International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF) 2026 Schedule
Meeting Information Abstract Book
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Program Schedule
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| 8:00 AM |
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 1 session 2 papers Timeline |
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM 6 sessions 31 papers Timeline |
8:00 AM - 12:20 PM 6 sessions 37 papers Timeline |
8:00 AM - 12:20 PM 5 sessions 45 papers Timeline |
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM 4 sessions 27 papers Timeline |
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| 10:00 AM |
10:00 AM - 12:20 PM 5 sessions 23 papers Timeline |
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| 11:00 AM |
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 1 session 1 paper Timeline |
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12:40 PM - 1:20 PM 1 session 1 paper Timeline |
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| 1:00 PM |
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM 1 session 1 paper Timeline |
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM 1 session 1 paper Timeline |
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1:20 PM - 5:00 PM 5 sessions 30 papers Timeline |
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1:40 PM - 5:40 PM 6 sessions 42 papers Timeline |
1:40 PM - 5:20 PM 6 sessions 40 papers Timeline |
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| 2:00 PM |
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 4 sessions 18 papers Timeline |
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| 5:00 PM |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM 9 sessions 105 papers |
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5:45 PM - 7:05 PM 1 session 1 paper Timeline |
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| 7:00 PM |
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| CM | Topic CM Abstract Book | Advanced Characterization, Modelling and Data Science for Coatings and Thin Films |
| EX | Topic EX Abstract Book | Exhibitors Keynote Lecture |
| HL | Topic HL Abstract Book | Awards Ceremony and Honorary Lecture |
| IA | Topic IA Abstract Book | Surface Engineering - Applied Research and Industrial Applications |
| IUVSTA | Topic IUVSTA Abstract Book | International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique, and Applications Special Session |
| KYL | Topic KYL Abstract Book | Keynote Lectures |
| MA | Topic MA Abstract Book | Protective and High-temperature Coatings |
| MB | Topic MB Abstract Book | Functional Thin Films and Surfaces |
| MC | Topic MC Abstract Book | Tribology and Mechanics of Coatings and Surfaces |
| MD | Topic MD Abstract Book | Surface Engineering of Biomaterials, Devices and Regenerative Materials: Health, Food, and Agriculture Applications |
| PL | Topic PL Abstract Book | Plenary Lecture |
| PP | Topic PP Abstract Book | Plasma and Vapor Deposition Processes |
| TS | Topic TS Abstract Book | Topical Symposium on Sustainable Surface Engineering |
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| 7:00 AM |
Short Course Registration 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Attendee & Short Course Registration 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
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Exhibitor Registration 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM |
Attendee, Exhibitor, & Short Course Registration 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM |
Attendee & Short Course Registration 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM |
Attendee & Short Course Registration 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM |
Attendee Registration 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM |
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Morning Coffee 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM |
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| 8:00 AM |
Short Course: Introduction to Plasmas - Registration Required 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Plenary Lecture: "Nano-Engineered Materials: Heterostructures and Composites,“Prof. Pulickel M. Ajayan, Rice University 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM |
Short Course: Defects in Thin Films and Materials - Registration Required 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Short Course: Ion-Solid Interactions/Fund of Sputter Deposition - Registration Required 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Technical Sessions 8:00 AM - 5:20 PM |
Short Course: Electron Microscopy - Registration Required 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Technical Sessions 8:00 AM - 5:40 PM |
Short Course: Atmospheric Pressure Plasma: Principles, Sources, and Applications - Registration Required 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Technical Sessions 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
Technical Sessions 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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AVS Board of Directors' Meeting 8:45 AM - 2:30 PM |
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| 10:00 AM |
Short Course: Surface Engineering: Where to Start - Registration Required 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM |
Technical Sessions 10:00 AM - 5:40 PM |
Short Course: Ellipsometry - Registration Required 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM |
Short Course: Plasma Sources - Registration Required 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM |
Session Break - Complimentary Refreshments in Exhibit Hall 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Exhibition 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
Short Course: Design and Deposition of Hard and Superhard Coatings - Registration Required 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM |
Morning Coffee Break 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM |
Short Course: Interface Engineering for Successful Deposition on Technological Substrates - Registration Required 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM |
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| 11:00 AM |
Exhibition Keynote Lecture: "Thin Film Tribological Coatings to Enhance the Durability of Engineered Bearings and Industrial Motion Components,” Ryan Evans, The Timken Company 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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| 12:00 PM |
Exhibit Hall - Light Lunch (While Supplies Last) 12:00 PM - 1:40 PM |
Exhibition 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
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Exhibit Hall - Light Lunch (While Supplies Last) 12:20 PM - 2:00 PM |
ICMCTF 2026 Information & Planning Session 12:20 PM - 1:20 PM |
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Keynote Lecture III: "Compressive Stress as Creative Force: Engineering Ultrahard Hydrogen-Free Carbon for a Diamond-Like Properties," David R. McKenzie, University of Sydney, Australia 12:40 PM - 1:20 PM |
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| 1:00 PM |
Short Course: Control of Microstructure - Registration Required 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM |
Keynote Lecture I: "HiPIMS with Cathode Reversal -- Physics and Applications," David Ruzic, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1:00 PM - 1:40 PM |
Short Course: Arc Plasma PVD - Registration Required 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM |
Short Course: X-ray Diffraction - Registration Required 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM |
Keynote Lecture II: "Nanoengineered Materials and Coatings for Medicine and Beyond," Krasimir Vasilev, Flinders University, Australia 1:00 PM - 1:40 PM |
Short Course: Reactive Magnetron Sputter Deposition - Registration Required 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM |
ASED Executive Committee Meeting 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Short Course: Nanomechanics and Tribology of Thin Film Coatings - Registration Required 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM |
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Bill Sproul Award Lecture: Pathways for the Preparation of Functional Coatings by Multiscale Modelling, Jiri Houska , University of West Bohemia, Czechia 2:40 PM - 3:20 PM |
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| 3:00 PM |
Short Course: X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy - Registration Required 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM |
Short Course: Nucleation and Thin Film Growth - Registration Required 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM |
Short Course: Fundamentals of HiPIMS Thin Film Deposition - Registration Required 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM |
Short Course: Fundamentals of HiPIMS Plasmas - Registration Required 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM |
Short Course: Introduction to Materials Modeling - Registration Required 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM |
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Session Break - Complimentary Refreshments in Exhibit Hall 3:20 PM - 4:00 PM |
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Afternoon Coffee Break 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM |
Afternoon Coffee Break 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM |
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Attendee, Exhibitor, & Short Course Registration 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM |
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Poster Session 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
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Welcome Mixer & Games 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM |
Exhibition Reception 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM |
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Awards Ceremony 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM |
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Awards Reception 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM |
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| Start | Event | End | By Invitation Only? | Room |
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| Sunday, April 19, 2026 7:00 AM | Short Course Registration | 11:00 AM | Sunset 4 | |
| Sunday, April 19, 2026 8:00 AM | Short Course: Introduction to Plasmas - Registration Required | 10:00 AM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Sunday, April 19, 2026 8:45 AM | AVS Board of Directors' Meeting | 2:30 PM | Palm 5-6 | |
| Sunday, April 19, 2026 10:15 AM | Short Course: Surface Engineering: Where to Start - Registration Required | 12:15 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Sunday, April 19, 2026 1:00 PM | Short Course: Control of Microstructure - Registration Required | 3:00 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Sunday, April 19, 2026 3:15 PM | Short Course: X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy - Registration Required | 5:15 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Sunday, April 19, 2026 4:30 PM | Attendee, Exhibitor, & Short Course Registration | 6:30 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 7:00 AM | Attendee & Short Course Registration | 6:00 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 7:30 AM | Exhibitor Registration | 3:30 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 7:45 AM | Morning Coffee | 8:45 AM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 8:00 AM | Plenary Lecture: "Nano-Engineered Materials: Heterostructures and Composites,“Prof. Pulickel M. Ajayan, Rice University | 9:45 AM | Town & Country A | |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 8:00 AM | Short Course: Defects in Thin Films and Materials - Registration Required | 10:00 AM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 10:00 AM | Technical Sessions | 5:40 PM | See Program/Mobile App | |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 10:15 AM | Short Course: Ellipsometry - Registration Required | 12:15 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 1:00 PM | Keynote