Dr. Martin Kordesch's

Professional Resume and Publications


MARTIN E. KORDESCH
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Ohio University, Athens Ohio, 45701
Tel: 740-593-1703, email: kordesch@ohiou.edu

Current Research Activities:
 
Microscopy of surfaces, amorphous and crystalline semiconductors, field emission.
            
Education:

Ph.D. Physics, 1984, Case Western Reserve University
M.S.  Physics, 1980, Case Western Reserve University
A.B.  Physics, 1978, University of Chicago

Professional Background:

Professor of Physics, 1997-
Executive Committee, Biomimetic Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative  2006-
Visiting Scientist, NIST, 2006
Visiting Professor, University of Erlangen Nuremburg, 2005
Director, Condensed Matter and Surface Sciences Program, 1999-2003
Scientific Advisory Board, Extreme Devices, 1998-2003
Associate Professor of Physics, Ohio University, 1993-97
Project Director, University Research Initiative  Support Program, 1996-2001 
Executive Committee, Ohio Materials Network, MatNet 1996-7
Invited Instructor,  Advances in Surface Science, Madrid, Spain. 9/95
Guest Scientist BESSY  Fritz Haber Institute d. Max Planck Gessellschaft 7-8/95
Assistant Professor of Physics, Ohio University 1989-93.
Staff Scientist, Fritz-Haber-Institute, 1985-89, Berlin, FRG.
Max Planck Fellow, Fritz-Haber-Institute, 1984-85.
Teaching Assistant, Case Western Res. Univ. 1983.
Weston Fellow of the Electrochemical Society, 1982.
Research Fellow, Case Western Res. Univ., 1978-81.

Publications:
100+ publications in surface science, catalysis, microscopy and thin film physics.
13 Book Chapters and reviews.

External Research Funding: over $5 Million in Federal funding since 1992

Professional Memberships:
American Physical Society, American Vacuum Society,  Materials Research Society, Microscope Society of America, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft

 

 

Teaching Experience:
Physical Science 105: Color Light and Sound.
Physical Science 131: Introduction to Nanoscience.
Physical Science 202: Heat, Sound, Electricity and Magnetism, non-calculus, text: College Physics, Serway and         Faughn.
Physics 251: Mechanics, calculus based, text: Physics, Tipler and Mosca.
Physics 299T: tutorial, text: Physics, Halliday Resnick and Krane.
Physics 351-352: Modern Physics, text: Modern Physics, 3rd Ed., Krane.
Physisc 371: Intermediate Laboratory, Electrons, text: The Art of Experimental Physics, Preston.
Physics 372: Intermediate Laboratory, Photons, text: The Art of Experimental Physics, Preston.
Physics 412: Statistical Physics, text: Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Statistical Thermodynamics, Sears and Salinger.
Physics 414-415: Dynamic Meteorology, text: Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, 3rd Ed., Holton.
Physics 415B: Instruments, Music and Physics, text: The Physics of Sound, Berg and Storck. This course was developed by Prof. Kordesch for “Active Learning”, a “hands on” course for seniors only.
Physics 423: Optics, text: Optics, Hecht.
Physics 427-8-9: Electricity and Magnetism I, II and III . Text: Introduction to Electrodynamics, Griffiths.
Physics 470: Special Studies
Physics 490 H, Honors Thesis.
Physics 499T Tutorial.

Physics 731-732, Solid State Physics, text: Solid State Physics, Ashcroft and Mermin.

 

PhD Students:

Carol Abbott                present
Saima Khan                  present                         Xuewen Bai             2000
Aurangzeb Khan         2006                              Vincent Ballarotto   1998
Jebreel Khoshmann     2005                             Zainuriah Hassan     1998
Muhammad Maqbool  2005                             Eric Montei              1996
Mark Little                   2001                            Joseph Shovlin         1995
Florentina Perjeru         2001                            Adrian Garcia           1994
Hong Chen                   2000                            Congjun Wang         1993

 

 

 

Book Chapters and Reviews:

