Plenary and Invited Speakers

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Plenary Speakers

Prof. Zhaofeng Chen, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Talk title: Vacuum insulation panel and its application in the field of building
Prof. Ian Gilmore, National Physical Laboratory, UK
EPS Invited Lecture
Talk title: OrbiSIMS – high resolution mass spectrometry imaging with simultaneous chemical identification and localisation with high confidence
Prof. Bjørk Hammer, Aarhus University, Denmark
Talk title: Machine learning in structure determination
Prof. Mark J. Kushner, University of Michigan, USA
Talk title: Progress towards the digital twin for plasma microelectronics fabrication
Prof. Alfred Ludwig, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Talk title: Combinatorial synthesis and high-throughput characterisation of thin film materials libraries for the accelerated discovery of materials
Prof. Jascha Repp, University of Regensburg, Germany
Talk title: Accessing non-equilibrium at the intrinsic scales of molecules

Opening Talk

Prof. Jim Clarke, Director of ASTeC, UKRI/STFC Daresbury Laboratory, UK
Talk title: Particle Accelerators at Daresbury Laboratory: A colourful past and a bright future

Invited Speakers

Applied Surface Science, Surface Engineering and Surface Science

Dr. Rebecca Clulow, Uppsala University, Sweden
Talk title: High entropy proton conducting perovskites for solid oxide fuel cells
Dr. David Duncan, University of Nottingham, UK
Talk title: Understanding the structure of two dimensional films using X-ray standing waves
Prof. Roberto Hiroki Miwa, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil
Talk title: PtSe2/metal interfaces: electronic and eletronic transport properties, and the access to the topological gap in PtSe2[VSe] monolayer
Prof. Norbert Koch, Institut für Physik & IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Talk title: Energy level alignment and fundamental processes at interfaces between monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides and organic semiconductors
Dr. Federico Mazzola, University of Venice and CNR IOM, Italy
Talk title: Hide and seek in the electron’s world
Dr. Jenny Noble, Aix-Marseille University, France
Talk title: Amorphous solid water: from the laboratory to the interstellar medium
Dr. László Óvári, Extreme Light Infrastructure ALPS, Szeged, Hungary
Talk title: Hexagonal boron nitride monolayers on metals and alloys: relevance for templating and model catalysis
Prof. Amalia Patane, University of Nottingham, UK
Talk title: A new facility for growth and study in UHV of two-dimensional semiconductors
Dr. Maciej Rogala, University of Lodz, Poland
Talk title: Electrical properties of crystalline MoO3 monolayers
Dr. Anna Rosławska, MPI Stuttgart, Germany
Talk title: Light-matter interaction probed at the atomic scale
Dr. Letizia Savio, CNR-IMEM, Italy
Talk title: Pd-cyclometallated complexes at Ag(110): from self-assembly to the synthesis of new compounds
Prof. Martin Setvin, Charles University, Czechia
Talk title: Imaging and tracking polarons in Fe₂O₃ and SrTiO₃ by atomic force microscopy
Dr. Nina Schalk, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria
Talk title: Unprecedented insights into microstructure-property relations of Ti(Al)SiN coatings by combinatorially applied advanced characterization methods
Prof. Alastair Stacey, RMIT University, Australia
Talk title: Diamond surface science for quantum and electronics applications
Prof. Hans-Peter Steinrück, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Talk title: Modification of the surface properties of a Pt(111) surface by ionic liquids
Prof. Charles Sykes, Tufts University, USA
Talk title: Single-atom alloy catalysts: born in a vacuum, tested in reactors, and understood in silico

Biointerfaces and Materials Engineering

Prof. Michael Bryant, University of Birmingham, UK
Talk title: Engineered surfaces for biotribological applications: a soft solution for a hard problem?
Prof. Suwan Jayasinghe, University College London, UK
Talk title: Cell electrospinning: revolutionising tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
Dr. Marcus Rohnke, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Center for Materials Research, Germany
Talk title: Characterisation of sodium ion batteries - from post-mortem to operando analysis
Prof. Sebastiaan van Nuffel, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Talk title: Investigating biointerfaces using integrative ToF-SIMS imaging

Electronic materials, Energy Reduction and Carbon Reduction

Prof. Katsura Takao, Hokkaido University, Japan
Talk title: Development of new structured-core transparent vacuum insulation panels contributing to insulation retrofit of existing buildings

Nanometer Structures

Prof. Pedro Alpuim, Braga, Portugal
Talk title: Advantages and challenges of graphene transistors for biosensing
Dr. Grażyna Antczak, Wroclaw, Poland
Talk title: Identification of chirality of the organic molecular domains in the reciprocal space
Dr.Giada Franceschi, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
Talk title: Surfaces of cleaved aluminosilicates at the atomic scale
Prof. Yukiko Yamada-Takamura, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Talk title: Novel 2D materials stabilized on surfaces

Plasma Science and Technologies

Dr. Julian Held, University of Minnesota, USA
Talk title: Ionization of sputtered material in high power impulse magnetron sputtering plasmas
Dr. Zdeněk Hubička, Department of Low-Temperature Plasma, Institute of Physics Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czechia
Talk title: Plasma diagnostics in various configurations of reactive pulse magnetron sputtering systems used for thin film deposition of semiconductors
Prof. Sedina Tsikata, Georgia Institute Of Technology, USA
Talk title: Understanding complex features of partially-magnetized deposition plasmas

Thin Films Deposition, Characterisation and Applications

Prof. Rafael Alvarez, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla, Spain
Talk title: Porous nanocolumnar thin films deposited at glancing angles: fundamentals and applications
Prof. Silvia Maria Deambrosis, National Research Council of Italy - Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry and Technologies for Energy, Italy
Talk title: High entropy alloy protective coatings via magnetron sputtering technology
Prof. Maarit Karppinen, Aalto University, Finland
Talk title: Novel inorganic-organic materials through ALD/MLD as enablers of next-generation energy and nanotechnology applications
Prof. Jolanta Klemberg-Sapieha, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
Talk title: Functional coatings for aerospace applications

Vacuum Science and Applications

Dr. Vincent Baglin, CERN, Switzerland
Talk title: The high-luminosity large hadron collider vacuum system
Dr. Matthias Bernien, PTB, Germany
Talk title: Advances in traceable vacuum and outgassing rate measurements
Dr. Valentine Petit, CERN, Switzerland
Talk title: Surface technology for electron multipacting mitigation in the Large Hadron Collider vacuum system: developments towards in-situ implementation
Dr. Reza Valizadeh, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), UK
Talk title: NEG as an multifunctional coating: pro and cons, present limitations and possible developments/applications for future machines
Dr. Stylianos Varoutis, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Talk title: The role of vacuum gas dynamics in the particle exhaust of tokamak and stellarator fusion devices

Mini-Symposia Invited (Keynote) Speakers

Dr. Andrew Pollard, NPL, UK
MS-1: talk title: The importance, challenges and solutions for measuring 2D materials
Dr. Pablo Merino, Icmm, Spain
MS-2 talk title: Scanning probe microscopy as a tool for nano-optical measurements
Dr. Markus Lackinger, Technical University of Munich, Germany
MS-3 talk title: On the Utility of Spectroscopy for On-Surface Synthesis
Prof. Richard Fu, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK
MS-5 talk title: Smart thin film materials for MEMS and microsystem applications
Dr. Farnoush Salarzaei, MKS, USA
MS-6: talk title: Remote RGA operation up to 100m, with a novel radiation resistant extender cable