This regular symposium was created three years ago in order to expand the scope of the International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF) to micromechanical and small-scale characterization method, and has enjoyed lasting popularity ever since. The symposium is widely opened to contributions from the fields of nanoindentation, FIB-based techniques, TEM, X-Ray methods, Atom Probe Tomography, testing in non-ambient conditions…

For the upcoming meeting, it will be our pleasure to welcome the following invited speakers:

Baptiste Gault, Max-Planck Institute for Iron Research, Düsseldorf, Germany
"Atom Probe Tomography to Help Understand Deformation Mechanisms in Metallic Alloys"

Erica Lilleodden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany
"Nanoporous Gold Tomography"

Irene J. Beyerlein, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
"Evolution of Dislocation Density under Cyclic Loading"

Jaafar El-Awady, Johns Hopkins University, USA
"The Evolution of Persistent Slip Bands and Crack Initiation from High Frequency In-situ Scanning Electron Microscopy Cyclic Loading Experiments"

Seok-Woo Lee, University of Connecticut, USA
"In-situ Investigation on Mechanical Properties at the Micrometer Scale in Cryogenic Environment"

 You are welcome to submit a contribution in one of the three sessions:

H1. Spatially-resolved Characterization of Thin Films and Engineered Surfaces

 H2. Advanced Mechanical Testing of Surfaces, Thin Films, Coatings and Small Volumes

H3. Characterization of Coatings and Small Volumes in Harsh Environments 

Please submit your abstract until October 1, 2018 to:  http://www.icmctf.org

For futher details, please contact:

Benoit Merle, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, benoit.merle@fau.de

Marco Sebastiani, Roma TRE University, Italy, marco.sebastiani@uniroma3.it