Thin Films and Reaction Kinetics I

Presentations

• Epitaxial growth of Cr₂MnO₄/β-Ga₂O₃p-n heterojunctions for power electronics

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 3:42 PM

  Publication: Epitaxial Cr2MnO4 p-n heterojunction to (𝟐̅𝟎𝟏) β-Ga2O3 deposited via off-axis magnetron sputtering (submitted manuscript)
  Band alignment of Cr2MnO4 on (2¯ 01) and (001) β-Ga2O3, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 43, 043402 (2025)

  Presenters

  • Babajide Akintunde

    • University of Alabama

  Authors

  • Babajide Akintunde

    • University of Alabama

  • Naomi Derksen

    • Lipscomb University

  • Ashik Imran

    • University of Alabama

  • James Gallagher

  • Marko Tadjer

  • Audrey Rose Gutierrez

  • Merlin Hall

  • Jared Orent

    • Western Michigan University

  • Gaurab Rimal

    • Western Michigan University

  • Asghar Kayani

    • Western Michigan University

  • Daniel Pennachio

  • Koushik Dey

  • Xin Wang

  • Katie Gann

  • Karl Hobart

  • Michael Mastro

  • Adam Hauser

    • University of Alabama

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• Temperature-Dependent Crystallinity and Growth Transition in Al/Zr Multilayer Thin Films Fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 3:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 3:54 PM

  Publication: Annamuradov, B.; Khuzhakulov, Z.; Khenner, M.; Terzic, J.; Gurgew, D.; Er, A.O. Substrate Temperature-Induced Crystalline Phase Evolution and Surface Morphology in Zirconium Thin Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Ablation. Coatings 2025, 15, 1198. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings15101198

  Presenters

  • Berdimyrat Annamuradov

    • Western Kentucky University

  Authors

  • Berdimyrat Annamuradov

    • Western Kentucky University

  • Zikrulloh Khuzhakulov

    • Western Kentucky University

  • Jasminka Terzic

    • Western Kentucky University

  • Mikhail Khenner

    • Western Kentucky University

  • Danielle Gurgew

    • Universities Space Research Association, NASA Marshall Space Center

  • Ali Oguz Er

    • Western Kentucky University

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• Achieving high B:Si 2D surface concentrations for tunnelling devices

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 3:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Abigail Berg

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  Authors

  • Abigail Berg

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Evan Anderson

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Deanna Campbell

  • Shashank Misra

    • Sandia National Laboratories

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• Annealing Environment Controlled Structural, Optical, and Electrical Properties of Heteroepitaxial ITO/YSZ Thin Films

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Smridhi Chawla

    • Boston University

  Authors

  • Smridhi Chawla

    • Boston University

  • Riccardo Franchi

  • Tornike Shubitidze

  • Peyton Brown

  • Wesley Britton

  • David Woolf

  • Evan Simmons

  • Luca Dal Negro

    • Boston University

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• Epitaxial Growth and Magnetic Ordering of Antiferromagnetic Topological Insulator  MnBi₂Te₄

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Swosti Choudhury

    • University of California, Santa Cruz

  Authors

  • Swosti Choudhury

    • University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Becker Sharif

    • University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Arthur Ramirez

    • University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Ryan Baumbach

    • UC Santa Cruz

  • David Lederman

    • University of California, Santa Cruz

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• Epitaxial Growth of Topological Superconductor β-Bi₂Pd by MBE and Magnetron Sputtering

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Kwanchun Wong

    • Chinese University of Hong Kong

  Authors

  • Kwanchun Wong

    • Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • Pengcheng WANG

  • Kai Ham Yu

  • Xiaoying Xu

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Yufan Li

    • Chinese University of Hong Kong

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• Thickness-driven structural evolution and interface modulation in ZnFe₂O₄–ZnO nanocomposite thin films for antibacterial applications

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 19, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Fatma Ezzahra Dhif

    • University of Tunis Manar

  Authors

  • Fatma Ezzahra Dhif

    • University of Tunis Manar

  • Neila Jebbari

  • Alberto Vomiero

  • Elisa Moretti

  • Kassa Belay Ibrahim

  • Najoua Turki-Kamoun

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• Complex Oxide Thin Films for Memristive Applications

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Sampath Gamage

    • Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, UNCG

  Authors

  • Sampath Gamage

    • Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, UNCG

  • Yohannes Abate

    • University of Georgia

  • Shyam Aravamudhan

  • Masud Chowdhury

  • M. Atikur Rahman

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• Exploring the thin film growth of Fe3Sn2 and Fe5Sn3 binary films using magnetron co-sputtering

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Lance Griswold

    • Southern Illinois University Carbondale

  Authors

  • Lance Griswold

    • Southern Illinois University Carbondale

  • Hailey Potts

    • Southern Illinois University Carbondale

  • Dipanjan Mazumdar

    • Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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• Effect of Co Vacancies on Structural and Magnetic Properties of Co₂TiSn Heusler Alloy Thin Films

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Ashik Imran

    • University of Alabama

  Authors

  • Ashik Imran

    • University of Alabama

  • Babajide Akintunde

    • University of Alabama

  • Naomi Derksen

    • Lipscomb University

  • MD Fahim Khan

  • Adam Hauser

    • University of Alabama

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• Structural Optimization and Growth of Oriented AIN and a-C:H Nanofilms Using the Custom Deposition System "Sputnik".

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 19, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Publication: No publications have been released yet.

  Presenters

  • Elina Kalimullina

    • Novosibirsk State University

  Authors

  • Elina Kalimullina

    • Novosibirsk State University

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• MBE Stabilization of Metastable FeO on 4H-SiC: Pathways to Wüstite Phase Formation

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Publication: F. Kimbugwe, M. Baan, A. Fonseca Montenegro, R. C. Myers, T. J. Grassman, arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.02531 (2025); https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2510.02531.

  Presenters

  • Roberto Myers

    • Ohio State University

  Authors

  • Faisal Kimbugwe

    • Ohio State University

  • Alexandra Fonseca

  • Roberto Myers

    • Ohio State University

  • Tyler Grassman

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• Thermally desorbed InN capping layers for nitride surface science

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Mellie Lemon

    • National Renewable Energy Laboratory

  Authors

  • Mellie Lemon

    • National Renewable Energy Laboratory

  • Anthony Rice

    • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

  • Amitayush Thakur

  • Jessica McChesney

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Marshall Tellekamp

    • National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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• Computationally-Guided, Combinatorial Synthesis of New, Stable Ternary Nitrides

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 6:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 6:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Julia Martin

    • National Renewable Energy Lab

  Authors

  • Julia Martin

    • National Renewable Energy Lab

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• Exchange Bias–Induced Giant Topological Hall Effect in Epitaxial NiFeMo/NiFeMoO Heterostructures

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 19, 2026, 6:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 6:30 PM

  Publication: Emergence of large topological Hall effect from interfacial exchange bias in epitaxial ferromagnetic NiFeMo/antiferromagnetic NiFeMoO heterostructures across a broad temperature range
  Nasiruddin Mondal1,*, Dilruba Hasina1, Devajyoti Mukherjee1,*
  1School of Physical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
  *Corresponding authors. Email addresses: psnm2251@iacs.res.in (N. Mondal), sspdm@iacs.res.in (D. Mukherjee).
  Submitted in APL (Applied Physics Letters).

  Presenters

  • Nasiruddin Mondal

    • Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

  Authors

  • Nasiruddin Mondal

    • Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

  • Dilruba Hasina

  • Devajyoti Mukherjee

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