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On the ISAPS ’05 in Hawaii
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On the ISAPS ’05 in Hawaii The Fifth International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science (ISAPS ’05) was held at the Hiro Hawaiian Hotel in Hawaii, USA on 26–30 September 2005. The selected papers presented at ISAPS ’05 were rewritten after the symposium. Those were peer refereed and complied in this special issue of Vacuum.
1. About ISAPS The international symposium on Applied Plasma Science (ISAPS) is held every 2 years to promote international collaboration in Applied Plasma Sciences. The First International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science (ISAPS ’97) had been held at UCLA, Los Angeles, in USA in 1997, on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Institute of Applied Plasma Science (IAPS). The Second International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science (ISAPS ’99) was held at the Osaka Sun Palace in Osaka on 20–24 September 1999. The Third International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science (ISAPS ’01) was held at the Whedgewood Resort in Alaska, during 2–6 July 2001. And the Fourth International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science (ISAPS ’03) was held in Kyoto, during 1–5 September 2003. The latest one, Fifth International Symposium, ISAPS ’05 has been held in Hawaii, during 26–30 September this year of 2005. Those symposiums were held sponsored by the IAPS. During the previous ISAPS, more than 60 people from all over the world: USA, UK, Poland, Germany, Austria, Ukraine, Turkey, India, Malaysia, China, Japan and so on, participated in each symposium. The proceedings were published by IAPS as Advances in Applied Plasma Science (vol. 1–5) for every symposium. The topics of ISAPS focused mainly on plasma applications, including plasma sources, propulsion, various plasma processing, applications to environmental problems, applications in microelectronics, and also contained applications of other high-energy sources, such as electron, ion, and laser beams, while the symposium covered a wide range of interdisciplinary scientific activities in the fields of energy, mechanical, electrical, material, and chemical sciences. 0042-207X/$ - see front matter r 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.vacuum.2006.01.065
2. Summary of ISAPS ’05 This symposium ISAPS ’05 was held in Hilo, Hawaii. Hilo is one of the largest cities in Hawaii, a historical old Polynesians city that is located at east coast of Hawaii Island (Big Island). There are many sites of natural landscape for sightseeing in and near the city. For example, Volcano National Park and an astronomical telescope at top of the Mauna Kea Mountain are the most famous ones. During the conference the participants might obtain a great impression about the attractive city. The conference place, Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, is located 1 km east from the Hilo downtown, and is located at the seashore of Pacific Ocean and near Hilo Airport (about 10 min by taxi). It was convenient for the participants to take the rooms (Deluxe Ocean View Room) of the hotel as the accommodation during ISAPS ’05. The registration desk was set in the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel (especially for foreigners). The Fifth ISAPS was sponsored by the IAPS in cooperation with the Plasma Science and Technology Institute (PSTI) at University of California, LA, Joining & Welding Research Institute (JWRI) at Osaka University, Institute of Space Systems (IRS) at Univ. of Stuttgart, Dalian University of Technology and also cooperation with the Japan Society of Applied Physics. The topics of ISAPS ’05 focused mainly on plasma applications, including plasma sources, propulsion, various thermal processing, application in advanced materials, and applications to environmental problems, also containing applications of other high-energy sources such as electron, ion, and laser beams, and various industrial applications. Over 80 people attended ISAPS ’05 from all over the world, including 33 overseas attendees from USA, UK, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Turkey, China, Malaysia, India, and Australia, etc. Of course, other nearly 50 participants came from Japan, including a lot of members of IAPS, the sponsor of this Symposium. They presented their research results and shared their thoughts to establish strong connections with each other. The research papers are compiled in the conference proceedings, entitled Advances in Applied Plasma Science, Vol. 5, 2005 prior to the symposium by the IAPS. The Symposium was opened on 26 September afternoon by a short greeting of the Symposium Chairman, Prof. A.
