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2D Materials
Atomic Layer Processing
Atomic Scale Processes
Biomedical Applications
Digital Transformation
E-Beam
Emerging Technology
Energy Conversion
HIPIMS
Hydrogen Economy
Innovator Showcase
Keynote
Large Area Coatings
Optical Coatings
Organic Electronics
Plasma Processing
Poster
Process Control
Quantum Computing
Technology Forum Breakfast
Thin Film Sensors
Tribological Coatings
Tutorials
WebTech
Bassel Abdel Samad - Université de Moncton
Koldo Almandoz Forcen - Cranfield University
Shahram Amini - Pulse Technologies Inc.
Andre Anders - Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM...
Andre Anders - Plasma Engineering LLC
Martynas Audronis - Nova Fabrica Ltd
Pedro Avila - Polytechnique Montréal
Ralf Bandorf - Fraunhofer IST
Hana Barankova - Uppsala University
Ladislav Bardos - Uppsala University
Jeffrey Barlow - CemeCon Inc.
Nina Baule - Fraunhofer USA, Inc.
Rob Belan - Kurt J. Lesker Company
Stacey Bent - Stanford University
Angela Bertuna - Protec Surface Technologies
Necmi Biyikli - University Of Connecticut
Klaus Boebel - Oerlikon Surface Solutions
Oisin Boyle - Gencoa Ltd
Clark Bright - Bright Thin Film Solutions LLC
Joe Brindley - Gencoa Limited
Mathieu Bruzzese - Polytechnique Montréal
Giin-Shan Chen - Feng Chia University
Ying-Hung Chen - Feng Chia University
Yu-Wen Chen - Feng Chia University
Stefan Chitoraga - Yole Group
Sheng-Kuei Chiu - Feng Chia University
Khalid Choglay - Manchester Metropolitan University
Tom Christensen - University of Colorado -Col Springs
Wolfgang Decker - Kurt J. Lesker Company
Francisco Delfin - University of Applied Sciences Upper Aust...
Jean-Pierre De Luca - BDL REDWOOD LLC
Christopher DeSalle - Pennsylvania State University
Guowen Ding - Labforinvention Corp
Tim Dubbs - Advanced Energy Industries
Philipp Dürrenfeld - Advanced Energy
Arutiun P. Ehiasarian - Sheffield Hallam University
Martin Engels - Ionbond Group
Qi Fan - Michigan State University
Pei-En Fang - Feng Chia University
Ivan Fernandez - NANO4ENERGY SL
Marcus Frank - Buhler Leybold Optics
Herbert Gabriel - PVT Plasma und Vakuum Technik GmbH
J.R. Gaines - The Kurt J Lesker Company
Rajesh Ganesan - The University of Sydney
Holger Gerdes - Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering...
Anas Ghailane - Avaluxe Coating Technologies GmbH & CoKG
Jeremy Grace - IDEX Health & Science
Brittney Graff - Brooks Instrument
John Greene - Argonne National Laboratory - Retired
Jon Tomas Gudmundsson - University of Iceland
Carlos Guerra - Swiss Cluster
Stefan Haas - RUBIG Industrial Furnaces
Jimmy Haight - Semicore Equipment, Inc.
Satoshi Hamaguchi - Osaka University
Sumner Harris - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Lars Haubold - Fraunhofer USA
Jeffrey Hettinger - Rowan University
James Hilfiker - J.A. Woollam Co.
Chu Liang Ho - Feng Chia University
Russell Holmes - University of Minnesota
Ping-Yen Hsieh - Feng Chia University
Michie Imanishi - HORIBA Instruments Incorporated
Luis Isern - Cranfield University
Kenneth Jarefors - 3M Svenska AB
Deep Jariwala - University of Pennsylvania
Ben Johns - Mass Spectrometry Instruments
Marcus Klein - SURAGUS GmbH
Mohamed Lahouij - Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Marcus Law - Gencoa Ltd
Gun Hwan Lee - Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS)
Jyh-Wei Lee - Ming Chi University of Technology
Seunghyun (Jacob) Lee - University of Texas at Arlington
Christina Lehmann - Technical University Braunschweig
Wayne Lewey - Teledyne Hastings Instruments
Dane Lindblad - Forge Nano
Matthew Linford - Brigham Young University
Kun Liu - Northeastern University
Daniel Loch - TRUMPF Hüttinger GmbH & Co. KG
Stefan Lukowski - SAFECHEM Europe GmbH
Daniel Main - Tech-X Corporation
Mohammed Makha - University Mohammed VI Polytechnic
Robert Malay - Intellivation LLC
Praveena Manimunda - Horiba
Chris Marcus - U.T. - Battelle for ORNL
Lara Maroto-Diaz - Gencoa Ltd
Paul Mayrhofer - Technische Universität Wien
James Merlo - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mike Miller - Angstrom Engineering Inc.
