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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).
