AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and ProcessingAIP: A Federation of the Physical Sciences

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. (formerly American Vacuum Society) is a

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founded in 1953 focused on disciplines related to materials, interfaces, and processing. AVS has approximately 4500 members worldwide from

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al laboratories and

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. AVS is a member society of the

. AVS publishes through the American Institute of Physics the journals '' Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology'' (JVST A and B) and ''Biointerphases'', which are devoted to

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articles, and ''Surface Science Spectra'' (SSS), which publishes peer-reviewed articles with reference spectra of technological and scientific interest. In 2019

and AVS launched jointly a new journal ''AVS Quantum Science''.

Organization

AVS is composed of 10 technical divisions, two technical groups, 16 regional chapters, two international chapters and one international affiliate: *Advanced Surface Engineering Division *Applied Surface Science Division *Biomaterial Interfaces Division *Electronic Materials/Photonics Division *Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Division *Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology Division * Plasma Science and Technology Division *Surface Science Division *Thin Film Division (TF) *Vacuum Technology Division AVS Technical Groups Division *Manufacturing Science & Technology Technical Group (MSTG) *MEMS and NEMS Technical Group

Conferences

The AVS International Symposium and Exhibition is AVS's flagship conference. The symposium addresses cutting-edge issues associated with materials, processing, and interfaces in the research and manufacturing communities. AVS also sponsors a variety of topical conferences, including the International Conference on

Atomic Layer Deposition Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is a thin-film deposition technique based on the sequential use of a gas-phase chemical process; it is a subclass of chemical vapour deposition. The majority of ALD reactions use two chemicals called precursors (also ...

and the North American Conference on

Molecular Beam Epitaxy Molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) is an epitaxy method for thin-film deposition of single crystals. MBE is widely used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices, including transistors, and it is considered one of the fundamental tools for the devel ...

AVS Professional Awards

Dorothy Hoffman Dorothy M. Hoffman (September 12, 1915 – December 13, 1996) was an American chemical engineer. In 1974 she became the first woman to be elected President of American Vacuum Society and the first woman to serve as president of any scientific ...

Award * Medard W. Welch Award * John A. Thornton Memorial Award & Lecture

AVS Graduate Student Awards

* Russell and Sigurd Varian Award * Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Award * Nellie Yeoh Whetten Award * Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Scholarship * Graduate Research Award (GRA)

References

External links

AVS web site
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