@article{berman_krim_2012, title={Impact of oxygen and argon plasma exposure on the roughness of gold film surfaces}, volume={520}, ISSN={["0040-6090"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84863600648&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1016/j.tsf.2012.06.033}, abstractNote={The impact of oxygen and argon plasma exposure on the roughness of gold film Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) electrodes is reported here, employing low levels of gas uptake and scanning tunneling microscope measurements to probe the post-exposure surface morphology. For equal exposure times, argon plasma bombardment is observed to produce both greater material removal and greater change in surface roughness. A possible explanation for this is that the oxygen plasma produces a protective gold oxide layer, which may remove the contaminants from the surface without creating defects in the gold surface. The result is also consistent with prior reports of chemical cleaning of the surface by reactive oxygen ions. Pentane gas adsorption on the argon bombarded QCM surfaces was, moreover, observed to occur at pressures that are several orders of magnitude lower than that for an unbombarded surface.}, number={19}, journal={THIN SOLID FILMS}, author={Berman, D. and Krim, J.}, year={2012}, month={Jul}, pages={6201–6206} }
 @article{walker_berman_nordquist_krim_2011, title={Electrical Contact Resistance and Device Lifetime Measurements of Au-RuO2-Based RF MEMS Exposed to Hydrocarbons in Vacuum and Nitrogen Environments}, volume={44}, ISSN={["1573-2711"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-81855198941&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1007/s11249-011-9849-8}, number={3}, journal={TRIBOLOGY LETTERS}, author={Walker, M. J. and Berman, D. and Nordquist, C. and Krim, J.}, year={2011}, month={Dec}, pages={305–314} }
 @article{berman_walker_nordquist_krim_2011, title={Impact of adsorbed organic monolayers on vacuum electron tunneling contributions to electrical resistance at an asperity contact}, volume={110}, number={11}, journal={Journal of Applied Physics}, author={Berman, D. and Walker, M. J. and Nordquist, C. D. and Krim, J.}, year={2011} }