ICMCTF2021

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ICMCTF 2021 is Going Virtual

After much deliberation in the wake of rapidly changing and unprecedented circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF)/AVS Advanced Surface Engineering Executive Committee has made the extremely difficult decision to cancel the in-person event, originally scheduled for April 25–30, 2021, in San Diego, California, USA, and shift to a virtual model.

We understand what ICMCTF means to our attendees, exhibitors, presenters, sponsors, and vendors, and will exert our best effort to allow members of our community to present their latest research and foster collaborations with colleagues virtually in 2021.

This was not a decision made lightly, or without significant deliberation, but the health, safety and well-being of the ICMCTF global community is our highest priority. So, in the face of increasing concerns, and with the guidance of governmental and health agencies, travel bans, restrictions on gathering size, quarantine regulations, and the emergency measures currently in place in the state of California, the decision was compelled and required.

Virtual Conference Overview & Highlights

The International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF 2021) will be adapted into a Virtual Conference comprised of Live and On Demand Sessions. The registration deadline is April 30, 2021; all presenters must register by March 1, 2021. The event will feature:

Live Daily Sessions Monday – Thursday (2) and Friday (1)
Live Plenary, Exhibitor Keynote, Special Interest, Student Award Finalists and Invited Talks—all with live Q&A Chat opportunities
Live Friday Award Session with Sproul and Bunshah Honorary Lectures, live announcement of Student Awards, and Q&A opportunities
Live Moderated Post Session Invited Speaker Special Sessions Allowing for Informal Discussion and Networking
Live Post Session Virtual Sponsor Chat Rooms
On Demand Oral Sessions
On Demand Poster Sessions with a Mix of Pre-recorded (Video or Audio) Talks and/or PDF files
Live and On Demand Sessions available on mobile app/desktop planner through June 30, 2021 and then to AVS members in the AVS Technical Library

Note: Live Sessions will also be recorded and added to the On Demand Sessions.

The ICMCTF 2021 Virtual Conference will kick off on Monday, April 26, 2021, with the Plenary Lecture, followed by two parallel sessions of invited talks. Each morning’s Live Sessions will follow this pattern, kicking off with a keynote talk from 10:00 – 11:00 am ET followed by two parallel sessions of invited talks, being capped off by our Awards Session on Friday, April 30, 2021.

All Registered/Paid attendees will also be able to participate in the Monday, April 26–Friday, April 30 Technical & Poster Sessions. The live sessions will feature plenary, invited and honorary lectures. After each day’s live sessions, we invite attendees to view the pre-recorded Technical & Poster Sessions On Demand. Posters will be a mix of pre-recorded (video or audio) talks and/or PDF files.

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Monday, April 26

ICMCTF Monday Live #1: COATINGS FOR FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS AND BIO APPLICATIONS

Moderators: Barbara Putz, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland; Jean Geringer, Mines Saint-Etienne, France

10:00 a.m. EDT	ICMCTF Chairs’ Welcome Address: *Chris Muratore, University of Dayton, USA; Greg Greczynski*, Linköping University, Sweden Thank you to Sponsors, and Introduction of Plenary Speaker
10:15 a.m.	Plenary Lecture: Magnus Berggren, Linköping University, Sweden, Organic Bioelectronics – Nature Connected
11:00 a.m.	Break
11:15 a.m.	Flexible Printed Sensors for Biomechanical Measurements, Tse Nga Ng, University of California San Diego, USA
11:45 a.m.	Flexible Electronics: From Interactive Smart Skins to In vivo Applications, Denys Makarov, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e. V. (HZDR), Germany
12:15 p.m.	Biomimetic Extracellular Matrix Coating for Titanium Implant Surfaces to Improve Osteointegration, Sriram Ravindran, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
12:45 p.m.	Closing Remarks & Sponsor Slide with Platinum Shout Outs
12:50 p.m.	Session Over – View Technical & Poster On Demand Presentations

ICMCTF Monday Live #2: NEW HORIZONS IN BORON-CONTAINING COATINGS

Moderators: Marcus Hans, RWTH Aachen University, Germany; Helmut Riedl, TU Wien, Austria

11:00 a.m.	Welcome, Announcements, & Thank You to Sponsors
11:15 a.m.	Insights in the Structure, Defects and Stability of Mo₂BC Thin Films by Advanced Characterization Methods, *Christina Scheu,* Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Germany
11:45 a.m.	Metal Diborides Everywhere: Conformal Coating, Infilling, and Alloying by Low Temperature CVD, John Abelson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
12:15 p.m.	A Progress Report on Bulk MAB Phases, Michel Barsoum, Drexel University, USA
12:45 p.m.	Closing Remarks & Sponsor Slide with Platinum Shout Outs
12:50 p.m.	Session Over – View Technical & Poster On Demand Presentations

ICMCTF Monday Post Live Session Events

1:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.

