Invited and Plenary Lectures

2007

1         Control of Micro- and Nanostructure in Transition Metal Nitrides, International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, April 2007, San Diego

2.  Instructor: Short course on materials characterization of thin films, International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, April 2007, San Diego

3.  Instructor: Advanced Materials Characterization Workshop, University of Illinois, May 23, 2007

4         Interface microstructure engineering by high power impulse magnetron sputtering for the enhancement of adhesion, International Surface Engineering Workshop, Eighth Sheffield ABS Days, July 23-24, 2007, Sheffield, United Kingdom

5    Advances in materials nanocharacterization, 14th international conference on Vacuum, Electron, and Ion Technology, Varna, Bulgaria, September, 2007

6    Atomistic processes during energetic deposition and etching studied by LEEM and STM, International AVS Symposium October 14-19, 2007, Seattle, WA, USA

7   Control of Microstructure during Reactive Sputter Deposition, "The Symposium on Reactive Sputter Deposition" Leoben University, Austria, December 6-7, 2007

 

  1. Advances in materials nanocharacterization, Caterpillar, Peoria Illinois, April 20, 2006

  2. Advances in materials nanocharacterization, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, USA, November 29, 2005

  3. Advances in materials nanocharacterization, Physics Department Seminar, University of Toledo, USA, November 17, 2005

  4. Advances in materials nanocharacterization, 14th international conference on Vacuum, Electron, and Ion Technology, Varna, Bulgaria, September, 2005

  5. Dynamics of Materials Revealed by Electron Microscopy, Midwest Microscopy and Microanalysis Society, University of Illinois, USA, June 2005

  6. Fundamentals of Thin Film Growth, Linköping University, Sweden, February 17, 2005

  7. Control of nanostructure evolution in metastable transition metal nitride layers using high-flux, low-energy ion irradiation during growth, 51th AVS international symposium, Anaheim, USA, Nov.14, 2004

  8. (PLENARY) “Control of nanostructure evolution in metastable transition metal nitride layers using high-flux, low-energy ion irradiation during growth”, George W. Keulks Symposium on Nanotechnology, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, October 15, 2004

  9. Seeing atoms: modern analytical techniques underpinning materials science, Illinois Association of Chemistry Teachers Conference IACT 2004, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, October 8, 2004

  10. (PLENARY) Control of microstructural and nanostructural evolution during film growth, Mikkeli International Industrial Coating Seminar MIICS-2004, 18-  20th of March, 2004 in Mikkeli, Finland

  11. Control of microstructure evolution during film growth, 50th AVS international symposium, Baltimore, USA, Nov.2 2003

  12. (PLENARY) Advances in materials nanocharacterization, European Nationals Science Foundation Workshop, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 22-24, 2003

  13. Novel, self-assembled nanostructures in metastable transition-metal nitride layers formed under high-flux, low-energy ion irradiation during growth, 13th international conference on Vacuum, Electron, and Ion Technology, Varna, Bulgaria, September, 2003

  14. Fundamentals of Thin Film Growth, Uppsala University, Sweden, October 25, 2002

  15. Novel, self-assembled nanostructures in metastable transition-metal nitride layers formed under high-flux, low-energy ion irradiation during growth, 36th  IUVSTA  Workshop on the mechanisms of formation and applications of hard nanostructured coatings , Plzen, Czech Republic, October 20-24, 2002

  16. Development of Texture in Polycrystalline in Transition-Metal Nitride Layers Grown by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering: Role of Low-Energy Ion/Surface Interactions, ISI2002 International Workshop on "Effect of ions in layer growth", Balatonvilágos (Lake Balaton) Hungary,  9-11 September 2002.

  17. (PLENARY) Growth, microstructure, and properties of metastable transition-metal nitrides: d-TaNx, Ti1-xCexN, Ti1-xYxN,  International Surface Engineering Workshop, Eighth Sheffield ABS Days, July 23-24, 2002, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

  18. Petrov, S. Kodambaka, P. Desjardins, A. Vailionis, V. Petrova, D. Cahill  and J.E. Greene, , "Microstructural and Surface Morphological Evolution at the Atomic Scale during the Growth of Polycrystalline TiN: a HR-TEM, XRD, STM, and Modeling Study," IUVSTA Workshop on Selective and Functional Film Deposition Technologies as Applied to ULSI Technology, Mie, Japan, November 19-24, 2000

  19. Ivan Petrov, C.-S. Shin, D. Gall, S. Kodambaka, and J.E. Greene, Growth and Properties of Epitaxial Transition Metal Nitrides: CrN, TaN and ScN, Surface Engineering Workshop, Sixth Sheffield ABS Days, United Kingdom, July 25-26, 2000

  20. Petrov, (PLENARY) Microstructure Development in Thin Hard Coatings, Mikkeli International Industrial Coating Seminar, March 16-18. 2000, Finland

  21.  Ivan Petrov, C.-S. Shin, D. Gall, S. Kodambaka, and J.E. Greene, Epitaxial Growth and Properties of Transition Metal Nitrides, Mikkeli International Industrial Coating Seminar, March 16-18. 2000, Finland

