MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, AM

8:15 AM Opening Remarks

CHARACTERIZATION

8:30 AM "X-ray Imaging of Single Crystals and Epilayers using Synchrotron Radiation", D.R. Black, (NIST) INVITED
9:00 AM "Recent Developments in Analysis of III-V Compounds Using Quadrupole-Based SIMS: The III-Nitrides”, M.S. Denker* and S.W. Novak (Evans East)
9:15 AM “Crystal Growth and Characterization of Microgravity Grown CdZnTe Compound Semiconductors”, B. Raghothamachar*, H. Chung, M. Dudley, D. Larson, Jr. (SUNY)
9:30 AM “Studies of Defect Generation an LEC and VGF Grown InP Single Crystals Using Synchrotron White Beam X-ray Topography”, H. Chung*, Y. Guo and M. Dudley (SUNY); D.F. Bliss (Rome Laboratory); R. Kalan and A. Maniatty (RPI)
9:45 AM ”Dopant Segregation and Thermal Stress Developments in a Crystal Grown by High Pressure Liquid-Encapsulated Czochralski Method”, S. Pendurti*, Y.F. Zou, H. Zhang, G.-X. Wang and V. Prasad (SUNY)
10:00 AMBreak
* Denotes speaker

MODELING

10:20 AM “Morphological Stability of a Vicinal Face: Effects of Anisotropic Kinetics & Fluid Flow”, S.R. Coriell, (NIST), INVITED
10:50 AM “Radiant Energy Heat Transfer Model for the Fused Silica Crucible Used in CZ Silicon Growth”, John Holder* and Richard Phillips (MEMC Electronic Materials)
11:05 AM “Computer Simulation of Flow and Heat Transfer in Large Diameter Czochralski Growth of Silicon”, B. Sabhapathy, J. Flanagan and B. Stevenson (KAYEX)
11:20 AM “Turbulent Flows in a Large Czochralski Silicon Melt”, T. Zhang*, F. Ladeinde and V. Prasad (SUNY)
11:35 AM “Parallel Simulations for Czochralski Crystal Growth”, W. Chui, J. Glimm, F. Tangerman (SUNY)
11:50 AM “A Volume Radiative Heat Transfer Model for Czochralski Crystal Growth Processes”, E.M. Nunes and M.H.N. Naraghi* (Manhattan College)
12:05 PMLunch
* Denotes speaker

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29, PM

EPITAXY

2:00 PM “Substrates for III-Nitride Epitaxy”, J.M. Redwing (Adv. Tech. Materials) INVITED
2:30 PM “Heteroepitaxial Growth of g-Al2O3/Si by HVMOCVD”, Yude Zan*, Jun Wang, Xiufen Han, Yutian Wang, Zhanguo Wang*, Lanying Lin (Chinese Acad. of Science)
2:45 PM “Study of Epitaxial Relationships and Interfacial Properties of ZnO Films Grown on Al2O3 Substrates”, C.R. Gorla*, S. Liang, N. Emanetoglu, W.E. Mayo, Y. Lu (Rutgers)
3:00 PM "MOCVD Process of Epitaxial ZnO Films for SAW Application", N.W. Emanetoglu*, C. Gorla, Y. Liu, S. Liang and Y. Lu (Rutgers)
3:15 PM “An Electrochromic Effect in Fullerene Thin Films”, Gregory Konesky* (Hampton Bays, NY)
3:30 PMBreak
3:50 PM “Growth and Morphology of Si and SiGe Alloys Grown by CVD”, T. F. Kuech (U. Wisconsin) INVITED
4:20 PM “GaInAsSb Lattice-matched to GaSb solid solutions grown by LPE from Sb-rich melts near miscibility gap”, A.G. Deryagin, N.N. Faleev, V.I. Kuchinskii, V.M. Smirnov*, G.S. Sokolovskii, V.I. Vasil’ev
* Denotes speaker

VENDOR PRESENTATIONS

4:35 PMLogitech Products
4:45 PMLepel Corporation
4:55 PMCVD Products
5:05 PMGSC/DA-TECH Corporation
5:15 PMBierstube & Poster Session

