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CVD and ALD Processing (Room 103-B)

29 Apr 19
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Tracks: Technology Forum Breakfast

Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) Coatings (Room 102-A)

29 Apr 19
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Tracks: Technology Forum Breakfast

Fabrication and Performance of Optical Coatings (Room 101-B)

29 Apr 19
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Tracks: Technology Forum Breakfast

Gas/Moisture Permeation Barriers (Room 102-C)

29 Apr 19
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Tracks: Technology Forum Breakfast

High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS) (Room 103-A)

29 Apr 19
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Tracks: Technology Forum Breakfast

Transparent Conductive Materials (TCM) (Room 102-B)

29 Apr 19
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Tracks: Technology Forum Breakfast

Opportunities for Vacuum Coaters in the Touch, Display and Smart Windows Market (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM

Tracks: Keynote Presentation

Speaker(s): Jennifer Colegrove
Touch screen, displays and smart windows markets are going through a dynamic change and rapid growth. There are tremendous opportunities for vacuum... More...

Companions Orientation Meeting (Room Pacific (Hyatt))

29 Apr 19
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Special Event

Enabling Nearly-Frictionless Sliding by Smart Surface and Interface Engineering (Room 104-B)

29 Apr 19
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings

Speaker(s): Ali Erdemir
Using fundamental principles of surface/interface engineering, great strides have been made in recent years for the design and development of super... More...

Enhancing Ultra-violet Optical Properties of Aluminum Mirrors with a Single Step Approach to Oxide Removal and Fluorine Passivation (Room 104-C)

29 Apr 19
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM

Tracks: Optical Coatings

Speaker(s): Scott Walton
Astronomical measurements in the Far Ultra-violet (FUV, 90-200nm) require the use of aluminum thin films due to aluminum’s high reflectivity ... More...

Transparent High-Barrier R2R Production and Product Integration (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM

Tracks: WebTech Roll-to-Roll Coatings for High-End Applications

Speaker(s): Mark George
A reactive sputtering R2R process and equipment has matured to produce high-performance ultra-barrier films for indirect encapsulation of flexible ... More...

High Power Plasma Processes on Temperature Sensitive Substrates (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: WebTech Roll-to-Roll Coatings for High-End Applications

Speaker(s): Matthias Fahland
Roll-to roll deposition in one of the most effective coating technologies at all. Counting the coated area, it outnumbers any other vacuum depositi... More...

Using Ellipsometry and XPS to Understand the Degradation of Thin-Film Aluminum Mirrors Protected by Ultrathin Fluorides (Room 104-C)

29 Apr 19
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Optical Coatings

Speaker(s): Brian Johnson
Reflector mirrors utilized by NASA employ aluminum for reflective coatings as no other material has comparable reflectance at short wavelengths. Ho... More...

High Rate MW-Plasma-CVD Deposition for Hard Coatings on Large PC Glazing: First Results Make TMCTS a Promising Precursor Candidate (Room 104-C)

29 Apr 19
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Tracks: Optical Coatings

Speaker(s): Klaus-Dieter Nauenburg
In general microwave plasma processes have even higher plasma density and faster reaction rates but showed lower uniformity in large area applicati... More...

Improved Coating Properties of Cu and TiO2 Coatings on PET Web Via High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS) with Positive Voltage Reversal (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Tracks: WebTech Roll-to-Roll Coatings for High-End Applications

Speaker(s): Mike Simmons
As industries such as wearable devices and flexible electronics develop, new technologies are required in order to deposit high quality coatings on... More...

Novel Surface Treatment for Alloy Steel Components (Room 104-B)

29 Apr 19
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Tracks: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings

Speaker(s): Gary Doll
In this study, magnetron sputtering was employed in the development of a boron-doped diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating that has the high hardness o... More...

Low Emissivity Window Films: Design, Production and Marketing Challenges (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM

Tracks: WebTech Roll-to-Roll Coatings for High-End Applications

Speaker(s): Raghu Padiyath
Low emissivity (low-E) coatings, developed in active collaboration between academia, commercial entities and government sponsored programs have bee... More...

Properties of Tungsten and Boron doped ta-C films (Room 104-B)

29 Apr 19
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings

Speaker(s): Ivailo Dolchinkov
Hydrogenated Diamond Like Carbon has been spread widely in the industry and applied as a coating to increase wear resistance and reduce friction lo... More...

