Scope and Topics
CVD-XVII & EUROCVD-17 will take place within the framework of a well-established sponsorship by the Electrochemical Society, continuing the long-standing tradition of European CVD Conferences begun in Paris in 1977. The last joint meeting was held in Paris in 2003, while EUROCVD-16 was organized in Den Haag, Netherlands (2006). The raison d’etre of these conferences is to highlight common areas of interest and particular challenges for scientists working in the field of chemical vapor deposition and related topics, from both fundamental and applied points of view.
In this context, CVD-XVII & EUROCVD-17 will provide the opportunity to present leading research activities in the field from both academic and industrial perspectives, facilitating interactions and information exchange between people operating in the CVD community and providing opportunities to open up new, intriguing directions for technological transfer.
CVD techniques are versatile and convenient processes for development and optimization of inorganic, organic and hybrid materials with particular properties. The tremendous growth of related activities in the last decade has been significantly fueled by the possibility of producing nano-organized architectures (such as composites, wires, and nanotubes) and to tailor their characteristics by design according to the specific process paths. As a result, CVD manufacturing of a wide range of products, from heterogeneous catalysts and micromechanical systems, through electronic and optical devices, to smart coatings and chemical sensors, has undergone remarkable development, opening up interesting possibilities for further improvement of functional performance.
Papers describing the use of CVD to deposit innovative thin films and nanomaterials (such as biomaterials, inorganic-organic polymers, nano-porous materials, sensing and luminescent devices) are particularly welcome, as well as contributions focusing on advanced routes (plasma- or laser-assisted, hybrid strategies) and on the improvement of process control either by theoretical modeling or by the use of advanced characterization techniques.
On this basis, CVD-XVII & EUROCVD-17 is intended to be focused on, but not limited to, the following general topics:
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CVD fundamentals (gas-phase and surface chemistry, reaction mechanisms, kinetics, multi-scale modeling, structure-property relationships)
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Novel CVD precursors: design, development and characterization
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Innovative CVD strategies (activated processes, plasma-assisted, ALD, iCVD, hybrid strategies)
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Non-conventional materials and complex structures by CVD (nanorods and tubes, nanocomposites, nanopillars, nanoparticles and quantum dots)
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Process control and diagnostics - in-situ spectroscopy and analytical techniques
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Novel processing tools and reactors: CVD from the lab to the fab
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Technological applications of CVD techniques (optoelectronics, chemical sensors, energy production, photocatalysis, MEMS devices, etc.)