13. “Synchrotron Radiation Photoelectron Microscopy”, Stefan Heun and M.E. Kordesch, in Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science, Arthur T Hubbard, ed. Marcel Dekker, Inc.,  New York, 2006. in press.
12. “Photoelectron Emission Microcopy of Surfaces”, M.E. Kordesch, in Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science, Arthur T Hubbard, ed. Marcel Dekker, Inc.,  New York, 2002. Book Chapter.  2nd Edition, 2006.
11. “Photoelectron Emission Microscopy and related techniques for In Situ Real-Time Surface Studies”, M.E. Kordesch, Chapter 8 in In Situ Real-Time Characterization of Thin Films, O.Auciello and A. Krauss, ed.  John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York, 2001 (pp217-260). Book Chapter
10. “High Resolution Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy, Applications” H. Conrad and M.E. Kordesch, Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry, J.C. Lindon, ed, Academic Press, New York, 2000. Book Chapter.
9.    “Supersonic Molecular Beam Growth of Semiconductor Films”, V.W. Ballarotto and M.E. Kordesch, in Trends in Vacuum Science and Technology Volume 3, Research Trends, India, 1998, pp 125-134. Book Chapter.
8.     "In situ Observation and Growth of Wide Bandgap Nitrides using  Emission
            Microscopy", M.E.  Kordesch, Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, 
            Pennigton NJ, 1998. Invited Review.
7.      "Applications for small Photoelectron Emission Microscopess", E.L.  Montei,
           V.W. Ballarotto, M.E.  Little and M.E. Kordesch, J. Elec. Spec. Rel. Phenom., 84
           (1997) 129-136.  Invited Review.
6.      "Direct Imaging and Geometrical Methods", W.N. Unertl and  M.E. Kordesch, in               Handbook of Surface Science, N. Richarson,  ed., Elsevier North Holland,                     Amsterdam 1996. Book Chapter.
5.     "Photoelectron Emission Microscopy", M.E. Kordesch, CRC Handbook of Surface Imaging and Visualization, A.T.  Hubbard, ed., CRC  Boca Raton, 1995, Ch 43, Pg 581-96. Book Chapter
4.     "Probing Reactive Deposition and Surface Dynamics using  Real-time Emission                 Microscopy",  Martin E. Kordesch, J.Vac.  Sci. Technol., A13 (1995) 1517-21. Invited Review.
3.     "Electron Emission Microscopy for In Situ Studies of Diamond  Surfaces and CVD              Diamond Nucleation and Growth", Martin E.  Kordesch,  Proceedings of the 3rd           International Symposium on  Diamond Materials, K.Spear, J. Dismukes and K.Ravi eds., The  Electrochemical Society, Pennington NJ, 1993, 787. Invited Review.
2.      "Investigation of the Coadsorption of K and CN on Pd(100) and Pd(111) with Photoemission and Penning Spectroscopy," R. Hemmen, M.E. Kordesch and H. Conrad, in The Physics and Chemistry of Alkali Metal Adsorption, H. Bonzel, A. Bradshaw and G. Ertl, eds., Elsevier (Amsterdam) 1989, pp. 283-93. Book Chapter.
1.      "Hydrogen Adsorption Studies on Transition Metals:  The Role  of Surface Resonances in Vibrational Cross Section   Enhancements," H. Conrad, M.E. Kordesch and W. Stenzel, in Lectures on Surface Science, G.R. Castro and M. Cardona,  eds., Springer, 1987, pp. 192‑202. Book Chapter.

Journal Articles:

 

98. “Room-temperature synthesis of GaN nanopowder”G.Q. Pan, M.E. Kordesch, P.G. Van Patten  
Chemistry of Materials 18 (23): (2006) 5392-5394.

97. “Optical absorption in amorphous InN thin Films”, Jebreel M. Khoshman and Martin E. Kordesch, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 352 (2006) 5572-5577.

96. “Optical properties of a-HfO2 thin films”, Jebreel M. Khoshman and Martin E. Kordesch
Surface and Coatings Technology,  201 (6): (2006) 3530-3535.

95. “One-step preparation of ultra-wide β-Ga2O3 microbelts and their photoluminescence study”  Aurangzeb Khan, Wojciech M. Jadwisienczak and Martin E. Kordesch, Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 35 ( 2006) 207-211.

