01 May 17
8:30 AM
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9:20 AM
Speaker(s):
Ric P. Shimshock
The Society of Vacuums Coaters (SVC) has chronicled and participated in the enormous growth of the vacuum coating industry over these past 60 years...
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01 May 17
9:20 AM
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10:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Jeremy L. Gilbert Ph.D.
Total joint replacements are one of the most important and successful orthopedic procedures today. They provide relief from the debilitating ...
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01 May 17
10:20 AM
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11:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Angus Macleod
Optical sensing involves an optical measurement that can be related to a desired sample property. The ultimate objective might be the detection of ...
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01 May 17
10:20 AM
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12:20 PM
Speaker(s):
Hélène Maury ; James Hilfiker
01 May 17
10:20 AM
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10:40 AM
Speaker(s):
D Gibson ; L Fleming ; S Reid
Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas sensing is an important aspect in the biomedical field of Capnography, where cheap, fast and accurate measurement of exhal...
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01 May 17
10:20 AM
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12:20 PM
Speaker(s):
Neil Morrison ; Scott J. Jones
01 May 17
10:20 AM
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10:40 AM
Speaker(s):
Donald J McClure ; Stuart McKernan
Aluminum films on plastic substrates are widely used for barrier and decorative applications. They typically display a bright metallic gray appeara...
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01 May 17
10:20 AM
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12:20 PM
Speaker(s):
Neil Morrison ; Scott J. Jones
01 May 17
10:40 AM
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11:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Cheng Wei Lin ; Chi Jen Chung ; Chia Man Chou ; Ju Liang He
Dental archwires frequently used in nowadays orthodontics may accumulate food debris leading to overgrowth of bacteria and subsequently result in d...
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01 May 17
10:40 AM
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11:00 AM
Speaker(s):
John Fahlteich ; Matthias Fahland ; Nicole Prager ; Tobias Vogt ; Uwe Meyer
The European project PI-SCALE has set the aim to create a virtual pilot manufacturing line for various types of OLED lighting devices. A...
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01 May 17
11:00 AM
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11:20 AM
Speaker(s):
Bryan L. Danforth ; Eric Dickey
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) has been widely shown to produce ideal barrier materials because this technique yields coatings with unique propertie...
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01 May 17
11:00 AM
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11:40 AM
Speaker(s):
Tigran Galstian
The loss of accommodative vision is one of the most frequently met human diseases. Combined with the cataract surgery, this problem (the loss of di...
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01 May 17
11:00 AM
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11:20 AM
Speaker(s):
David Tsu Ph.D. ; John Slagter ; Lars Haubold ; Matthias Muehle ; Russell Zarras
Different window and coating samples have different Haze performance, but what causes these differences, and is there a way to quantify their cause...
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01 May 17
11:20 AM
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11:40 AM
Speaker(s):
Hazel E. Assender ; Helene Suttle ; Vincent R. Tobin
The performance of gas barrier layers for applications, for example, in flexible optoelectronics, depend upon the defects in the barrier layer thro...
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01 May 17
11:40 AM
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12:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Anderson O. Lobo ; F.R. Marciano ; F.S. Lopes ; J. Milani ; Thomas J. Webster ; V.J. Trava-Airoldi
01 May 17
11:40 AM
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12:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Ketan Patel ; R. Shakoury ; Ronald Willey ; Wayne G Sainty
The behaviors of three significantly different geometries of industrial ion sources are compared. The gas flow needed for a given disch...
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01 May 17
11:40 AM
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12:20 PM
Speaker(s):
Claes G. Granqvist
Electrochromic thin-film devices are able to change their throughput of visible light and solar energy under the action of a low voltage. These dev...
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01 May 17
12:00 PM
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12:20 PM
Speaker(s):
Anderson O. Lobo ; B.V.M. Rodrigues ; C.R. Amaral ; F.R. Marciano ; N.M. Martinelli ; R. Ricci ; Thomas J. Webster
01 May 17
1:40 PM
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2:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Claus Rebholz ; Panos Epaminonda
Several well established tribological testing methods (e.g. pin-on-disk, impact) have been widely used to study treated surfaces or coatings on var...
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01 May 17
1:40 PM
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3:40 PM
Speaker(s):
Hana Barankova
01 May 17
1:40 PM
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2:20 PM
Speaker(s):
Frank Eisenkraemer
High resolution images for life science applications are given by modern confocal laser fluorescence microscopes. The fluorescence light in some ap...
