Diamond 2008 Early Registration Deadline

Please open the online version of this message if the HTML is not correctly displayed. DIAMOND 2008 7-11 September 2008 • Sitges, Spain EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 25 JULY 2008 www.diamond-conference.elsevier.com Register now for Diamond 2008 Join international delegates for a complete review of the latest scientific and technological aspects of vapour grown diamond, natural and synthetic diamond, and related materials such as carbon nanotubes, diamond-like carbon and wide gap nitrides at Diamond 2008 - the 19th European Conference on Diamond, Diamond-Like Materials, Carbon Nanotubes and Nitrides Coverage includes advances in growth techniques in plasma deposition, heteroepitaxy, doping, defects, hydrogen, biological applications, characterization and the development of new applications. An optional tutorial session on 'Diamond growth' and 'Bio functionalisation of diamond surfaces' will be held on the afternoon of 7 September 2008. Full details of the comprehensive oral and poster programmes are available at www.diamond-conference.elsevier.com Register now to save €75 Reduced delegate rates apply until 25 July 2008 only. Register now at: www.diamond-conference.elsevier.com Accommodation Accommodation has been reserved at the Melia Sitges Hotel at specially negotiated rates. For details and to book visit the accommodation pages of the Diamond 2008 website. INVITED SPEAKERS The following experts will present at the conference: Ali BenMoussa, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Belgium - Recent developments on wide bandgap based UV sensors Juergen Biener, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA - Diamond for fusion applications James Butler, Naval Research Labs, USA - CVD diamond growth mechanisms - revisited John Foord, Oxford University, UK - Electrochemistry of diamond surfaces Masataka Hasegawa, AIST, Japan - Low temperature growth of nano-diamond Robert Hauge, Rice University, USA - Growth of nanotube mats Russell Hemley, Carnegie Institute, USA - High growth rate diamond Dean Ho, North Western University, USA - Drug delivery by nanodiamond Robert Jones, University of Exeter, UK - Dislocations, vacancy aggregates and brown colour of diamond Hiro Kataura, AIST, Japan - Separation of nanotubes H. Kodama , Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology, Japan - High speed synthesis of amorphous carbon films on polymer substrates Yasuo Koide, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan - Photo detectors Anke Krueger, University of Kiel, Germany - Functionalisation of nanodiamond surfaces Christoph Nebel, Fraunhofer Institut für Angewandt Festkörperphysik (IAF), Germany - Bio-sensors from diamond Eiji Osawa, Shinshu University, Japan - Recent progress in nanodiamond Atsuhito Sawabe, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan - Progress in hetero-epitaxial growth of diamond Thomas Seyller, University of Erlangen, Germany - Production and electronic structure of graphene François Silva, University Paris 13, France - High quality, large surface area, homoepitaxial MPECVD diamond growth Tetsuya Suzuki, Keio University, Japan - High speed synthesis of amorphous carbon films on polymer substrates Akihiko Ueda, Sumitomo Electric Industries, LTD - Field emission devices Wenjun Zhang, City University of Hong Kong, China - Growth, nano-structuring and properties of cBN films Diamond 2008 is organised by Elsevier in association with Diamond & Related Materials. For further information and to request a copy of the final programme brochure visit: www.diamond-conference.elsevier.com or contact em.white@elsevier.com