Symposium Chairs 

Kwang-Ryeol Lee, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, krlee@kist.re.kr
Sven Ulrich, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany, sven.ulrich@imf.fzk.de

Symposium D focuses primarily on the synthesis-structure-property relationships for carbon and related covalently-bonded nitride materials. Topics include applications of such materials in novel and/or industrially relevant processes. Session D3 launched from 2008 concerns carbon and nitrogen-based nanostructured and nanolaminated films.

D1. Boron Nitride and Carbon Nitride and Group-III (Al, Ga, In) Nitride Materials 

Session Chairs: Aleksandra Djurišić, University of Hong Kong, China (dalek@hkusua.hku.hk) and Martin Keunecke, Fraunhofer IST, Germany (martin.keunecke@ist.fraunhofer.de)

Boron nitride, carbon nitride, related ternary phases and group-III (Al, Ga, In) nitride materials have attracted considerable attention over the last decade, especially because of their remarkable physical, chemical, biological and tribological properties.  This session will focus on the relationship between deposition conditions, micro structure, chemistry and properties and behavior of this class of materials. Contributions that give new insight into the growth kinetics, structure control, nanostructures fabrication, and new and innovative methods of characterization, as well as papers dealing with the applications of these materials, are encouraged.  

Invited Speakers: 

       Jian Ye, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany “Low Stress, Adherent Cubic Boron Nitride Films with Oxygen Addition”

       John E. Northrup, Palo Alto Research Center, USA “Surfactant Assisted Growth of Wide-Band-Gap Materials”     

D2. Diamond and Diamond-like Carbon Materials   

Session Chairs: Olga Shenderova, International Technology Center, NC, USA, oshenderova@itc-inc.org and Roland Hauert, EMPA, Switzerlan, (roland.hauert@empa.ch

The session focuses on the correlation between synthesis, structure, properties and performance of diamond and diamond-like carbon thin film materials and nanodiamond particles and their applications. Papers covering research on novel film deposition techniques as well as control and manipulation of nano-structure during deposition, film alloying, characterization, classification, plus nano-structural analysis including atomistic simulation, adhesion, surface modification and functionalization are encouraged. Applications of these coatings include their performance on tools and mechanical components, optical and electrochemical devices, chemical and biochemical sensors, biomedical implants and as well as other applications using a combination of the special properties of these thin films. Papers on processing and surface modification of nanodiamond particles as well as their applications in the categories listed above as well as in metal and polymer composites will be also considered.  

Invited Speakers 

        Eiji Osawa, Nanocarbon Research Institute, Ltd. Shinshu University, Japan “Recent Developments in the Application of Dispersed Single-Nano Diamond Particles”

        Jeffrey Glass, Duke University, USA, “Diamond for Biosensing”

        G. Taeger, University Essen, Germany “DLC for Medical Implants”

         A. Ferrari, University of Cambridge, UK “Raman and Other DLC Characterization Methods” 

D3. CARBON AND Nitrogen-containing NANOSTRUCTURED COMPOSITE AND NANOLAMINATED FILMS 

Session Chairs: Ulf Jansson, Uppsala University, Sweden, ulf.jansson@mkem.uu.se Yves Pauleau, Grenoble Polytechnic Institute, France (yves.pauleau@grenoble.cnrs.fr, and Sam Zhang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, msyzhang@ntu.edu.sg) 

The primary objective of this session is to highlight recent progress in the investigation of composite films consisting of nanosize particles embedded in an inorganic/organic host matrix and films exhibiting a nanolaminated structure. Papers on films of nanolaminated materials containing carbon- or nitrogen-based MAX-phases are welcome. In addition, papers dealing with graphene or other single layer structures are also solicited. Contributions focused on the deposition process, characterization of structure and composition of films by advanced techniques would be appreciated. Papers elucidating mechanical properties and tribological or friction behavior, electrical, dielectric, optical or magnetic properties, biomedical compatibility and applications, and correlations between these properties and deposition parameters, structure or composition of films are solicited. 

Invited Speakers 

     Thien-Phap Nguyen, Jean Rouxel Materials Institute, University of Nantes, France: “Nanocomposite Films in Organic Electronic Devices”

     Michel W. Barsoum, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA: “MAX Phase-Containing Films”

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