Live Moderated Post Session Discussion Room #1: Coatings for Flexible Electronics and Bio Applications
Live Moderated Post Session Discussion Room #2: New Horizons in Boron-Containing Coatings
Technical & Poster Sessions: Monday On Demand
Virtual Sponsors Chat Rooms & Other Special Events

Tuesday, April 27

ICMCTF Tuesday Live #1: SURFACE ENGINEERING – APPLIED RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

Moderators: Satish Dixit, Plasma Technology Inc., USA, Christoph Schiffers, CemeCon AG, Germany

10:00 a.m. EDT	Award Chairs Welcome Address: *Ivan Petrov*, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Thank you to Sponsors, and Introduction of Student Finalists
10:15 a.m.	Student Award Finalist Talk: Enhanced High-temperature Oxidation Resistance of Hard TiB₂-rich Ti_1-xAl_xB_y Thin Films, Babak Bakhit, Linköping University, Sweden
10:30 a.m.	Student Award Finalist Talk: The Magneto-Plasmonic Properties of Ag-Co Composite Nanostructures, Hoang Luong, University of Georgia, USA
10:45 a.m.	Student Award Finalist Talk: Nanoscale Stress and Microstructure Distributions across Scratch Track Cross-Sections in a Brittle-Ductile CrN-Cr Bilayer Film on Steel Revealed by X-ray Nanodiffraction, Michael Meindlhumer, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria
11:00 a.m.	Break
11:15 a.m.	Silicon in Cutting Tools, *Albir Layyous*, Layyous Consulting, Israel
11:45 a.m.	Stabilization of FCVAS Based Hybrid System for Deposition of Thick Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon Films and its Applications, Jongkuk Kim, Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Korea, Republic of Korea
12:15 p.m.	Low Interfacial Toughness Materials for Effective Large-scale Deicing, *Kevin Golovin*, University of Britsh Columbia, Canada
12:45 p.m.	Closing Remarks & Sponsor Slide with Platinum Shout Outs
12:50 p.m.	Session Over – View Technical & Poster On Demand Presentations

ICMCTF Tuesday Live #2: TRIBOLOGY AND MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF COATINGS AND ENGINEERED SURFACES

Moderators: Giovanni Ramirez, Bruker Nano Surfaces, USA, Michael Chandross, Sandia National Labs, USA

11:00 a.m.	Welcome, Announcements, & Thank You to Sponsors
11:15 a.m.	PVD Coatings Interaction with the Environment and Influence of Substrate on Coating Performance, Bojan Podgornik, Institute of Metals and Technologies, Slovenia
11:45 a.m.	Insights into Indentation-Induced Cracking via 3D-FIB Tomography and HR-EBSD, Bo-Shiuan Li, University of Oxford, UK
12:15 p.m.	Photon Beam and Plasma Cloud – Programmable Surfaces, Anna Buling, ELB Eloxalwerk Ludwigsburg GmbH, Germany
12:45 p.m.	Closing Remarks & Sponsor Slide with Platinum Shout Outs
12:50 p.m.	Session Over – View Technical & Poster On Demand Presentations

ICMCTF Tuesday Post Live Session Events

1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

Live Moderated Post Session Discussion Room #1: Surface Engineering-Applied Research & Industrial Applications
Live Moderated Post Session Discussion Room #2: Tribology & Mechanical Behavior of Coatings & Engineered Surfaces
Technical & Poster Sessions: Tuesday On Demand
Virtual Sponsors Chat Rooms & Other Special Events

Wednesday, April 28

ICMCTF Wednesday Live #1: IN-SILICO DESIGN OF NOVEL MATERIALS BY QUANTUM MECHANICS & CLASSICAL METHODS

Moderators: David Holec, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria, Davide G. Sangiovanni, Linköping University, Sweden

10:00 a.m. EDT	Program Chairs’ Welcome: Greg Greczynski, Linköping University, Sweden Thank you to Sponsors & Introduction of Special Interest Talk
10:15 a.m.	Special Interest Talk: Materials Discoveries at Extreme Conditions: A Path Towards New Advanced Materials, *Igor Abrikosov*, Linköping University, Sweden
11:00 a.m.	Break
11:15 a.m.	Are Protective Coatings Predictable?, Jochen Schneider, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
11:45 a.m.	Controlling Phase and Microstructure of Ti-Cr-Al-N System Deposited by Arc Ion Plating, *Kenji Yamamoto*, Kobe Steel Ltd., Japan
12:15 p.m.	Theoretical Insights into Transition Metal Nitrides for Thermoelectric and Piezoelectric Applications, Björn Alling, Linköping Univ., IFM, Theoretical Physics Div., Sweden
12:45 p.m.	Closing Remarks & Sponsor Slide with Platinum Shout Outs
12:50 p.m.	Session Over – View Technical & Poster On Demand Presentations

ICMCTF Wednesday Live #2: ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES

Moderators: Prabhakar Mohan, Solar Turbines, Inc., USA, Diederik Depla, Ghent University, Belgium

