08:00 - 08:15

Welcome Note

Plenary Session

Chairs: Michael Stuke, Costas Fotakis

08:15 - 09:00

Hideo Hosono  (Invited)
"Novel transparent oxide semiconductors and device applications"

09:00 - 09:45

Lionel Vayssieres  (Invited)
"An aqueous solution approach to advanced metal oxide arrays on substrates"

09:45 - 10:30

Martyn E. Pemble, C.J. Costello, I.M. Povey, D. Vernardou W.D. Sheel (Invited)
"Strategies for the design and fabrication of improved transparent conducting oxide thin films via the use of in-situ growth monitoring and the exploitation of photonic band gap materials"

10:30 - 11:15

Claes G. Granqvist (Invited)
"Electrochromics: Fundamentals and applications of oxide-based devices"

11:15 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 13:30

Session A1:

Chemistry of TCOs

Chair person: Lionel Vayssieres

Session C1:

TCOs for Sensors

Chair person : Joan R. Morante

11:30

Dale L. Perry (Invited)
"Synthesis, analysis, and spectroscopy of lead oxides "

Giorgio Sberveglieri, C. Baratto, E. Comini, G. Faglia, M. Ferroni and A. Vomiero  (Invited)
"Nanowires of semiconducting metal-oxides and their gas-sensing properties"

12:10

Greg Exarhos, C. F. Windisch and R. R. Owings (Invited)
"Cation defects and conductivity in transparent oxides "

Wojtek Wlodarski (Invited)
"The nanomaterials based gas sensors"

12:50

R. Martins, P. Barquinha and E. Fortunato

“Order and disorder in transport properties of ionic oxides and covalent semiconductors”

G. Korotcenkov, I. Blinov, V. Brinzari and J. R. Stetter

“Solid state gas sensors on the base of SnO₂ and In₂O₃ films: comparative analysis”

13:10

A. Klein

“Surface properties of TCOs: What can be learned from photoelectron spectroscopy”

 M. J. S. Spencer and I. Yarovsky

“Density functional theory study of ZnO nanostructures as NO₂ sensors”

13:30 - 15:00

Lunch Break

15:00 - 17:00

Session A2:

Computational Methods of TCO Fundamentals

Chair person : A.Andriotis

Session C2:
TCOs for Sensors

Chair person : Elvira Fortunato

15:00

Julia E. Medvedeva (Invited)
"Density functional theory: From conventional to novel transparent conductors"

Joan R. Morante F. Hernández, A. Tarancon, A. Romano, E.Comini, G.Faglia, G.Sberveglieri (Invited)
"Electrical characterization of single ZnO and SnO2 nanowires"

15:40

Hiroshi Katayama-Yoshida, K. Sato, H. Kizaki, K. Funashima, I. Hamada, T. Fukushima and M. Toyoda  (Invited)
"Ab initio materials design for TCO-based new functional materials"

Androula Nassiopoulou (Invited)
"Light emitting devices based on silicon nanostructures"

16:20

 N. Skoulidis and H. M. Polatoglou

“Modelling the structural properties and energies of nanostructured transparent conductive oxides”

M. Baraton  and L. Merhari

“Investigation based on FTIR analysis of the gas detection mechanism in metal oxide chemical sensors”

16:40

Su-Huai Wei, D. Segev and X. Nie

“Band structure, optical, and doping property of n-type and p-type transparent conducting oxides”

G. Neri, A. Bonavita, G. Micali, G. Rizzo, N. Pinna, M. Niederberger and  J. Ba

“A study on the microstructure and gas sensing properties of ITO nanocrystal powders and thick films”

17:00 - 17:20

Coffee Break

17:20 - 19:20

Session A3
Electrical, Mechanical and Optical properties of TCOs

Chair person : Greg Exarhos

Session C3:
TCOs for Sensors

Chair person : Orlando Auciello

17:20

Alex Zunger (Invited)
"Overcoming doping bottlenecks in wide-gap materials: What makes a TCO a TCO"

Udo Weimar (Invited)
"Gas sensors based on metal oxides: What one can learn about the surface reactions from in-situ electrical and spectroscopic techniques"

18:00

S. Zh. Karazhanov, P. Ravindran, A. Ulyashin, P. Vajeeston, T. Finstad and H. Fjellvåg

“Electronic structure and optical properties of indium tin oxide”

A. Chowdhuri, V. Gupta and K. Sreenivas

“Hydrogen spill-over effects in CuO-SnO₂ thin films during H₂S gas detection"

