Full program:  Symposium A

This symposium is in the line of the European Science Foundation (ESF) Exploratory Workshop organized in 2006 under the auspices of the E-MRS. The major objective is to provide exchanges between scientists working in different areas and with different methods in the widely interdisciplinary research field of materials and thin films for micro- and nano-technologies.

Scope:
Carbon-based nanostructured composite (CBNC) films consisting of nanosize particles embedded in a carbon-containing host matrix (hydrogen-free or hydrogenated amorphous carbon, diamond-like carbon or polymer matrix) exhibit a variety of attractive properties in solid-state physics and are promising for various applications in advanced technologies (electronics, catalysis, wear protection, data storage, optical devices and sensors). These films may possess unique physical and/or chemical properties depending on the size of embedded particles and interface effects. CBNC films can be produced by physical and chemical vapor deposition techniques, pulsed laser ablation, plasma-assisted techniques and other hybrid techniques as well as by solution chemistry methods such as sol-gel, electrodeposition and electroless deposition. These films may exhibit specific mechanical and tribological properties attractive for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), electrical and dielectric properties for microelectronic devices, optical properties as selective absorber films for flat plate solar collectors, and magnetic properties required for high-density magnetic recording data.

Papers dealing with the preparation of CBNC films by physical or chemical vapor deposition as well as by other techniques are solicited. Contributions related to the advanced characterization of the composition and structure of BCNC films and relationships between nanostructure and properties of films are encouraged.

A particular emphasis will be placed on mechanical and tribological properties, electrical and dielectric properties, optical and magnetic properties associated with the structure and texture of films. Topics such as process modeling and diagnostic techniques, surface interaction and nucleation phenomena, degradation mechanisms, and testing are requested. More engineering- and application oriented contributions which would include, for example, applications in the automotive, chemical, electrical, magnetic storage data, optical, pharmaceutical or biomedical industry are also solicited.

For this Symposium, ten hot topics would be particularly highlighted:
1) Physical and chemical vapor deposition of CBNC films
2) Synthesis of CBNC films by other techniques
3) Structural characterization of CBNC films
4) Determination of the composition and electronic structure of CBNC films
5) Mechanical and tribological properties of CBNC films
6) Electrical and dielectric properties of CBNC films
7) Optical properties of CBNC films
8) Magnetic properties of CBNC films
9) Chemical properties of CBNC films
10) Devices, sensors and applications of CBNC films

Tentative list of invited speakers:
1) G. Dennler, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria
2) M. Farle, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
3) W. Gulbinski, The Technical University of Koszalin, Poland
4) H.C. Hofsäss, University of Göttingen, Germany
5) U. Jansson, Uppsala University, Sweden
6) Y.J. Li, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
7) T.-P. Nguyen, University of Nantes, France
8) J.-E. Park, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei 184, Japan
9) K.I. Schiffmann, Fraunhofer Institute, Braunschweig, Germany
10) M. Stüber, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany

Tentative list of scientific committee members:
J.M. Albella (Spain), M. Benlahsen (France), I. Bertoti (Hungary), E. Bertran (Spain), K. Bewilogua (Germany), H. Biederman (Czech Republic), V. Bursikova (Czech Republic), M. Bystrzejewski (Poland), N.J.M. Carvalho (Belgium), A. Cavaleiro (Portugal), M. Cekada (Slovenia), C. Donnet (France), I. Efeoglou (Turkey), A. Gonzalez-Elipe (Spain), R. Groenen (Belgium), Z. Kutnjak (Slovenia), N. Laidani (Italy), P. Lobotka (Slovakia), S. Logothetidis (Greece), C. Meunier (France), S. Novak (Czech Republic), P. Oelhafen (Switzerland), K. Oskomov (Russia), P. Ossi (Italy), I. Panagiotopoulos (Greece), P. Patsalas (Greece), J. Patscheider (Switzerland), Y. Pauleau (France), N. Radic (Croatia), G. Radnoczi (Hungary), J.-P. Rivière (France), R. Sanjines (Switzerland), T. Suszko (Poland), A. Sylvestre (France), S. Tamulevicius (Lithuania), M.T. Vieira (Portugal), S. Zhang (Singapore).

Symposium organizers:

Andreas SCHÜLER
EPFL
Laboratoire d'Energie Solaire
ENAC ICARE LESO-PB
Station 18
1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
Tel : +41 21 693 4544
Fax : +41 21 693 4545
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David BABONNEAU
University of Poitiers
SP2MI CNRS – LMP
Teleport 2
Blvd M. & P. Curie
B.P. 30179
86962 Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex
France
Tel : +33 549 496725
Fax : +33 549 496692
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Martin BALDEN
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik Bereich Materialforschung
Boltzmannstrasse 2
85748 Garching bei München
Germany
Tel : +49 89 3299 1688
Fax : +49 89 3299 1212
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