94. “New pyrolysis route to GaN quantum dots”, G.Q. Pan, M.E. Kordesch, P.G. Van Patten,
Chemistry of Materials, 18 (17): ( 2006) 3915-3917.
 
93. “From Zn microspheres to hollow ZnO microspheres: A simple route to the growth of large scale metallic Zn microspheres and hollow ZnO microspheres”, A. Khan, W.M. Jadwisienczak, and M.E. Kordesch, Physica E- Low Dimensional Systems & Nonostructures 33 (2): (2006) 331-335.

92. “Structural and optical analysis of GaN films grown by low-pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition”, F.K. Yam, Z. Hassan, H. Abu Hassan, and M.E. Kordesch, Materials Science Forum 517 (2006) 5-8.

91. “Crystallinity studies of GaN/Si films grown by MOCVD at various substrate temperatures using XRD.”, S.S. Ng, Z. Hassan, H. Abu Hassan, and M.E. Kordesch, Materials Science Forum 517 (2006) 69-72.

90. “Observation of a new quantum interference effect in solids” Avto Tavkhelidze, Amiran Bibilashvili, Larissa Jangidze, Alex Shimkunas, Philip Mauger, Gertrude F. Rempfer, Luis Almarez, Todd Dixon, Martin E. Kordesch, Nechama Katan, and Hans Wilitzki, J. Vacuum Sci. Technol B 24 (2006) 1413-1416.

89.  “From Zn microspheres to hollow ZnO microspheres: A simple route to the growth of large assemblies of metallic Zn microspheres and their oxidation to hollow microspheres”, Aurangzeb Khan, Wojciech. M. Jadwisienczak and Martin E Kordesch, Physica E, 33/2 (2006) 331-335.

88. “Thermo-optical properties of gold nanoparticles embedded in ice: characterization of heat generation and melting”,   Hugh H. Richardson, Zackary N. Hickman, Alexander O. Govorov, Alyssa C. Thomas, Wei Zhang, Martin E. Kordesch, Nano Letters, 6 (2006)783-788.

 

87. “Large-scale fabrication of metallic Zn nanowires by thermal evaporation” A. Khan and M.E. Kordesch, Physica E, 33/1 (2006) 88-91.

86. “Structure changes of AlN:Ho films with annealingand enhancement of the Ho3+ emission”,  S.B. Aaldaberganova, G. Frank, H.P. Strunk,  M. Maqbool, H.H. Richardson and  M.E. Kordesch, J. Noncrystalline Solids, 352 (2006) 1290-1293.

85.  “A New Class of Capping Ligands for CdSe Nanocrystal Synthesis”, Dengguo Wu, Martin E. Kordesch, and P. Gregory Van Patten,  Chemistry of Materials 17 (2005) 6436-6441.

84. “Effect of substrate temperature on the growth and luminescence properties of ZnO nanostructures” A. Khan and M.E. Kordesch, Physica E 30 (2005) 51-54.

83. “Crystallinity studies of GaN/Si films grown at different temperatures by infrared reflectance spectroscopy”, Materials Chemistry and Physics, S.S. Ng Z. Hassan , M.R.  Hashim,  and M.E. Kordesch, 91 (2-3): (2005) 404-408.

82. Optical Characterization of sputtered amorphous aluminum nitride thin films by spectroscopic ellipsometry, J. Khoshman and M. E. Kordesch, J.Non-Crystalline Solids, 351(40-42): (2005) 3334-3340.

81. “Characteristics of low-temperature-grown GaN films on Si(111)” Z. Hassan, Y.C. Lee, F.K. Yam, K. Ibrahim, M.E. Kordesch, W. Halverson, P.C. Colter, Solid State Communications, 133 (2005) 283-287.

80. “Growth and Properties of GaN/Si Heterojunction”,  Z. Hassan, S.S. Ng, G.L. Chew, F.K. Yam, M.J. Abdullah, K. Ibrahim, and M.E. Kordesch, Materials Science Forum, Vols. 480-481 (2005) 531-536.