18:20

E. Comini, G. Faglia, M. Ferroni, A. Vomiero and G. Sberveglieri

“Effects of Ta/Nb doping and catalysis with gold nanoparticles on titania-based thin films for CO detection”

H. Wiggers, P. Ifeacho, T. P. Hülser and C. Schulz

“Size-selected nanosized thin film devices”

18:40

S. H. Keshmiri

“Effects of donor and acceptor impurities and structural-defects compensation on electrical conductivity and optical transparency of transparent-conducting films”

A. Vomiero, S. Bianchi, E. Comini, G. Faglia, M. Ferroni, N. Poli and G. Sberveglieri

“High temperature lift off: a new tool for design of effective nanowires-based gas sensors”

19:00

S. B. Rivers, G. Bernhardt, D. J. Frankel, M.M. Steeves and R. J. Lad

“Charge transport and optical transparency of Ag_2-xO thin films”

J. Wang and G. Song

“Humidity sensing mechanism of composite material of barium titanate and quaternary acrylic resin”

19:30

Dinner

21:00 - 22:30

After Dinner Seminar Session

Chair person

21:00-21:30

Ioannis Anastasiou (Invited) Unit G-1 "Strategy & Policy Aspects", Industrial Research Directorate G, DG-RTD, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium.

"Research on industrial technologies:

The way forward in the new European framework programme 2007-13"

21:30-22:30

Panel Discussion on Future Trends

Ioannis Anastasiou,  DG-RTD, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

Clark Bright,              3M Corporate Res. Proc. Lab., USA

Hideo Hosono,           Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Japan

Claes G. Granqvist,    The Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden

Alex Zunger,              NREL, USA

08:30 - 10:10

Session A4
Electrical, Mechanical and Optical properties of TCOs

Chair person : Claes G. Granqvist

Session C4
TCOs for Novel Applications (Electronic Devices)

Chair person : Giorgio Sberveglieri

08:30

R.P.H.Chang and Tobin Marks (Invited)
"Transparent conducting oxide films"

Elvira Fortunato, P. Barquinha, L. Pereira, A. Pimentel, A. Gonçalves, G. Gonçalves and R. Martins (Invited)
"The (r)evolution of thin film transistors"

09:10

S. Singh, R. S. Srinivasa and S. S. Major

“Effect of substrate temperature on structure and optical properties of ZnO thin films deposited by reactive RF magnetron sputtering”

X. Liao, S. Sheng, H. Hao, H. Diao, X. Zeng and Y. Xu

“Study of n/TCO and p/TCO interfaces for p-i-n amorphous silicon solar cells”

09:30

L. F. J. Piper, T. D. Veal, P. H. Jefferson, J. Zúñiga-Pérez, V. Muñoz-Sanjosé, W.J. Schaff  and C. F. McConville

“Surface and interfacial electronic properties of single crystal CdO(100) and related materials”

A. Tsigara, M. Hands, N. Madamopoulos, N. A.Vainos, A. Perrone, C. Ristoscu, A. Piotrowska, E. Kaminska and S.Duhalde

“Multilayered metal/ metal-oxide structures for photonic applications”

09:50

V. Kambilafka, P. Voulgaropoulou, S. Dounis, E. Iliopoulos, M. Androulidaki, K. Tsagaraki, V. Šály, M. Ružinský and E. Aperathitis

“The effect of nitrogen on the properties of zinc nitride thin films and their conversion into p-ZnO:N films”

J. Ding and H. Billon

“Transparent, conductive ITO coated fabrics”

10:10

O. Malik, V. Grimalsky, A. I. Martinez, J. De la Hidalga-W and C. Magana

“The physical reason of intense electroluminescence in ITO-Si heterostructures”

R. Prabakaran, I. Ferreira, T. Monteiro, A.F. da Cunha, M. Peres, Z. Hu, H. Aguas,  A. Gonçalves, E. Fortunato and R. Martins

“Optical and structural analysis of ZnO:Ga films coated porous silicon using RF magnetron Sputtering - a reality towards optoelectronic devices”

10:30 - 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 - 13:30

Session A5
Additional Properties

Chair person : Tadatsugu Minami

Session C5
TCOs for Novel Applications (Chemical Devices)

Chair person : Wojtek Wlodarski

10:50

Jean-Marc Triscone C. Lichtensteiger, M. Dawber, N. Stucki, M. Cantoni, M. Veithen, J. Junquera, P. Ghosez, K. Johnston, K. M. Rabe, L. Despont and P. Aebi (Invited)
"Ferroelectricity in thin perovskite films and artificial ferroelectric materials with tailored properties"