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01 May 17
1:40 PM
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2:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Barbara Hanselmann ; Dirk Hegemann ; Markus Weder ; Martin Amberg
Despite the widespread use of silver (Ag) in medical textiles such as wound bandages, Ag-coated fibers in medical devices need to pass a cytotoxici...
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01 May 17
1:40 PM
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3:40 PM
Speaker(s):
Angus Macleod ; Robert Sargent
01 May 17
1:40 PM
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3:40 PM
Speaker(s):
Christian Stein ; Ivan Kolev
01 May 17
2:00 PM
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2:20 PM
Speaker(s):
Chinmay Trivedi ; Dave Doerwald ; Jaume Amigo ; Jeroen Landsbergen ; Roel Tietema
Since ages metallization of plastics is of interest for various industries such as sanitary and automotive. Recently, the market is more inclined t...
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01 May 17
2:00 PM
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2:20 PM
Speaker(s):
Carola Jorsch ; Christiane Wetzel ; Gaby Gotzmann ; Jessy Schoenfelder ; Richard H. W. Funk
The emergence of microbial organisms resistant to antibiotics leads to an increase of health care costs up to almost 2 billion dollar per year in A...
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01 May 17
2:20 PM
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2:40 PM
Speaker(s):
Andrew R. Klumph ; Craig Anthony Outten Ph.D. ; David Walter Konopka ; Karl Michael Williams ; Ryan Paul Mertzic
The present research is devoted to the characterization of thin film optical coatings deposited with a large-area radio frequency plasma ion source...
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01 May 17
2:20 PM
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3:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Jacob A. Bertrand
Sweat is becoming widely recognized as an untapped resource for non-invasive monitoring of physiological states. Eccrine Systems, Inc. is developin...
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01 May 17
2:20 PM
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2:40 PM
Speaker(s):
Andreas Leson ; Gregor Englberger ; Volker Weihnacht
Downsizing of combustion engines is an appropriate solution to increase their efficiency. Unavoidably this leads to higher mechanical loads in the ...
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01 May 17
2:40 PM
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3:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Jaroslav Vlcek ; Jiri Capek ; Jiri Houska ; Jiri Rezek ; Pavel Baroch
Densified and highly optically transparent zirconium dioxide films (extinction coefficient of 2 x 10-4 at 550 nm) were prepared by reactive ac magn...
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01 May 17
2:40 PM
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3:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Nick Bierwisch ; Norbert Schwarzer
Nowadays the used materials or material combinations in all application fields (e.g. optical, avionic, fun sports or automotive industry) are getti...
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01 May 17
3:00 PM
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3:20 PM
Speaker(s):
Hendrik Thiem ; Lothar Schafer ; Madeleine Justianto ; Markus Hofer ; Michael Vergohl ; Tino Harig ; Volker Sittinger
Deposition of low residual stress SiO2 films by Hot-Wire CVD processes with a high rate for optical applications
Volker Sittinger, Markus Höfe...
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01 May 17
3:00 PM
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3:20 PM
Speaker(s):
Frank-Holm Roegner ; Gaby Gotzmann ; Javier Portillo ; Jessy Schoenfelder
Electron beam irradiation is a well-accepted method for sterilization of medical products. Usually this is done with high electron energies up to 1...
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01 May 17
3:00 PM
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3:20 PM
Speaker(s):
Ângela E. Crespi ; Carlos Alejandro Figueroa ; César Aguzzoli ; Fernando Alvarez ; Leonardo Leidens
Diamond like carbon films (DLC) are state-of-the-art thin films based on amorphous carbon coating. These materials can have ultralow friction coeff...
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01 May 17
3:20 PM
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3:40 PM
Speaker(s):
Michael Brazil
With a range of possible colors, cathodic arc ZrCN PVD coatings have been used as durable decorative coatings on metals for years. We present resul...
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01 May 17
3:20 PM
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3:40 PM
Speaker(s):
A. Raveh ; I. Zukerman ; M. Matmor ; R. Samueli ; S. Waichman
The growing use of optical coatings in the fields of electronics defense/security and solar energy has led to an increased demand for antireflectiv...
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01 May 17
3:20 PM
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3:40 PM
Speaker(s):
Dorina M. Mihut PhD ; Laura Lackey Professor ; Le N. Khang Student ; Sephen Hill PhD
Water and water purification is an important problem that is confronting our generation at a global level. Our current research is testing the anti...