Paul Mogensen - Saint Gobain Glass France
Dermot Monaghan - Gencoa Ltd
Patrick Morse - Arizona Thin Film Research
Krystof Mrozek - PlasmaSolve s.r.o.
Michael Mücke - Buhler Leybold Optics
Ethan Muir - Sheffield Hallam University
Christopher Muratore - University of Dayton
Ken Nauman - Sputtering Components Inc
Joerg Neidhardt - Fraunhofer FEP
Paul Nizenkov - boltzplatz - numerical plasma dynamics GmbH
Andrzej Nowotnik - Rzeszow University of Technology
Adam Obrusnik - PlasmaSolve s.r.o.
Maciej Olszewski - Cornell University
Martin Ondryáš - Masaryk University
Rachid Oubaki - University Mohammed VI Polytechnic
Kriti Panchal - Drexel University
Frank Papa - GP Plasma
Jay Patel - King's College London
Christos Pernagidis - Avaluxe International GmbH
Rajiv Pethe - Vital Chemicals
Tainá Pigosso - Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Josh Pinder - Brigham Young University
Chris Punshon - Cambridge Vacuum Engineering
Moritz Riede - University of Oxford
Teja Roch - Fraunhofer IWS
John Rönn - Beneq
Reto Roschi - Oerlikon Balzers Coating AG
Binyamin Rubin - Veeco
Stefan Saager - Fraunhofer FEP
Wayne Sainty - TELEMARK
Rafael Sanchez Reategui - Ionautics
Kenneth Savin - Redwire
George Savva - Ionbond
Ted Scabarozi - Rowan University
Christoph Schiffers - CemeCon AG
Waldemar Schönberger - Von Ardenne GmbH
Ulrike Schulz - Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Optics and P...
Thomas Schütte - PLASUS GmbH
Adam Schwartzberg - Lawrence Berkeley National Labs
Ivan Shchelkanov - Starfire Industries LLC.
Yilei Shen - TRUMPF Hüttinger GmbH + Co.KG
Mike Simmons - Intellivation LLC
Steven Simons - Manitou Systems Inc.
Simran Simran - McMaster University
Volker Sittinger - Fraunhofer
Zhaoning Song - University of Toledo
Josh Soper - Vergason Technology, Inc
Christian Stein - Fraunhofer IST
David Stevenson - Ampres, Inc.
Chris Stoessel - Stoessel Consulting
Paul Sullivan - Kurt J. Lesker Company
Gregory Taylor - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Karl Trautz - HEMO GmbH
Jan Trieschmann - Kiel University
Chinmay Trivedi - IHI Hauzer Techno Coating BV
Jui-Chang Tsui - Feng Chia University
Chan Tzuhou - Dah Young Vacuum Equipment Co., Ltd.
Jan-Peter Urbach - PLASUS GmbH
Gary Vergason - Vergason Technology, Inc.
