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  1. "An investigation of the Resistance of POSS Polyimide to Atomic Oxygen Attack,"  A.L. Brunsvold, T.K. Minton, I. Gouzman, E. Grossman, and R.I. Gonzalez, submitted to High. Perform. Polym. (2003).
     
  2. "Crossed-Beams and Theoretical Studies of the O(3P) + CH4 ® H + OCH3 Reaction Excitation Function," D. Troya, D.J. Garton, T.K. Minton, and G.C. Schatz, J. Chem. Phys., in press (2003).
     
  3. "Measurements and Simulations of High Energy O(3P) + Ar(1S) Angular Scattering:  Single- and Multiple-Collision Regimes," M. Braunstein, A.L. Brunsvold, and T.K. Minton, J. Chem. Phys., in press (2003).
     
  4. "Theoretical Studies of the O(3P) + Ethane Reaction," D. Troya, R. Z. Pascual, D. J. Garton, T. K. Minton, and G. C. Schatz, J. Phys. Chem. A 107, 7161-7169 (2003).
     
  5. "A Crossed Molecular Beams Study of the O(3P) + H2 Reaction:  Comparison of Excitation Function with Accureate Quantum Reactive Scattering Calculation," D. J. Garton, T. K. Minton, B. Maiti, D. Troya, and G. C. Schatz, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 1585-88 (2003).
     
  6. "Hyperthermal Reactions of O(3P) with Alkanes:  Observation of Novel Reaction Pathways in Crossed-Beams and Theoretical Studies," D.J. Garton, T.K. Minton, D. Troya, R. Pascual, and G.C. Schatz, J. Phys. Chem. A 107, 4583-4587 (2003).
     
  7. "Nucleation and Growth of Nanoscale to Microscale Cylindrical Pits in Highly-Ordered Pyrolytic Graphite upon Hyperthermal Atomic Oxygen Exposure,"  K.T. Nicholson, T.K. Minton, and S.J. Sibener, High Perform. Polym., in press (2003).
     
  8. "Temperature Dependent Morphology Evolution of HOPG upon Exposure to Hyperthermal O(3P) Atoms," K. T. Nicholson, T. K. Minton, and S. J. Sibener, submitted Progress in Organic Coatings (2003).
     
  9. "Energy Accommocation in Hyperthermal Gas-Surface Collisions: Relevance to Aerobreaking in Planetary Atmospheres," T. K. Minton, M. Tagawa, and G. M. Nathanson, J. Spacecraft Rockets, in press (2003).
     
  10. "Reactive and Inelastic Scattering Dynamics of Hyperthermal Oxygen Atoms on a Saturated Hydrocarbon Surface," J. Zhang, D. J. Garton, and T. K. Minton, J. Chem. Phys. 117, 6239-51 (2002).
     
  11. "Production of Volatile CO and CO2 from Oxidized Polyethylene and Graphite Surfaces by Hyperthermal Atom-Surface Collisions," J. Zhang and T. K. Minton, High Perform. Polym. 13, S467-S481 (2001).

  12. "On the Mechanism of Laser-Induced Desorption/Ionization of Organic Compounds from Etched Silicon and Carbon Surfaces," S. Alimpiev, S. Nikiforov, V. Karavanskii, T. K. Minton, and J. Sunner, J. Chem. Phys. 115, (2001).
     
  13. "Collision-Assisted Erosion of Hydrocarbon Polymers in Atomic Oxygen Environments," T. K. Minton, J. Zhang, D. J. Garton, and J. W. Seale, High Perform. Polym. 12, 27-42 (2000).
     
  14. "Comparative Dynamics of Cl(2P) and O(3P) Interactions with a Hydrocarbon Surface," D. J. Garton, T. K. Minton, M. Alagia, N. Balucani, P. Casavecchia, and G. G. Volpi, J. Chem. Phys. 112, 5975-84 (2000).
     
  15. "UV Photolysis of ClOOCl," T. A. Moore, M. Okumura, J. W. Seale, and T. K. Minton, J. Phys. Chem. A, 103, 1691-95 (1999).
     
