Older Publications (prior to 2002)

"Chemical engineering: poised for progress," S. F. Bent, Chemical & Engineering News, March 26, 2001 Issue, 79 (2001) 58, invited.

"The effect of a methyl protecting group on the adsorption of pyrrolidine on Si(100)-2x1," G. T. Wang, C. Mui, C. B. Musgrave, and S. F. Bent, J. Phys. Chem. B, 105 (2001) 3295.

"Reactions of methylamines at the Si(100)-2x1 surface," C. Mui, G. T. Wang, S. F. Bent and C. B. Musgrave, J. Chem. Phys, 114 (2001) 10170.

"Pi-bond versus radical character of the diamond (100)-2x1 surface," J. N. Russell, Jr., J. E. Butler, G. T. Wang, S. F. Bent, J. S. Hovis, R. J. Hamers, and M. P. D'Evelyn, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 72 (2001) 147-151.

"Example of a thermodynamically controlled reaction on a semiconductor surface: acetone on Ge(100)-2x1," G. T. Wang, C. Mui, C. B. Musgrave, and S. F. Bent, J. Phys. Chem. B, 105 (2001) 12559.

"Probing radicals in hot wire decomposition of silane using single photon ionization," H. Duan, G. A. Zaharias, and S. F. Bent, Appl. Phys. Lett., 78 (2001) 1784.

"Identification of growth precursors in hot wire CVD of amorphous silicon films," H. L. Duan, G. A. Zaharias, and S. F. Bent, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 664 (2001) A3.1.

"The effect of filament temperature on the gaseous radicals in the hot wire decomposition of silane," H. Duan, G. A. Zaharias, and S. F. Bent, Thin Solid Films, 395 (2001) 36.

“Functionalization of diamond(100) by Diels-Alder chemistry,” G. T. Wang, S. F. Bent, J. N. Russell, Jr., J. E. Butler, and M. P. D’Evelyn, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122 (2000) 744.

“A theoretical study of the structure and thermochemistry of 1,3-butadiene on the Ge/Si(100)-2x1 surface,” C. Mui, S. F. Bent, and C. B. Musgrave, J. Phys. Chem. A, 104 (2000) 2457.

"Interaction of C₆ cyclic hydrocarbons with a Si(100)-2x1 surface: adsorption and hydrogenation reactions," M. J. Kong, A. V. Teplyakov, J. Jagmohan, J. G. Lyubovitsky, C. Mui, and S. F. Bent, J. Phys. Chem. B, 104 (2000) 3000.

“Temperature effects in the hot wire chemical vapor deposition of a-SiC:H,” M.-S. Lee and S. F. Bent, J. Appl. Phys., 87 (2000) 4600.

"In situ diagnostics of methane/hydrogen plasma interactions with Si(100)," H. L. Duan and S. F. Bent, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 569 (1999) 179.

"Cycloaddition of cyclopentadiene and dicyclopentadiene on Si(100)-2x1: comparison of monomer and dimer adsorption," G. T. Wang, C. Mui, C. B. Musgrave, and S. F. Bent, J. Phys. Chem. B, 103 (1999) 6803.

"Adsorption of ethylene on the Ge(100)-2x1 surface: coverage and time-dependent behavior," P. Lal, A. V. Teplyakov, Y. Noah, M. J. Kong, G. T. Wang, and S. F. Bent, J. Chem. Phys., 110 (1999) 10545.

"NEXAFS studies of adsorption and reaction of benzene on Si(100)-2x1," M. J. Kong, A. V. Teplyakov, J. G. Lyubovitsky, and S. F. Bent, Surf. Sci., 411 (1998) 286.

"Temperature-dependent studies of a-SiC:H growth by remote plasma CVD using methylsilanes," M.-S. Lee, P. Lal, and S. F. Bent, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 495 (1998) 153.

"Evidence for a retro-Diels-Alder reaction on a single crystal surface: butadienes on Ge(100)," A. V. Teplyakov, P. Lal, Y. A. Noah, and S. F. Bent, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 120 (1998) 7376.

"Spectroscopic and thermal studies of a-SiC:H film growth: comparison of mono-, tri-, and tetramethylsilane," M.-S. Lee and S. F. Bent, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 16 (1998) 1658.

"Diels-Alder reactions of butadienes with the Si(100)-2x1 surface as a dienophile: vibrational spectroscopy, thermal desorption and near edge X-ray absorption fine structure studies," A. V. Teplyakov, M. J. Kong, and S. F. Bent, J. Chem. Phys., 108 (1998) 4599.

"Etching, insertion, and abstraction reactions of atomic deuterium with amorphous silicon hydride films," C.-M. Chiang, S. M. Gates, S. S. Lee, M. J. Kong, and S. F. Bent, J. Phys. Chem. B, 101 (1997) 9537.

"Vibrational spectroscopic studies of Diels-Alder reactions with the Si(100)-2x1 surface as a dienophile," A. V. Teplyakov, M. J. Kong, and S. F. Bent, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 119 (1997) 11098.

"Bonding and thermal reactivity in thin a-SiC:H films grown by methylsilane CVD," M.-S. Lee and S. F. Bent, J. Phys. Chem. B, 101 (1997) 9195.

