SYMPOSIUM CM: ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION, MODELLING AND DATA SCIENCE FOR COATINGS AND THIN FILMS
Symposium Chair: Naureen Ghafoor, Linköping Univ., IFM, Thin Film Physics Div., Sweden, naureen.ghafoor@liu.se
Symposium Chair: Sebastian Siol, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland, sebastian.siol@empa.ch
Symposium Chair: David Holec, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria, david.holec@unileoben.ac.at
CM1: Spatially-resolved and In-Situ Characterization of Thin Films, Coatings and Engineered Surfaces
Session Chairs:
Rebecca Janknecht, Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland, rebecca.janknecht@empa.ch
Aparna Saksena, Max-Planck-Institut for Sustainable Materials, Germany, a.saksena@mpie.de
CM2: Advanced Mechanical Testing of Surfaces, Interfaces, Thin Films, Coatings, and Small Volumes
Session Chairs:
Michael Meindlhumer, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria, michael.meindlhumer@unileoben.ac.at
Hanna Bishara, Tel Aviv University, Israel, hbishara@tauex.tau.ac.il
Christoph Gammer, The Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science (ESI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria, christoph.gammer@oeaw.ac.at
Matteo Ghidelli, Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux (LSPM) – CNRS, France, matteo.ghidelli@lspm.cnrs.fr
Nagamani Jaya Balila, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, jayabalila@iitb.ac.in
Chia Lin-Li, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan, chialinli@mail.mcut.edu.tw
CM3: Data-Driven Thin Film Design: High-Throughput Experimentation, Simulation, and Machine Learning
Session Chairs:
Kevin Kaufmann, Oerlikon, USA, kevin.kaufmann@oerlikon.com
Nikola Koutna, TU Wien, Austria, nikola.koutna@tuwien.ac.at
Sebastian Siol, Empa, Swiss Federal Labs for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland, sebastian.siol@empa.ch
Taylor Sparks, University of Utah
SYMPOSIUM MB (Materials B): FUNCTIONAL THIN FILMS AND SURFACES
Symposium Chair: Jiří Houška, University of West Bohemia, Czechia, jhouska@kfy.zcu.cz
Symposium Chair: Tomas Kubart, Uppsala University, Sweden, Tomas.Kubart@angstrom.uu.se
MB1: Optical Materials and Thin Films
Session Chairs:
Shirly Josefina Espinoza Herrera, Extreme Light Infrastructure (ERIC), Czechia, shirlyjosefina.espinozaherrera@eli-beams.eu
Rajiv Pethe, Vital Chemicals, USA, rajiv.pethe@vitalchemusa.com
Juan Antonio Zapien, City University of Hong Kong, apjazs@cityu.edu.hk
MB2: Thin Films for Emerging Electronic and Quantum Photonic Devices
Session Chairs:
Zdenek Hubicka, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia, hubicka@fzu.cz
Spyros Kassavetis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, skasa@physics.auth.gr
Ufuk Kilic, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, USA, ufukkilic@unl.edu
SYMPOSIUM PP: PLASMA AND VAPOR DEPOSITION PROCESSES
Symposium Chair: Konrad Fadenberger, Oerlikon Balzers Coating Germany GmbH, Germany, konrad.fadenberger@outlook.com
Symposium Chair: Yen-Hsun Su, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, yhsu@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Symposium Chair: Jyh-Ming Ting, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, jting@mail.ncku.edu.tw
PP1: PVD Coating Technologies
Session Chairs:
Christian Kalscheuer, IOT, RWTH Aachen, Germany, kalscheuer@iot.rwth-aachen.de
Yen-Yu Chen, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, yychen@mail.npust.edu.tw
PP2: HiPIMS, Pulsed Plasmas and Energetic Deposition
Session Chairs
Arutiun P. Ehiasarian, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, a.ehiasarian@shu.ac.uk
Tetsuhide Shimizu, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan, simizu-tetuhide@tmu.ac.jp
PP3: CVD, ALD, and Laser-based Deposition & Microfabrication Technologies
Session Chairs
Carles Corbella, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA, carles.corbellaroca@nist.gov
Valentina Dinca, National Institute for Laser, Plasma, and Radiation Physics, Romania, valentina.dinca@inflpr.ro
Frederic Mercier, SIMAP, CNRS, University Grenoble Alpes, France, frederic.mercier@grenoble-inp.fr
Takayoshi Tsutsumi, Nagoya University, Japan, tsutsumi@plasma.engg.nagoya-u.ac.jp
PP4: Greybox Models for Process and Film Performance Prediction
Session Chairs
Philipp Immich, IHI Hauzer Techno Coating B.V., Netherlands, pimmich@hauzer.nl
Ludvik Martinu, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada, lmartinu@polymtl.ca