The SurfCoat Korea 2018 conference topics include:
Surface treatments and coatings deposition processes
Surface engineering and functionalization
Characterization of engineered surfaces
Surfaces and coatings properties/ Performance
Interface and interaction science
Electro- and electroless plating
Cold and Thermal spraying
Thermochemical surface engineering
Thin film by PVD, CVD, and ALD
Novel surface modification technologies
Conversion coatings
Additive manufacturing of surfaces
Surface engineering in sustainable energy applications
Biomedical/ Bioactive surfaces and coatings
Biointerfaces
Optical, electric, photovoltaic and magnetic coatings
Hydro-, ice- and oleophobic/philic surfaces
Multi-functional, composite/ hybrid, graded and multilayers coatings
Smart surfaces and coatings
Self-healing surfaces
Modelling of simulation of coating
Surface nanoengineering
Nanocoatings and Ultra-Thin Films
Graphene coatings/films
Tribological coatings
Wear and corrosion protection
Adhesion and Adhesives
Focused sessions:
In addition to the conference sessions, other focused sessions will run in parallel including:
Session on interface magnetism in thin films
Chair:
Prof. Saibal Basu, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre- Mumbai, India.
Session on thin film/ coatings tribology
Chairs:
Prof. Albano Cavaleiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Dr. Quanshun Luo, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
Prof. Sandra Carvalho, University of. Minho, Portugal
Invited speakers:
- Dr. Ronghua Wei, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, USA
- Prof. Tomas Polcar, n-CATS, University of Southampton, UK
- Prof. Sandra Carvalho, University of Minho, Portugal
- Prof. Feng Huang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Dr. Shuncai Wang, nCATS, University of Southampton, UK
- Dr. Giovanni Ramírez, Bruker Nano Surfaces, California, USA
This Focused Session is directed to tribologists, materials scientists and engineers who are developing research activities in areas where coatings and thin films determine the friction and wear performance of mechanical components. Many different fields of application are envisaged: transportation and automotive, aeronautical and aerospace, energy, biomedical devices and implants, stents, chirurgical instruments, moulds and tooling. It is expected a forum of discussion where participants can take advantage of the existing knowledge in the field, sharing their experiences and results, contributing for the development of new ideas and establishing new contacts for increasing their personal and institutional network.
Although tribology is the main topic, works dealing with the full chain of knowledge in the thin films area are expected, such as the relations between synthesis, microstructure and mechanical properties, wear & friction mechanisms identification, importance of oxidation and corrosion on the tribological performance
The surface modification and characterization techniques will be also important subjects in the submitted works, such as: Plasma deposition and related technologies, Diagnostics and modeling of plasma during deposition of tribological coatings; New PVD sources; new coating technologies, pulsed plasmas, HiPIMS and industrial coating units; Non-plasma deposition of coatings and thin films (CVD, laser-assisted, plating, electrodeposition, spraying, etc); Investigation of initial phases of thin films growth and their importance for tribological performance; In situ characterization of coatings during deposition and tribological testing; High resolution characterization techniques of thin films, such as analytical electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, etc.
Therefore, papers are required in the following and related tribology areas:
Session on nanostructured surfaces and coatings
Chair:
Prof Dongfeng Diao, Institute of Nanosurface Science and Engineering- Shenzhen University, China.
Session on surface wettability
Chair:
Prof. Xu Deng, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China.