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1124 Table 1 Schedule of ISAPS ’05 Date
Event
Affiliation
26 September (Monday)
AM: Registration
Exhibit
PM: Opening session, Plenary session, Session A Eve: Reception 27 September (Tuesday)
AM: Session B, Session C
Exhibit
PM: Session D Poster session I Eve: Hilo city tour 28 September (Wednesday)
AM: Session E, Session F
Exhibit
PM: Session G Poster Session II Eve: Banquet 29 September (Thursday)
AM: Session H, Session I
Exhibit
PM: Session J Poster Session III Eve: Dinner party 30 September (Friday)
AM: Panel discussion on applied plasma science PM: Post conference tour
Excursion
Kobayashi at Osaka University, followed by the Plenary Session having four presentations on the research topics related to Applied Plasma Science and Plasma Applications. The brief schedule of ISAPS ’05 is shown in Table 1. The following describes the main events of the symposium. 2.1. Oral session and poster session After the Plenary Session, 50 general presentations were continuously performed from Session A–J, related on various plasma applications. Poster Session was held in 3 days as Poster Session I–III from 27–29 September, which consisted of 22 poster presentations. There were many discussions about the content of these presentations during the sessions by the participants who had different specialties on this interdisciplinary scientific field of Applied Plasma Science. The following research topics in this Symposium were distributed into each Session. (1) Plasma production, diagnostics, properties: Modeling and simulations. (2) Plasma propulsion: Energy applications. (3) Plasma process and its efficiency: Advanced plasma processing. (4) Plasma processing (surface modification, deposition, thermal spray, etc.). (5) Plasma applications to environmental problems.
(6) Advanced materials (high heat resistant materials, composite, biomaterials, etc). (7) Characterization and evaluation of materials. (8) Industrial applications of directed energy sources (ebeams, ion beams, lasers). Totally, 76 presentations were made about the research results on plasma applications, including applications to environmental problems, and also containing applications of other high-energy sources, such as electron, ion, and laser beams. Seventy-two papers presented at the ISAPS ’05 were compiled in the proceedings before the symposium. The selected papers from these presentations were rewritten and contributed in this journal: ‘‘Vacuum’’ by Elsevier Science Ltd. after the symposium, as another proceedings. Each paper was peer reviewed by 2 referees and accepted after the revision of the manuscript. Finally, 52 papers including 9 Technical Notes are contributed in this Special Issue of Vacuum. The readers are able to know the content of the ISAPS ’05 in this issue. I believe that research topics contained in the issue could enhance new international collaborations in the relevant research field. On the morning of 30 September, the panel discussion on applied plasma science, was held, and discussed about Applications of Plasma Science and other high-energy sources, advanced materials and characterization; and related applied sciences. The main members of the research project on ‘‘the high heat resistant materials by high-energy plasma processing’’ were also joined and discussed the problems the panelists pointed out. 2.2. Other events Reception was held in the evening on 26 September at the same hotel. About 50 people joined and introduced to each other. Because the lunch place was the next to the conference room, the participants had lunch altogether and did a lot of conversation and friendly talk at the lunchtime, optional dinnertime, and the coffee break every day. Banquet was held at the same hotel on 28 September, Wednesday evening. More than 70 people attended and had a lot of fun with each other. The excursion to the Volcano National Park was held in the afternoon of the last day, 30 September. In the group tour, about 20 people went around the volcano places, museum, etc. Unfortunately, the weather was not good in the afternoon and it was a little cool day, although the place was near from Hilo Hawaiian Hotel. However we could go to walk on lava of the volcano, and saw the smoke of volcano and orange color lava flow. The attendants had a good time with an impression for the great nature. Thus, ISAPS ’05 has finished successfully. Participants in the symposium interacted with each other and discussed a wide range of interdisciplinary scientific activities during the conference. ISAPS ’05 was fruitful for all attendees to continue future collaborations and also continue next
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Fig. 1. Picture of the participants gathered at the conference room after the Presentation.
ISAPS. The picture shown in Fig. 1 was taken, when the participants joining altogether at the conference room on Wednesday, 28 September 2005. We hope this symposium will lead to further developments in Applied Plasma Science. Also, we expect that this special issue will enhance future collaborations amongst researchers in the field. The next ISAPS is planned 2 years later as the ISAPS ’07 (ISAPS-2007), in Nikko, Japan, following those past successful symposiums. I would like to ask you, readers of this special issue, for your cooperation, your suggestion, and your attendance to the ISAPS ’07.