Kenny Vernieuwe - Soleras Advanced Coatings
Lukáš Vrána - Masaryk University
Scott Walton - Naval Research Laboratory
Zhonghuai Wang - Tanury Industries
Sheldon Wayman - INFICON
Ed Wegener - DHF Technical Products
Ronald Willey - Willey Optical, Consultants
Sarah Williams - Advanced Energy
Junwei Wu - Harb
Angel Yanguas-Gil - Argonne National Laboratory
Saturday, May 17, 2025
C-333 Practice and Applications of High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood A
C-103 An Introduction to Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Processes
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood C
C-310 Sputtering
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood F
Sunday, May 18, 2025
C-323 Fundamentals of High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS)
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood F
C-338 Application of Reactive Sputtering
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood C
C-218 Advanced Design of Optical Thin Films (Pre-recorded tutorial)
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Virtual Instruction
C-212 Troubleshooting for Thin Film Deposition Processes
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood A
M-240 Basics and Applications of Electron Beam Technology for Manufacturing Processes
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood D
Monday, May 19, 2025
Technology Forum Breakfast: Atmospheric Plasma Technology
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood F
Technology Forum Breakfast: Supply Chains, Manufacturing Processes, and Sustainability for Materials Enabling PVD Processes
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Belmont A
Technology Forum Breakfast: Manufacturing in Space
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood A
Technology Forum Breakfast: Durability Evaluation of Thin Film Coatings: Testing Methods and Practical Implications
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Belmont B
Technology Forum Breakfast: Protective, Reflective, and Decorative Coatings
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood B
Technology Forum Breakfast: Transparent Conductive Materials (TCM)
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood C
Technology Forum Breakfast: Surface Engineering for the Hydrogen Economy
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood H
Technology Forum Breakfast: Post-Processing of Vacuum-Coated Roll-to-Roll Products
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood G
Materials Science-Based Guidelines to Develop Robust Hard Coatings - KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Keynote
Tennessee C Ballroom
M-140 Mass Flow Controllers: Fundamentals, Troubleshooting, and Calibration
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood G
M-110 Introduction to X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood F
C-220 Introduction to Two-Dimensional Materials
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood C
VT-240 Practical Elements of Leak Detection
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood B
C-110 Materials for PVD Applications
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood H
Simulation of Particle Contamination Using the PALADIN Code
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Digital Transformation
Tennessee C Ballroom
The Investigations of the Interfacial Strength and Bonding of DLC Films Deposited on Chalcogenide Glasses - SPONSORED STUDENT PRESENTATION
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Tribological Coatings
Tennessee B Ballroom
Optical Coatings and Plasma Processes for Quantum Computing Hardware - INVITED PRESENTATION
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Optical Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Innovative Approach to Low-Temperature Deposition of Ceramic TBC Coatings Using Hollow Cathode Plasma in the EB-PVD Process - INVITED PRESENTATION
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
E-Beam
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
High Durability Dental Drills Due to Wear-Resistant DLC Protective Coatings
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Tribological Coatings
Tennessee B Ballroom
Open-Source Simulation of Rarefied Gas and Plasma Flows with PICLas: Step-by-Step Verification and Application Examples
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Digital Transformation
Tennessee C Ballroom
AI-Powered Analysis: Predicting Process Success with Deep Learning
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Digital Transformation
Tennessee C Ballroom
Novel Thermal Barrier Coating Microstructures Produced
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
E-Beam
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Titanium Dioxide Thin Films from a Low-Frequency Dual Magnetron Sputtering Process
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Optical Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
CVD-Diamond Coatings for High Performing Tools and Components - INVITED PRESENTATION
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM
Tribological Coatings
Tennessee B Ballroom
Rare Earth Zirconates for Thermal Barrier Coatings: Improving Manufacturability and Assessing Performance
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
E-Beam
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Practical Use-Cases for Digital Twin Models: Automated Recipe Design, Troubleshooting Production Challenges
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Digital Transformation
Tennessee C Ballroom
Comparison of ICO Film Properties using Different Doping Compositions
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Optical Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Shaping the Future: Advanced EB-PVD Technology for a Diverse Range of Applications
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
E-Beam
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Diamond Coatings for CFRP Machining for the Aircraft Industry
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Tribological Coatings
Tennessee B Ballroom
Back to the Future – with Transparent Conductive Metals (TCM)
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Optical Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Physics-Informed Data-Driven Approaches to Plasma Processing Technologies - INVITED PRESENTATION
11:50 AM - 12:30 PM
Digital Transformation
Tennessee C Ballroom
Practical Designs for the Next Generation of Eyeglass Coatings
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
Optical Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Decorative PVD Coatings – Market Trends
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
Tribological Coatings
Tennessee B Ballroom
Electron Beam Technology: Thin Film Coatings, High Heat Flux Testing, Additive Manufacturing, and Micromachining
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
E-Beam
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Coping with Limited Data Amounts When Applying Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Process Control
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
Digital Transformation
Tennessee C Ballroom
Calibrating Reflectance Measurements
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
Optical Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Surface Engineering of Cast Iron for Stamping Dies: a Plasma Surface Alloying and Nitriding Approach with Computational Insights
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
Tribological Coatings
Tennessee B Ballroom
Supporting the Decarbonising of Energy Production, Industry and Transport through the Application of Electron Beam Welding
12:30 PM - 1:10 PM
E-Beam
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
An Alternative to Rugate Coatings
12:50 PM - 1:10 PM
Optical Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Geometry-Dependent Thin Film Uniformity in Large Area Sputtering with Rotary Cathodes: A COMSOL Multiphysics Modeling Study
12:50 PM - 1:10 PM
Digital Transformation
Tennessee C Ballroom
Crystals Generated in a Microgravity Environment - KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM
Keynote
Tennessee C Ballroom
M-250 Deposition Process Simulation
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood F
M-210 Introduction to Solid-State Thin Film Batteries
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood G
M-201 Flexible Electronics
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood C
Scaling the Deposition Rate of Boron Carbide Coatings via Magnetron Sputtering
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Energy Conversion
Tennessee C Ballroom
Effect of Copper Doping on the Optical and Electrical Properties of Aluminum-Chlorophthalocyanine (AlClPc) Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications - INVITED PRESENTATION
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM
Optical Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Colloquium: A Large Success Factor of Vacuum Coating: The Right Cleaning!
