Symposium MB
This Symposium focuses on thin films, coatings, and free-standing architectures with specific functionalities, in particular those based on electronic structure or nanodimensions. The content encompasses design and synthesis of novel materials; processing and integration into products and devices; fundamentals of operation; and characterization of advanced functionality for a range of applications, divided into the following sessions:
MB1. Optical Materials and Thin Films
Current applications of optical materials, thin films, and advanced structured materials impose extreme demands on their synthesis and performance. The optimization of these devices, from design to applications, can be facilitated by optical characterization methods such as spectrophotometry, ellipsometry, scatterometry, interferometry, vibrational spectroscopies, near-field microscopies, and other light-matter interactions. We welcome contributions in the design, synthesis, characterization, and applications of thin films and nanostructures for optical applications.
MB1 Invited Speakers:
- TBA
MB2. Thin Films for Emerging Electronic and Quantum Photonic Devices
This session explores advancements in functional thin films for emerging electronic and quantum photonic devices, focusing on their material characteristics such as electronic, optical, piezoelectric, magnetic, superconducting, and MEMS device properties. These properties are crucial for optimizing device functionality. The session emphasizes the importance of leveraging thin film growth to tailor specific properties like electrical and thermal conductivity, optical properties, thermal and mechanical stability, and magnetic characteristics to meet diverse device requirements. The session also covers quantum photonic materials—engineered thin films and heterostructures that enable quantum light control for applications in communication, sensing, and computing. Furthermore, the session covers emerging trends in the electronics and quantum industry and their implications for thin film applications. It includes advancements in CMOS and beyond-CMOS nanoelectronics, quantum-enabled photonic circuits, advanced sensors, low-power IoT devices, solid-state lighting, flexible displays, bioelectronics, and biosensors. Scalable, cost-effective, sustainable, and environmentally friendly thin film deposition processes are discussed, considering various substrates, including flexible ones. The session also examines innovative thin film deposition manufacturing techniques such as vacuum-based technologies and printing technologies, along with advancements in testing and characterization methods for thin films. Join this session to explore the latest progress in thin film systems for next-generation electronic and quantum technologies. Discover how these materials enhance device performance, respond to emerging industry demands, enable various thin film functionalities, integrate with biological systems, and propel innovations in sensing, AI, and quantum computing.
MB2: Invited Speakers:
- TBA
MB3. Low-dimensional Materials and Structures
This session focuses on harnessing nanoscale phenomena and innovative deposition strategies for nanomaterial-based thin films and coatings with application-oriented functionalities. Advances in the synthesis, including nanosources, and applications of various classes of low-dimensional materials will be addressed, covering mono- and multi-component 2D and 1D objects, nanoclusters, nanoparticles, nanofluids, heterostructures, and thin films composed of 2D, 1D, and 0D structures. The areas of interest include experimental, theoretical, and computational research in low-dimensional materials with controlled properties, cutting-edge investigation of processing-structure-property relationships, and novel application concepts or prototypes based on such materials. The session will provide a unique platform for connecting researchers with diverse academic and industrial backgrounds, including materials science, physics, and chemistry, and a forum for the discussion of fundamental issues and recent developments in the synthesis of low-dimensional materials, as well as the ways to apply them in the next generation of applications.
MB3 Invited Speakers:
- Stela Canulescu, DTU Electro, Denmark, “Shape-Tailored Light Harvesting in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanostructure for Unconventional Light-Energy Harvesting”