International Glow Discharge Spectroscopy Symposium
Presentation
The International Glow Discharge Spectroscopy Symposium 2010 will be held at CUFR Jean Francois Champollion in Albi, from 22 to 27 August 2010. This conference will bring together members of the European Analytical Glow Discharge Network (GLADNET, previous meetings were held in Antwerp, Dresden, Belgrade, Thun, Budapest and Oviedo) and members of the European Working Group on Glow Discharge Spectroscopy (EW-GDS). Over 90% of members are of foreign nationality and spread over 12 countries. During this week, invited lectures, oral communications and poster presentations are scheduled, where international experts, industrialists and students can share in the field of elemental analysis of materials by glow discharge.
Supported by the Marie Curie European Union (MRTN-CT-2006-035459, Marie Curie Actions for Human Resources and Mobility Activity of the 6th framework), the project's main objective is to train GLADNET researchers (more than 60% of the students are women) on these analytical techniques in the context of European mobility. The objectives are:
- Implement research projects in collaboration with university laboratories and industry to form a new generation of scientists and raise the scientific and technological locks.
- Provide interdisciplinary training provided by leading experts from academia and industry.
- Create a common basis for technology transfer from academic to industrial research.
- To provide the European industry of skilled researchers and new knowledge in the field of solid analysis, essential to the achievement and maintenance of high quality manufacturing processes for existing and developing new materials and surface coatings. The industrial sectors concerned by this technique (GD) are of crucial importance for Europe. They include life sciences (biocompatibility of medical implants), nano-technology (composition of very thin films, nanotubes) and thin (solar cells), but also more traditional sectors such as aerospace, automotive, steel and aluminum production.
Topics
In glow discharge spectrometry, the sample acts as a cathode during a rare gas discharge (argon). The elements are sputtered by the plasma, excited and ionized and then detected by optical emission spectroscopy (OES) or mass spectrometry (MS). This technique can determine the elemental composition as a function of depth for samples solid conductors or non-conductive depending on the excitation power (continuous, DC or radiofrequency, RF). The source most commonly used is the Grimm one or derivate from:
Glow discharge spectrometry allows the elemental analysis of bulk materials and the analysis of surfaces and interfaces (concentration profiles). The technique is simple to use and very fast once the calibration performed using standard samples. The use of a radio frequency source can be applied to conductive materials or not. It allows characterization of layers and interfaces from the extreme surface to a thickness of 150 microns with a depth resolution up to nm. Depending on the circumstances, the sensitivity concentration can go from ppm to 100%. Below is an example of elemental analysis and in-depth profile of the multilayer sample after plasma sputtering and analysis.
The range of applications and the capability of this plasma analysis method are increasing.
In this context, the following topics will be discussed during this conference:
- DC, RF Discharges.
- Electrical Diagnostics.
- Optical detection / mass detection.
- Crater, sputtering rate and quantification.
- Effects of gases and molecular excitation process.
- Modeling.
- Elemental analysis (homogeneous surface, multilayer).
- Fragile materials (thermal glass, solar cells, polymers ...)
- New plasma sources.
- Optimization and improvements.
- Industrial applications.
Speakers
There will be plenary lectures providing a synthesizing view of selected areas of glow discharge research. Each plenery lecture will last 35 minutes and will be followed by 10 minutes of questions and discussion. We are happy to have gained several worldwide well-known keynote speakers in the following themes: elemental analysis, development of instrumentation, methods and applications, glow discharges, Plasma modeling and fundamental investigations. Following scholars have confirmed their willing to present plenary lectures :
- Kim A. Marshall, LECO Corporation, USA.
- Gary Hieftje, IU, Indiana University, Chemistry Department, USA.
- Annemie Bogaerts, UA, University of Antwerp, Chemistry Department, Belgium.
- Volker Hoffmann, IFW, Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden, Germany.