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01 May 17
4:00 PM
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5:40 PM
Speaker(s):
David Glocker
01 May 17
4:00 PM
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4:20 PM
Speaker(s):
Burkhard Scholz ; Christiane Wetzel ; Gaby Gotzmann ; Jana Beckmann ; Jessy Schoenfelder ; Ullrich Herrmann
The use of diamond like carbon (DLC) for medical applications has established during the last years. Main advantages are its wear and friction beha...
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01 May 17
4:00 PM
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5:20 PM
Speaker(s):
Jay Anzellotti ; Ulrike Schulz
01 May 17
4:00 PM
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5:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Christian Stein ; Ivan Kolev
01 May 17
4:00 PM
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4:20 PM
Speaker(s):
Aleksandar Miletic ; Aljaž Drnovšek ; Branko Škoric ; Dragan Kukuruzovic ; Lazar Kovacevic ; Pal Terek (Török) ; Peter Panjan
Wear resistance of die casting tools used for aluminum alloys processing is nowadays successfully increased by application of duplex PVD nitride co...
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01 May 17
4:20 PM
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4:40 PM
Speaker(s):
Dorina M. Mihut PhD ; Gavril Negrea Associate Professor ; Paul G. Harpe student ; Sephen Hill PhD
Erosion caused by the impingement of solid particles carried by a fluid onto metallic surfaces is a common problem for equipment working in aggress...
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01 May 17
4:20 PM
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4:40 PM
Speaker(s):
Erwin Gorjup ; Frank-Holm Roegner ; Gaby Gotzmann ; Iris Chaberny ; Javier Portillo Casado ; Jessy Schoenfelder ; Meike Mueller ; Sabine Wronski ; Yvonne Lydia Kohl
Many new medical products cannot be sterilized by standard techniques like hot steam or exposure to sterilizing gases, as they are temperature sens...
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01 May 17
4:40 PM
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5:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Faisal Alresheedi M.S. ; James E. Krzanowski Ph.D.
Surface hardening of stainless steel by plasma nitriding has been successful in numerous engineering applications. Coatings with similar comp...
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01 May 17
4:40 PM
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5:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Adrian Stoica ; Anton Manakhov ; Eva Kedronova ; Lenka Zajickova ; Lucy Vojtova ; Miroslav Michlicek ; Vojtech Kupka
The biodegradable electrospun nanofibers are ideal candidates for for wound healing, tissue engineering and other biomedical applications thanks to...
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01 May 17
4:40 PM
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5:00 PM
Speaker(s):
Heike Mueller
Transparent optical coatings play an important role in tailoring light. By the use of thin films, it is possible to modify the surface depending on...
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01 May 17
5:00 PM
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5:20 PM
Speaker(s):
Kevin Rivera ; Otto Gregory
A platinum (Pt): silcon carbide (SiC) thermocouple system has been developed for high resolution surface temperature measurements on ceramic matrix...
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01 May 17
5:00 PM
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5:20 PM
Speaker(s):
Brandon L. Strahin ; Gary L. Doll
With an increasing usage of advanced high-strength steels, there is an escalating need for improvements in cutting tool performance for these alloy...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Gary Rozak ; Helia Jalili ; Qi Zhang
Copper is widely used in microelectronic devices for its low manufacturing cost and high electronic conductivity. Flat Panel Display industries, in...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Anna Ryaboy ; Tatiana Kerghner ; Yuri Glukhoy
The numerous advantages of the solid oxide fuel cells with low operation temperature (LT-SOFCs) and many challenges for ren...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Ioana Luciu ; Moritz Heintze
The growth of nodules on the target surface can become a serious problem in the reactive sputtering of oxide films. They can be seen as local...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Andres A. Bujanda ; J. Derek Demaree ; Joseph R. Palmeri
Transparent SiO2 coatings have been used in applications ranging from microelectronics, optical applications, antireflection coatings, and as barri...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Allan Matthews ; Frank R. Jones ; Ko-Shao Chen ; Wei-Yu Chen
Processes to introduce carboxylic acid functional groups onto surfaces have been widely applied on various applications, such as molecular grafting...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Agata Poniedzialek ; Damian Wojcieszak ; Danuta Kaczmarek ; Jaroslaw Domaradzki ; Malgorzata Kalisz ; Marcin Grobelny ; Michal Mazur
Titanium oxide film is a very important material due to its multifunctional application in photocatalysis, hydrophobic material, photovoltaic cells...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Delmer L. Smith BES ; Nancy Louwagie MS
For nearly 20 years, the Vacuum and Thin Film Technology program at Normandale Community College (NCC) has been preparing people to work in the vac...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Nick Bierwisch ; Norbert Schwarzer
Depending on the material structure (e.g. layer thicknesses, Young’s moduli and yield strength ratios …) and the indentation device ca...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Feng Pan ; Liangliang Liu ; P.K. Chu ; Ricky K Y Fu ; Xiaokai An ; Xiubo Tian ; Zhongzhen Wu
Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films have attracted much attention recently due to their excellent properties. Unfortunately, the poor adhesion caused b...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Patrick Morse
Rotary cathodes often produce deeper erosion grooves within one turnaround faster than the other. It has been observed that extra target erosion wi...
