, J. Schubert, M.E. Hawley, A.K. Tagantsev, R. Uecker, and P. Reiche, "Straining Ferroelectrics to New Limits," presented at the International Conference on Perovskites—Properties and Potential Applications in Dübendorf, Switzerland (2005). (Keynote Lecture)

  58. D.G. Schlom, M.D. Biegalski, J.H. Haeni, Y.L. Li, A. Sharan, A.V. Rao, W. Tian, S. Choudhury, V. Vaithyanathan, V. Gopalan, L.Q. Chen, S. Trolier-McKinstry, D.D. Fong, S.K. Streiffer, J.A. Eastman, P.H. Fuoss, M.A. Zurbuchen, K.J. Choi, C.B. Eom, P. Irvin, J. Levy, Y.B. Chen, X.Q. Pan, W. Chang, S.W. Kirchoefer, J. Schubert, M.E. Hawley, A.K. Tagantsev, R. Uecker, and P. Reiche, "Enhancing Ferroelectrics using Strain," presented at the 2005 Swiss Workshop on Materials with Novel Electronic Properties in Les Diablerets, Switzerland (2005).

  59. D.G. Schlom, A. Soukiassian, M.D. Biegalski, W. Tian, D.A. Tenne, Y.L. Li, L.Q. Chen, S. Trolier-McKinstry, X.X. Xi, N.D. Lanzillotti Kimura, A. Bruchhausen, A. Fainstein, H.P. Sun, X.Q. Pan, K.J. Choi, C.B. Eom, K. Johnston, K. M. Rabe, A. Cross, A. Cantarero, R.S. Katiyar, M.E. Hawley, R. Uecker, and P. Reiche, "Growth of Ferroelectric BaTiO3/SrTiO3 Superlattices by MBE," presented at the Fall 2005 Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts (2005).

  60. D.G. Schlom, D.A. Tenne, X.X. Xi, A. Bruchhausen, N.D. Lanzillotti Kimura, A. Fainstein, R.S. Katiyar, A. Cantarero, A. Soukiassian, V. Vaithyanathan, J.H. Haeni, W. Tian, K.J. Choi, C.-B. Eom, H.P. Sun, X.Q. Pan, Y.L. Li, L.Q. Chen, Q.X. Jia, S.M. Nakhmanson, K.M. Rabe, B. Velickov, and R. Uecker, “Ferroelectricity in (BaTiO3)n/(SrTiO3)m Superlattices Grown by MBE with n ≥  1,” presented at the International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectrics 2006 (ISAF 2006) in Sunset Beach, North Carolina (2006).

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