11:00 a.m.	Welcome, Announcements, & Thank You to Sponsors
11:15 a.m.	Influence of the Microstructural Evolution of YSZ TBCs on their Thermal Insulation Potential, *Germain Boissonnet*, G. Bonnet, Université de La Rochelle, France
11:45 a.m.	High-Entropy Ceramic Thin Films; A Case Study of Nitrides, Oxides and Diborides, Paul Heinz Mayrhofer, TU Wien, Institute of Materials Science and Technology, Austria
12:15 p.m.	Characterization of Defects and their Dynamics using Transmission Scanning Electron Microscopy, *Daniel Gianola*, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
12:45 p.m.	Closing Remarks & Sponsor Slide with Platinum Shout Outs
12:50 p.m.	Session Over – View Technical & Poster On Demand Presentations

ICMCTF Wednesday Post Live Session Events

1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

Live Moderated Post Session Discussion Room #1: In-silico Design of Novel Materials by Quantum Mech. & Classical Methods
Live Moderated Post Session Discussion Room #2: Advanced Characterization Techniques
Technical & Poster Sessions: Wednesday On Demand
Virtual Sponsors Chat Rooms & Other Special Events

Thursday, April 29

ICMCTF Thursday Live #1: HARD COATINGS AND VAPOR DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGIES

Moderators: Farwah Nahif, voestalpine eifeler-Vacotec GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany; Tiberiu Minea, Université Paris-Saclay, France

10:00 a.m. EDT	General Chair’s Welcome: Chris Muratore, University of Dayton, USA; Thank You to Sponsors & Introduction of Exhibition Keynote Lecture
10:15 a.m.	Exhibition Keynote Lecture: Carbon based Coatings in Industrial Scale for Sustainable Surface Solutions, *Jörg* Vetter, Oerlikon Balzers Coating Germany GmbH, Germany
11:00 a.m.	Break
11:15 a.m.	Impact of Nitrogen Deficiency on the Phase Transformation of (Ti,Al)N Thin Films at Elevated Temperatures, Isabella Schramm, Sandvik Coromant R&D, Sweden
11:45 a.m.	Air-based Sputtering Deposition of Gradient Oxynitride Coatings, Fu-Hsing Lu, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
12:15 p.m.	Optimizing Ionization and Deposition Rate in High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering, Daniel Lundin, Linköping University, Sweden
12:45 p.m.	Closing Remarks & Sponsor Slide with Platinum Shout Outs
12:50 p.m.	Session Over – View Technical & Poster On Demand Presentations

ICMCTF Thursday Live #2: THIN FILMS FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONS

Moderators: Peter Kelly, Manchester Metropolitan Univ., UK; Glen West, Manchester Metropolitan Univ., UK

11:00 a.m.	Welcome, Announcements, and Thank You to Sponsors
11:15 a.m.	Advanced Nanomaterials for Energy-Related Applications, Eva Schubert, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
11:45 a.m.	Photocatalytic Bismuth Oxide Coatings and their Potential for Water Treatment Applications, Marina Ratova, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
12:15 p.m.	High Entropy Materials For Energy Applications, Jyh-Ming Ting, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
12:45 p.m.	Closing Remarks, Thank You’s, & Sponsor Slide with Platinum Shout Outs
12:50 p.m.	Session Over – View Technical & Poster On Demand Presentations

ICMCTF Thursday Post Live Session Events

1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

Live Moderated Post Session Discussion Room #1: Hard Coatings and Vapor Deposition Technologies
Live Moderated Post Session Discussion Room #2: Thin Films for Energy Applications
Technical & Poster Sessions: Thursday On Demand
Virtual Sponsors Chat Rooms & Other Special Events

Friday, April 30

ICMCTF Friday Live: AWARDS SESSION

Moderators: Ivan Petrov, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Andrey Voevodin, Univ. of North Texas, USA

10:00 a.m. EDT	Program Chairs’ Welcome: Greg Greczynski, Linköping University, Sweden, *Samir Aouadi*, University of North Texas, USA Thank you to Sponsors & Introduction of Special Interest Talk
10:15 a.m.	Special Interest Talk: Design, Metallurgy and Manufacturing Technologies of Targets for Hard Coating and Tribological Applications, *Peter Polcik,* Plansee Composite Materials GmbH, Germany
11:00 a.m.	Break, Announcement of Student Awardees, & Introduction of Bill Sproul Awardee
11:15 a.m.	Bill Sproul Award and Honorary ICMCTF Lecture: Transition Metal Nitride Layers: New Phases and New Properties, *Daniel Gall,* Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
11:45 a.m.	Break & Introduction of R.F. Bunshah Awardee
12:00 p.m.	R.F. Bunshah Award and ICMCTF Honorary Lecture: From a Sparkling Brass Chain and Twitching Frog Legs: The Astonishing Path to Plasma-Based Advanced Coatings, **André Anders**, Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), Felix Bloch Inst., Leipzig Univ., Germany
12:45 p.m.	Closing Remarks, Thank Yous & Sponsor Slide
12:50 p.m.	Session Over – View Technical & Poster On Demand Presentations