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02 May 17
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
D.R. Boris ; E.D. Gillman ; G.M. Petrov ; M.H. Helle ; S.C. Hernández ; S.G. Walton ; Tz. B Petrova
Atmospheric pressure plasmas have certain advantage in materials synthesis and processing that are not available with other approaches including lo...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
John G. Jones Ph.D. ; John T. Grant Ph.D. ; Lirong Sun Ph.D. ; Neil R. Murphy Ph.D.
Nitride nanocomposite thin films, especially Si-Me-N (Me=Ti, Zr, Hf), have generated significant attention as a result of their robust thermal and ...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Malgorzata Kalisz
Hafnium dioxide (HfO2) thin film is characterized by high dielectric constant, large band-gap and relatively high thermal stability. However, it sh...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Falk Naumann ; Georg Lorenz ; Jasper Westphalen ; Manuela Junghaehnel
Ultra-thin glass (UTG) with thicknesses less than 200 µm is a new flexible substrate material for electronics and display applications. Super...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Eugene Khokhlov ; Gennady Zhavnerko ; Michail Reginevich ; Sergey Nastochkin ; Stanislau Herasimenka ; Vladimir Shiripov
Solar cells based on a-Si:H/c-Si heterojunction (HJT) is becoming a prime candidate for future photovoltaic. The advantages and limitations of var...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Günter Bräuer ; J. Petersen ; Jessica Gerstenberg ; Joachim Rösler ; K. Ortner ; N. Rösemann ; Ralf Bandorf
Zirconia based thermal barrier coatings are usually fabricated on high-temperature gas turbine components by Electron-Beam PVD or by thermal spray ...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Cindy Steiner ; John Fahlteich ; Juliane Fichtner
Stochastic nanostructured polymer surfaces exhibit superior properties like enhanced optical transmittance and soil-resistance as well as improved ...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Alexander Turban ; Artem Artamonov ; Eugene Khokhlov
IZOVAC group specializes in precision thin film optical coatings deposition. Accumulated experience allowed us to create optical monitoring complex...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Do-Geun Kim ; Eunyoen Byun ; Seunghun Lee ; Sunghun Jung
Nanostructured surfaces of flexible polymers have been required for enhancing optical transparency, electrode adhesion and anti-fouling of flexible...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Colin Hall ; Drew Evans ; Eric Charrault ; Peter Murphy
The use of polymers to replace traditional materials in the automotive, aerospace and other industries is continuing at a high pace. Polymers offer...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Caleb Glaser ; Moniruzzaman Syed ; Muhtadyuzzaman syed
Gold (Au) thin films are offering various applications such as nanosensors and biosensing devices. It is crucial to understand the growth mechanism...
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02 May 17
12:00 AM
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12:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Cuiqing Jiang ; Feng Pan ; P.K. Chu ; Ricky K Y Fu ; Shu Xiao ; Xiaoyang Yang ; Zhongzhen Wu
Nb doped TiO2 (NTO) thin films have been popular studied because of the significant potential to instead Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) as a Transparent Co...
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02 May 17
8:30 AM
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10:40 AM
Speaker(s):
Carl Lampert ; Claes G. Granqvist
02 May 17
8:30 AM
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9:10 AM
Speaker(s):
Hazel E. Assender
The breakthrough of flexible electronics depends upon suitable large-scale manufacturing routes, likely requiring very low cost, high-throughput pr...
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02 May 17
8:30 AM
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9:10 AM
Speaker(s):
Marca M. Doeff Ph.D
The year 2016 marked the 25th anniversary of Sony’s announcement of the commercialization of Li-ion batteries. This not only precipitated a r...
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02 May 17
8:30 AM
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8:50 AM
Speaker(s):
F. Papa ; Florian Meyer ; H. Li ; J. Brindley ; J. Housden ; L. Espitalier ; S. Banfield ; Steven Stanley ; T. Sgrilli ; V. Bellido-Gonzalez
Hot Filament technology has been used for ionisation enhancement of different PVD technologies like Electron Beam Evaporation (eBE) and Magnetron S...
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