Invited speakers( 5 Dec, 2012 updated)

(In Alphabetical Order)

 

Hynek Biederman (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic)

    "Nanoparticles, Nanostructured and Nanocomposite Films Based on Plasma Polymers"

 

Fabio Cicoira (Ecole Polytechnique Montréal, Canada)

    “Organic electronics at the interface with biology”

 

Wolfgang Diehl (Fraunhofer IST, Brauschweig, Germany,)
    “ Functional coatings produced by Plasma Processes –Technology and recent applications“

 

Mariusz Dudek (Technical University of Lodz, Poland)

    “Microstructures manufactured in diamond by use of laser micromachining”

 

Ali Erdemir (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
    “Catalytically Active Multifunctional Nanocomposite Coatings for Advanced Tribological Applications"

 

Francois Flory (Im2np, France)
    “Nano-optics and plasmonic effects of nanostructured materials”

 

Claes-Göran Granqvist (Uppsala University, Sweden)
    “Chromogenic Coatings and Devices for Energy Efficient Buildings”

 

Ulf Helmersson (University of Linkoping, Sweden)
    “The use of highly ionized pulsed plasmas for the synthesis of advanced thin films and nanoparticles”

 

Jiansheng JIE (Soochow University, China)

    “High-efficiency Graphene/Si Nanoarray Combined Solar Cells via Surface Modification and Graphene Doping”

 

Jolanta E. Klemberg-Sapieha (Ecole Polytechnique Montréal, Canada)

    “Energy savings through enhanced performance of protective coatings”

 

Carl M. Lampert (Society of Vacuum Coaters, Star Science, USA)

    "Functional coatings and technology for advanced building applications"

      Special SVC Talk : "The Mission of SVC and Opportunities for Collaboration in Vacuum Coating"

 

Shu Ping Daniel Lau (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

    “An Efficient and Stable fluorescent Graphene Quantum Dot/Agar Composite For White Light Emitting Diodes”

 

Chun Sing Lee (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

    "Exciplex emission, charge transfer complex and their implications to electroluminescent and photovoltaic processes"

 

Cheng Chung Lee (National Central University, Taiwan)

   "Novel optical coatings for thin film solar cells"

 

Guoqiang Li (South China University of Technology, China)

    “Interfacial reaction control for epitaxial growth of high quality III-nitrides on various substrates”

 

Jian Lu (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

    "Surface Nano-Crystallization: concept, processing and applications for advanced energy"

 

Ludvik Martinu (Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Canada)
    "Performance enhancement of passive and active functional thin films through the understanding of their growth process"

 

Stanislaw F.Mitura (Technical University of Lodz, Poland)

    "Plasmachemical modification of diamond"

 

Stephen Muhl (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
     "Three, more or less new, thin film deposition techniques"

 

Joerg Patscheider (Laboratory of Nanoscale Materials Science EMPA, Switzerland)

    "Ternary AlN-based optically transparent hard nanocomposite coatings"

 

Ivan Petrov (University of Illinois, USA, and Linköping University, Sweden)

    “Low-temperature vapor–liquid–solid growth of vertically aligned silicon oxide nanowires

using sputter deposition with concurrent ion bombardment”

 

Shyama Rath (University of Delhi, India)

    “Optical determination of carrier concentration in transparent conducting oxides:

a study of non-stoichiometric ZnO thin films”

 

Clara Santato (École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada)
    "Electrolyte gating as a platform to control the conductivity of nanostructured thin films"

 

Jayati Sarkar (Indian Institute of Technology, India)

    “Miniaturized pattern formation at soft interfaces”

 

Qing Shen (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)

    “Semiconductor quantum dot-sensitized soalr cells: effects of surface modification

and photoanode morphology on photovoltaic properties and carrier dynamics”

 

Wanxin Sun (Bruker Nano Surfaces Division, Singapore)

    “Peakforce tapping based nanomechanical and nanoelectrical
measurement techniques enabling quantitative energy researches”

 

Shulin Sun (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

    “High-efficiency Broadband Anomalous Reflection of Visible Light

by Gradient Meta-surfaces”

 

Wenhao Q. Sun, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

    “Towards a High-Throughput, First-Principles Investigation of Surfaces”

 

Roy Vellaisamy (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

    “Ternary active layers for bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic devices”

 

Chun Dong Wang (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

    “Graphene-Fe3O4 nano-composites as anode for high-energy lithium-ion batteries”

 

Jianbin Xu (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

    "Engineering of high performance graphene based electronic devices
by surface mediated growth and self-assembled monolayers"

 

Feng Yan (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

    “The Applications of Graphene in Optoelectronic Devices”

 

Siu Fung Yu (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

    “Lasers using Carbon Nanostructures as Gain Medium”

 

Juan Antonio Zapien (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

    “Light measurements as tools to achieve light manipulation”

 

Zijian Zheng (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

    “Polymer Brushes: From Printable Electronics to 3D Nanopatterning”