79. “Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Characterization of amorphous aluminum nitride and indium nitride thin films” J. M. Khoshman and M.E. Kordesch, phys. stat. sol. (c), 2 (2005) 2821-2827.

78. “Microcrystalline GaN film grown on Si(100) and its application to MSM diode” Z. Hassan, Y.C. Lee, F.K. Yam, M.J. Abdullah, K. Ibrahim, M.E. Kordesch, Materials Chemistry and Physics, vol 84, (2004) 369-374.
 
77. “In situ emission microscopy of field  emitter cathode arrays” G.A. Mulhollan, K.D. Jamison, M.E.  Kordesch, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B (2002) 2505-2508.

76.  “Properties of amorphous GaN grown on silicon” Z. Hassan, K. Ibrahim, M.E. Kordesch, W. Halverson, P.C. Colter, Int. J. Mod. Phys. B, Vol 3, (2002) 1086-1090.

75. “Thin-film electroluminescent devices grown on plastic substrates using an amorphous AlN : Tb3+ phosphor” H.H.Richardson, P.G. Van Patten, D.R. Richardson, M.E. Kordesch, Appl. Phys. Lett. , Vol 80, (2002) 2207-2209.

 

74. “Electronic characterization of n-ScN/p(+) Si heterojunctions” F. Perjeru, X. Bai, M.E. Kordesch,    Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol 80, (2002) 995-997.

73. “Influence of annealing temperature upon deep levels in 6H SiC” F. Perjeru, R.L. Woodin, M.E. Kordesch,  Physica B, Vol 308-310, (2001) 695-697.

72. “Visible luminescent activation of amorphous AlN : Eu thin-film phosphors with oxygen”,  M.L. Caldwell, P.G. Van Patten, M.E. Kordesch, H.H. Richardson,  MRS Internet J. Nitride Semicond. Res. 6, 13, 2001.
 
71. “ Performance of nanocrystalline graphite field emitters” H.H. Busta, R.J. Espinosa, A.T. Rakhimov, N.V.  Suetin, M.A.Timofeyev, P. Bressler, M. Schramme, J.R. Fields, M.E. Kordesch, A. Silzars,  Solid-State Electron., Vol 45,  (2001) 1039-1047.

70. “Visible emission from amorphous AlN thin-film phosphors with Cu, Mn, or Cr” A.L. Martin, C.M. Spalding, V.I. Dimitrova, P.G. Van Patten, M.L. Caldwell, M.E. Kordesch, H.H  Richardson, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A-Vac. Surf. Films (2001) 1894-1897.

69. “Photo-, cathodo- , and electroluminescence studies of sputter deposited AlN : Er thin films V.I. Dimitrova, P.G. Van Patten, H.H. Richardson, M.E. Kordesch,  Appl. Surf. Sci., (2001) 480-483.

68. “ScN/GaN heterojunctions: fabrication and characterization” F. Perjeru, X.  Bai, M.I. Ortiz-Libreros, R. Higgins, M.E. Kordesch,  Appl. Surf. Sci., Vol 175-176, (2001) 490-494.

67. “Structure and optical properties of ScN thin films” X.W. Bai, M.E. Kordesch,  Appl. Surf. Sci., Vol 175-176, (2001) 499-504 .

66.  “Investigation of metal contacts on ScN”  M.I. Ortiz-Libreros, F. Perjeru, X. Bai, M.E. Kordesch, Appl. Surf. Sci., Vol 175-176, (2001) 512-516.

65. “Band-gap engineering in sputter-deposited  ScxGa1-N” M.E. Little, M.E. Kordesch, Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol 78,  (2001) 2891-2892.

64. “Emission properties of an amorphous AlN : Cr3+ thin-film   phosphor” M.L. Caldwell, A.L. Martin, V.I. Dimitrova, P.G. Van Patten, M.E. Kordesch,   H.H. Richardson, Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol 78, (2001) 1246-1248.

63. “Supersonic seeded beam assisted growth of epitaxial silicon carbide”, K.D. Jamison, M.L. Kempel, R.L. Woodin, J.D. Shovlin, D. Beck, Q. Li, M.E.  Kordesch, Materials Science Forum,  Vol 338-342, (2000) 181-184.

