Donnerstag, 27. August 2015

Talk of Prof. Dr. Vasco Guerra about Kinetic modelling of microwave discharges

On September 3rd, Asst. Prof. Dr. Vasco Guerra from IST Lisboa (Instituto Superior Técnico), Portugal, will visit Dr. Efe Kemaneci from TET (RUB) and give a talk about his research, more precisely about "Kinetic modelling of microwave discharges in O2-containing mixtures". The presentation is going to take place at 11:00 am  in  ID 04/413. All members of the SFB and everybody else interested are welcome to join!

Abstract: A self-consistent kinetic model is developed in order to study the elementary processes occurring in surfacewave microwave discharges in pure O2 and in the mixtures O2-Ar, O2-N2 and O2-N2-Ar. The theoretical formulation is based on the solution of a system of 0-D rate balance equations for the dominant neutral and charged species, coupled to the homogeneous electron Boltzmann equation and to the quasi-neutrality condition, allowing the self-consistent determination of the sustaining reduced electric field E/N. The model is used to investigate different phenomena, such as dissociation in O2 discharges, production of O2(a) and UV emitting species, or the formation of NO and O3 molecules. The extension of the model to situations of small-diameters / low-pressures, where the kinetics is strongly dominated by electron-impact collisions and wall interactions, is briefly discussed.

Prof. Guerra graduated in physics and obtained his Ph.D. in 1998 after having written a thesis on Plasma Physics about Kinetic Modelling of Glow Discharges in Molecular Gases. He then became an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics of the Instituto Superior Técnico where he is working down to the present day.

(c) Instituto Superior Técnico

Donnerstag, 6. August 2015

Tutorial "Thin Film Growth Phenomena"

(c) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
On tuesday 6th October Prof. José-María Albella Martín is going to give a tutorial about Thin Film Growth Phenomena. SFB members and all other interested persons with at least a master's degree are highly welcome.

Prof. Albella's tutorial (Thin Film Growth Phenomena) is going to deal with microscopic processes associated with thin film deposition, from the early stages of atom adsorption, nucleation, etc. to vertical growth of films showing different micro/nanostructures. These topics are going to be treated from a phenomenological perspective by using thermodynamic principles. Finally, the effects of the deposition conditions (pressure, temperature, deposition rate, impurities, etc) on the morphological and structural properties of the films are going to be discussed.

Dr. Albella is Senior scientist at the Surface Physics and Engineering Dept., (Institute of Materials Science, CSIC). Before, he has been a Professor at the Applied Physics Department (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) where he taught several graduate and doctorate courses on semiconductors, electronic materials and thin films. Presently, he conducts a research group devoted to the study of ceramic coatings for surface treatments for tribological applications (mechanical parts, tools, etc.), using PVD and CVD techniques (sputtering, plasmas, ion beams, etc.).

His course will be taught on Tuesday 6th October in the classroom ID 04/401, and it has two parts:
Part I: Nucleation on the surface (10:30 - 12:00)
Lunch (12:00-13:00)
Part II: Vertical growth (13:00-14:30)

In order to register please send and email to Carles Corbella (carles.corbella@rub.de).