Keynote and Invited Lectures of the Thin Films 2006

Keynote Speakers

Title of Talk

Professor Joe Greene

Chief Editor, Thin Solid Films, Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, USA

Transition-metal Nitrides and Related Compounds for Energy-related Applications: Nanostructure Design at the Atomic Scale

Professor Bill Milne

University of Cambridge, UK

Carbon nanotubes on CMOS SOI : a platform technology for Gas sensors?

Professor Max Lu

Federation Fellow and Director, ARC Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, The University of Queensland,Australia

Silica molecular sieve membranes and oxide thin films: Synthesis and application in clean energy technologies

Invited Speakers

Title of Talk

Prof. Huibin Xu

Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Novel Microstructure of EB-PVD Nd2O3
and Yb2O3 Co-doped Zirconia Thermal Barrier Coatings

Prof. Wei-Heng Shih

Drexel University

Synthesis of PZT Thin Films and Microfabrication of PZT Microcantilever Sensors

Professor Dr. Ram S. Katiyar

University of Puerto Rico

Enhancement of Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Rare Earth doped BiFeO3 Multiferroics

Professor Jianhua Hao

Hong Kong University

Perovskite titanate thin films: oxide nanoengineering, properties and applications

Professor Ray Boxman

Fleischman Faculty of Engineering,
Tel Aviv University, Israel

Vacuum Arc Deposition of Hard and Super-hard Coatings

Professor Ashok Kumar

University of South Florida, USA

Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Nanocrystalline Diamond Films

Professor J. Musil

University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic

Hard Nanocomposite Thin Films

Professor Sanjay Mathur

Saarland University, Germany

Nanostructured Surfaces Through Chemical Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Applications

Professor Joe Hsieh

Mingchi University of Technology, Taiwan

Deposition and characterization of TaN-Ag nanocomposite thin films

Professor Werner Josef Blau

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Molecular Engineering and Properties of Novel Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Thin Film Composites

Dr. Li-Chyong Chen

Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

One-dimensional Group III ( Al, Ga, In) Nitrides Nanostructures as Field Emitters, Random Lasers, Super-photoconductors and Biosensors

Professor Shu-Hong Yu

UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA

Bio-inspired Strateties: Self-assembly of Inorganic Materials and Inorganic-Organic Hybrids

Professor Dr. Federico Rosei

Canada Research Chair in Nanostructured Organic and Inorganic Materials, INRS-EMT, Univ. du Quebec, Canada

Strategies for Controlled Assembly at the Nanoscale

Professor Zhizhen Ye

Zhejiang University, China

P-type doping of ZnO and fabrication of ZnO-LED by MOCVD

Professor A.M. Korsunsky

University of Oxford, UK

Development and characterisation of low friction coatings for protection against fretting wear in aerospace components

Professor Chonglin Chen

University of Texas

Interface Engineered Oxide Thin Films

Prof. Paul Muralt

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Piezoelectrics in Micro and Nanosystems: Solutions for a Wide Range of Applications

Thin Films 2006