Surface Functionalisation of 3D-Printed Transparent Optics (Room 104-C)

29 Apr 19
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Optical Coatings

Speaker(s): Sabrina Jasmin Wolleb
Additive Manufacturing is a powerful method for prototyping and sustainable production of complex shaped components. For future applications in opt... More...

Evaluation of F-doped WS2-C Thin Coatings Deposited by Magnetron Sputtering on Textured Al Surfaces to Improve the Friction Performance (Room 104-B)

29 Apr 19
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Tracks: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings

Speaker(s): Simone Rodrigues
The mechanical components’ assemblage relies on the use of lubricants. The tools used for lubricant application are often cleaned or replaced... More...

High Performance VO2-Based Thermochromic Smart Radiators for the Thermal Control in Micro- and Nano-Satellites (Room 104-C)

29 Apr 19
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Tracks: Optical Coatings

Speaker(s): Rodrigue Beaini
VO2 thermochromic coatings show good potential as smart radiator devices (SRD) for spacecraft, most notably for micro- and nano-satellites. Indeed,... More...

A Single Beam Ion Source Assisted ITO Deposition (Room 104-B)

29 Apr 19
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

Tracks: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings

Speaker(s): Michael Petzold
Thin film processing is widely used for manufacturing semiconductor devices, displays, solar panels, tribological coatings, and optical filters. Th... More...

Application of the IBS Coatings Developed for the LIGO and Virgo Mirrors to a High Precision Fabry-Perot Etalon for a Solar Telescope (Room 104-C)

29 Apr 19
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Optical Coatings

Speaker(s): Laurent Pinard
In September 2015, a direct detection of gravitational wave occurred in the LIGO interferometers for the first time. These advanced detectors need ... More...

Retroreflective Films – Constructions, History, and Applications (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

Tracks: WebTech Roll-to-Roll Coatings for High-End Applications

Speaker(s): Donald J. McClure
Retroreflective films can be divided into two major classes based on whether they employ glass beads or cube corner retroreflective elements. Withi... More...

High-Rate PECVD Based on a Hollow Cathode Arc Discharge (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: WebTech Roll-to-Roll Coatings for High-End Applications

Speaker(s): Michiel Top
Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) is widely used for the deposition of SiO2-like and organically modified SiO2-like coatings. This ... More...

Plasma Enhanced Cylindrical Magnetron Sputter (PECMs) Deposition of TiSiCN and TiAlVSiCN Coatings on Inner Surface of Cylinders (Room 104-B)

29 Apr 19
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings

Speaker(s): Ronghua Wei
Plasma Enhanced Cylindrical Magnetron Sputtering (PECMS) has been used to deposit TiSiCN and TiAlVSiCN coatings on the inner surface of plunger val... More...

Young Members Luncheon (Seaview Ballroom (Hyatt))

29 Apr 19
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Tracks: Special Event

Activation Energies for Structural and Optical Changes in Sputtered ITO Thin Films for Applications on Polymers (Room 104-C)

29 Apr 19
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM

Tracks: Optical Coatings

Speaker(s): Nina Baule
A deeper understanding of the annealing mechanism for ITO films is needed for devices made at low temperatures, e.g., for polymer substrates, espec... More...

Thin Films for Efficient Solar Driven Water Splitting and Water Electrolysis (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM

Tracks: Coatings for Energy Conversion and Related Processes

Speaker(s): Tomas Edvinsson
About half of the energy in the solar spectrum is in the IR region and results in a mismatch between the solar energy distribution and the energeti... More...

Ultrafast Deposition of Diamond Like Carbon (DLC) Based on a Hollow Cathode Discharge for Protective Applications (Room 104-B)

29 Apr 19
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM

Tracks: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings

Speaker(s): Frank Papa
Diamond Like Carbon (DLC) has become one of the most important coatings in the Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) industry due to its chemical inertne... More...

Hard Coatings for Automotive Glazing Plastic Parts - A Short Historical Review, Current Status, and a Proposal How to Overcome Present Obstacles (Room 104-B)

29 Apr 19
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Tracks: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings

Speaker(s): Klaus-Dieter Nauenburg
A first approach to hard coatings for polymer glazing parts like Polycarbonate (PC) was the application of lacquers: They became the standard produ... More...

