American Vacuum Society

AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing
AbbreviationAVS
FormationJune 18, 1953
TypeNPO[1]
Location
Membership
4,500[2]
Official language
English
President
David P. Adams
Michael D. Williams (Past-President)
AffiliationsAmerican Institute of Physics IUVSTA
Websitewww.avs.org

AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing[3] (formerly American Vacuum Society[4]) is a not-for-profit learned society founded in 1953 focused on disciplines related to materials, interfaces, and processing. AVS has approximately 4500 members worldwide from academia, governmental laboratories and industry.

AVS is a member society of the American Institute of Physics.[3] 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 peer-reviewed articles, and Surface Science Spectra (SSS), which publishes peer-reviewed articles with reference spectra of technological and scientific interest. In 2019 American Institute of Physics and AVS launched jointly a new journal, AVS Quantum Science.[5]

Organization

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AVS is composed of 10 technical divisions, two technical groups, 16 regional chapters, two international chapters and one international affiliate:

  • Advanced Surface Engineering Division[6]
  • Applied Surface Science Division[7]
  • Biomaterial Interfaces Division[8]
  • Electronic Materials/Photonics Division[9]
  • Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Division[10]
  • Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology Division
  • Plasma Science and Technology Division[11]
  • Surface Science Division[12]
  • Thin Film Division (TF)[13]
  • Vacuum Technology Division[14]

AVS Technical Groups Division

  • Manufacturing Science & Technology Technical Group (MSTG)
  • MEMS and NEMS Technical Group

Conferences

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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 and the North American Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy.

AVS professional awards

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AVS graduate student awards

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Article I, Constitution, AVS.
  2. ^ About AVS? Archived 2020-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, AVS.
  3. ^ a b AIP: A Federation of the Physical Sciences, American Institute of Physics.
  4. ^ The old name can still be found in Article I of the AVS constitution.
  5. ^ "AVS Quantum Science". pubs.aip.org. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  6. ^ "Advanced Surface Engineering Division (ASED)". Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  7. ^ "Division: Applied Surface Science (AS)". avs67.avs.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  8. ^ "Division: Biomaterial Interfaces (BI)". avs67.avs.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  9. ^ "Division: Electronic Materials and Photonics (EM)". avs67.avs.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  10. ^ "October News Letter 2003 - CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS". ieeemagnetics.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  11. ^ "Division: Plasma Science & Technology (PS)". avs67.avs.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  12. ^ "Division: Surface Science (SS)". avs67.avs.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  13. ^ "Division: Thin Film (TF)". avs67.avs.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  14. ^ "Division: Vacuum Technology (VT)". avs67.avs.org. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  15. ^ "Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Award". avs.org. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
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Archival collections

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