Ken graduated from Xavier in the spring of 1997. He worked in the area of solid/solid interface structure and reactivity as it relates to the chemistry of computers.



Ken presented his work at the Chicago ACS meeting in August 2001 and then departed in November for  a post-doc in the Sibener Lab at the University of Chicago.  He is now working at Cabot Microelectronics in Aurora, IL.  

 

Chemical Imaging of Terrace-Based Active Sites on Gold, K. S. Schneider, K. T. Nicholson, B. G. Orr, M. M. Banaszak Holl.  Langmuir 2004, 20, 2250-2256.

The differential reactivity of octahydridosilsesquioxane on Si(100)-2×1and Si(111)-7×7: A comparative experimental study.  K. S. Schneider, K. T. Nicholson, T. M. Owens, B.G. Orr,  M. M. Banaszak Holl, Ultramicroscopy 2003, 97, 35-45.

The Effect of Surface Reconstruction on Molecular Chemisorption:  A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of H8Si8O12 Clusters on Au(111) 23´Ö3.  K. S. Schneider, K. T. Nicholson, D. R. Fosnacht, B. G. Orr, M. M. Banaszak Holl, Langmuir 2002, 18, 8116-8122.

Investigation of Hydridosilsesquioxane-Based Silicon Oxide Deposition on Si(111)-7´7.  K.S. Schneider, T. M. Owens, K. T. Nicholson, B. J. Ludwig, J. N. Greeley, B. G. Orr,  M. M. Banaszak Holl,  Langmuir 2002, 18, 6233-6241.

 Formation of Alkylsilane Based Monolayers on Gold,  T. M. Owens, K. T. Nicholson, M. M. Banaszak Holl, S. Süzer,  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 6800-6801.

Reflection-absorption infrared investigation of hydrogenated silicon oxide generated by the thermal decomposition of H8Si8O12 clusters.  K. T. Nicholson, K. Z. Zhang, M. M. Banaszak Holl, and F. R. McFeely,  J. Appl. Phys.  2002, 91, 9043-9048.

The Formation of Mixed Layers Derived from Functional Silicon Oxide Clusters on Gold.  K. T. Nicholson, K. Z. Zhang, M. M. Banaszak Holl, F. R. McFeely, G. Calzaferri, and U. C. Pernisz, Langmuir 2001, 17, 7879.

Self-limiting Chemical Vapor Deposition of an Ultra-thin Silicon Oxide Film.  K. A. Miller, C. John, K. Z. Zhang, K. T. Nicholson, F. R. McFeely, and M. M. Banaszak Holl, Thin Solid Films 2001, 397, 78-82.

 A New Infrared and Density Functional Theory Study of Model Silicon/Silicon Oxide Interfaces.  K. T. Nicholson and M. M. Banaszak Holl, Phys. Rev. B. 2001, 64, 155317.

 The Dynamic Nature of Hydridosilsesquioxane Clusters on Gold Surfaces.  K. T. Nicholson, K. Z. Zhang, M. M. Banaszak Holl, F. R. McFeely, U. C. Pernisz.  Langmuir  2000, 16, 8396-8403.

 H8Si8O12 Clusters on Si(100)-2x1 and Gold:  A Comparative Infrared Spectroscopic Study.  K. T. Nicholson, M. A. Biscotto, M. M. Banaszak Holl,  Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc 1999,  567, 543-548.

 Chemisorption of H8Si8O12 Clusters on Gold via a Novel Si-H Bond Activation.  K. T. Nicholson, K. Z. Zhang, M. M. Banaszak Holl,  J. Am. Chem. Soc.  1999, 121, 3232-3233.