Ultra-Thin Transition Metal Nitrides for Tunable Nanophotonic Devices (Room 104-C)

29 Apr 19
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

Tracks: Optical Coatings

Speaker(s): Deesha Shah
As a result of recent developments in nanofabrication techniques, the dimensions of metallic building blocks of plasmonic devices continue to shrin... More...

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Shielding on Plastic Components by Electron-Beam Evaporation (Room 104-B)

29 Apr 19
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM

Tracks: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings

Speaker(s): Jens-Peter Heinß
In recent years, there has been a growing demand for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) shielding on plastic components. A particular challenge fo... More...

Optical Coatings in Consumer Electronics - The Transition from Personal Devices to Ambient Computing (Room 104-C)

29 Apr 19
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Optical Coatings

Speaker(s): Bob Mackey
From televisions to smart phones, dozens of optical coatings are found in many consumer electronic devices. Some are essential to the performance o... More...

Transport Properties of Photovoltaic Devices Via Optical Hall Effect (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM

Tracks: Coatings for Energy Conversion and Related Processes

Speaker(s): Prakash Uprety
Transport properties [carrier concentration (N), mobility (m), effective mass (m*)] of layers within photovoltaic (PV) devices are deduced from fre... More...

Carbon Coatings for Bipolar Plates and Technology Roadmaps Toward Mass Production (Room 104-B)

29 Apr 19
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings

Speaker(s): Roel Bosch
PEM-type fuel cell technology is explored on global scale and is meanwhile on the verge of pilot production for automotive applications. One of the... More...

Interface Engineering of Electron and Hole Transport Layers on the Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Coatings for Energy Conversion and Related Processes

Speaker(s): Abdullah Al Mamun
Implementing earth abundant carbon as an electron transport layer is a promising approach to develop cost-effective perovskite solar cells. We have... More...

Chalcogenide-Based Ultra-Uniform Narrow Bandpass Filters (Room 104-C)

29 Apr 19
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM

Tracks: Optical Coatings

Speaker(s): Antoine Bourgade
Very large progress has been made within the fabrication method and the complexity of optical thin film filters. Coatings can now be accurate at na... More...

Development of NanoScale Conductive Corrosion Resistant Coatings for Fuel Cells (Room 104-B)

29 Apr 19
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM

Tracks: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings

Speaker(s): Balasubramanian Lakshmanan
Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells have long been touted as the compromise free replacement for Internal Combustion Engines for transportati... More...

Nanostructured CdTe films by Glancing Angle Deposition (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM

Tracks: Coatings for Energy Conversion and Related Processes

Speaker(s): Dipendra Adhikari
Glancing angle deposition (GLAD) is used to engineer different microstructures in thin films, resulting in wide variation in opto-electronic and mi... More...

Broadband Optical Monitoring for Deposition of Band Pass Filters (Room 104-C)

29 Apr 19
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM

Tracks: Optical Coatings

Speaker(s): Binyamin Rubin
Optical band pass filters (BPF) find broad range of applications in life sciences, spectroscopy, telecommunications and other areas. Deposition of ... More...

High Rate Deposition of High Pure Silicon Thin Films for PV-Absorber Layers by Crucible-Free Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM

Tracks: Coatings for Energy Conversion and Related Processes

Speaker(s): Stefan Saager
Crystalline silicon thin film technology becomes attracting progressively for commercialization, because of its enhancing solar cell performance an... More...

DOT Coatings for Stainless Steel Bipolar Plates That Combine High Corrosion Resistance with Low Electrical Conductivity (Room 104-B)

29 Apr 19
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM

Tracks: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings

Speaker(s): Ton Hurkmans
Within a fuel cell stack the bipolar plates are facing corrosive conditions and need to facilitate currents of over 2 A/cm2. This paper discusses a... More...

Industrial Vacuum Thin Film Deposition for Highly Efficient Photovoltaic Applications (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM

Tracks: Coatings for Energy Conversion and Related Processes

Speaker(s): Dirk Beisenherz
In this contribution we will present current investigations and developments for divers thin film deposition technologies like PVD , PECVD as wel... More...

Recent Advances in Thin Film Filters for Lidar Applications (Room 104-C)

29 Apr 19
4:00 PM - 4:40 PM

Tracks: Optical Coatings

Speaker(s): Rance Fortenberry
Applications for LIDAR systems continue to multiply in such diverse fields such as autonomous driving, atmospheric science, terrain mapping, oceano... More...