Finally I would like to present the special thanks to the executive committee, and other staffs of ISAPS ’05 for all their cooperation. 30 November 2005 On behalf of Organizing Committee of ISAPS ’05 Symposium Chair Akira Kobayashi Joining & Welding Research Institute, Osaka University, 11-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567 0047, Japan E-mail address: [email protected]
Vacuum 80 (2006) 1123–1125 www.elsevier.com/locate/vacuum
Preface
On the ISAPS ’05 in Hawaii The Fifth International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science (ISAPS ’05) was held at the Hiro Hawaiian Hotel in Hawaii, USA on 26–30 September 2005. The selected papers presented at ISAPS ’05 were rewritten after the symposium. Those were peer refereed and complied in this special issue of Vacuum.
1. About ISAPS The international symposium on Applied Plasma Science (ISAPS) is held every 2 years to promote international collaboration in Applied Plasma Sciences. The First International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science (ISAPS ’97) had been held at UCLA, Los Angeles, in USA in 1997, on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Institute of Applied Plasma Science (IAPS). The Second International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science (ISAPS ’99) was held at the Osaka Sun Palace in Osaka on 20–24 September 1999. The Third International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science (ISAPS ’01) was held at the Whedgewood Resort in Alaska, during 2–6 July 2001. And the Fourth International Symposium on Applied Plasma Science (ISAPS ’03) was held in Kyoto, during 1–5 September 2003. The latest one, Fifth International Symposium, ISAPS ’05 has been held in Hawaii, during 26–30 September this year of 2005. Those symposiums were held sponsored by the IAPS. During the previous ISAPS, more than 60 people from all over the world: USA, UK, Poland, Germany, Austria, Ukraine, Turkey, India, Malaysia, China, Japan and so on, participated in each symposium. The proceedings were published by IAPS as Advances in Applied Plasma Science (vol. 1–5) for every symposium. The topics of ISAPS focused mainly on plasma applications, including plasma sources, propulsion, various plasma processing, applications to environmental problems, applications in microelectronics, and also contained applications of other high-energy sources, such as electron, ion, and laser beams, while the symposium covered a wide range of interdisciplinary scientific activities in the fields of energy, mechanical, electrical, material, and chemical sciences. 0042-207X/$ - see front matter r 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.vacuum.2006.01.065
2. Summary of ISAPS ’05 This symposium ISAPS ’05 was held in Hilo, Hawaii. Hilo is one of the largest cities in Hawaii, a historical old Polynesians city that is located at east coast of Hawaii Island (Big Island). There are many sites of natural landscape for sightseeing in and near the city. For example, Volcano National Park and an astronomical telescope at top of the Mauna Kea Mountain are the most famous ones. During the conference the participants might obtain a great impression about the attractive city. The conference place, Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, is located 1 km east from the Hilo downtown, and is located at the seashore of Pacific Ocean and near Hilo Airport (about 10 min by taxi). It was convenient for the participants to take the rooms (Deluxe Ocean View Room) of the hotel as the accommodation during ISAPS ’05. The registration desk was set in the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel (especially for foreigners). The Fifth ISAPS was sponsored by the IAPS in cooperation with the Plasma Science and Technology Institute (PSTI) at University of California, LA, Joining & Welding Research Institute (JWRI) at Osaka University, Institute of Space Systems (IRS) at Univ. of Stuttgart, Dalian University of Technology and also cooperation with the Japan Society of Applied Physics. The topics of ISAPS ’05 focused mainly on plasma applications, including plasma sources, propulsion, various thermal processing, application in advanced materials, and applications to environmental problems, also containing applications of other high-energy sources such as electron, ion, and laser beams, and various industrial applications. Over 80 people attended ISAPS ’05 from all over the world, including 33 overseas attendees from USA, UK, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Turkey, China, Malaysia, India, and Australia, etc. Of course, other nearly 50 participants came from Japan, including a lot of members of IAPS, the sponsor of this Symposium. They presented their research results and shared their thoughts to establish strong connections with each other. The research papers are compiled in the conference proceedings, entitled Advances in Applied Plasma Science, Vol. 5, 2005 prior to the symposium by the IAPS. The Symposium was opened on 26 September afternoon by a short greeting of the Symposium Chairman, Prof. A.
