Programme
Nanometals, that means metal particles of diameter in the range of a few nanometers or thin films in the same thickness range, are interesting not only because of their special mechanic properties but also because of other physical and chemical properties, sometimes totally different from those of coarse-grained metals. Metal based magnetic materials are of great interest for the field of information storage. Encapsulated (for example in a carbon matrix) metals are protected against oxidation, without loosing their magnetic properties. Encapsulated or supported nanometals are more resistant against sintering at elevated temperatures. Metallic thin films may find their application in electronic industry, for example as interconnect lines or magnetic or electric layers. Nanometals have been used for a long time in catalysis, before the prefix "nano" has become famous and has come to be frequently used. Nowadays, using modern techniques, it is possible to study kinetics and mechanisms of catalytic reactions in nanoscale. In order to investigate processes occurring on the surface of thin films and bulk nanometals, numerous UHV surface scientific techniques are applied. These studies, carried out on a model (single crystal) or on nanocrystalline metal surfaces enable the investigation of phenomena occurring on an atomic level.
The aim of this EMRS Symposium is to offer an opportunity for discussion and exchange of ideas for scientists working with nanometals at different levels - from bidimensional surface structures, through thin films, to nanocrystalline metals. The scientific discussion will be based on invited lectures, oral communications and poster presentations, covering the following topics:
- Preparation and characterization of nanometals
- Reactions of nanometals metals with gases
- Magnetic properties of nanometals
- Encapsulated nanometals
- Supported nanometals
- Nanometals in catalysis
- Nanometals as polymer fillers
- Nanometallic materials for medical application
- Nanometals for spintronics and magnetolectronics
- Growth of ultrathin nanostructured metallic films
- Conduction mechanism in ultrathin metallic films
- Magnetconductivity of ultrathin films
- Metal based thin films for electronic:
- Interconnects for microelectronics
- Barrier layers for interconnects
- Magnetoresistive layer stacks
- Functional magnetic layer for sensors and MRAMs
- Functional electric layers
- Metal surface structures, surface morphology and defects
- Surface diffusion and segregation on metals
- Surface reactions of metals
- Adsorption of gases on metal surfaces
- Adsorbate induced metallic surface reconstruction
- Phase transitions on metallic surfaces
- Surface alloys
Invited lectures (provisory titles):
- Herbert Pfnuer, Germany, "HRSEM and STM studies of nanostructured metals"
- Jozef Barnas, Poland, "Coulomb potential barrier in nanomagnetic systems"
- George Papavassiliou, Greece, "NMR studies of colossal magnetoresistivity in Mn containing materials"
- Claire-Marie Pradier, France, "Oxidation of ammonia on copper model surfaces"
- Yuri Suchorski, Germany, "Surface reactions on a field emitter tip: bridging
of the materials and pressure gap"
- Matthieu Maillard, France, "Plasmon assisted growth of disk-shaped silver nanoparticles and
individual optical properties"
- Wolf-Dieter Schneider, Switzerland, "Nanoscale surface physics with local probes: electronic bandstructure of a two-dimensional self-assembled adatom superlattice"
Organisers
Symposium is organised by:
- Urszula NARKIEWICZ, Institute of Chemical and Environment Engineering, Centre of Knowledge Based Nanomaterials and Technologies, Technical University of Szczecin
- Yves PAULEAU, National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, CNRS-LEMD
- Klaus WETZIG, Institute fur Festkorperanalytik und Strukturforschung des IFW Dresden
- Jean-Francois HOCHEPIED, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris
- Walerian ARABCZYK, Institute of Chemical and Environment Engineering, Centre of Knowledge Based Nanomaterials and Technologies, Technical University of Szczecin
- Nikolaous GOUSKOS, Solid State Section, Department of Physics, University of Athens
Scientific Committee Members:
- Bernard Aufray (Marseille, France)
- Jozef Barna¶ (Poznan, Poland)
- Bernard Gruzza (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
- Jacques Jupille (Paris, France)
- Miklos Menyhard (Budapest, Hungary)
- Hans-Joachim Muessig (Frankfurt (Oder), Germany)
- George Papadopoulos (Athens, Greece)
- Jerzy Pielaszek (Warsaw, Poland)
- Mieczyslaw Wysiecki (Szczecin, Poland)
Proceedings
The proceedings of the Symposium "I" will be published in Reviews on Advanced Materials Science.
Please obey rules given in author's guide and use the cover page provided.
