Abstract Submission Guidelines
Prospective authors are invited to submit their abstracts online by February 17, 2017.
Please review Steps 1-5 below before entering the online abstract submission site.
Awards: Both ALD 2017 and ALE 2017 will recognize student achievement with awards
for the best student posters and/or talks. See Awards Page
Step 1
Before signing up or logging into the online system (in Step 5), please review all of the following steps to ensure you have the information needed to complete the abstract submission process.
Step 2
Select a topic to present your abstract from the list below
Step 3
Fill out the abstract content and author details in the system (abstract 2,700 characters max. including grammar and spacing; you may also submit a supplemental 1 page PDF file containing any graphs, charts or pictures you wish to include)
Step 4
Select copyright transfer permissions. If you have questions e-mail della@avs.org.
Author Notification
Acknowledgment that your abstract has been submitted will follow by e-mail shortly after submission. Notifications regarding acceptances will be sent by e-mail by April 7, 2017.
Topics
The conference will cover a wide range of topics including the following:
ALD Applications
- AA1: Energy: Catalysis and Fuel Cells
- AA2: Energy: Solar Energy Materials
- AA3: Energy: Batteries and Energy Storage
- AA4: Applications in ULSI FEOL: High-k
- AA5: Applications in ULSI FEOL: Gate Electrodes & Contact Metals
- AA6: Applications in ULSI FEOL: 3D Transistor Fabrication
- AA7: Applications in ULSI BEOL: Interconnects, Diffusion Barriers, Low-k
- AA8: Memory Applications: DRAM
- AA9: Memory Applications: Flash Memory
- AA10: Memory Applications: RRAM & Neuromorphic, MIM Capacitors
- AA11: Memory Applications: Other Non-Volatile Memories (MRAM, FeRAM, Phase Change, …)
- AA12: Emerging: Optics/Optoelectronics/Metamaterials/Plasmonics
- AA13: Emerging: Medical/Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals
- AA14: Emerging: Protective Coatings and Encapsulation
- AA15: Emerging: Other (Displays, MEMS, Flexible, Wearable…)
- AA16: ALD Applications Poster Session
ALD Fundamentals
- AF1: Precursors and Chemistry: Precursor Design, New Precursors, Process Development
- AF2: Precursors and Chemistry: Simulation, Modeling, and Theory of ALD
- AF3: Precursors and Chemistry: Mechanisms
- AF4: Growth and Characterization: Surface Science of ALD
- AF5: Growth and Characterization: High Aspect Ratio/High Surface Area/Powder ALD
- AF6: Growth and Characterization: Plasma Enhanced ALD
- AF7: Growth and Characterization: Low temperature ALD
- AF8: Growth and Characterization: In-situ Monitoring and Analysis
- AF9: Growth and Characterization: Characterization of ALD Films
- AF10: ALD Fundamentals Poster Session
ALD For Manufacturing
- AM1: Equipment Design/Modeling/Large Format/Precursor Delivery
- AM2: Spatial/R2R/Fast ALD
- AM3: Sensing/Characterization/Process Control for High Volume
- AM4: ALD for Manufacturing Poster Session
Area Selective Atomic Layer Deposition
- AS1: Selective ALD by Area-Activation
- AS2: Selective ALD by Area-Deactivation
- AS3: Inherently Selective Processes
- AS4: Area Selective ALD Poster Session
Emerging Materials
- EM1: Molecular Layer Deposition
- EM2: Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials
- EM3: Atomic Layer Epitaxy and Doping
- EM4: Magnetic Materials
- EM5: Si-based Materials
- EM6: Metals
- EM7: III-V Materials
- EM8: Nanolaminates
- EM9: Ternary and Quaternary Materials
- EM10: Metal Organic Frameworks
- EM11: Emerging Materials Poster Session
Nanostructure Synthesis and Fabrication
- NS1: Nanoparticles
- NS2: Nanotubes, Nanowires, Nanopores
- NS3: 2D Nanomaterials (including Transition Metal Dichalcogenides)
- NS4: Nanostructures Synthesis and Fabrication Poster Session
Atomic Layer Etching Workshop
- ALE1: Plasma and/or Energy-enhanced ALE
- ALE2: Gas-phase and/or Thermal ALE
- ALE3: Solution-based including Wet ALE
- ALE4: Selective ALE
- ALE5: ALE Hardware, Diagnostics, & Instrumentation
- ALE6: Modeling of ALE
- ALE7: Atomic layer Cleaning (ALC)
- ALE8: Integration of ALD + ALE
- ALE9: Applications for ALE
- ALE10: Atomic Layer Etching Poster Session