Thin Solid Films 519 (2011) 3971–3972
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This volume contains the Proceedings of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Spring Meeting 2010, Symposium L “Carbon- or Nitrogen-Containing Nanostructured Composite Films — 10”, which was held on 7–11 June, 2010, in Strasbourg, France. This E-MRS Symposium follows the previous Symposium A entitled “Carbon-Based Nanostructured Composite Films” and held at the E-MRS Spring Meeting in 2008, in Strasbourg, France. These two symposia proved the viability of the generous idea proposed by Prof. Yves Pauleau during the efervescent ESF Exploratory Workshop organized under the auspices of the E-MRS in 2006 in Gdansk, Poland. The new wide ranging topics of Carbon- or Nitrogen-Containing Nanostructured Composite Films provided a real opportunity for networking and information exchange in a variety of advanced technology sectors (mechanical, electrical, optical, magnetic, and biomedical engineering). This 2010 Symposium was jointly organized by Mariana Braic from the National Institute for Optoelectronics — Research Centre for Advanced Materials, in Bucharest, Romania, Sigitas Tamulevicius from Kaunas University of Technology — Institute of Physical Electronics, in Kaunas, Lithuania, and Pierre-Yves Tessier from the University of Nantes, Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, in Nantes, France. Ten topics were emphasized during this symposium: Physical and chemical vapor deposition of thin films Novel fabrication and synthesis routes Modeling of growth processes Development of reliable characterization procedures and correlation of materials properties with structure and composition Stability of nanocomposite thin films, identification of the effect of ionizing radiation on the properties of films New optical and microtechnologies enabling to produce two and threedimensional structures, optical elements and microdevices; research toward introduction of these composite films into semiconductor technology Mechanical and tribological properties of films Magnetic properties of films Biological and biomedical applications Thermo-solar energy applications E-MRS President, Francesco Priolo opened the symposium, and in his inaugural address he thanked all the participants for their enthusiasm and hard work. He also added touching reminders dedicated to the memory of late Professor Yves Pauleau, who passed away in February, 2010. Also, T.-P. Nguyen honored Yves' memory in the opening lecture, and fond memories of him were shared throughout the week, as many of the participants knew him well and deeply appreciated his continuous support for the domain. 0040-6090/$ – see front matter © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2011.02.026
A total of 105 participants from 24 countries and 4 continents presented their papers and exchanged ideas, being offered remarkable opportunities to network in a friendly and supportive environment. Internationally recognized experts delivered exciting lectures, highlighting recent progress done in the field. The contributions focused on new developments in film deposition, characterisation, and modeling; the presented results moving a step further the understanding of their electrical, optical, magnetic and mechanical properties. Topics such as nucleation phenomena and degradation mechanisms were presented. The correlations between film modeling, properties, and deposition parameters were discussed, with the aim of developing newer applications in ecofriendly thin film technologies. The symposium succeded at bringing scientists together and fostering closer collaboration. The active contribution of young scientists (PhD students) was encouraged by the organization of a special oral session for Graduate Student Award (GSA) candidates. Two prizes were handed out during the Conference Plenary Session, to Mr. P.A. Sauter from MaxPlanck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching, Germany for his work on “Carbide formation in tungsten-containing amorphous carbon films by annealing” and Mr. Panagiotis Karagiannidis from Aristottle University of Thessaloniki, Physics DepartmentThessaloniki, Greece for his work on “Effect of annealing on the nanomechanical properties and structure of P3HT:fullerene (PCBM) thin films”. The participation of scientists from Central and Eastern European countries was particularly encouraged by financial support offered by a grant from the French Ministry of Education and Research (ACCES program). We would like to acknowledge this financial support. It is also our pleasure to acknowledge with gratitude the sponsors AJA International Inc., USA (www.ajaint.com) and EPPRA SAS, France (www.eppra.com). This volume includes papers selected from 10 invited lectures, 42 oral, and 50 poster presentations. The proceedings is published in collaboration with Thin Solid Films journal. The selection of the reviewers and evaluation of the manuscripts submitted for publication in the Proceedings Volume were done using the Elsevier Electronic System (EES), allowing a strictly identical procedure to the one followed for regular paper submission. All the papers have been reviewed by at least two expert reviewers. Finally, 33 papers were accepted based on their scientific quality, original work, technical merit and timeliness of submission, and are presented in this Proceedings volume. As the Guest Editors, we would like to express our appreciation and gratitude to all the referees for their efficient work and valuable efforts, to Marie-France Pepin and Yan Sun from Elsevier Thin Solid Films for their support in the preparation of this Proceedings Volume.
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The Editors would like to offer thanks to all the E-MRS Conference Chairpersons, and especially to Thomas Lippert. We would also like to acknowledge the EMRS Headquarters for their support to the organization of the meeting, especially Mrs. Catherine Kocher and Mr. Sylvain Schoeffter for their valuable help. Special thanks are due to all of our invited speakers and to the members of the scientific committee who ensured the high quality of the Symposium and the interest in attracted among the scientific community, and to all authors and presenters for their contributions, for their attendance, and for the stimulating discussions which have been shared.
Mariana Braic ⁎ Sigitas Tamulevicius Pierre-Yves Tessier Proceeding Editors ⁎ Corresponding author. Tel.: +40 21 4575759; fax: +40 21 4575759. E-mail address:
[email protected] (M. Braic).