- Arne Bengtson, Swerea KIMAB, Korrosions-och Metallforskningsinstitutet AB, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Jean-Pierre Boeuf, Laplace, Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie, Toulouse, France.
- Zdeněk Weiss, LECO Instrumente, Plzeň, Czech Republic.
- Patrick Chapon, HORIBA Jobin Yvon, Longjumeau, France.
Program
The symposium program will integrate plenary lectures (35min + 10min questions), invites lectures (35min + 10min questions) and poster presentations. Posters will be displayed in the Multimedia building throughout the duration of the conference (Monday- Thursday). The display area for a poster is 90 cm wide and 110 cm high providing sufficient space to present scientific results. The presenting author is required to attend during breaks and poster session to discuss the work presented and to answer questions. The full conference program will be announced on July 1st.
| Start | End | Name | Organisation | Subject/Title | |
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| Sunday August 22nd | |||||
| Arrival/Welcome reception | 19:00 | 21:00 | |||
| Monday August 23rd | |||||
| Symposium | |||||
| Welcome | 09:00 | 09:15 | |||
| Invited lecture | 09:15 | 10:00 | Gary Hieftje | IU, Indiana University, Chemistry Department (USA) | Novel Glow Discharges and Spectrometers to Use With Them |
| Oral pres. | 10:00 | 10:45 | Alberts Deborah | University of Oviedo (Spain) | New applications of continuous and pulsed RF-GD-OES for the analysis of advanced materials |
| Coffee | 10:45 | 11:00 | |||
| Oral pres. | 11:00 | 11:45 | Barisone Elisa | CUFR Jean Francois Champollion, Albi (France) | Impact of the cathode material on the analytical glow discharge |
| Oral pres. | 11:45 | 12:30 | Derszi Aranka | RISSP, Budapest (Hungary) | Modelling of crater formation in low-pressure glow discharges |
| Lunch | 12:30 | 13:30 | |||
| Invited lecture | 13:30 | 14:15 | Annemie Bogaerts | UA, University of Antwerp, Chemistry Department (Belgium) | Modeling the effect of gaseous impurities in argon glow discharges: A comparative study of H2, N2 and O2 |
| Oral pres. | 14:15 | 15:00 | Efimova Varvara | IFW, Dresden (Germany) | Optimization and quantification of the GD OES depth profiles measured with application of pulsed glow discharge. |
| Coffee and poster session | 15:00 | 16:00 | Poster session | ||
| Oral pres. | 16:00 | 16:45 | Horvath Peter | EMPA, Thun (Switzerland) | Polymer analysis by pulsed radiofrequency glow discharge mass spectrometry |
| End of the session | 16:45 |
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| GLADNET steering committee meeting |
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| Tuesday August 24th | |||||
| Symposium | |||||
| Invited lecture | 08:30 | 09:15 | Kim Marshall | LECO Corporation (USA) | The Fundamentals of Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry and Implications for Proper Instrument Design |
| Oral pres. | 09:15 | 10:00 | Korolov Ihor | RISSP, Budapest (Hungary) | Experimental study of charge transfer reactions between noble gas ions and metal atoms |
| Oral pres. | 10:00 | 10:30 | Kasik Martin | Shiva Technologies, Syracuse (USA) | Analytical Glow Discharges - Quantification and Other Challanges |
| Coffee | 10:30 | 10:45 | |||
| Invited lecture | 10:45 | 11:30 | Jean-Pierre Boeuf | Laplace, Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie, Toulouse (France) | Overview of glow discharges physics and applications. From magnetron plasmas to atmospheric pressure microdischarges |
| Oral pres. | 11:30 | 12:15 | Lotito Giovanni | ETH Zurich and TOFWERK, Thun (Switzerland) | Laser Ablation Glow Discharge Time-of-Fligth mass Spectrometry (LAGD-TOFMS) for spectrochemical imaging. |