  16. "Formation of Thin Oxide Films on Room-Temperature Silicon (100) by Exposure to a Neutral Beam of Hyperthermal Atomic and Molecular Oxygen," M. Tagawa, T. Ema, H. Kinoshita, M. Umeno, N. Ohmae and T. K. Minton. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 37, L1455-57 (1998).
     
  17. "Photodissociation of Cl2O at 248 and 308 nm," T. A. Moore, M. Okumura, and T. K. Minton, J. Chem. Phys. 107, 3337-8 (1997).
  18. "Inelastic Scattering Dynamics of Hyperthermal Fluorine Atoms on a Fluorinated Silicon Surface," T. K. Minton, K. P. Giapis, and T. A. Moore, J. Phys. Chem. A 101, 6549-55 (1997).
     
  19. "Effects of Thermal Roughening on the Angular Distributions of Trapping and Scattering in Gas-Liquid Collisions," M. E. King, K. M. Fiehrer, G. M. Nathanson, and T. K. Minton, J. Phys. Chem. A 101, 6556-61 (1997).
     
  20. "Reactive Scattering of Ground-State and Electronically-Excited Oxygen Atoms on a Liquid Hydrocarbon Surface," D. J. Garton, T. K. Minton, M. Alagia, N. Balucani, P. Casavecchia, and G. G. Volpi, Discuss. Faraday Soc. 108, 387-99 (1997)
     
  21. "Gas-Surface Dynamics and Profile Evolution During Etching of Silicon," G. S. Hwang, C. M. Anderson, M. J. Gordon, T. A. Moore, T. K. Minton, and K. P. Giapis, Phys. Rev. Lett, 77, 3049-52 (1996).
     
  22. "Photodissociation of ClONO2 at 193 and 248 nm," C. M. Nelson, T. A. Moore, M. Okumura, and T. K. Minton, Chem. Phys. 207, 287-308 (1996).
     
  23. "Dissociation Dynamics of ClONO2 and Relative Cl and ClO Product Yields following Photoexcitation at 308 nm," T. A. Moore, M. Okumura, M. Tagawa, and T. K. Minton, Discuss. Faraday Soc. 100, 295-307 (1995)
     
  24. "Hyperthermal Neutral Beam Etching,"  K. P. Giapis, T. A. Moore, and T. K. Minton , J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 13, 959-65.
     
  25. "Protocol for Atomic Oxygen Testing of Materials in Ground-Based Facilities," (Version Number 2), Timothy K. Minton, JPL Publication 95-17.
     
  26. "UV-IR Double Resonance Spectroscopy of Jet-Cooled Propynal Detected by the Fluorescence Dip Method," Th. Walter, H. Bitto, T. K. Minton, and J. R. Huber, Chem. Phys. Lett. 231, 64-9 (1994).
     
  27. "Primary and Secondary Dissociation Pathways in the Ultraviolet Photolysis of Cl2O," C. M. Nelson, T. A. Moore, M. Okumura and T. K. Minton J. Chem. Phys. 100 , 8055-64 (1994).
     
  28. "Probing the Microscopic Corrugation of Liquid Surfaces with Gas-Liquid Collisions," M. E. King, G. M. Nathanson, M. A. Hanning-Lee, and T. K. Minton, Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 1026-9 (1993).
     
  29. "Direct Observation of ClO from Chlorine Nitrate Photolysis," T. K. Minton, C. M. Nelson, T. A. Moore and M. Okumura, Science 258, 1342-5 (1992).
     
  30. "Photodissociation of Acrolein and Propynal at 193 nm in a Molecular Beam. Primary and Secondary Reactions," B. M. Haas, T. K. Minton, P. Felder, and J. R. Huber, J. Phys. Chem. 95, 5149-59 (1991).
     
  31. "Inelastic and Reactive Scattering of Hyperthermal Atomic Oxygen from Amorphous Carbon," T. K. Minton, C. M. Nelson, D. E. Brinza and R. H. Liang, JPL, Publication 91-34, August 15, 1991.
     
  32. "Photodissociation of C2F4 at 193.3 nm; the Production of Triplet CF2 (3B1)," T. K. Minton, P. Felder, R. C. Scales, and J. R. Huber, Chem. Phys. Lett. 164, 113-9 (1989).

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