PROGRAM

The Program includes invited talks (topical lectures and progress reports), poster presentations and sessions for 20−minute oral presentations by young scientists (up to 35 years of age) and graduate students.

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MONDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER
9:10	OFFICIAL OPENING
9:40−10:55	PLENARY SESSION 1 Chairman: P. Petrov	Title of the lecture
9:40	TL−1  B. Rauschenbach	Surface engineering by low-energy ion bombardment - from ultra-smooth surfaces to hierarchical nanostructuring
10:25	PR−1  J. Vlcek	High-rate reactive high-power impulse magnetron sputtering of stoichiometric oxide and tunable oxynitride films
10:55−11:20	COFFEE BREAK
11:20−13:10	PLENARY SESSION 2 Chairman: R. Yakimova	Title of the lecture
11:20	PR−2  M. Mozetič	Neutral reactive gaseous species in industrial-size plasma reactors
11:50	PR−3  A. Stepanov	Synthesis of metal nanoparticles in dielectrics and semiconductors by ion implantation
12:20	PR−4  S. Sabchevski	Modelling, simulation and computer-aided design of gyrotrons for novel applications in the high-power terahertz science and technologies
12:50	OP−1  P. Marinova	Theoretical and experimental investigation of atmospheric pressure microwave discharge in contact with liquid
13:10	LUNCH
15:30−16:40	PLENARY SESSION 3 Chairman: S. Sabchevski	Title of the lecture
15:30	PR−5 R. Tietema	Developments in PVD as sustainable technology applied for protective coatings
16:00	PR−6  M. Michailov	Thermal stability and atomic scale scenarios of quantum nanowires breakdown
16:30	OP−2  F. Janky	Simulation of burn control for DEMO using ASTRA coupled with Simulink
16:50−17:15	COFFEE BREAK
17:15−19:00	POSTER SESSION A Plasma-surface interaction and plasma diagnostics. Modelling and computer simulation
20:00	WELCOME PARTY

  

TUESDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER
9:30−11:00	PLENARY SESSION 4 Chairman: M. Mozetič	Title of the lecture
9:30	TTR−1  G. Abadias	Stress evolution during thin film deposition: current understanding and models
11:00−11:20	COFFEE BREAK
11:20−13:10	PLENARY SESSION 5 Chairman: K. Larsson	Title of the lecture
11:20	PR−7  W. Fleischer	Retrospective view of 50 years coating experience in functional, decorative and DLC coatings - past, present and prospects for the future
11:50	PR−8  I. Petrov	Control of micro- and nanostructure in transition metal nitrides and borides: recent advances
12:20	PR−9  R. Yakimova	Towards versatile sensing platform based on graphene
12:50	OP−3  M. Mensing	Nitride nanofilm growth by ion energy and mass selective ion-beam assisted deposition
13:10	LUNCH
15:30−16:50	PLENARY SESSION 6 Chairman: P. Hovsepian	Title of the lecture
15:30	PR−10  U. Cvelbar	Designing catalytic properties of nanostructures for applications with plasma
16:00	PR−11  B. Howe	From nitrides, to oxides, and beyond: Next-generation epitaxial PVD tools for rapid and novel electronic materials development
16:30	OP−4  M. M&uUML;hlbacher	Crack propagation in thin film metallic glasses
16:50−17:15	COFFEE BREAK
17:15−19:00	POSTER SESSION B Thin films deposition. Coatings for advanced applications

  

WEDNESDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER
9:30−11:00	PLENARY SESSION 7 Chairman: J. Greene	Title of the lecture
9:30	TTR−2  G.J. van Rooij	Electrification of chemical industry: a key role for plasma chemistry
10:30	PR−12  Z. Petrovic	Transport of charged particle swarms as a basis for plasma models
11:00−11:20	COFFEE BREAK
11:20−13:10	PLENARY SESSION 8 Chairman: G. Abadias	Title of the lecture
11:20	TL−2  Ch. Mitterer	Advances in coating and thin film characterization: towards a comprehensive understanding of microstructure-property-performance relations
12:05	TL−3  J. Keckes	Cross-sectional structure-property relation-ships in thin films: methods and phenomena
12:50	OP−5  J. Lehnert	Graphene on silicon dioxide via carbon ion implantation in copper with PMMA-free transfer
13:10	LUNCH
15:30−16:50	PLENARY SESSION 9 Chairman:  Ch. Mitterer	Title of the lecture
15:30	PR−13  N. Ghafoor	Fracture resistance of nanocomposite/metal nitride multilayers: role of interfaces
16:00	PR−14  S. Vizireanu	Plasma fabrication, functionalization and applications of vertically oriented graphene
16:30	OP−6  K. Esmeryan	Flame synthesis and functionalization of inherently robust icephobic carbon soot coating for passive icing protection
16:50−17:15	COFFEE BREAK
17:15−19:00	POSTER SESSION C Surfaces and thin films processing and analysis

  

THURSDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER
9:30−11:00	PLENARY SESSION 10 Chairman:  I. Petrov	Title of the lecture
9:30	TTR−3  J. Greene	The 14-billion-year history of the Universe leading to modern materials science
11:00−11:20	COFFEE BREAK
11:20−13:10	PLENARY SESSION 11 Chairman: Z. Petrovic	Title of the lecture
11:20	PR−15  V. Guerra	Evidence and modelling of vibrational excitation in N2, O2 and CO2 plasmas
11:50	PR−16  H. Kersten	Plasmolysis as a novel approach to CO2-to-fuel conversion
12:20	PR−17 R. van de Sanden	Diffusion model for carbon dioxide vibrational kinetics in low-temperature plasmas
12:50	OP−7  T. Bogdanov	Application of microwave plasma source in wound healing
13:10	LUNCH
14:00	EXCURSION
20:00	OFFICIAL DINNER

  

FRIDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER
9:30−10:45	PLENARY SESSION 12 Chairman:  B. Rauschenbach	Title of the lecture
9:30	TL−4  B. Jones	Vacuum, electron and ion technology in forensic science
10:15	PR−18  F. Klimashin	The power of vacancies in transition metal nitrides
10:45−11:10	COFFEE BREAK
11:10−13:00	PLENARY SESSION 13 Chairman: J. Keckes	Title of the lecture
11:10	PR−19  P. Hovsepian	HIPIMS deposited CrN/NbN coatings to preserve the mechanical properties of the substrate material and protect against steam oxidation and water droplet erosion attacks
11:40	PR−20  V. Chirita	Molecular dynamics simulations of TiN/TiN(001) growth
12:10	PR−21  J. Birch	Group-III nitride nanorods grown by reactive magnetron sputter epitaxy
12:40	OP−8  M. Rausch	Investigations on molybdenum-rhenium thin films for flexible display applications
13:10	LUNCH
15:30−16:50	PLENARY SESSION 14 Chairman: V. Guerra	Title of the lecture
15:30	PR−22  J. Gunn	Conditions for the existence of an inverse electron sheath
16:00	PR−23  J. Stöckel	Neutral beam heating on the COMPASS tokamak
16:30	OP−9  M. Trigub	Imaging systems based on active quantum filters
16:50−17:15	COFFEE BREAK
17:15−18:15	PLENARY SESSION 15 Chairman: N.Guerassimov	Title of the lecture
17:15	PR−24  R. Panek	Design of the COMPASS Upgrade tokamak
17:45	OP−10  A. Jamnig	Growth dynamics during condensation of metal vapor on weakly interacting substrates
18:05	OP−11  M. Meindlhumer	Thermal behavior of AlCrN hard coatings studied by in-situ dilatometry coupled with high-energy X-ray diffraction
18:25	OP−12  M. Dokukin	Arc vacuum technologies and equipment for their realization
18:45	CLOSING

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