Ion N. Mihailescu, G. Socol, C. Ristoscu, F. Sima, L. Escoubas, J. Ferreira, T. Mazingue and N. Vainos (Invited)
"Nanostructured thin oxide films for optical gas sensing "

11:30

G. Kiriakidis, I. Stoimenos, D. Dovinos, S. Christoulakis and M. Suchea

“Structural characterisation of ZnO thin films deposited by DC magnetron sputtering for ozone sensing applications”

Sudipta Seal, C. Drake and S. Deshpande, (Invited)
"ITO nanostructures for sensors"

11:50

L. I. Burova, S. V. Samoilenkov, M. Fonin, E. Biegger, Y. Dedkov, E. A. Ganshina, O. Yu. Gorbenko, U. Rüdiger and A. R. Kaul

“Transparent magnetic (Zn,Co)O epitaxial films obtained by low-temperature MOCVD process”

12:10

N. V. Serebryakova

“FTIR study of NO₂ Interaction with nanosized In₂O₃”

M. Epifani, R. Díaz, J. Arbiol, E. Pellicer, E. Comini, P. Siciliano, G. Faglia and J. R. Morante

“Enhanced chemical sensing with oxide nanocrystals synthesized by a low-temperature solution processing”

12:30

 D. R. Acosta and A. I. Martínez

“Physical studies of a new tungsten doped indium oxide (IWO) transparent conductive material”

I. Hotovy, L. Spiess, H. Romanus and S. Capone

“Nanostructured NiO thin films as gas sensing material”

12:50

 T. Miyata, Y. Ohtani, T. Minami, Y. Kishi and Z. Yajima

“Microstructure and conduction mechanism in moisture-resistant transparent conducting impurity-doped ZnO thin films”

E. Kymakis, E. Stratakis, E. Koudoumas and Y. Franghiadakis

“Transparent conductive electrodes based on carbon nanotubes-PEDOT:PSS blends for use in organic photovoltaics” 

13:10

Y. Qiang, J. Antony, D. E. McCready, M. Engelhard, C. Wang, A. Sharma, J. Nutting, D. Meyer and M. Faheem

“Doped ZnO nanoclusters: ferromagnetism and UV photoluminescence at room temperature”

 F. Ruske, C. Gerloff, V. Sittinger, B. Szyszka and W. Werner

“Large area ZnO:Al films with tailored light scattering properties for photovoltaic applications”

13:30 - 16:00

Buffet and poster session (in same area)

16:00 - 18:20

Session B1
 Coating Technologies

Chair person : Richard van de Sanden

Session C6
TCOs for Novel Applications (Optoelectronic Devices)

Chair person : Bernd Szyszka

16:00

Minami Tadatsugu and T. Miyata  (Invited)
"Recent progress in techniques for producing impurity-doped ZnO thin films suitable for transparent electrode applications"

Clark Bright (Invited)
"Fundamental issues with TCO on plastic substrates"

16:40

David Sheel, P. Martin, Rutger Schlatmann and M. Davies (Invited)
"Atmospheric pressure CVD for TCO thin films"

Dimitris Kotzias, T. Maggos, J. G. Bartzis and P. Leva (Invited)
"Application of photocatalytic technology for NO_x removal"

17:20

A. E. Delahoy, J. Cambridge and S. Guo

“High performance TCOs prepared by Reactive-Environment, Hollow Cathode Sputtering (RE-HCS)”

W. M. Cranton, S. L. Wilson,  R. Ranson, D. C. Koutsogeorgis, K. Chi, R. Hedgley, J. Scott, S. Lipiec and A. Spiller

“Excimer laser processing of inkjet printed and sputter deposited transparent conducting SnO₂:Sb for flexible electronics”

17:40

F. Iacomi, C. Baban, N. Apetroaie, N. Iftimie, M. Purica and F. Comanescu

“Transparent and conducting ZnO:(Sn, Al) thin films”

G. Ya. Kobasov, Y. S. Krasnov and V. N. Zaychenko

“Optical properties and nanostructure of cathodically deposited electrochromic a-WO₃ films”

18:00

H. Yanagi, Ki-Beom Kim, M. Kikuchi, M. Miyakawa, T. Kamiya, M. Hirano and H. Hosono

“Electric structure of 12CaO•7Al₂O₃ electride / 8-hydroxyquinoline aluminum interfaces studied by photoemission spectroscopy”