HIPIMS Cr-N as an Alternative to Chrome Plating (Room 104-B)

29 Apr 19
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM

Tracks: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings

Speaker(s): Yen-Chun Liu
Chrome plating is used for decades as protective and decorative layer against corrosion, despite of hazardous waste problem. The invincible resista... More...

Selective Coatings for Thermosolar Power Plants: From Lab Developments to Industrial Production (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM

Tracks: Coatings for Energy Conversion and Related Processes

Speaker(s): Javier Barriga
The optimisation of solar selective coatings (SSC) for solar receivers plays a critical role in the efficiency of a concentrated solar power (CSP) ... More...

Electrochromic Glazing – The Future of Intelligent Solar Control Glazing with Large Area Coatings (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
4:40 PM - 5:20 PM

Tracks: Coatings for Energy Conversion and Related Processes

Speaker(s): Hartmut Wittkopf
At present about 200.000 m2 p.a. of electrochromic glazing are sold worldwide, but the market share is growing. While only three or four companies ... More...

Quest for Durable Low-Index Optical Coatings: From Plasma Polymerized Fluorocarbons to Hybrid Organic-Inorganic and Nanostructured Films (Room 104-C)

29 Apr 19
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Optical Coatings

Speaker(s): Ludvik Martinu
Low (n less than about 1.55@550nm) and ultra-low refractive index materials (n less than 1.38@550nm) are of particular interest in the context of e... More...

Titanium-based DLC Wear Resistant HIPIMS Coatings for Silent Chain Application (Room 104-B)

29 Apr 19
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings

Speaker(s): Tsung-Han Chen
The silent chain (also known as inverted tooth chain) is often used in a power transmitting for the automobile, motorcycle or the like under high s... More...

Development and Evaluation of Hydrogen Free Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings by HiPIMS (Room 104-B)

29 Apr 19
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Tracks: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings

Speaker(s): Jianliang Lin
Tetrahedral amorphous (ta-C) diamond-like carbon (DLC) films are of strong interests to automotive industry as they provide low coefficient of fric... More...

Methods for Determining and Modelling Indices of Refraction Versus Thickness of Silver, ITO, and Chromium (Room 104-C)

29 Apr 19
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM

Tracks: Optical Coatings

Speaker(s): Ronald Willey
Optical thin film design has typically used the simplifying assumption that real films are homogeneous throughout their thickness, although this ha... More...

Effect of Substrate Surface Roughness on the Tribocorrosion Behavior of DLC Coatings Deposited by PECVD (Room 104-B)

29 Apr 19
5:20 PM - 5:40 PM

Tracks: Protective, Tribological and Decorative Coatings

Speaker(s): Fabrice Pougoum
Substrate roughness is a critical characteristic of a protective coating interface that, if well-controlled, can allow one to significantly enhance... More...

Generating Index versus Thickness Data for Modern Coating Chambers and Designing Optical Thin Films with the Data Thus Generated (Room 104-C)

29 Apr 19
5:20 PM - 5:40 PM

Tracks: Optical Coatings

Speaker(s): Ronald Willey
Layers thinner than 10 nm in optical thin film designs have been primarily avoided until recent times, probably due to the uncertainty of the index... More...

Glazing for Energy Efficient Buildings: The Almost Forgotten Role of Angular-Dependent Solar Transmittance (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
5:20 PM - 5:40 PM

Tracks: Coatings for Energy Conversion and Related Processes

Speaker(s): Claes G. Granqvist
Modern buildings use glazing with multiple glass panes and advanced surface coatings to create energy efficiency and indoor comfort. Spectral selec... More...

Awards Ceremony (Room 104-A)

29 Apr 19
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Tracks: Special Event

Welcome Reception (Room Promenade Foyer)

29 Apr 19
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Tracks: Special Event

SVC Foundation Annual 5K Fun Run and Walk (Room Hyatt Regency Lobby)

30 Apr 19
5:50 AM - 6:30 AM

Tracks: Special Event

This popular event will take place around Shoreline Aquatic Park. Please meet in the Hyatt Regency Lobby 5:50 am. More...

