IOP Groups

Practical Vacuum & Surfacts UK 2009

The Seminar Programme was organised by the Vacuum Group of the Institute of Physics in conjunction with the British Vacuum Council.

We thank the authors for permission to re-produce their presentations.  Follow the Title link in blue for a .PDF Handout of the talk.  If you require more detail, or want to ask questions, please contact the Speaker via the email link on their name.

Wednesday 25 March

Chair: Dr Zoe Barber

10:30 Vacuum Processing for Photovoltaics, Dr Charles Bishop, C.A.Bishop Consulting Ltd.

11:00 Practical applications of nanoparticle coatings, Dr Alistair Kean, Mantis Deposition Ltd.

11:30 Suck-it and See - the use of vacuum in pharmaceutical analysis, Dr Frank Rutten, Keele University.

12:00 Vacuum Processing for the 21st Century, Nigel Schofield, Dr Stephen Ormrod, Edwards 90th Anniversary presentation.

Chair: Dr Sunil Patel

14:00 The Problem with Water, Dr David Hucknall, Vac Tech Ltd.

14:30 Removal of Water Vapour using Cryosurfaces, Peter White, Megatech Ltd.

15:00 Outgassing: the villain in the vacuum, Dr Austin Chambers, York University.

Thursday 26 March

Chair: Ken Lawson

10:30 Vacuum in the Semiconductor Industry: lots of nothing making lots of money, Dr Alan Webb, Bookham Technology

11:00 Surface Coating by Pulsed Laser Deposition, Dr Carl Richardson, RTA Instruments Ltd.

11:30 New DLC Coating Technology opens up High Performance Applications, Chris H Walker, Diamond Hard Surfaces Ltd.

12:00 Gas in Vacuum – The Usual Stuff? (Many familiar fluidic properties of gases disappear as they are rarefied, but what replaces them?), Dr Austin Chambers, York University.

Chair: Matthew Backshall

14:00 A Beginners Guide to Surface Analysis Techniques, Dr Bryan Barnard, Thermo Fisher Scientific.

14:30 Surface Analysis - a problem solving tool, Dr Mike Petty, Loughborough Surface Analysis Ltd.

15:00 RGA – A Luxury or Vital Diagnostic Tool for Vacuum Processing? Dr Steve Shannon,, RGA User Group.

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