Thin Film Division (TF): The use of thin films in the world today impacts many aspects of current and emerging technologies ranging from microelectronics and optoelectronics to sensors and energy applications. The Thin Film Division (TF) welcomes applied and fundamental papers related to thin film material properties, processing, characterization, and applications. Internationally recognized speakers will present invited lectures encompassing important aspects of experimental, computational, and applied research in thin films. For the 2007 meeting we are encouraging abstracts in a variety of areas related to thin films. We are offering four atomic layer deposition (ALD) sessions covering topics such as ALD and applications, plasma ALD, surface chemistry for ALD, and a new session on emerging topics in ALD. Four new sessions are being offered in the 2007 program which include: nanomaterials for sensor applications, carbon based nanomaterials, superconducting thin films and coated conductors and fabrication and characterization of size selected nanoparticles. Finally, consistent with last year’s program we are also offering sessions in thin films for displays and flexible substrates, thin film materials for photovoltaics, fuel cells, and energy applications, and the fundamental growth, characterization, and applications of thin films.

TF1   Atomic Layer Deposition and Applications

K. Gleason, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

TF2  Emerging Topics in Atomic Layer Deposition

M. Knez, Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Germany, "Atomic Layers in Nano(bio)technology"

TF3+SS  Surface Chemistry for Atomic Layer Deposition

C. Musgrave, Stanford University

TF4+EN+SS  Photovoltaics, Fuel Cells, and Alternative Energy Materials and Applications

Y. Yang, UCLA

TF5  Growth, Characterization, and Modeling of Thin Films

J. Amar, University of Toledo

T. Karabacak, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

TF6+EM  Thin Films for Displays and Flexible Electronics

D. Paine, Brown University

TF7  Superconducting Thin Films and Coated Conductors

P. Barnes, Air Force Research Laboratory

TF8   Fabrication and Characterization of Size Selected Nanoparticles

R.E. Palmer, University of Birmingham, UK, “Size-selected Clusters: From 3D Atomic Structure to Applications in Biochips”

M.G. White, Brookhaven National Laboratory

TF9   Carbon Nanomaterials: Growth and Applications

TF10+NM+PL  Nanomaterials for Sensor Applications

A. Edelstein, Army Research Laboratory, “Advances in Magnetometry through Miniaturization”

W. de Heer, Georgia Institute of Technology, "Epitaxial Graphene – A New Paradigm for Nanoelectronics"

TF11   Aspects of Thin Films Poster Session