Energy Conversion and Storage (Room 102-A)

30 Apr 19
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Tracks: Technology Forum Breakfast

Magnetron Sputtering (Room 101-B)

30 Apr 19
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Tracks: Technology Forum Breakfast

Modern Coating Sources (Room 102-B)

30 Apr 19
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Tracks: Technology Forum Breakfast

Optical Coating Design (Room 101-B)

30 Apr 19
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Tracks: Technology Forum Breakfast

Process Control and Process Monitoring (Room 103-A)

30 Apr 19
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Tracks: Technology Forum Breakfast

Tribological Coatings (Room 102-C)

30 Apr 19
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Tracks: Technology Forum Breakfast

Sustainability Through Data-Driven Computational Production and Life Cycle Engineering (Room 104-A)

30 Apr 19
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM

Tracks: Keynote Presentation

Speaker(s): Christoph Herrmann
Coatings and surface engineering are essential enablers for sustainable products and processes. They have the potential to drastically reduce envir... More...

HIPIMS Metal Coatings for Stretchable Heartbeat Sensing (Room 104-C)

30 Apr 19
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM

Tracks: Enabling Sustainability — NexGen Tech for Coatings, Surface Engineering and Smart Manufacturing

Speaker(s): Ying-Hung Chen
For purpose of miniaturization in health-care wearable device, bioinformatics are becoming considered by detection through skin-type sensors (or kn... More...

Latest Developments for High-Throughput Vacuum Deposition Technologies in the Fields of Photovoltaics and Other High Volume Production Industries (Room 104-A)

30 Apr 19
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: WebTech Roll-to-Roll Coatings for High-End Applications

Speaker(s): Sebastian Gatz
Not least because of the cost-effective inline PECVD equipment for the deposition of the rear-side passivation stack, the Passivated Emitter and Re... More...

Uniform and Efficient Composite Nanostructures Coating Via Atomic Layer Deposition: From Nanoparticles to Large Area Flexible Display Applications (Room 104-B)

30 Apr 19
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM

Tracks: Heuréka! Post-Deadline Recent Developments

Speaker(s): Rong Chen
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is an attractive approach for atomically controllable and conformal coatings on nanoparticles to large scale substrat... More...

One-Step Environmentally Friendly Manufacturing Process for Inorganic Nanocomposite Materials Suitable for Industrial Upscaling (Room 104-C)

30 Apr 19
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Enabling Sustainability — NexGen Tech for Coatings, Surface Engineering and Smart Manufacturing

Speaker(s): Eva Gutierrez Berasategui
Nanocomposite materials have made remarkable progress in recent years. The current and potential applications for these materials are growing and c... More...

Power Supply-Related Methods for Crazing Arc Defects Elimination in Large Area Coating (Room 104-B)

30 Apr 19
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Heuréka! Post-Deadline Recent Developments

Speaker(s): Jakub Swiatnicki
Crazing arc defects which occur on the surface of insulating materials during sputtering deposition damage the product generating significant waste... More...

In-situ Gas Monitoring As an Industrial Tool for Rapid Troubleshooting (Room 104-A)

30 Apr 19
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Tracks: WebTech Roll-to-Roll Coatings for High-End Applications

Speaker(s): Tommaso Sgrilli
Significant amounts of time and money are often lost when attempting to solve common technical problems with industrial large area coating equipmen... More...

Optimization of SiAlON Based Electricity Generating Window Coatings Utilizing a Combinatorial Reactive Sputtering Approach (Room 104-B)

30 Apr 19
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Tracks: Heuréka! Post-Deadline Recent Developments

Speaker(s): Sadiq van Overbeek
Transparent electricity generating glass is considered as one of the most promising concepts in building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) as it has ... More...

Self-Sustaining Cleaning Technology for Safe Water Supply and Management in Rural African Areas “SafeWaterAfrica” (Room 104-C)

30 Apr 19
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Tracks: Enabling Sustainability — NexGen Tech for Coatings, Surface Engineering and Smart Manufacturing

Speaker(s): Volker Sittinger
Water will increasingly become a limited resource and the supply of which will become a major restriction to the future socio-economic development ... More...

Application of Design of Experiment Methods for Effective Process Probing and Parameters Optimization in Industrial Coating Deposition (Room 104-B)

30 Apr 19
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Heuréka! Post-Deadline Recent Developments

Speaker(s): Anna W. Oniszczuk
The properties of a magnetron sputtered coating depend on a number of parameters such as gas pressure, process temperature or average power. Theref... More...