Lecture I: "HiPIMS with Cathode Reversal -- Physics and Applications," David Ruzic, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1:40 PM | Town & Country A | |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 1:00 PM | Short Course: Arc Plasma PVD - Registration Required | 3:00 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 2:40 PM | Bill Sproul Award Lecture: Pathways for the Preparation of Functional Coatings by Multiscale Modelling, Jiri Houska , University of West Bohemia, Czechia | 3:20 PM | Town & Country D | |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 3:15 PM | Short Course: Nucleation and Thin Film Growth - Registration Required | 5:15 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 3:40 PM | Afternoon Coffee Break | 4:00 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Monday, April 20, 2026 5:30 PM | Welcome Mixer & Games | 7:00 PM | Flamingo Lawn | |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2026 7:30 AM | Attendee, Exhibitor, & Short Course Registration | 3:30 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2026 8:00 AM | Short Course: Ion-Solid Interactions/Fund of Sputter Deposition - Registration Required | 10:00 AM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2026 8:00 AM | Technical Sessions | 5:20 PM | See Program/Mobile App | |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2026 10:15 AM | Short Course: Plasma Sources - Registration Required | 12:15 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2026 11:00 AM | Exhibition Keynote Lecture: "Thin Film Tribological Coatings to Enhance the Durability of Engineered Bearings and Industrial Motion Components,” Ryan Evans, The Timken Company | 12:00 PM | Town & Country A | |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2026 12:00 PM | Exhibit Hall - Light Lunch (While Supplies Last) | 1:40 PM | Golden State Ballroom | |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2026 12:00 PM | Exhibition | 7:00 PM | Golden State Ballroom | |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2026 1:00 PM | Short Course: X-ray Diffraction - Registration Required | 3:00 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2026 3:15 PM | Short Course: Fundamentals of HiPIMS Thin Film Deposition - Registration Required | 5:15 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2026 3:20 PM | Session Break - Complimentary Refreshments in Exhibit Hall | 4:00 PM | Golden State Ballroom | |
| Tuesday, April 21, 2026 5:30 PM | Exhibition Reception | 7:00 PM | Golden State Ballroom | |
| Wednesday, April 22, 2026 7:30 AM | Attendee & Short Course Registration | 3:30 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Wednesday, April 22, 2026 8:00 AM | Short Course: Electron Microscopy - Registration Required | 10:00 AM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Wednesday, April 22, 2026 8:00 AM | Technical Sessions | 5:40 PM | See Program/Mobile App | |
| Wednesday, April 22, 2026 10:00 AM | Session Break - Complimentary Refreshments in Exhibit Hall | 11:00 AM | Golden State Ballroom | |
| Wednesday, April 22, 2026 10:00 AM | Exhibition | 5:00 PM | Golden State Ballroom | |
| Wednesday, April 22, 2026 10:15 AM | Short Course: Design and Deposition of Hard and Superhard Coatings - Registration Required | 12:15 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Wednesday, April 22, 2026 12:20 PM | Exhibit Hall - Light Lunch (While Supplies Last) | 2:00 PM | Golden State Ballroom | |
| Wednesday, April 22, 2026 1:00 PM | Keynote Lecture II: "Nanoengineered Materials and Coatings for Medicine and Beyond," Krasimir Vasilev, Flinders University, Australia | 1:40 PM | Town & Country A | |
| Wednesday, April 22, 2026 1:00 PM | Short Course: Reactive Magnetron Sputter Deposition - Registration Required | 3:00 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Wednesday, April 22, 2026 3:15 PM | Short Course: Fundamentals of HiPIMS Plasmas - Registration Required | 5:15 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Wednesday, April 22, 2026 5:45 PM | Awards Ceremony | 7:15 PM | Town & Country A | |
| Wednesday, April 22, 2026 7:30 PM | Awards Reception | 10:00 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Thursday, April 23, 2026 7:30 AM | Attendee & Short Course Registration | 3:30 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Thursday, April 23, 2026 8:00 AM | Short Course: Atmospheric Pressure Plasma: Principles, Sources, and Applications - Registration Required | 10:00 AM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Thursday, April 23, 2026 8:00 AM | Technical Sessions | 5:00 PM | See Program/Mobile App | |
| Thursday, April 23, 2026 10:00 AM | Morning Coffee Break | 10:20 AM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Thursday, April 23, 2026 10:15 AM | Short Course: Interface Engineering for Successful Deposition on Technological Substrates - Registration Required | 12:15 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Thursday, April 23, 2026 12:20 PM | ICMCTF 2026 Information & Planning Session | 1:20 PM | Town & Country D | |
| Thursday, April 23, 2026 12:40 PM | Keynote Lecture III: "Compressive Stress as Creative Force: Engineering Ultrahard Hydrogen-Free Carbon for a Diamond-Like Properties," David R. McKenzie, University of Sydney, Australia | 1:20 PM | Town & Country B | |
| Thursday, April 23, 2026 1:00 PM | ASED Executive Committee Meeting | 6:00 PM | Palm 5-6 | |
| Thursday, April 23, 2026 1:00 PM | Short Course: Nanomechanics and Tribology of Thin Film Coatings - Registration Required | 3:00 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Thursday, April 23, 2026 3:15 PM | Short Course: Introduction to Materials Modeling - Registration Required | 5:15 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Thursday, April 23, 2026 3:40 PM | Afternoon Coffee Break | 4:00 PM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Thursday, April 23, 2026 5:00 PM | Poster Session | 7:00 PM | Town & Country A | |
| Friday, April 24, 2026 7:30 AM | Attendee Registration | 9:00 AM | Town & Country Foyer | |
| Friday, April 24, 2026 8:00 AM | Technical Sessions | 12:00 PM | See Program/Mobile App |