| Oral pres. | 12:15 | 12:45 | James A Whitby | EMPA, Thun (Switzerland) | Applicability of RF GD-TOFMS to molecular surfaces with molar mass < 2000 Th |
| Lunch | 12:45 | 13:45 | |||
| Invited lecture | 13:45 | 14:30 | Zdenek Weiss | LECO Instrumente, Plzen (Czech Republic) | Catalogue of glow discharge spectra: context of the project and its present state |
| Oral pres. | 14:30 | 15:15 | Mushtaq Sohail | Imperial College London (UK) | The influence on Grimm-type discharges in argon of oxygen traces, either as an added gas and as a sample constituent |
| Oral pres. | 15:15 | 15:45 | Michael Köster |
TAZ GmbH, Germany |
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| Coffee | 15:45 | 16:00 | |||
| Oral pres. | 16:00 | 16:45 | Schmitt Sebastian | EMPA, Thun (Switzerland) | Chemical and Optical Characterisation of Photovoltaic Thin Film Materials by Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry |
| Oral pres. | 16:45 | 17:30 | Simon Peter | University of Antwerp (Belgium) | Modelling of the influence of nitrogen impurities on low-pressure argon glow discharges |
| End of the session | 17:30 | ||||
| Dinner | 20:00 | 23:00 | |||
| Wednesday August 25th | |||||
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| Invited lecture | 08:30 | 09:15 | Arne Bengtson | Swerea KIMAB, Korrosions-och Metallforskningsinstitutet AB, Stockholm (Sweden) | Characterisation of thin films of corrosion products by RF GD-OES - possibilities and challenges |
| Oral pres. | 09:15 | 10:00 | Gusarova Tamara | London Metropolitan University ULMET (UK) | How hot is the Glow Discharge? |
| Oral pres. | 10:00 | 10:30 | Ken Marcus |
Clemson University, USA |
New High Resolution Radio Frequency Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometry (GDMS) System |
| Coffee | 10:30 | 10:45 | |||
| Invited lecture | 10:45 | 11:30 | Patrick Chapon | HORIBA Jobin Yvon, Longjumeau (France) | The role of EU projects within the strategy of an industrial company for the development of new products. Example of GD TOFMS within the FP6 EMDPA Strep. |
| Oral pres. | 11:30 | 12:15 | Steflekova Vasilka | Faculty of Physics, Belgrade (Serbia) | Study of cathode sheath in hydrogen glow discharge |
| Lunch | 12:15 | 13:15 | |||
| Oral pres. | 13:15 | 14:00 | Voronov Maxim | IFW, Dresden (Germany) | Pressure waves generated in Pulsed Glow Discharge in a Grimm type source and their influence on the discharge parameters |
| Oral pres. | 14:00 | 14:45 | Weinstein Viktoria | London Metropolitan University ULMET (UK) | Study of the glow discharge plasma processes : the effect of molecular gases (H2, O2, N2) on mass spectra. |
| Oral pres. | 14:45 | 15:30 | Weyler Simone | Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe TKSE, Dortmund (Germany) | Determination of hydrogen in steels with glow discharge spectroscopy (GD-OES) - limitations and possibilities |
| Coffee | 15:30 | 15:45 | |||
| Invited lecture | 15:45 | 16:30 | Volker Hoffmann | IFW, Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden (Germany) | New Instrumentation for RF-GD-OES |
| Award ceremony, closing | 16:30 | 17:00 | |||
| Gladnet meeting | 17:00 | ||||
| EW GDS meeting | 17:30 | ||||
| Thurday August 26th | |||||
| Workshops and meetings | |||||
| User-Meetings | 09:00 | 14:00 | Presentations | GDMS-Users meeting |
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| Workshop (E. Steers) | 14:00 | 16:00 | Round table | Gladnet, only on special invitation (gas mixture for GDMS) | |
| Friday August 27th | |||||
| Excursion - Gladnet members and fellows | |||||
| Airbus visit | |||||
| Lunch | |||||
| Town visit | |||||
| Party/Boat ride | |||||
| Dinner | |||||
Registration
Payment
Payment should be made in euro according to the total amount corresponding to the registration part (participation and banquet).
