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 CALL FOR PAPERS
EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
METALLIZED PLASTICS
FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED ASPECTS
To be held December 6-7, 2001 at the
Robert Treat Hotel; Newark, NJ |
| This symposium continues the tradition set by the first symposium in this series which was held in Chicago in 1988.
As with its predecessors, this symposium will be concerned with all aspects of metallized plastics. Metallized plastics
have become a burgeoning technology with applications ranging from decorative design to optical coatings to
advanced thin film wiring schemes in the microelectronics industry. Metallized plastic films and coatings allow the
technologist to capitalize on the favorable properties of two disparate classes of materials to create new and unique
products which transcend the performance and usefulness which can be obtained in either class alone. Metals offer
high electrical conductivity, excellent reflectivity and superior barrier properties. Plastics compliment this menu with
their excellent insulating properties, optical clarity, mechanical flexibility and ease of molding and processing. This
symposium is organized to bring together scientists, technologists and engineers interested in all aspects of
metallized plastics, to review and assess the current state of knowledge, to provide a forum for exchange and
cross-fertilization of ideas and to define problem areas which need intensified efforts.
The invited speakers have been selected so as to represent widely differing disciplines and interests, and they hail
from academic, governmental and industrial research laboratories. This meeting is planned to be a truly
international event both in geographic coverage as well as in spirit. The technical program will contain both invited
overviews and contributed original research papers. It is planned to chronicle the transactions in a hard-bound
volume of archival quality (to match or exceed the standards of the journal literature) which will serve as a
reference work for future generations of investigators.
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TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE:
- Metallization techniques and properties of metal
deposits
- Metal diffusion during deposition
- Morphology and properties of metal deposits
INVESTIGATION OF INTERFACIAL INTERACTIONS
- Influence of polymer surface functional groups
- Metal-polymer interactions
- Fundamental adhesion mechanisms including
coating-substrate interactions
PLASTIC SURFACE MODIFICATION
- Dry (vacuum) surface treatment of plastics
- Wet chemical surface treatment of plastics
- Mechanical surface treatment and cleaning
BASIC PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND ADHESION
- Effects of aging and environment on adhesion
- Mechanical properties and failure mechanisms
- Diffusion, permeation and barrier properties
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This symposium is being organized by MST Conferences,
LLC under the direction of Dr. K. L. Mittal, Editor, Journal
of Adhesion Science and Technology. A proceedings
volume is planned for this symposium and further details
will be provided in due course. Please notify the
conference chairman of your intentions to present a paper
as early as possible. An abstract of about 200 words
should be sent by June 15, 2001 to the conference
chairman by any of the following methods:
E-mail: rhl@mstconf.com
FAX: 212-656-1016
Regular mail:
Dr. Robert H. Lacombe
Conference Chairman
3 Hammer Drive
Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 |
