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Focus and Coverage

JVST A, Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films

Understanding interfaces and surfaces at a fundamental level and using this understanding to advance the state-of-the-art in various technological applications defines the scope of the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A. Accordingly, JVST A is devoted to publishing reports of original research, letters and review articles on subjects including but not limited to

Applied and fundamental surface science
Atomic layer deposition
Electronic and photonic materials and their processing
Magnetic thin films and interfaces
Materials and thin films for energy conversion and storage
Photovoltaics including thin-film solar cells and organic and hybrid solar cells,
Plasma science and technology including plasma-surface interactions, plasma diagnostics plasma deposition and etching and applications of plasmas to micro- and nanoelectronics
Surface Engineering
Thin film deposition, etching, properties and characterization
Transmission electron microscopy including in situ methods
Tribology
Vacuum science and technology

JVST A is published six times annually (Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec) by the AVS through the American Institute of Physics (AIP).

Editors

Editor-in-Chief

Eray Aydil
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0132
Telephone: (612) 625-8593
e-mail: aydil@umn.edu
e-mail: jvst@jvst.org

Associate Editors

Jane P. Chang, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
William D. Hinsberg, IBM Almaden Research Center
Eric Kay, Review Articles
Gary McGuire, International Technology Center
R. Mohan Sankaran, Case Western Reserve University

JVST A Editors

1983 – 2010 Gerald Lucovsky

JVST Editor-in-Chief

2010 – present Eray Aydil
1980 – 2010 Gerald Lucovsky
1975 – 1979 Peter Mark
1970 – 1974 Paul Redhead
1964 – 1969 Franklin M. Propst

Editorial Board & Publications Committee

JVST Editorial Board

Steven L. Bernasek Princeton University
Yves J. Chabal University of Texas at Dallas
Vincent M. Donnelly University of Houston
James R. Engstrom Cornell University
Sarah R. Kurtz National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Tadatsugu Minami Kanazawa Insitute of Technology
Stephen J. Pearton University of Florida
R. Ramesh Univ. of California at Berkeley
Jack Rowe North Carolina State University
Ellen D. Williams University of Maryland
Richard van de Sanden Eindhoven University of Technology
Mikhail Zharnikov Universität Heidelberg

AVS Publications Committee

Chair: Ivan Petrov, Univ. of Illinois
Yip-Wah Chung, Northwestern University
Mark H. Engelhard, Pacific Northwest Natl. Lab.
Gregory J. Exarhos, Pacific Northwest Natl. Lab.
Yip-Wah Chung, Northwestern University
J. William Rogers, Jr., Idaho Natl. Lab.

Publications Office

Publications Office Manager
Nancy Schultheis

JVST Editorial Assistant
Estella K. Stansbury

AVS Publications Office
100 Park Drive, Suite 105, PO Box 12748
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Telephone: (919) 361-2787 / (919) 361-2342
Fax: (919) 361-1378
e-mail: jvst@jvst.org

JVST Editorial Staff at AIP
Team Manager: Theresa Fucito