2:10 PM - 4:10 PM
Tribological Coatings
Cheekwood G
Broad Beam Plasma Source Enhanced Thin-Film Growth at Low Temperatures
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
Energy Conversion
Tennessee C Ballroom
Relations of System Parameters for an Optimized Setting of the Deposition Rate, Use Case for an Anti-Reflective Flex R2R Multilayer Application
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
WebTech
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Influence of Different Impurities on Ion-Beam Sputtered UV-Coatings
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
Optical Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Thin-Film Technology Innovations for Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell - INVITED PRESENTATION
2:50 PM - 3:30 PM
Energy Conversion
Tennessee C Ballroom
Deposition of Magnetic Materials as Thin Films in an R2R Vacuum Coater
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
WebTech
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Precision Sputtering System OPTA X
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
Optical Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Effect of Different Composition Ratio of Quaternary Alloy Targets Prepared by DC Magnetron Sputtering for CIGS Solar Cells
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
Energy Conversion
Tennessee C Ballroom
Development of Highly Sensitive Short-Wavelength Infrared Avalanche Photodiodes - INVITED PRESENTATION
3:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Thin Film Sensors
Tennessee A Ballroom
One-Step DcMS and HiPIMS Sputtered CIGS Films from a Quaternary Target - SPONSORED STUDENT PRESENTATION
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
Energy Conversion
Tennessee C Ballroom
Construction of a Linear PVD Evaporator for the Deposition of C60/SnO2 Electron Contact Layers in a SALD Hybrid System
4:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Energy Conversion
Tennessee C Ballroom
PVD Coatings for Cutting Tools: Trends and Visions - INVITED PRESENTATION
4:30 PM - 5:10 PM
Tribological Coatings
Tennessee B Ballroom
Chemical Synthesis and Magnetron Sputtering of Nickel Nanoparticles Embedded in Graphitic Carbon Nitride As HER Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting Systems - SPONSORED STUDENT PRESENTATION
4:50 PM - 5:10 PM
Energy Conversion
Tennessee C Ballroom
Mega Leap for Commercially Viable PVD Functional Coatings for Automotive and Industrial Components
5:10 PM - 5:30 PM
Tribological Coatings
Tennessee B Ballroom
HiPIMS-Deposited TiOx on a Cobalt-Free LiNiO₂ Cathode for Improved Electrochemical Stability and Suppressed Ni Dissolution
5:10 PM - 5:30 PM
Energy Conversion
Tennessee C Ballroom
Influence of Carbon Incorporation on the Microstructure, Morphology, Mechanical Properties, Tribological Behavior and Corrosion Resistance of TiAlCN Coatings Deposited Via Reactive HiPIMS - SPONSORED STUDENT PRESENTATION
5:30 PM - 5:50 PM
Tribological Coatings
Tennessee B Ballroom
Design of Vacuum Evaporation Coating Process for Composite Copper Current Collectors and the Performance Study in LIBs
5:30 PM - 5:50 PM
Energy Conversion
Tennessee C Ballroom
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Technology Forum Breakfast: Coatings and Surface Engineering for Medical Applications
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood B
Technology Forum Breakfast: Leak Detection – Issues and Practices
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood D
Technology Forum Breakfast: Process Monitoring and Control
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood H
Technology Forum Breakfast: Tribological and Diamond-Like Coatings
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Belmont B
Technology Forum Breakfast: Energy Conversion and Storage
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood F
Technology Forum Breakfast: High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS)
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Belmont A
Technology Forum Breakfast: Industrial Challenges: Uptime, Yield, and Consistency
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood A
Technology Forum Breakfast: Magnetron Sputtering
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood C
Technology Forum Breakfast: Electron Beam Processes
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood G
Protective Surfaces and Coatings against Heavy Oil Fouling
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Tribological Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Research on Autonomous In-Situ Calibration Method for Wide-Range Vacuum Gauges
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Process Control
Tennessee C Ballroom