"Infrared spectroscopy of methyl groups on silicon," M. J. Kong, S. S. Lee, J. G. Lyubovitsky, and S. F. Bent, Chem. Phys. Lett., 263 (1996) 1.

"Infrared study of reactions of atomic deuterium with amorphous silicon monohydride," S. S. Lee, M. J. Kong, S. F. Bent, C.-M. Chiang, and S. M. Gates, J. Phys. Chem., 100 (1996) 20015.

"Hydrogen recombinative desorption dynamics," S. F. Bent, H. A. Michelsen, and R. N. Zare, Laser Spectroscopy and Photochemistry on Metal Surfaces, H.-L. Dai and W. Ho, Eds.(World Scientific, New Jersey, 1995).

"Photoluminescence studies of self-assembled phenylene vinylene oligomer films," S. F. Shane (Bent), W. L. Wilson, H. E. Katz, M. L. Schilling, and S. Ungashe, Polym. Prepr. (Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Chem.), 35 (1994) 315.

"Synthesis, layer assembly, and fluorescence dynamics of poly(phenylene vinylene) oligomer phosphonates,” H. E. Katz, S. F. Bent, W. L. Wilson, M. L. Schilling, and S. Ungashe, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 116 (1994) 6631.

"Synthesis, layer assembly, and fluorescence dynamics of poly(phenylene vinylene) oligomer phosphonates,” H. E. Katz, S. F. Shane (Bent), W. L. Wilson, M. L. Schilling, and S. B. Ungashe, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 328 (1994) 361.

"Structural characterization of self-assembled multilayers by FTIR," S. F. Bent, M. L. Schilling, W. L. Wilson, H. E. Katz and A. L. Harris, Chem. Mater., 6 (1994) 122.

"Structural studies of zirconium alkylphosphonate monolayers and multilayer assemblies," M. L. Schilling, H. E. Katz, S. M. Stein, S. F. Shane (Bent), W. L. Wilson, S. B. Ungashe, G. N. Taylor, T. M. Putvinski, and C. E. D. Chidsey, Langmuir, 9 (1993) 2156.

"Control of polarity and supramolecular optical effects in rigid surface assemblies," H. E. Katz, M. L. Schilling, S. B. Ungashe, S. Shane (Bent), G. Scheller, and W. L. Wilson, Polym. Prepr. (Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Chem.), 34 (1993) 793.

"Internal-state distributions of H₂ desorbed from mono- and dihydride species on Si(100)," S. F. Shane (Bent), K. W. Kolasinski, and R. N. Zare, J. Chem. Phys., 97 (1992) 3704.

"Recombinative desorption of H₂ on Si(100)-(2x1) and Si(111)-(7x7): comparison of internal state distributions," S. F. Shane (Bent), K. W. Kolasinski, and R. N. Zare, J. Chem. Phys., 97 (1992) 1520.

"A state-specific study of hydrogen desorption from Si(100)-(2x1):  comparison of disilane and hydrogen adsorption," S. F. Shane (Bent), K. W. Kolasinski, and R. N. Zare, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 10 (1992) 2287.

"Internal-state distributions of recombinative hydrogen desorption from Si(100)," K. W. Kolasinski, S. F. Shane (Bent), and R. N. Zare, J. Chem. Phys., 96 (1992) 3995.

"Probing the dynamics of hydrogen recombination on Si(100)," K. W. Kolasinski, S. F. Shane (Bent), and R. N. Zare, J. Chem. Phys., 95 (1991) 5482.

"Vibrational energy transfer to metal surfaces probed by sum generation: CO/Cu(100) and CH₃S/Ag(111)," A. L. Harris, N. J. Levinos, L. Rothberg, L. H. Dhar, S. F. Shane (Bent), and M. Morin, J. Electron Spectrosc. Related Phenom., 54/55 (1990) 5.

"Surface vibrational energy relaxation by coupling to electron-hole pairs:  c(2x2)-CO/Cu(100)," S. F. Shane (Bent), L. Rothberg, L. H. Dubois, N. J. Levinos, M. Morin, and A. L. Harris, Proceedings of the VIIth Topical Meeting on Ultrafast Phenomena, Monterey, CA, May 14-17, 1990  (Springer, New York, 1990).

"Rotational population and alignment distributions for inelastic scattering and trapping/desorption of NO on Pt(111)," D. C. Jacobs, K. W. Kolasinski, S. F. Shane (Bent), and R. N. Zare, J. Chem. Phys., 91 (1989) 3182.

"Ultraviolet photodissociation and thermochemistry of CH₂BrCH₂I, CF₂BrCF₂I and CF₂ICF₂I," G. M. Nathanson, T. K. Minton, S. F. Shane (Bent), and Y. T. Lee, J. Chem. Phys. 90 (1989) 6157.

"The electronic state-selective photodissociation of CH₂BrI at 248, 210, and 193 nm," L. J. Butler, E. J. Hintsa, S. F. Shane (Bent), and Y. T. Lee, J. Chem. Phys., 86 (1987) 2051.