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1124 Table 1 Schedule of ISAPS ’05 Date
Event
Affiliation
26 September (Monday)
AM: Registration
Exhibit
PM: Opening session, Plenary session, Session A Eve: Reception 27 September (Tuesday)
AM: Session B, Session C
Exhibit
PM: Session D Poster session I Eve: Hilo city tour 28 September (Wednesday)
AM: Session E, Session F
Exhibit
PM: Session G Poster Session II Eve: Banquet 29 September (Thursday)
AM: Session H, Session I
Exhibit
PM: Session J Poster Session III Eve: Dinner party 30 September (Friday)
AM: Panel discussion on applied plasma science PM: Post conference tour
Excursion
Kobayashi at Osaka University, followed by the Plenary Session having four presentations on the research topics related to Applied Plasma Science and Plasma Applications. The brief schedule of ISAPS ’05 is shown in Table 1. The following describes the main events of the symposium. 2.1. Oral session and poster session After the Plenary Session, 50 general presentations were continuously performed from Session A–J, related on various plasma applications. Poster Session was held in 3 days as Poster Session I–III from 27–29 September, which consisted of 22 poster presentations. There were many discussions about the content of these presentations during the sessions by the participants who had different specialties on this interdisciplinary scientific field of Applied Plasma Science. The following research topics in this Symposium were distributed into each Session. (1) Plasma production, diagnostics, properties: Modeling and simulations. (2) Plasma propulsion: Energy applications. (3) Plasma process and its efficiency: Advanced plasma processing. (4) Plasma processing (surface modification, deposition, thermal spray, etc.). (5) Plasma applications to environmental problems.
(6) Advanced materials (high heat resistant materials, composite, biomaterials, etc). (7) Characterization and evaluation of materials. (8) Industrial applications of directed energy sources (ebeams, ion beams, lasers). Totally, 76 presentations were made about the research results on plasma applications, including applications to environmental problems, and also containing applications of other high-energy sources, such as electron, ion, and laser beams. Seventy-two papers presented at the ISAPS ’05 were compiled in the proceedings before the symposium. The selected papers from these presentations were rewritten and contributed in this journal: ‘‘Vacuum’’ by Elsevier Science Ltd. after the symposium, as another proceedings. Each paper was peer reviewed by 2 referees and accepted after the revision of the manuscript. Finally, 52 papers including 9 Technical Notes are contributed in this Special Issue of Vacuum. The readers are able to know the content of the ISAPS ’05 in this issue. I believe that research topics contained in the issue could enhance new international collaborations in the relevant research field. On the morning of 30 September, the panel discussion on applied plasma science, was held, and discussed about Applications of Plasma Science and other high-energy sources, advanced materials and characterization; and related applied sciences. The main members of the research project on ‘‘the high heat resistant materials by high-energy plasma processing’’ were also joined and discussed the problems the panelists pointed out. 2.2. Other events Reception was held in the evening on 26 September at the same hotel. About 50 people joined and introduced to each other. Because the lunch place was the next to the conference room, the participants had lunch altogether and did a lot of conversation and friendly talk at the lunchtime, optional dinnertime, and the coffee break every day. Banquet was held at the same hotel on 28 September, Wednesday evening. More than 70 people attended and had a lot of fun with each other. The excursion to the Volcano National Park was held in the afternoon of the last day, 30 September. In the group tour, about 20 people went around the volcano places, museum, etc. Unfortunately, the weather was not good in the afternoon and it was a little cool day, although the place was near from Hilo Hawaiian Hotel. However we could go to walk on lava of the volcano, and saw the smoke of volcano and orange color lava flow. The attendants had a good time with an impression for the great nature. Thus, ISAPS ’05 has finished successfully. Participants in the symposium interacted with each other and discussed a wide range of interdisciplinary scientific activities during the conference. ISAPS ’05 was fruitful for all attendees to continue future collaborations and also continue next
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Fig. 1. Picture of the participants gathered at the conference room after the Presentation.
ISAPS. The picture shown in Fig. 1 was taken, when the participants joining altogether at the conference room on Wednesday, 28 September 2005. We hope this symposium will lead to further developments in Applied Plasma Science. Also, we expect that this special issue will enhance future collaborations amongst researchers in the field. The next ISAPS is planned 2 years later as the ISAPS ’07 (ISAPS-2007), in Nikko, Japan, following those past successful symposiums. I would like to ask you, readers of this special issue, for your cooperation, your suggestion, and your attendance to the ISAPS ’07.
Finally I would like to present the special thanks to the executive committee, and other staffs of ISAPS ’05 for all their cooperation. 30 November 2005 On behalf of Organizing Committee of ISAPS ’05 Symposium Chair Akira Kobayashi Joining & Welding Research Institute, Osaka University, 11-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567 0047, Japan E-mail address: [email protected]