Solvent Cleaning in High-Tech-Coating Processes
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Flash Lamp Annealing – A New Approach to Surface Engineering Challenges - INVITED PRESENTATION
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Emerging Technology
Tennessee B Ballroom
C-214 Thin Film Debugging and Optimization (Pre-recorded tutorial)
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Tutorials
Virtual Instruction
C-210 Introduction to Plasma Processing Technology
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood C
C-230 Processing of Plastics for Better Protection, Reflection, and Decoration
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood G
VT-230 Design and Specification of Vacuum Deposition Systems
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood A
C-337 ITO and Alternative TCO: From Fundamentals to Controlling Properties
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood B
New Thermal Barrier Coating Architectures for Maximum Reflectivity and Resistance to CMAS Infiltration - SPONSORED STUDENT PRESENTATION
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Tribological Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
PlasmaSolve’s Latest Developments: MatSight Suite Upgrades, Process Mining and Digital Twins in Thin Film Production
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
AI and In Situ Diagnostics Enabled Autonomous PLD System for Fast Thin Film Material Fabrication - INVITED PRESENTATION
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM
Process Control
Tennessee C Ballroom
Cutting-Edge Plasma Monitoring Techniques for Process Development, Production Control and Machine Learning
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
RF and HIPIMS Technologies for Advanced PCB Manufacturing: A Focus on High-Performance Cu Etching and Deposition
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Emerging Technology
Tennessee B Ballroom
Influence of Nitride Formation Enthalpy and Atomic Size on the Structure and Properties of Cr-Mn-Mo-Si-Y-(N) Magnetron Sputtered High-Entropy Nitride Coatings - SPONSORED STUDENT PRESENTATION
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Tribological Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Sustainability and PVD: What Can We Do?
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Emerging Technology
Tennessee B Ballroom
DHF Technical Products-Your First Choice for Total Life-Cycle Management of Precious Metal Sputtering Targets
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Studies of Diamond-Like-Carbon (DLC) PVD Coatings
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Tribological Coatings
Tennessee B Ballroom
Argon - Zero Helium: Vacuum Leak Detection with SPOES
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Process Control
Tennessee C Ballroom
Compact R2R System for Process and Product Development
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Amorphous Carbon Interlayers: Surface Engineering toward Stable Next Generation Lithium Batteries
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Emerging Technology
Tennessee B Ballroom
Improving Real-Time Etch Process Efficiencies and Chamber Condition Monitoring with a Novel High Pressure, Long Lifetime In-Situ Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Process Control
Tennessee C Ballroom
Area Selective Atomic Layer Deposition for Future Microelectronics - INVITED PRESENTATION
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM
Atomic Scale Processes
Tennessee A Ballroom
Leveraging "External Innovation" to Diversify the Innovation Pipeline in Functional Coatings and Surface Engineering
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Emerging Technology
Tennessee B Ballroom
Contract R&D and Production Services with a Vertical Inline Coater
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Advancing Critical Gas Chemistry Control with a Differential Pressure-Based Sensor Technology
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Process Control
Tennessee C Ballroom
Near-Process Sensor Integration for Characterization of In-Vacuo Deposited Thin Films by Eddy Current Sensor Metrology
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Process Control
Tennessee C Ballroom
Upgrading Industrial Thin Film Coaters Powered by Crystal™ with Advanced Energy’s (AE) Integrated New Technology Solutions
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Methods and Considerations for Magnetron Sputtered Boron Carbide for ICF and IFE Applications
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Emerging Technology
Tennessee B Ballroom
Under $98K Precision Layers Metrology Spectrometers: Surface Mappable Composition Depth Profiling Quantified…..