62. “Visible and infrared emission from GaN : Er thin films grown by sputtering” H. Chen, K. Gurumurugan, M.E. Kordesch, J.M.  Jadwisienczak, H.J. Lozykowski,   W3.16  MRS Internet J. Nitride Semicond. Res. 2000.

 

61. “Optical properties of manganese doped amorphous and crystalline aluminum nitride films. M.L. Caldwell, H.H. Richardson, M.E.  Kordesch,    W3.26  MRS Internet J. Nitride Semicond. Res. 2000.

60.  “Orientation of aluminum nitride films grown with hyperthermal molecular beams”, V.W. Ballarotto, M.E. Little, M.E.  Kordesch, J. Cryst. Growth, Vol 218, (2000) 173-180.

59. “Band gap engineering in amorphous AlxGa1-xN: Experiment and ab initio calculations”, H. Chen, K.Y. Chen, D.A. Drabold, M.E.  Kordesch,  Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol 77,  (2000) 1117-1119.

58. “Visible emission from electroluminescent devices using an amorphous AlN : Er3+ thin-film phosphor V.I. Dimitrova, P.G. Van Patten, H.H. Richardson, M.E. Kordesch, Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol 77, (2000) 478-479.

57. “Luminescence of Tb ions implanted into amorphous AlN thin films grown by sputtering” W.M. Jadwisienczak, H.J.  Lozykowski, F.  Perjeru, H. Chen, M.E. Kordesch, I.G. Brown, Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol 76, (2000) 3376-3378.

56. “Demonstration of Li-based alloy coatings as low-voltage stable electron-emission surfaces for field-emission devices” O. Auciello,  A.R. Krauss, D.M. Gruen, P.  Shah, T. Corrigan, M.E.  Kordesch, R.P.H.  Chang,T.L. Barr, J. Appl. Phys., Vol 85, (1999) 8405-8409.

55. “Growth of oriented thick films of gallium nitride from the melt” J.S. Dyck, K. Kash, M.T. Grossner, C.C.  Hayman, A. Argoitia, N. Yang, M.H.   Hong, M.E. Kordesch, J.C. Angus,  G3.23,  MRS Internet J. Nitride Semicond. Res. 1999.

54. “Seeded pulsed supersonic molecular beam growth of silicon carbide thin films” K.D. Jamison,  M.L.  Kempel, V.W.  Ballarotto, M.E.   Kordesch, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A-Vac. Surf. Films, Vol A16, (1998) 1327-1330.

53. “Pulsed supersonic molecular beam growth of AlN” V.W. Ballarotto, M.E. Kordesch,  J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A-Vac. Surf. Films, Vol A16, (1998) 1676-1679.

52. “High Resolution Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy of low pressure liquid lubricants: Fomblin Y and Z”, E.L. Montei and M.E. Kordesch, Tribology Letters, Vol 3, (1997) 205-208.

51. “Applications for small photoelectron emission microscopes” E. L. Montei, V.W. Ballarotto, M.E. Little, M.E. Kordesch,  J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., Vol 84, (1997) 129-136.

50. “High resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy and photoelectron emission microscopy study of Fomblin Y on molybdenum surfaces” E.L. Montei, M.E. Kordesch,  J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A-Vac. Surf. Films, Vol A15, (1997) 1173-1178.

49. “Detection of tribochemical reactions using photoelectron emission microscopy” E.L. Montei, M.E. Kordesch, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A-Vac. Surf. Films, Vol A14, (1996) 1352-1356.

48.  “Syncrotron radiation photoelectron emission microscopy of chemical-vapor- deposited diamond electron emitters” J.D. Shovlin, M.E. Kordesch, D. Dunham, B.P. Tonner, W. Engel,  J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A-Vac. Surf. Films, Vol A13, (1995) 1111-1115.

47. “Surface reaction diffusion fronts observed with photoelectron emission microscopy during carbon deposition on Mo(310)” A. Garcia, M.E.  Kordesch,  J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A-Vac. Surf. Films, Vol A13, (1995) 1396-1399.

