The Applied Surface Science Division provides a world-leading forum for the design and characterization of the surfaces and interfaces that underpin technologies ranging from medical implants to electronic devices. The Division addresses both the fundamental and practical surface analytical science of next-generation devices including batteries, photovoltaics, semiconductors, and superconductors to support innovation in sustainable technologies. ASSD provides a blend of contributors from academia, industry, and national laboratories which enables a constructive and friendly atmosphere for debate and the development of productive collaboration. For AVS 70 we especially invite abstracts addressing the interfacial characterization of next-generation energy and quantum devices. A particular focus is the extraction of chemical and physical information from core-level spectroscopies and the relationship between the electronic structure of the system and the data.
Areas of Interest: Applied Surface Science is seeking abstracts in areas of interest in the following topics:
- Quantitative Surface Analysis
- Characterization of Energy and Quantum Materials
- Future Challenges of Industry
- Complementary Techniques
- Theory for Surface Processes
- Machine Learning and Data Evaluation
AS1: Applied Surface Science Oral Session
Invited Speakers:
- Jochen Autschbach, University of Buffalo, “Calculating X-Ray Absorption of f-Element Systems: Spectra vs. Chemical Bonding”
- Sarah Bamford, La Trobe University, Australia, “Stitching, Stacking, and Multilayering: Practical Evaluation of Tof-Sims Data with Machine Learning”
- Thierry Conard, IMEC, Belgium, “The Challenge of Quantifying Photoemission Spectra Using Multiple Photon Energies”
- Anton Ievlev, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Marcus Rohnke, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, “Characterization of Sodium-Ion Batteries – from Postmortem to Operando Analysis”
- Kevin Rosso, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, “Experimental Findings that are Compelling to Theoreticians”
AS2: Applied Surface Science Poster Session