Bank transfer
It can be made from now by bank transfer. In this case, please indicate "igdss2010" and the full name of the delegate(s) as the reason for transfer. Bank details are listed below:
| TRESOR PUBLIC TP ALBI |
| Account owner : CENTRE UNIVERSITAIRE J.F.C |
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Credit Card
Concerning Credit Card online payment, a secure platform for processing electronic payments is available. Choose the number of persons attended to the gala dinner and click on the "Add to cart" button to process.
SKU: IGDSS2010
100,00€
Partners
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Awards
Student Awards
The Scientific Committee awards prizes for an outstanding student research work presented at the Symposium. The aim of the Awards is to encourage research by young people and to reward excellence in glow discharge and significant contributions to the discipline. The prizes are to be given to the persons judged as presenting the best contributions at the Symposium.
Student Travel Grants
A limited number of travel grants is available to encourage students to attend the symposium. Applicants should submit the following information: Abstract, proposed travel budget to the conference and two letters of recommendation, one of which is from the student's advisor, stating the importance of the research to be presented. For more information contact: Gerardo.Gamez@empa.ch
Practical info
Venue
Access to Albi
There are direct connections by air between the major European cities and Toulouse (Toulouse-Blagnac Airport). From Toulouse-Blagnac airport to the city center, there is a shuttle bus operating every 20 minutes. The shuttle service stops just in front of Matabiau railway station. Then a train can be taken to reach Albi railway station (Albi-Ville station). The travel duration is one hour.
Special transport agreement for symposium attendees
On Sunday, August 22, a special shuttle bus will be proposed between Toulouse-Blagnac airport and Albi with a periodicity of around two hours. It will be organized according to the participant arrival hours. Don’t forget to send to the local committee your hour of arrival hour in Toulouse-Blagnac airport to facilitate this organization. The shuttle bus will go to the symposium hotels in Albi.
Congress venue
The symposium will be held in the J. F. Champollion University of Albi, located “Place de Verdun” (concentric circles on the map, near the Albi-Ville railway station). The oral and poster session will take place in the Multimedia Center (-1- Maison Multimédia) situated at the main entrance of the University.
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Accommodation
The participants of the conference are asked to book their stays in Albi themselves in collaboration with our partner. Accommodation is available in hotels (from 2 to 5 stars). It can be made on the Albi Tourism Office site, partner of the symposium, on the following link:
Your booking form for the International Glow Discharge Spectriscopy Symposium in Albi
Social events
A welcome reception will be held at the Multimedia building of the CUFR J. F. Champollion on Sunday August 22 from 7 to 9 pm. There is no charge for conference registrants and companions.
The conference banquet will be held Wednesday (august 25) evening. A nominal payment of 40€ will be charged for conference registrants and companions. Booking can be purchased during on-line registration.
Albi local info
- Albi tourism office : http://www.albi-tourisme.fr/fr/default.asp
- Albi town hall : http://www.mairie-albi.fr/
- Toulouse Lautrec Museum : http://www.museetoulouselautrec.net/
- Panoramic visit of Albi and Sainte Cecile Cathedral : http://www.mairie-albi.fr/pano/albi_virtuel.htm
- Best Midi-Pyrenees touristic sites : http://www.grandsites.midipyrenees.fr/
Submission
Abstracts must be submitted to the organization committee by email. Please indicate in your email your preferred type of presentation (oral, poster). The number of oral presentation is limited; consequently some oral presentations could be proposed as poster presentation. Accepted abstracts will be published in the Abstract Book.
Abstracts should be no longer than 400 words with single line and normal character spacing in 12pt Times New Roman font. Each abstract should contain the following information: paper title, first and last name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s), body of abstract: purpose of the study, methods used, summary of the results and conclusion reached.
Contact
| Local committee | International committee |
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