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Accelerated Thin Film Optimization via Laser Oxidation and Crystallization
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
2D Materials
Tennessee A Ballroom
Advances in the Mathematical and Algorithmic Treatment of Surface Characterization Data with a Focus on X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
Emerging Technology
Tennessee B Ballroom
Pyrometry Solutions for Vacuum Chamber Temperature Monitoring
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
Process Control
Tennessee C Ballroom
Deposition Control Technology for Arc Ion-Plating Process
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
Process Control
Tennessee C Ballroom
The New N4E HiPIMS Competence Center – An Innovation-Driven Platform for Validating Cutting-Edge Industrial HiPIMS Processes and High-Performance Coatings
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
The Reason Behind!
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
Emerging Technology
Tennessee B Ballroom
2D Materials for Advanced Logic and Memory Devices - INVITED PRESENTATION
12:30 PM - 1:10 PM
2D Materials
Tennessee A Ballroom
Transforming Leak Detection in Vacuum Coating Systems with Remote Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy
12:50 PM - 1:10 PM
Process Control
Tennessee C Ballroom
Innovative Surface Treatments and Coatings for High-End Mold and Die Applications
12:50 PM - 1:10 PM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Utilizing OES Active Feedback Control to Improve Batch-to-Batch Stability in Industrial HiPIMS Coating Processes
1:10 PM - 1:30 PM
Process Control
Tennessee C Ballroom
C-306 Non-Conventional Plasma Sources and Methods in Processing Technology
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood C
M-102 Introduction to Ellipsometry
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood F
Enhancing Ultrathin Layer Quality: Copper-Doped Silver via Thermal Evaporation PVD
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster
Exhibit Hall Ryman B1-B3
Optical Properties of Reactively Sputtered Antimony Doped Tin Oxide Thin Films
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster
Exhibit Hall Ryman B1-B3
Plasma Anodization for the Production of AlF3 Layers
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster
Exhibit Hall Ryman B1-B3
Thin, Free-Standing Metal Films for Accelerator-Based Physics Experiments
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster
Exhibit Hall Ryman B1-B3
The Fabrication of Cu-Added Co Thin Films Using a Magnetron Cosputtering Process Giving an Enhanced Conductivity and Electromigration Reliability for Interconnect Metallization
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster
Exhibit Hall Ryman B1-B3
DFT-Guided Design and Sputtering Deposition of BiVO4 Thin Films: Optimizing Photocatalytic Activity for Solar Water Splitting
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster
Exhibit Hall Ryman B1-B3
Spectroscopic Characterization and Defect Identification in Wide Bandgap Semiconducting Materials
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster
Exhibit Hall Ryman B1-B3
A Bipolar HiPIMS Strategy for High-Adhesion Carbon Thin Films
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster
Exhibit Hall Ryman B1-B3
Metallic Lustrous HiPIMS Indium-Tin Coating on TPU
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster
Exhibit Hall Ryman B1-B3
Sinusoidal and Bipolar Pulsed Power Delivery for Dual Magnetron Sputtering Processes
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster
Exhibit Hall Ryman B1-B3
Anodic Arc Evaporation of Graphite for Deposition of ta-C Diamond-Like Films
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Poster
Exhibit Hall Ryman B1-B3
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Equilibrium versus Non-Equilibrium Heating to Control the Microstructure of Coatings and Thin Films - KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
8:40 AM - 9:20 AM
Keynote
Tennessee C Ballroom
Comparison of Two Techniques for Coating Metallic Bipolar Plates: Sputtering and Arc Evaporation
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Hydrogen Economy
Tennessee B Ballroom
Vacuum Process Monitoring, Control and Automation Using Remote Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Critical Subsystem Suppliers: Enabling Technologies for the Next Generation of Advanced Vacuum Processing Equipment - INVITED PRESENTATION
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Process Control
Tennessee C Ballroom
Vacuum Coating of Metal Halide Perovskite Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications: Challenges and Opportunities - INVITED PRESENTATION
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Organic Electronics
Tennessee A Ballroom
C-204 Basics of Vacuum Web Coating
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood B
C-217 Practical Production of Optical Thin Films (Pre-recorded tutorial)
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Virtual Instruction
C-316 Introduction to Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) Processes, Chemistries, and Applications
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood A
Cost-Competitive Coatings by PVD HiPIMS Processes for the Hydrogen Industry
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Hydrogen Economy
Tennessee B Ballroom
DOMINO - Efficient Solutions For Thin Film Equipment
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Thermally Evaporated Metal-Halide Perovskite Semiconductors for Triple-Junction Photovoltaics
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Organic Electronics
Tennessee A Ballroom
INFICON Zevision® IMC300: Precision Control for Maximum Repeatability and Unmatched Crystal Efficiency
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Inteleg® OES: Advancing from 2B-PEM to SPOES RGA, EIES, Plasma Diagnostics, and Enabling Digital Transformation
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Process Control
Tennessee C Ballroom
Organic Photovoltaics - What's Next?