46. “Probing reactive deposition and Surface Dynamics using in situ realtime emission microscopy” M.E. Kordesch,  J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A-Vac. Surf. Films, Vol A13, (1995) 1517-1521.

45. “Removal of non-diamond carbon from the surface of CVD diamond” W. Engel, D.C. Ingram, J.C. Keay, M.E. Kordesch,  Diam. Relat. Mat., Vol 3 (1994) 1227-1229.

44.  “Electron emission from Chemical vapor deposited diamond and dielectric breakdown” J.D. Shovlin, M.E. Kordesch,  Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol 65, (1994) 863-865.

43.  “Real-time in situ photoelectron emission microscopy observation of CVD diamond oxidation and dissolution on molybdenum” C.J. Wang,  J.D. Shovlin, M.E. Kordesch,  J.M.  Macaulay, ,  Diam. Relat. Mat., Vol 3, (1994) 1066-1071.

42."A Sample Tilting Mechanism and Transfer System for High-Temperature Thin Film Deposition and UHV Electron Microscopy," Adrian Garcia and Martin E. Kordesch, J. Vac. Sci. Technol., A11 (1993) 461-463.

41."The Controlled Deposition and Lateral Growth of an Ordered Carbon Layer on Mo(100) Observed In Situ," A. Garcia and M.E. Kordesch, Applied Physics Letters, 61 (1992) 2984.

40."An Emission Microscopy Study of Carbon Surface and Thin Film Morphology," C. Wang and M.E. Kordesch, Ultramicroscopy, 36 (1991) 154-163.

39."An UHV Photoemission Microscope for use in Surface Science," W. Engel, M.E. Kordesch, H.H. Rotermund, S. Kubala and A.van Oertzen, Ultramicroscopy, 36 (1991) 148-153.

38."Cold Field-Emission from CVD Diamond Films Observed in Emission Electron  Microsopy," C. Wang, A. Garcia, D.C. Ingram, M. Lake and M.E. Kordesch, Electronics Letters 27 (1991) 1459-1461.

37."Imaging of Spatio-Temporal Pattern Evolution During Catalytic Oxidation of CO on Platinum Single Crystal Surfaces," H.H. Rotermund, M.E. Kordesch, W. Engel and G. Ertl, Nature, 343 (1990) 355.

36."Real-Time Observation of the Nucleation and Propagation of Reaction Fronts on Surfaces using Photoemission Electron Microscopy," M. Mundschau, M.E. Kordesch, W.Engel, B. Rausenberger, E. Zeitler and A.M. Bradshaw, Surface Science, 227 (1990) 246.

35."The Structure and Bonding of K and Na Cyanide on Pd(100):  LEED and Valence Level Spectroscopy," R. Hemmen, M.E. Kordesch and H. Conrad, Surface Sci., 211/212, 857-864 (1989).

34."An HREELS Characterization of a Surface CN-Oxygen Compound Formed on Cu(111)," W. Feng, W. Stenzel, H. Conrad and M.E. Kordesch, Surface Sci., 211/212, 1044-1052 (1989).

33."Unoccupied Surface States on Pd(111) Observed in Very-Low-Energy Electron Diffraction and Inverse Photoemission:  Theoretical Interpretation," J. Koukal, M. Sunjíc, Z. Lenac, H. Conrad, W. Stenzel and M.E. Kordesch, Phys. Rev. B., 39, 4911-4915 (1989).

32.  "Electron Reflectivity Calculation for Hydrogen on  Pd(111)", J. Koukal, M. Sunjic,  H. Conrad, W. Stenzel and  M.E. Kordesch, Physica Scripta 41 (1989) 966-9.

31."Core Level Shifts in Ionic KCN Multilayers:  A Synchrotron Radiation and Penning Spectroscopy Study of K and CN on Pd(111)," R. Hemmen, M.E. Kordesch and H. Conrad, Phys. Rev. B., 40, 2801-2805 (1989).

30."A Photoemission Microscopy Study of Pt Surfaces during the Catalytic Oxidation of CO," M.E. Kordesch, W. Engel, E. Zeitler and A.M. Bradshaw, J. Phys.:  Cond. Matter, 1, SB1-SB6 (1989).