HIPIMS- Kick Pulse Advantages (Room 104-A)

30 Apr 19
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering – HIPIMS

Speaker(s): Jason Hrebik
HIPIMS is an ionized PVC technique that produces a high density, high performance films. The extreme power densities in HIPIMS create a higher ion... More...

Industry 4.0 - How to Bring New Life to Old Systems (Room 104-C)

30 Apr 19
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Enabling Sustainability — NexGen Tech for Coatings, Surface Engineering and Smart Manufacturing

Speaker(s): Wolfgang Decker
Advances in electronics and communications have brought a shift change to the manufacturing industry as well – interconnected manufacturing equipme... More...

Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembled Coatings: A Novel Surface Functionalization Technology Achieves Industrial Scale (Room 104-C)

30 Apr 19
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Tracks: Enabling Sustainability — NexGen Tech for Coatings, Surface Engineering and Smart Manufacturing

Speaker(s): Lee Boman
Self-limiting surface functionalization techniques such as Atomic or Molecular Layer Deposition (ALD / MLD) have great appeal to the surface engine... More...

Multinary HiPIMS for Cutting Tools (Room 104-A)

30 Apr 19
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Tracks: High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering – HIPIMS

Speaker(s): Craig Morton
HiPIMS is dense, smooth films of an almost unlimited choice of materials. Hard milling as an interrupted cutting process benefits from high Si cont... More...

Thick ta-C Coating by Arc Ion Plating: Towards Increase in Property and Productivity (Room 104-B)

30 Apr 19
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Tracks: Heuréka! Post-Deadline Recent Developments

Speaker(s): Tetsuya Takahashi
A hydrogen free DLC coating with a high fraction of sp3 bonding, also referred to as ta-C (tetrahedral amorphous Carbon), has been attracting a pra... More...

Effect of HIPIMS Pulse Mode and Pulse Parameters on a Reactive SiOx Deposition Process (Room 104-A)

30 Apr 19
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

Tracks: High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering – HIPIMS

Speaker(s): Anna W. Oniszczuk
Silicon oxides are widely used thin films. Due to their optical transparency and dielectric properties they are commonly used in optical applicatio... More...

Heating and Cooling Technology for Large Area Thin Film PV Application (Room 104-B)

30 Apr 19
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

Tracks: Heuréka! Post-Deadline Recent Developments

Speaker(s): Martin Fischer
Thin film photovoltaics still remain in a market niche. Throughout the last years it could maintain and strengthen its cost competitiveness. The tr... More...

Marking Shoulders for Self-Driving Large Srea Coaters (Room 104-C)

30 Apr 19
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

Tracks: Enabling Sustainability — NexGen Tech for Coatings, Surface Engineering and Smart Manufacturing

Speaker(s): Wolfgang Theiss
Large area coaters consist of many thin film deposition devices. These are optimized for high deposition rate but not necessarily for stable produc... More...

Application of HiPIMS on Wear-Resistant and Anti-Corrosion Performance of Functional Coatings (Room 104-A)

30 Apr 19
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering – HIPIMS

Speaker(s): Xiaolan Zhang
With the continuous evolution of industrial applications, the quality requirements for PVD coatings are constantly increasing. High Power Impulse ... More...

Enhancements in AZO Deposition Using Remote Plasma Sputtering (Room 104-B)

30 Apr 19
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Heuréka! Post-Deadline Recent Developments

Speaker(s): James Dutson
The requirement for alternative TCO materials to Indium Tin oxide (ITO) has become increasing apparent. In this study, high quality sputtered thin ... More...

Silicon Nitride (Si3N4) Thin films for Hip-Joint Replacement (Room 104-C)

30 Apr 19
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Enabling Sustainability — NexGen Tech for Coatings, Surface Engineering and Smart Manufacturing

Speaker(s): Hasina Huq
Total joint replacements currently have relatively high success rates at 10–15 years; however, increasing ageing and an active population pla... More...

Global Indium Market Overview (Room 104-C)

30 Apr 19
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

Tracks: Enabling Sustainability — NexGen Tech for Coatings, Surface Engineering and Smart Manufacturing

Speaker(s): Donna Vareha-Walsh
Perceived as a critical metal for the ITO target market and often thought of as limited in supply or considered a rare metal and considered volatil... More...

