Topics

Section 1. Materials manufacturing and research. The range of materials includes metals and alloys, semiconductors, insulators, polymers, crystals, etc.. Topics relevant to this section include, but are not limited to:

1. Advanced material manufacturing.

2. Engineering materials and applications

3. Advanced material research techniques

Section 2. Surface treatments and coatings deposition processes. Topics relevant to this section include, but are not limited to:

1. Multi-functional composites/hybrids, graded and multilayer coatings

2. Carbon and graphene coatings and surfaces

3. Plasma deposition and processing

4. Fundamentals of ion or electron beam or plasma interactions with solids

5. Nano-coatings and ultra-thin films

6. Bio-interfaces/Biomedical/Bioactive surfaces and coatings

7. Coatings for environmental applications

8. Electric and photovoltaic coatings

9. Surfaces and coatings applications

Section 3. Nanomaterials, their characterizations and applications

Section 4. Structural-phase transformations in materials and their influence on the properties of materials. The range of materials includes metals and alloys, semiconductors, insulators, polymers, crystals, etc..

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