S. I. Boiadjiev, G. H. Dobrikov, Milka M. M. Rassovska and E. P. Kashchieva

“Preparation and properties of RF sputtered Indium-Tin Oxide thin films as heat mirrors for applications in photothermal solar energy conversion”

18:20

 I.Chiboub, B. Amrani and S.Hiadsi

“Effect of thickness of Aluminium-Doped Zinc Oxide films deposed with RF sputtering on its proprieties”

M. Modreanu, M. Nolan, S. D. Elliott, O. Durand, B. Servet, H. Gehan, G. Huyberechts, P. L. Papadopoulou, E. Aperathitis and M. Androulidaki

“Optical and microstructural properties of Pulsed Laser Deposition p-type SrCu₂Ï₂ thin films”

18:40

Cancelled

D. G. Rickerby, A. M. Serventi, M.C. Horrillo, R. G. Saint-Jacques and My A. El Khakani

“Preparation of tin dioxide thin films for gas sensing applications by r.f. sputtering and pulsed laser deposition"

I. E. Titkov, I. P. Pronin, I. A. Linijchuk and I. V. Grekhov

“Ferroelectric field-effect transistor based on transparent oxides”

20:30

Banquet

08:30 - 10:10

Session B2
Laser Assisted and Ion Beam Coatings and Technologies

Chair person : Ian Boyd

Session C7
TCOs for Novel Applications (Optoelectronic Devices)

Chair person : Rodrigo Martins

08:30

Mike Ashfold, F. Claeyssens, R. P. Doherty, Y. Sun, J. L. Warren and Simon J. Henley (Invited)
"Pulsed Laser deposition of ZnO Films"

Bernd Szyszka, F. Ruske, V. Sittinger, A. Pflug, W. Werner, C. Gerloff, S. Ulrich (Invited)
"Transparent Conductive Oxides for Large Area Applications by In-Line Magnetron Sputtering "

09:10

Y. Sun, R. P. Doherty, D. J. Riley and M. N. R. Ashfold

“Formation of ZnO 1-D nanostructure arrays using pulsed laser deposition ZnO film templates”

Stuart Irvine, D. A. Lamb and D. M. Ellis (Invited)
"MOCVD of zinc and cadmium stannates for the next generation of PV solar cells"

09:30

L. Tian, P. Suherman, M. Lancaster, T. Jackson and J Stuart  Abell

“Microwave properties of Indium Tin Oxide thin films”

09:50

R. Böhme, D. Ruthe, K. Zimmer and B. Rauschenbach

“High quality laser patterning of ZnO and ITO films in the micron and submicron range”

 D.V. Morgan, A.Porch and R.M.Perks

“Transparent contacts for optoelectronic devices”

10:10

R. S. Ajimsha, R. Manoj and M. K. Jayaraj

“n-ZnO/p-Si heterojunctions grown by pulsed laser deposition”

V. Gorodokin, D. Zemlyanov, O. Gorodokin, M. Serantoni and A. Sazonov

“ITO/PET substrates for Silicon-based large size area optical devices”

10:30 - 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 - 13:30

Session B3
Diagnostics of Thin Film Growth

Chair person : Dale L. Perry

Session C8
TCOs for Novel Applications (Wavelength - selective Devices)

Chair person : Stuart Irvine

10:50

Orlando Auciello (Invited)
"Science of multifunctional oxide thin film growth and interface processes and application to multifunctional micro and nano-devices"

Maryam Olsson and U. Betz (Invited)
"Indium tin oxide & alternative transparent conducting oxides: photovoltaic, large area coating and touch panel application"

11:30

Francis Maury and F. D. Duminica (Invited)
"Diagnostic in TCOs CVD processes by IR pyrometry"

Z. Hu, P. Barquinha, L. Pereira, R. Prabakaran, J. Wang, E. Fortunato and R. Martins

“ZnO/c-Si heterojunction solar cells prepared by rf sputtering”

11:50

D. A. Lamb and S. J. C. Irvine

“Reduced-pressure MOCVD of zinc oxide and zinc stannate buffer layers for photovoltaics.”