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Organic Electronics
Tennessee A Ballroom
Reactive Magnetron Sputtering Feedback Control, ‘Flexibility for Success’
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
High Quality Superconducting Resonators from a Magnetically-Contaminated Sputter System - INVITED PRESENTATION
10:50 AM - 11:30 AM
Quantum Computing
Tennessee C Ballroom
Unlocking Innovation: Solving Complex Challenges Through Collaborative Engineering
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Engineering Organic and Metal-Halide Perovskite Thin Films and Devices Via Vapor Processing - INVITED PRESENTATION
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM
Organic Electronics
Tennessee A Ballroom
Accelerating Material Breakthroughs with Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Combined Processes
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Understanding and Surpassing Materials Challenges in Superconducting Quantum Devices - INVITED PRESENTATION
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM
Quantum Computing
Tennessee C Ballroom
Heliatek: Vacuum Deposited OPVs from Lab to R2R Fab
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Organic Electronics
Tennessee A Ballroom
Plasma Engineering LLC: Consulting and Education in Plasmas and Plasma Applications
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Benefits of Telemark’s Low Pressure Ion Sources
12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Introducing an Internal Mount Flat Induction Coupled Plasma Source for Chamber and Substrate Processing
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
Innovator Showcase
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
C-320 Diamond Like Carbon Coatings-From Basics to Industrial Realization
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood B
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Technology Forum Breakfast: Coatings for Thin Film Photovoltaics
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood G
Technology Forum Breakfast: Aligning Deposition Process Requirements with Vacuum System Layout and Design (Clone)
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood B
Technology Forum Breakfast: Advanced Deposition Coating Hardware
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood F
Technology Forum Breakfast: Digital Transformation of Industrial Deposition Processes
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood A
Technology Forum Breakfast: Optical Thin Film Design and Fabrication
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood C
Technology Forum Breakfast: Ultra-Thin Flexible Glass - The Next Big Thing?
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Belmont B
Technology Forum Breakfast: Thin Film Sensors
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Belmont A
Technology Forum Breakfast: CVD and ALD Processing
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Technology Forum Breakfast
Cheekwood H
Machine Learning for Atomic Layer Deposition: Accelerating Optimization and Predicting Scale Up of Thin Film Growth Processes - KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
8:40 AM - 9:20 AM
Keynote
Tennessee C Ballroom
Sputtered Coatings on Paper – First Results of a Feasibility Study
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Biomedical Applications
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Enhancing Uniformity and Stability through OES-Based Feedback Control in an Industrial Roll-to-Roll HiPIMS Coater
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
HIPIMS
Tennessee B Ballroom
Trends in Large Area Glass Coating - INVITED PRESENTATION
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Large Area Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Plasma Nitriding and PACVD Coating as Complementary Technology for PVD for Big Industrial Applications - INVITED PRESENTATION
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Plasma Processing
Tennessee C Ballroom
C-212 Troubleshooting for Thin Film Deposition Processes
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood C
M-120 Design of Experiments for R & D
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood B
C-322 Characterization of Thick Films, Thin Films, and Surfaces
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tutorials
Cheekwood A
Novel Reactive Process Control in Industrial HiPIMS
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM
HIPIMS
Tennessee B Ballroom
Identification of New Alloys for Biomedical Applications Using Combinatorial Approaches
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Biomedical Applications
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Simulating the Impact of Loading Density onto Coating Uniformity in Batch Coaters
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Plasma Processing
Tennessee C Ballroom
Use of Elevated Temperature X-Ray Diffraction for Investigating Biomedical Coatings
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Biomedical Applications
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Influence of Pulse Duration on Plasma Chemistry and Thin Film Growth of Plasmonic Titanium Nitride Deposited by Constant Current Regulated HIPIMS - SPONSORED STUDENT PRESENTATION
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
HIPIMS
Tennessee B Ballroom
In-Line Coating System With Hollow Cathode Inverted Cylindrical Magnetron For Thin Film Applications On Long Tubes And Continuous Fibers