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29, EVENING

POSTERS

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, AM

FUNDAMENTALS

8:15 AM “Dynamic Scaling in Dendritic Growth”, Arnon Chait*, Vladimir Pines, Marianne Zlatkowski (NASA Lewis) INVITED
8:45 AM“Application of Alloy Single Crystals to Studying the Effects of Gravity on Microstructural Evolution”, Douglas Corrigan* (RPI), Lynn A. Boatner (ORNL), and Gary Workman and Leonard Adcock (U. Ala. Huntsville)
9:00 AM “Thermal Transport (Soret) Effect on MnBi/Bi Eutectic Directional Solidification Under Microgravity Conditions”, D.J. Larson, Jr. and L.L. Zheng* (SUNY)
9:15 AM “Ab Initio Predictions of Crystal Structures”, Olaf Koenig*, Frank J.J. Leusen (Molecular Simulations, Ltd.)
9:30 AM “Pressure and Mass Transport During Synthesis of ZnGeP2”, I. Zwieback, P. Schunemann and T. Pollak (Sanders/Lockheed-Martin)
9:45 AM “High Temperature Crystallization in Borosilicate Systems” N.I. Leonyuk* and E.P. Shvanskiy (Moscow State U.)
10:00 AMBreak
* Denotes speaker

SEMICONDUCTORS

10:20 AM “Bulk Growth of GaSb and GaInSb”, P.S. Dutta and A.G. Ostrogorsky* (RPI) INVITED
10:50 AM “Crystal Growth of GaSb by the Liquid Encapsulation Melt Zone Technique Under Microgravity and Terrestrial Conditions”, Carlos R. Lopez, Jeff Mileham, Reza Abbaschian* (U. of Florida, Gainsville)
11:05 AM “A Transient Global Model for LEC Growth of III-V Compound Crystals” H. Zhang* and V. Prasad (SUNY Stony Brook)
11:20 AM “Design of New High Pressure Crystal Growth System for III-V Compound Crystals”, I. Jafri*1, H. Zhang2, V. Prasad2, K. Gupta1, and D. Bliss3 (1 GT Equip. Technologies, 2 SUNY Stony Brook, 3 USAF Rome Lab.)
11:35 AM “Growth of CdZnTe Bridgman Crystals of Uniform Composition”, Y. Tao and S. Kou* ( U. Wisconsin)
11:50 AM "Influence of Impurity (Boron, Carbon, Phosphorous) Addition on Silicon Melt - Oxygen Solubility and Evaporation”, K. Terasima*, K. Abe, S. Maeda and N. Nakanisha (Shonan Inst. Tech.)
12:05 PMLunch
* Denotes speaker

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, PM

LASERS AND OPTICAL MATERIALS

2:00 PM “Growth of Fluoride Crystals for Laser Applications”, A. Cassanho (VLOC) INVITED
2:30 PM “Czochralski Growth of Defect-Free Yttrium Orthoaluminate in Iridium Crucibles”, George Loutts* and Matthew Warren (Norfolk State U.)
2:45 PM “Growth Studies of YAlO3 and Nd:YAlO3 Fibers Using LHPG Techniques”, S. Erdei and R. Schlect (Lasergenics Corp.)
3:00 PM “Crystal Growth of Al2(WO4)3 by the Modified Czochralski Method”, A. Dabkowski*, H.A. Dabkowska, J.E. Greedan (McMaster U.), N. Imanaka, Y. Kobayashi, G. Adachi (Osaka U.)
3:15 PM “Growth of High Quality Barium Apatite Crystals for Laser Applications”, George Loutts* and Lester Richardson (Norfolk State U.)
3:30 PMBreak
3:50 PM “A Method for Identifying Host Lattices with Impurity Ions of Transient Elements with d5 -shell Capable of Lasing”, T.F. Veremeichik* and P.V. Konarev (Russian Acad. of Science)
4:05 PM “Czochralski Growth of Rare Earth Orthosilicates --Y2SiO5 Single Crystals”, Zhang Shouda, Wang Siting, Chen Xingda, Wang Haobing, Zhong Heyu, Zhang Shunxing, Xu Jun (Chinese Acad. of Sciences)
* Denotes speaker