12:10

D. Vernardou, M.E. Pemble and D. W. Sheel

“In-situ FTIR studies for atmospheric pressure CVD processes”

S. Fay, J. Steinhauser, N. Oliveira, A. Shah and C. Ballif

“Opto-electronic properties of rough LP-CVD ZnO for use as TCO in thin-film silicon solar cells”

12:30

P. Kluson, H. Bartkova, L. Bartek and J. Krysa 

“Transparent conductive layers of photoactive titanium(IV) oxide”

A. G. Ulyashin, G. G. Untila, A. B. Chebotareva, B. Eidelman, A. Holt and A. Bentzen

“TCO electrodes for Si based solar cells”

12:50

E. Kaminska, A. Piotrowska, E. Przeździecka, J. Kossut, A. Barcz, R. Jakiela, E. Dynowska, W. Dobrowolski, I. Pasternak, E. Kowalczyk and P. Boguslawski

“Transparent p-type ZnO by oxidation of Zn-based compounds”

F. Behafarid, A. Mohammadi Gheidari and E. Asl Soleimani

“A novel figure of merit for TCO layers in solar cell applications”

13:10 - 15:00

Lunch Break

15:00 - 17:00

Session B4
Chemical Coatings and Technologies

Chair person : Martyn E. Pemble

Session B6
Novel Deposition and Diagnostic Strategies

Chair person : Mike Ashfold

15:00

Shoji Kaneko, M. Okuya, G.R.A. Kumara and K. Murakami (Invited)
"Spray pyrolysis deposition for thin film formation and its application to the fabrication of transparent conductive oxides"

Ian W. Boyd (Invited)
"Development & application of dielectric discharge ultraviolet exchimer lamps to thin oxide film growth and annealing"

15:40

A. Axelevitch, G. Golan and B. Gorenstein

“Preparation and Investigation of p-type and n-type Vo_x thin films”

Tobin Marks (Invited)
"Science and technology opportunities in transparent conducting oxides"

16:00

H. W. Kim and S. H. Shim

“Fabrication of ZnO nanotubes with silicon oxide templates”

16:20

Sukhvinder Singh, R.S. Srinivasa, S.S. Talwar and S.S. Major

“ZnO and Zn_1-xCd_xO nanocrystallites obtained by oxidation of precursor Langmuir Blodgett Multilayers”

K. Hayashi, Y. Toda, T. Kamiya, M. Hirano and H. Hosono

“Direct writing of transparent conductive patterns: Electron-beam-induced insulator-conductor conversion in H^--doped 12CaO•7Al₂O₃”

16:40

F. Y. Gürcan, M. Zor, M. Kul, A. Şenol Aybek and E. Turan

“Structural properties of cadmium-zinc oxide films produced by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis method”

 M. F. Chen, W. T. Hsiao and Z. P. Gu

“Laser direct write patterning technique of indium tin oxide film”

17:00 - 17:20

Coffee Break

17:20 - 19:30

Session B5
Chemical Coatings and Technologies

Chair person : Shoji Kaneko

Session B7
Novel Deposition and Diagnostic Strategies

Chair person : Francis Maury

17:20

Jamil Elias, Ramon Tena-Zaera and Claude Lévy-Clément

“Electrodeposition of ZnO nanowires with controlled dimensions for photovoltaic applications”

Richard van de Sanden (Invited)
“In situ growth studies during expanding thermal plasma deposition of doped and undoped ZnO”

17:40

 A. Kurz and M. A. Aegerter

“Alternative Transparent Conducting Sol-Gel oxide coatings”

18:00

K. Lin and P. Tsai

“Deposition and characterization of ZnO:Al multi-layered thin films by sol-gel technique”

S.H.N. Lim, M. M.M. Bilek and D. R. McKenzie

“Characterisation of ZnO thin films synthesized by filtered cathodic arc”

18:20

H. Stuhldreher, P. Meisterjahn

“Photocatalysis at transparent conducting SbF₃-doped SnO₂ films”

I. Volintiru, M. Creatore, C. I.M.A. Spee and R. M.C.M. van de Sanden

“On the morphology and conductivity control of the expanding thermal plasma-deposited ZnO films”

18:40

K. Murakami, K. Nakajima and S. Kaneko

“Initial growth of SnO₂ thin film on the glass substrate deposited by the spray pyrolysis technique”

F. Claeyssens, A. Klini, A. Mourka and C. Fotakis

“Exploring ZnO micro-patterning with laser induced forward transfer (LIFT)”

19:00

E. Chikoidze, Y. Dumont, F. Jomard, P. Galtier  and O. Gorochov

“MOCVD growth of  ZnO:Mn layers’

M. Kompitsas, A. Giannoudakos, E. György, I. Mihailescu, J. Santiso and D. Pantelica

“Controlled doping of metal-oxide semiconductor thin films by a dual-laser, dual target deposition system.  ”

19:30

Symposium Awards & Conclusions

George Kiriakidis, Marie-Isabelle Baraton, Samuel Mao

20:00

Dinner