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Large Area Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
HiPIMS TiB2 Coating onto Slitter Cutters to Enhance Aluminum Capacitor Foil Cutting Quality
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
HIPIMS
Tennessee B Ballroom
Hollow Cathode Processes
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Plasma Processing
Tennessee C Ballroom
Ion Source Pretreatment of Large Area Glass Substrates
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Large Area Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Electrochemical and Microstructural Evolution of Neural Stimulation Electrodes Coated with Antibacterial Metal Oxide Thin Films
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Biomedical Applications
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
Fast Kinetic Modeling of the Plasma Evolution, Etch Rate and Deposition Profile in Direct Current Magnetron Sputtering
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Plasma Processing
Tennessee C Ballroom
Experiments and Modelling of High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering Discharges with Metallic Target
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
HIPIMS
Tennessee B Ballroom
Impact of AC Waveform on Plasma Dynamics and Film Growth – Sine Wave vs Square Wave
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Large Area Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Hierarchical Surface Restructuring: The Technology of the Future for Sustainable, High Performing and Multifunctional Neural Interfacing Electrodes and Microelectrode Arrays - INVITED PRESENTATION
10:50 AM - 11:30 AM
Biomedical Applications
Tennessee D/E Ballroom
High Rate - High Quality Thin Films Made Possible with a Game Changing Plasma Source
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
Large Area Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Black Metal Film Prepared by Gas Flow Sputtering for Capacitor Electrode Purpose
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
HIPIMS
Tennessee B Ballroom
Data-Integrated Modeling for Memristive Device Processing - INVITED PRESENTATION
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM
Plasma Processing
Tennessee C Ballroom
Large-Area Coating Innovations by HCVAC for Energy Applications
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Large Area Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Reactive Sputtering of High Entropy Alloy Nitride, Carbide, and Oxide Thin Films by HiPIMS: Effect of Reactive Gas Flow Rates - INVITED PRESENTATION
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM
HIPIMS
Tennessee B Ballroom
An Understanding of the QMS and Relevance to the ITER-DRGA Mission
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Plasma Processing
Tennessee C Ballroom
Bringing Novel Applications to Large Area with Advanced Sputtering Solutions
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Large Area Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Thermal Atomic Layer Deposition of Low Resistivity Metallic Films for High Aspect-Ratio Via Seed
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM
Atomic Layer Processing
Tennessee C Ballroom
The Advantages of Bidirectional Pulsing Technique for Magnetron Sputtering
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM
Large Area Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Colloquium: HIPIMS--Facts and Fiction
12:40 PM - 2:40 PM
HIPIMS
Cheekwood H
Simulation of Rotary Magnetron Discharges Excited by Different Frequencies
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM
Large Area Coatings
Tennessee A Ballroom
Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition: A New Revolution in Ultra-Fast Production of Conformal and High-Quality Thin-Film Coatings - INVITED PRESENTATION
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Atomic Layer Processing
Tennessee C Ballroom
Challenges and Advances in ALD for High Aspect Ratio Structures - SPONSORED STUDENT PRESENTATION
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM
Atomic Layer Processing
Tennessee C Ballroom
Robust Plasmonically-Active Nanoscale Multilayer TiN/NbN Coatings
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM
HIPIMS
Tennessee B Ballroom
Impact of the Pulse Length in HiPIMS on the Deposition Rate, Ion Metal Flux Fraction and Argon Ion Flux - SPONSORED STUDENT PRESENTATION
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
HIPIMS
Tennessee B Ballroom
Optimizing HIPIMS Processes in Real-Time by Pulse-Resolved Spectroscopic and Electrical Plasma Process Control
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
HIPIMS
Tennessee B Ballroom
HiPIMS Deposited Constantan Alloy Film for Stretchable Thin-Film Strain Gauge
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM
HIPIMS
Tennessee B Ballroom
HIPIMS Technology in Industrial Applications - INVITED PRESENTATION
4:20 PM - 5:00 PM
HIPIMS
Tennessee B Ballroom
HiPIMS-TiO2 As Electron Transport Layer for Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells Application
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM
HIPIMS
Tennessee B Ballroom
Plasma-Crafted Colours: Hybrid HiPIMS Coatings with Engineered Aesthetics and Adhesion
5:20 PM - 5:40 PM
HIPIMS
Tennessee B Ballroom
Exploring the HIPIMS Process from an Application Perspective
5:40 PM - 6:00 PM
HIPIMS
Tennessee B Ballroom