29."The Application of Photoemission Microscopy to the Study of Heterogeneous Catalysis over Metal Single Crystal Surfaces," M.E. Kordesch, W. Engel, G. John Lapeyre, E. Zeitler and A.M. Bradshaw, Appl. Phys. A49 (1989) 339.

28."Evidence for a Covalent Surface KCN Species on Pd(100) from Interatomic Auger Transitions," R. Herman, M.E. Kordesch and H. Conrad, Phys. Rev. B., Rap. Commun., 37, 4284-4287 (1988).

27."An Angle Resolved Photoemission Investigation of CN, HCN and C2N2 on Pd(111) using Synchrotron Radiation," J. Somers, M.E. Kordesch, R. Hemmen, Th. Lindner, H. Conrad and A.M. Bradshaw, Surface Sci., 198, 400-412 (1988).

26."KCN Production from the Dissociative Adsorption of C2N2 and K on Pd(100)," R. Hemmen, M.E. Kordesch, P. Hollins and H. Conrad, J. Phys. Chem., 92, 4829-4831 (1988).

25."A Comparison of Single-, Double-, Triple-Bonded and Aromatic CN Compounds on Pd(111) and (100).  Part II:  HREELS and TDS of HCN on Pd(111)," M.E. Kordesch, W. Stenzel and H. Conrad, Surface Sci., 205, 100-116 (1988).

24."Electron Scattering from a Polar Solid:  High-resolution Electron Energy-Loss Spectra of HCN Films," M.E. Kordesch, W. Stenzel, H. Conrad and M. Sunjíc, J. Vac. Sci. Techn. A5(4)II, 1092 (1987).

23."Correlation of Surface Resonances with Non-Dipole Excitations of Hydrogen on Pd Surfaces," H. Conrad, W. Stenzel, M.E. Kordesch and M. Sunjíc, J. Vac. Sci. Techn. A5(4)I, 452 (1987).

22."A Comparison of Single-, Double-, Triple-Bonded and Aromatic CN Compounds on Pd(111) and (100):  I. HREELS of NCCN, Ethylenediamine and s-Triazine," M.E. Kordesch, W. Stenzel and H. Conrad, Surface Sci., 186, 601-623 (1987).

21."Reorientation of Adsorbed Cyanogen on Cu(111) by Oxygen Preadsorption, as probed by using High-Resolution EELS:  Comparison with Electrosorbed Cyanide," M.E. Kordesch, W. Stenzel, H. Conrad and M.J. Weaver, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 109, 1878-1879 (1987).

20."The Surface Chemistry of the CN Group:  Geometry and Bonding," M.E. Kordesch, Th. Lindner, J.S. Somers, W. Stenzel, H. Conrad, A.M. Bradshaw and G.P. Williams, Spectrochimica Acta, 43A, 1561-1566 (1987).

19."An Adsorbed Diatomic Molecule Showing Parallel Bonding:  CN/Pd(111)," J. Somers, M.E. Kordesch, Th. Lindner, H. Conrad, A.M. Bradshaw and G.P. Williams, Surface Sci., 188, L693-L700 (1987).

18."Image Potential States on Clean and Hydrogen Covered Pd Surfaces:  Analysis of a One-Dimensional Model," Z. Lenac, M. Sunjíc, H. Conrad and M.E. Kordesch, Phys. Rev. B., 36, 9500-9506 (1987).

17."HREELS of the Adsorption and Reaction of CN on Clean and Oxygen Covered Cu(111)," M.E. Kordesch, W. Feng, W. Stenzel, M. Weaver and H. Conrad, J. Electr. Spectrosc. & Rel. Phen., 44, 149-162 (1987).

16."HREELS of Cyanogen on Pd(111)," M.E. Kordesch, W. Stenzel and H. Conrad, J. Electr. Spectrosc. & Rel. Phen. 39, 89-96 (1986).

15."Surface Resonances on Pd(111)/H Observed with HREELS," H. Conrad, M.E. Kordesch, R. Scala and W. Stenzel, J. Electr. Spectrosc. & Rel. Phen. 38, 289-298 (1986).

