Full program:  Symposium B

Scope & Topics
Laser and plasma processing of materials at micro- and nano-scale level is a rapidly expanding field in both fundamental science and material technology. The topic attracts interest of a large amount of academic and industrial researchers thanks to the several applications in different fields.
This E-MRS symposium endeavours to provide a focused survey of the current status and rapidly evolving trends and applications of laser and plasma in nano- and micro-scale materials science. As applications move rapidly from micro- towards nano-scale dimensions, laser based techniques have kept pace. Advanced material treatments, processing and deposition techniques based on the peculiar properties of the laser radiation and laser produced plasmas are, in fact, outstanding aspects of laser research and technology, which will increasingly require multidisciplinary approach and knowledge. Moreover, the application of the well-established and new laser- and plasma-based tools in material science requires also a detailed knowledge on the basic processes that occur in the laser-material interaction and processing.

This symposium will focus on remarkable developments in the fundamental understanding and applications of laser and plasma on new areas of nanostructures production and processing as well as in diagnostics of nano- and micro-scale phenomena. It will address all aspects of physics, chemistry and engineering of laser-solid and plasma interactions with special consideration of such hot topics, as for example: i) processing with ultrashort laser pulses; ii) nanomaterials and biomaterials formation and processing; iii) micro- and nano-engineering of materials for opto- and micro-electronics and for environmental protection, sensing and monitoring; iv) prospective applications in the fields of biology and medicine, art conservation and restoration, laser propulsion, etc..

This symposium will consist of invited presentations by leading scientists in their respective fields of research and contributed papers for oral and poster presentations. Special emphasis will be made for presentations by young scientists presenting top achievements.

The contributed papers should concern, but are not limited to:
- Ultrashort laser interaction with materials: diagnostics, modeling, materials processing and characterization.
- Plasma-based material processing and analysis.
- Special sources for material processing and analysis (plasma, ultrafast x-ray, FEL, diode, excimer lamps, etc.).
- Laser and plasma synthesis of clusters, nanoparticles, etc.
- Laser processing and characterization of nano- and micro-structured materials.
- Optical emission and lasing from nanostructures and nanostructured materials.
- Laser-based and plasma-assisted thin film deposition and structuring.
- Laser-based spectroscopy of nanomaterials and thin films
- Laser or plasma treatments for superior mechani-cal, chemical, thermal, or optical properties.

Advisory Committee:
C. Boulmer-Leborgne - GREMI Université d'Orléans (France), V. Craciun - University of Florida (USA), M. Dinescu - National Institute for Laser Plasma and Radiation Physics (Romania), T. Lippert - Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland), A. Luches - Università del Salento (Italy), J. G. Lunney - Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), E. Millon - Université d'Orléans (France), J. Reif - Brandenburg Techical University, Cottbus (Germany), R. Serna - CSIC, Instituto de Optica (Spain), T. Szoreny - Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary), M. Stuke - Max-Planck-Institut für biophysikalische Chemie (Germany), C. Fotakis - FORTH-IESL (Greece), J. Schou - Risoe National Laboratory (Denmark), I. Zergioti - National Technical University of Athens (Greece)

Invited speakers (preliminary list and titles):
Minoru Obara, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan - Nanostructure processing of different materials by surface plasmon polaritons excited by femtosecond laser pulse.
Laurent J. Lewis, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada - Laser ablation with short and ultrashort laser pulses: basic mechanisms from molecular-dynamics simulations.
Pietro Favia, University of Bari, Bari, Italy - Plasma processing for materials and biomaterials.
Alfred Vogel, University of Lübeck, Germany - Mechanisms of short-pulse laser ablation: Phase transitions, material ejection, and nanocavitation.
Stephane Guizard, CEA - Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France - Dielectric material ablation by femtosecond laser pulses.
Other invited speakers will be named later. Some invited talks will be selected from the submitted abstracts.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the E-MRS, we plan to dedicate a session on Wednesday afternoon (i.e. after the plenary morning session) to tutorial presentations on the “Present and Future of Lasers in Material Research”. Thus, young researcher attending symposium B as well as participants from the other symposia can obtain a general overview of the field of lasers in material science.

Sponsors:

Symposium organizers:

Salvatore AMORUSO
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche and Coherentia
CNR-INFM
Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”
Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo
Via Cintia
I-80126 Napoli
Tel: +39-081676287
Fax: +39-081-676346
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Petar A. ATANASOV
Institute of Electronics
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
72, Tsaridradsko shose Boul.
Sofia 1784
Bulgaria
Tel: +359 2 7144 382
Fax: +359 2 975 3201
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Ian W. BOYD
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
University College London
Torrington Place
London WC1E 7JE
U.K.
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7679 7307
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7388 9325
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Boris CHICHKOV
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.
Hollerithallee 8
30419 Hannover
Germany
Tel: +49 511 2788-316
Fax: +49 511 2788-100
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Philippe DELAPORTE
Lasers, Plasmas and Photonic Processes Laboratory
Campus de Luminy
163, av. de Luminy
C.917
13288 Marseille cedex 9
France
Tel: +33(0) 491 82 9284
Fax: +33(0) 491 82 9289
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