Molybdenum Thin Films Deposited by High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering for Back Contact Applications (Room 104-A)

30 Apr 19
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

Tracks: High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering – HIPIMS

Speaker(s): Arutiun Ehiasarian
Molybdenum thin films used in chalcopyrite solar cells affect conversion efficiency through regulating Na diffusion rates and the texture of the Cu... More...

Nitriding plus DLC - The Realization of Ultrafast Duplex Processing through Hollow Cathode Technology (Room 104-B)

30 Apr 19
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

Tracks: Heuréka! Post-Deadline Recent Developments

Speaker(s): Frank Papa
Plasma nitriding in combination with PVD/PACVD coatings (Duplex Technology) offers many advantages compared to coatings alone. By changing the surf... More...

DLC Coated CFRP Composites for Enhanced Tribological Performance (Room 104-B)

30 Apr 19
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM

Tracks: Heuréka! Post-Deadline Recent Developments

Speaker(s): Petros Abraha
Carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) composites exhibit excellent mechanical properties such as high strength, light weight, and low thermal expa... More...

Application of CVD-Grown Single-Layer Graphene Electrodes in Molecular Electronic Devices (Room Exhibit Hall A)

30 Apr 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Hyunwook Song
A single-layer graphene (SLG) has been utilized as a variety of electronic device components because the SLG, a two dimensional sheet of covalently... More...

Compact, Inexpensive, Low-Power Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jets Driven by Piezoelectric Transformers (Room Exhibit Hall A)

30 Apr 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Scott Walton
Atmospheric pressure plasmas enable plasma technology to be used on materials, systems and environments where vacuum-based systems cannot. To broad... More...

Comparison of Two Synthesis Methods to Deposit Silicon Nitride (Si3N4) Thin Films (Room Exhibit Hall A)

30 Apr 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Hasina Huq
Silicon nitride thin film is a well-known kind of material in semiconductor industries. These films are used in important applications such as prot... More...

Dual Magnetron Sputtering – Sputter Rate and Efficiency for Different Power Supply Designs and Frequencies (Room Exhibit Hall A)

30 Apr 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Moritz Heintze
There is a number studies on the influence of frequency and the type of power supply in dual magnetron sputtering. The results are not consistent, ... More...

Effects of SiOx Capping Layer on Electrical and Microstructural Properties of Ge Epilayer Grown on Si (100) Substrate with PH3 Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation (Room Exhibit Hall A)

30 Apr 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Daeyoon Baek
We investigated effects of SiOx capping layer on electrical and microstructural properties of Ge epilayer grown on Si (100) substrate with PH3 plas... More...

Fast Sputter-Deposition of High-Performance MoO3/Ag/MoO3 Transparent Electrodes on PET for Flexible Printed Photovoltaics and Light-Emitting Diodes (Room Exhibit Hall A)

30 Apr 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Christian Linke
Indium-tin-oxide (ITO) is the dominant transparent electrode for flexible photovoltaics and light- emitting diodes on PET substrate. Apart from its... More...

GaN-on-Diamond Wafer Fabricated by Dual-sided Diamond Films Deposition (Room Exhibit Hall A)

30 Apr 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Xin Jia
The GaN-on-Diamond structure can effectively mitigate the heat dissipation issue and enhance the thermal performance and stability of high-power Ga... More...

Harlan™: High Rate-High Density Pulsed Magnetron Sputtering Source for Depositing Metal and Ceramic Coatings for Industrial Applications (Room Exhibit Hall A)

30 Apr 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Bassam Abraham
Magnetron source with game changing performance which can be configurable, scalable and tunable to any desired process such as DLC (ta-C, Me-DLC an... More...

Ice Cream Social (Room Exhibit Hall A)

30 Apr 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Special Event

Improvement in Ohmic Properties of Ti/Au Contact to n-type ß-Ga2O3 Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Treatment (Room Exhibit Hall A)

30 Apr 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Hyun Gwon Park
We investigate the effects of surface treatment using inductively coupled plasma (ICP) on Ohmic properties of contacts to n-type ß-Ga2O3. After rem... More...

Influence of Flash Lamp Annealing on ITO-Layers (Room Exhibit Hall A)

30 Apr 19
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Poster Session

Speaker(s): Manuela Junghähnel
Physical vapor deposition (PVD) is a common method to realize semiconductor thin-films. The optical and electrical properties of e.g. transparent c... More...
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