14."The Hydrogenation of CN on Pd(111) and Pd(100)," M.E. Kordesch, W. Stenzel and H. Conrad, Surface Sci., 175, L687-L692 (1986).

13."Surface Resonances in Vibrational Spectroscopy of Hydrogen on Transition Metal Surfaces:  Pd(100) and Pd(111)," H. Conrad, M.E. Kordesch, W. Stenzel, M. Sunjíc and B. Trnicíc-Radja, Surface Sci., 178, 578-588 (1986).

12."Penning Ionization Electron Spectroscopy, UPS and TPD of NCCN on Pd(100)," K. Besenthal, G. Chiarello, M.E. Kordesch and H. Conrad, Surface Sci., 178, 667-678 (1986).

11."Coadsorption of Oxygen and Caesium on Ag(110)," K.C. Prince and M.E. Kordesch, Appl. Surf. Sci. 22/23, 469-477 (1985).

10."A New Mössbauer Conversion Electron Detection Technique for In Situ Passivation Studies on Iron," M.E. Kordesch, J. Eldridge, D.A. Scherson and R.W. Hoffman, J. Electroanal. Chem. 164, 393-397 (1984).

 9."Electron-Yield Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure with the Use of a Gas Flow Electron Detector," M.E. Kordesch and R.W. Hoffman, Phys. Rev. B Rap. Commun. 29, 491-492 (1984).

8."Electrochemical Cells for In Situ EXAFS," M.E. Kordesch and R.W. Hoffmann, Nucl. Instrum. and Methods 222, 347-350 (1984).

7."In Situ and Ex Situ Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Iron Phthalocyanine Adsorbed on High Surface Area Carbon," D.A. Scherson, S.B. Yao, E.B. Yeager, J. Eldridge, M.E. Kordesch and R.W. Hoffman, J. Phys. Chem. 87, 932 (1983).

6."Applications of In Situ Mössbauer Effect Spectroscopy to the Study of Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces," D.A. Scherson, S.B. Yao, E.B. Yeager, J. Eldridge, M.E. Kordesch and R.W. Hoffman, J. Electroanal. Chem. 150, 535 (1983).

5."Comparison of Thin Passive and Air-Oxidized Iron Films Using EXAFS and MES," J.M. Fine, J.J. Rusek, J. Eldridge, M.E. Kordesch, J.A. Mann, R.W. Hoffman and D. Sandstrom, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. 1A, 1036 (1983).

4."Cobalt tetramethoxyphenyl porphorin Emission Moessbauer Spectroscopy and O2  Reduction Electrochemical Studies," D.A. Scherson, S.L. Gupta, C. Fierro, E.B. Yeager, M.E. Kordesch, J. Eldridge, R.W. Hoffman and J. Blue, Electrochim. Acta 28, 1205 (1983).

3."Strongly Adhesive Evaporated Au Electrodes on MELINEX," M.E. Kordesch and R.W. Hoffman, Thin Solid Films 107, 365 (1983).

2."In Situ Mössbauer Effect Spectroscopy of Adsorbed Species on High Surface Area Electrodes," D. A. Scherson, S.B. Yao, E.B. Yeager, J. Eldridge, M.E. Kordesch and R.W. Hoffman, Appl. Surf. Sci. 10, 325 (1982).

1."In Situ Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Passive Films on Iron," J. Eldridge, M.E. Kordesch and R.W. Hoffman, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. 20, 934 (1982).
 

Patents:
US Patent No.: 7,132,701 Contact Method for Thin Silicon Carbide Epitaxial Layer and Semiconductor devices formed by those methods. Issued November 7, 2006

US Patent No.: 6,486, 044 B2 “ Band Gap Engineering of Amorphous Al-Ga-N Alloys” M.E. Kordesch, Issued November 26, 2002

US Patent No: 6,689,630 B2  Method of Forming an Amorphous Aluminum Nitride Emitter including a Rare Earth or Transition Metal Element, M.E. Kordesch and H.H. Richardson. Issued February 10, 2004.

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