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THIN FILM AND CRYSTAL GROWTH MECHANISMS

The next conference in this series will be held at Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire, July 12-17, 2009. The site details and travel arrangements are on the GRC site.
The conference chair is Jonah Erlebacher, and the vice-chair Christine Orme. 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=2009&program=thinfilm.
To make suggestions for this conference, please send an e-mail to Jonah Erlebacher or Christine Orme.
To be added to our mailing list, please send an e-mail to John Venables.

If you wish to attend a Gordon Research Conference, 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:

Crystals and epitaxy

Novel optical properties

Organic and biological thin films

Medical and Pharmaceutical applications

Fundamentals of nucleation and coarsening

Surface structure, morphology and evolution

Fundamentals of solution-phase and thin film growth

Structure-property relationships at the nanoscale

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.

Colby-Sawyer College is located in New London, New Hampshire in the heart of the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region, just 100 miles north-west of Boston. This region is known for the natural beauty of its lakes and mountains. It can be accessed from I-89, via state route 114, by taking exit 11 from the south-east, or exit 12 from the north-west. There is always time for extensive scientific discussion, and for leisure activities including tennis, biking, kayaking, 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

If you wish to locate a particular person or topic, try a search.

The most recent conference program can be found here and on the GRC site for 2007.
The previous two conference programs can be found here at 2005 and 2003, and on the GRC site, for 2005 and 2003. Both of these originated from Melissa Hines' site in Cornell, but only the 2005 information still exists.
The 2001 Conference Program and the Speaker list can be searched on this site; the former originates from the official Gordon Conference site. The Poster list (pdf) can be downloaded from here, but not searched. There are also some informal poster photos, that can be accessed from this page.
The 1999 Conference Program contains the schedule and poster titles.
The 1997 Conference Program contains the schedule and poster titles.
Program details of 1995 Epitaxy Conference.
Program of 1994 Crystal Growth Conference.
Program details of 1993 Epitaxy Conference.
Program of 1993 Crystal Growth Conference.
Program details of 1991 Epitaxy Conference.
Program of 1991 Crystal Growth Conference.

Latest version of this document: 2nd January 2009.