PROTEIN AND ORGANIC CRYSTAL GROWTH

4:20 PM “Imperfections in Protein Crystallization”, A. Chernov (AMMSA) INVITED
4:35 PM “Physical Vapor Growth of Centimeter Sized Crystals of a-Hexathiophene” Ch. Kloc*, P.G. Simpkins, T. Siegrist, and R.A. Laudise (Lucent Technologies)
4:50 PM “The Clapeyron Effect and Dendritic Crystal Growth” J.C. LaCombe, M.B. Koss, L.A. Tannenhouse and M.E. Glicksman (RPI), and E.A. Winsa and D.C. Malarik (NASA Lewis)
5:05 PM “Solvent Effects on the Habit of 3-Methoxy-4-Hydroxy Benzaldehycle (MHBA) Crystal Growth from Solution”, M.D. Aggarwal*, R.B. Lai, L.J. Salary and W.S. Wang (Alabama A&M U., Normal)

CONFERENCE DINNER

6:30 PMCocktail Hour
7:30 PMDinner
9:00 PM “Crystal Growth: From the Laboratory Into the Earth’s Core”, Michael Bergman (Harvard/Simons Rock)
* Denotes speaker

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, AM

APPLICATIONS & NOVEL MATERIALS

8:15 AM “Wide Band Semiconductor Materials and Devices”, Michael S. Shur (RPI) INVITED
8:45 AM “Modern Wiresaw Technology for Large Crystals”, I. Kao*, V. Prasad, J. Li, M. Bhagavat and S. Wei (SUNY Stony Brook), J. Talbot and K. Gupta (GT Equip. Technologies)
9:00 AM “Magneto-Optical Imaging of Micro-Indented YBa2Cu3O(7- x)Single Crystals”, Marina Turchinskaya, Debra L. Kaiser*, and Douglas T. Smith (NIST)
9:15 AM “Synthetic Moissanite: The Ultimate Diamond Substitute”, Kurt Nassau (Nassau Consultants)
9:30 AM “Measurement of Deep Level Optical Cross Sections in InP:Fe Using Photorefractive and Absorptive Two-Wave Mixing Techniques”, M. Chauvet*, S.A. Hawkins, G. Salamo (U. Arkansas), and D.F. Bliss and G. Bryant (Rome Lab, U.S.A.F.).
9:45 AM “Gradient Freeze Growth of AgGa(1-x) In(x)Se2 Single Crystals” P.G. Schunemann*, Ilya Zwieback and Thomas M. Pollak (Sanders/Lockheed-Martin)
10:00 AMBreak
* Denotes speaker

NONLINEAR OPTICS & FERROELECTRICS

10:20 AM “Current Status of Wright Laboratory Nonlinear Optical Crystal Development”, N. Fernelius (Wright Laboratory) INVITED
10:50 AM “Novel Halides for Frequency Conversion Applications”, N.B. Singh*, T. Rajalakshmi and L.G. Casagrande (Sci.&Tech. Cntr., Northrup Grumman), S.R. Coriell (NIST), M.E. Glicksman (RPI), W.M.B. Duval (NASA LeRC) and Ching-Hua Su (NASA Marshall)
11:05 AM “Hydrothermal Synthesis of Ferroelectric Single Crystals”, R.E. Riman* (Rutgers), L.E. McCandlish (Ceramare Corp.), M.M. Lencka (OLI Systems), S-B Cho, B.L. Gersten, M.C. Gelabert and R.A. Laudise (Lucent Technologies)
11:20 AM “Single Crystal Growth of PbTiO3 by Hydrothermal Method at Severe Conditions”, M.C. Gelabert* (Rutgers), R.A. Laudise (Lucent Technologies), L.E. McCandlish (Ceramare Corp.), and R.E. Riman (Rutgers)
11:35 AM “Crystal Growth and Characterization of Pyrochlore Related Pb2(NbZn)2O(6+d) Materials with High Dielectric Constant”, H.A. Dabkowska*, A. Dabkowski, J.E. Greeden and J.S. Preston (McMaster U.)
11:50 AM “Study of Defects Resulting from Profiled Growth of LiNbO3”, L.I. Ivleva*, V.V. Voronov, N.M. Polozkov, P.A. Lykov (Russian Acad. of Sciences)
12:05 PMLunch, Hotel check-out, Conference ends.
* Denotes speaker