Kevin Schneider

College: St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY; graduated in 1998 with a B.S. in chemistry.

He participated in an undergraduate research project under the guidance of organic chemistry professor Larry G. French. The nature of the project focused on the extraction, isolation, purification, and indentification of natural, essential plant oils (monoterpenoids). In the summer of 1997, Kevin participated in a NSF-REU program at the University of Vermont where he worked in the inorganic/materials chemistry lab of Professor Christopher C. Landry. This research project focussed on the synthesis of a novel surfactant compound for use in the synthesis of mesoporous zeolitic structures.

At the University of Michigan, his research project entailed the characterization of surface/adsorbate systems using scanning probe microscopy, particularly scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). In particular, his project involved the characterization of model interfacial systems synthesized by the reaction of silanes and spherosiloxanes with crystalline Si and Au surfaces.
Kevin presented his research at the 2002 Boston ACS meeting and won the Top Student Poster Award in physical chemistry.  Kevin published his first and last papers from the group in Physical Review Letters.

Dr. Schneider now works for Intel Corporation.

Below are atomic resolution STM images obtained by Kevin.
 

Monolayer Pattern Evolution via Substrate Strain-Mediated Spinodal Decomposition, K. S. Schneider, Wei Lu, D. R. Fosnacht, B. G. Orr, and M. M. Banaszak Holl, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2004, 93, 166104.

 Oxidation of Alkylsilane-based Monolayers on Gold.  T. M. Owens, B. J. Ludwig, K. S. Schneider, D. R. Fosnacht, B. G. Orr, and M. M. Banaszak Holl. Langmuir 2004, 20, 9636-9645.

 Simulated Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Images of Three-Dimensional Clusters:  H₈Si₈O₁₂ on Si(100)-2x1, Y. Chen, K. S. Schneider, B. G. Orr, M. M. Banaszak Holl,  Phys. Rev. B. 2004, 70, 85402.

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.

Dynamic In Situ Characterization of Novel Substrate-Mediated Organic Monolayer Pattern Formation, K. S. Schneider, Wei Lu, D. R. Fosnacht, B. G. Orr, and M. M. Banaszak Holl.  Langmuir 2004, 20, 1258-1268.

The Case of the Disappearing Monolayer:  Alkylsilane Monolayer Formation, Oxidation, and Subsequent Transparency to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy K. S. Schneider, T. M. Owens, D. R. Fosnacht, B. G. Orr, M. M. Banaszak Holl. Chemphyschem  2003, 10, 1111-1114.

 The differential reactivity of octahydridosilsesquioxane on Si(100)-2×1 and 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.

 Determination of Spherosiloxane Cluster Bonding to Si(100)-2´1 by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy   K. S. Schneider, Z. Zhang,  M. M. Banaszak Holl, B. G. Orr U. C. Pernisz. Phys. Rev. Lett.  2000, 85, 602.