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THIN FILM AND CRYSTAL GROWTH MECHANISMS

The current conference in this series has just been held at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, June 24-29, 2007. The chair was Peter Vekilov, and the vice-chair Jonah Erlebacher. The current conference information, including most invited speakers and discussion leaders can be found here, i.e. on the GRC site at http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2007&program=thinfilm. At the conference, Christine Orme was elected as Vice-Chair for the next conference, envisaged for 2009, which will be chaired by Jonah Erlebacher.

To make suggestions for the next conference, please send an e-mail to Jonah Erlebacher or Christine Orme.

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If you wish to attend a Gordon Research Conference, you must apply (you should preferably apply online) to the Gordon Conference organization as a first step towards registering. Alternatively details may be obtained by mail from the Gordon Conference Office: Gordon Research Conferences, 512 Liberty Lane, West Kingston, RI 02892, USA. Phone: (401) 783-4011; FAX 783-7644. The Gordon Research Conference home page is at http://www.grc.org/ and E-mail address: grc@grc.org

To judge the scope of the conference series, you may wish to consult the history and programs of the most recent conferences, listed below. These Gordon Research Conferences on Thin Film and Crystal Growth Mechanisms draw on both liquid-phase growth and vacuum-deposition growth communities, to address fundamental issues and new developments of interest to both groups. We develop a strong interaction between the groups, and discuss how our understanding of fundamental chemical, physical and biological processes can be used to develop methods for novel nano-structure growth.

Focused sessions have included, but are not limited to:

History, Background and Location

These conferences attract around 100 participants, whose interests span the fields of thin films and crystal growth, and are aimed at areas of mutually beneficial overlap. The sixth conference has just taken place, as described above, and the recent conference programs can be accessed from the list below. The first conference was held from July 6-11, 1997 with co-chairs John Venables and Iwan Alexander. This conference series is a merger of two previous conference series, 'Epitaxial Thin Films and Interfaces', last held in 1995 and 'Crystal Growth', last held in 1994.

Conferences have the usual Gordon Conference format: 3 morning talks, 2 evening talks, with afternoons free for discussion and activities. We had comprehensive poster sessions on both occasions, and it was encouraging how many post-docs and graduate students participated.

Mount Holyoke College is just north of Springfield in south-central Massachusetts, close to the Connecticut river and I-91. There is always time for extensive scientific discussion, and for leisure activities including tennis, biking, hiking and other sports. Please tell people what an excellent time you had at these conferences, so that we maintain the momentum for the 2009 conference.

Previous Conference Programs

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Latest version of this document: 12th July 2007.