Ursula Mazur

Present Position
Professor, Chemistry

Education
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, Wayne State University (1971)
Doctor of Philosophy, Physical Inorganic Chemistry, University of Michigan (1979)

Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Research, Chemical Physics, Washington State University (1979-82)
Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Washington State University (1982-89)
Associate Professor, Chemistry, Washington State University (1989- )
Chair, Materials Science Program, Washington State University (1993-97)

Instructions and Seminar Topics
Physical Chemistry; Applied Photon and Electron Spectroscopy; Scanning Tunneling
Microscopy and Scanning Force Microscopy; Thin-film Insulators and Semiconductors:
Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications; Solid State Chemical Sensors

Specialities and Research Areas
Surface vibrational techniques applied to chemisorption and catalysis. Tunneling spectroscopy and microscopy.
Thin film synthetic methods. Chemical sensors.

Recent Publications:
Orbital Mediated Tunneling in Vanadyl Phthalocyanine Observed in Both Tunnel Diode and STM Environments.  K.W. Hipps, Dan E. Barlow, and Ursula Mazur, J. Phys. Chem. B. 2000, 104, 2444-2447.

A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy Study of Vanadyl Phthalocyanine on Au(111): The Effect of Oxygen Binding and Orbital Mediated Tunneling on the Apparent Corrugation.  D. Barlow U.Mazur, and K.W. Hipps.  J. Phys. Chem. B. 2000, 104, 5993-6000.

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Orbital Mediated Tunneling Spectroscopy, and Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Metal (II) Tetraphenylporphyrins Deposited from Vapor. L. Scudiero, D. E. Barlow, U. Mazur, and K.W. Hipps.  J. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 4973-4080.

Atomic Force Microscopy Observation of the Morphology of Tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) Deposited from Solution onto the Atomically Smooth Native Oxide Surface of Aluminum Films.  Higo, M.; Lu, X.; Mazur, U.; Hipps, K.W. Thin Solid Films 2001, 384, 90-101. 

Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy, by U. Mazur and KW Hipps in "Handbook of Vibrational Spectroscopy" Edited by John Chalmers and Peter Griffiths, John Wiley and Sons, NY. 2002,  pp. 812-829.