Focusing on interfacial phenomena and nanotechnology, AVS’s 54th annual International Symposium and Exhibition takes place 14–19 October at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. This year’s gathering features conferences, lectures, workshops, and short courses on cutting-edge topics in the ever-expanding field of vacuum technology. All those interested in the development of controlled environments, the measurement and processing of material interfaces and surfaces, and materials and processes in the nanoscale—in not only vacuum but also plasma and biological systems—should attend.
Held every fall by AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing, the symposium draws some 3000 scientists, professors, engineers, technicians, and students from the US and abroad. Subjects cover such diverse areas as biomaterials, environmental science, microelectromechanical and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), plasma science and technology, and thin films. This year’s schedule includes 121 technical sessions and presentation of more than 1300 papers and posters.
For the second consecutive...