  22. “Microstructural and Surface Morphological Evolution at the Atomic Scale during the Growth of Polycrystalline TiN: a TEM, XRD, HT-STM, and Modeling Study” 46th AVS international Symposium, Seattle, USA,  October 25-29, 1999

  23. (PLENARY) 11th International School on Vacuum, Electron, and Ion Technology, Varna, Bulgaria, September 20-25, 1999

  24. EPITAXIAL GROWTH AND PROPERTIES OF TRANSITION METAL NITRIDES: ScN, CrN AND TaN , 11th IUVSTA International Conference on Thin Films, August 30- September 3, 1999 Cancun, México 

  25. Thin Films and Surface Science at the DOE Electron-Beam Microcharacterization Centers, August 13, 1999, Washington DC, U.S. Department of Energy Workshop, USA

  26. "Variable Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies on TiN(001) Surface Diffusion Processes," 5th International Conference on ABS Technology, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July, 1999

  27. "Microstructural and Surface Morphological Evolution during Growth of Transition-metal Nitrides: Role of Low-Energy Ion/Surface Interactions," Department of Physics, Linköping University, Sweden, November 19, 1998

  28. (PLENARY) "Overview of Ion-Assisted Thin Film Deposition", Thin Film Workshop, Vatsdena, Sweden, 12.15.1997

  29. (PLENARY) "Microstructure and Texture Evolution during Sputter Deposition" XVII Congress of the Mexican Society of Surface Science and Vacuum, Mazatlan, Mexico Sept. 1-4, 1997

  30. "Al/TiN and Al/TiW metal/diffusion barrier systems: interfacial reaction paths and kinetics" National Research Institute for Metals Tsukuba 305 Japan, July 7, 1997

  31. "Microstructure and texture evolution during transition metal nitride growth" National Research Institute for Metals Tsukuba 305 Japan, July 7-15, 1997

  32. "Epitaxial Growth of Transition Metal Nitrides on Metal-Ion Etched Ferritic and Austenitic Steel Substrates," Third International Conference on ABS Technology, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July, 1997

  33. "Low-Energy Ion/Surface Interactions During Metal and Diffusion-Barrier Film Growth: Effects on Nucleation, Microchemistry, Microstructure Evolution, and Texture," Materials Research Society, San Francisco, California, USA, April, 1997.

  34. "Low-Temperature Epitaxial Growth of Semiconductors and Ceramics," American Chemical Society, San Francisco, California, USA, April, 1997.

  35. "Atomic-Level Control of Surface Reaction Pathways During Film Growth Under Highly Kinetically Constrained Conditions: Materials Processing Strategies to Meet Future SIA Needs," International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, California, USA, April, 1997.

  36. "Fundamental of Thin Film Growth by Sputter Deposition" Electronics Materials Center, North Carolina, USA, Feb.26-27,1997

  37. (PLENARY) "Low-Temperature Growth of Transition Metal Nitrides: Effects of Ion Energy and Flux", 10th International Conference on Vacuum Web Coating, November 10-12, 1996, Fort Lauterdale, Florida, USA

  38. "Fundamentals of Transition Metal Nitride Crystal Growth, 10th International Conference on Thin Films and 5th European Vacuum Conference, Salamonca, September, 1996, Spain

  39. "Microstrustructure and Microchemistry of PVD Interfaces", Second International Conference on ABS Technology, United Kingdom, July 23-24, 1996

  40.  "Fundamentals of Sputter Deposition" Microelectronic Center of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, September, 1996.

  41. "Microstructural and Microchemical Studies of Model Diffusion Barrier Systems: Interfacial Metal/Barrier Reaction Paths," SRC Workshop on Cu Interconnects, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA, June, 1996.

  42. "Microstructure of Interfaces and Multilayer Coatings Prepared by Combined Arc/Magnetron Deposition Techniques," International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, California, USA, April, 1996.

  43. "Microstructural Evolution, Defect Structure, and Development of Preferred Orientation during Growth of Transition-Metal Nitride Films," 24th Annual Symposium on Applied Vacuum Science and Technology, March 11-14, 1996, Orlando, Florida, USA

  44. "Microstructure Of Engineered Interfaces And Multilayered Films Using Combined Arc/Magnetron Sputter Deposition Processes," International Conference on  ABS Technology, Sheffield, United Kingdom, March 28-30, 1995.

  45. “The Deposition of AlCu and TiN Films for Microelectronic Applications using Ionized Magnetron Sputter Deposition," American Vacuum Society 41st National Symposium, Denver, USA, October, 1994.

  46. "Nb-Containing (Ti,Al)N Coatings Grown by a Combined Unbalanced- Magnetron/Cathodic-Arc Deposition Method," International Conf. Metallurigical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, California, USA, April 1994.

  47. Development of Preferred Orientation during Ion-Assisted Growth, IUVSTA Workshop on Low-Energy Ion/Surface Interactions during Thin Film Growth, May 16-22, 1993, Kitzsteinhorn, Austria

  48. Magnetron Sputter-Deposition of Diamond-like Carbon, The Gillette Company, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, March 27, 1992

  49. Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Microstructural Evolution Defect Structure and Phase Transitions in Polycrystalline and Epitaxial Ti1-xAlxN and TiN Films Grown by Reactive Magnetron Deposition, International Conf. on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films San Diego, California, USA, April 1991