PROGRAMME

09:45
Registration in Foyer. Coffee in Meeting Room

10.15
Introduction to meeting
Mark Baker, Surrey Materials Institute, University of Surrey

SESSION 1: Fabrication & Characterisation

Chair:  Mark Baker

10:20
INVITED: Characterisation of TCO-Si interfaces with XPS, HREM and ab-initio modelling based on DFT
Dr Spyros Diplas, SINTEF, NORWAY

10:40
Reduced preferential sputtering of titanium oxide thin films through argon cluster ion bombardment
Dr Rosanna Grilli, Surrey Materials Institute, University of Surrey

11:00   
The Electrical characterisation of TCO thin films – Talk not presented due to unforeseen circumstances
Dr Eric Don, Semimetrics Ltd, Kings Langley

SESSION 2: Optical Films

Chair: Dr Spyros Diplas

11.40
INVITED: Optical properties and applications of nanostructured oxide thin films
Dr John Allen, AJ Thin Films Consultancy Ltd

12.00   
Thin film silica nanocomposites for antireflection coatings
Sasha Reid, Oxford Advanced Surfaces Group

12.20
Absorbance of Zinc Oxide Nanostructures on Conductive Glass Substrates
Kieren Bradley, University of Bristol

12.40   
INVITED Plasma Assisted Reactive Magnetron Sputtering of High Performance Interference Filters
Alfons Zöller; Leybold Optics, GERMANY

13:00
POSTER SESSION – Lunch break
Delegates are encouraged to visit the exhibition during lunch, the poster session will be held in the in the exhibition area

SESSION 3: Industrial Processing

Chair: Dr Glen West

14.40
INVITED Traceable measurements of water vapour transmission rate for high performance barrier layers
Dr Paul Brewer, National Physical Laboratory

15.00
Managing flexible webs for vacuum roll-to-roll deposition for electronic of ultra-barrier applications
Dr Charles Bishop, C.A. Bishop Consulting Ltd

15:20
Comparison of ITO and AZO properties from reactive and non-reactive deposition from rotatable sputter targets
Dr Dermot Monaghan, Gencoa Ltd

15.40
Oxide thin films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering
Dr Zhenxue Zhang, Teer Coatings Ltd

16.00
UV Deposition of Thin Films and Nanostructures
Prof Ian W Boyd, ETC, Brunel University

16.20    Meeting Close