Professor Eduard Arzt   

University of California San Diego, Materials Science and Engineering, USA,

INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials and Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

Plenary Speech

Title: Bioinspired surfaces – from new materials to sustainable robotics

Professor Katsuyuki Fukutani   

Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan

Group Leader, Surface and Interface Science Group, Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic energy Agency

Plenary Speech

Title: Hydrogen absorption in metal oxide thin films

Professor Upadrasta Ramamurty

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

President’s Chair in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

Plenary Speech

Title: Hydrogen effects on the mechanical behaviour of high entropy alloys probed using nanoindentation

Professor Zhu Jiaqi   

Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Group leader, Infared Thin Films and Crystals

Vice Chairman of the Surface Engineering Branch of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering, Vice Chairman of the Thin Film and Coating Branch of the Chinese Silicate Society

Plenary Speech

Title: Infared Transparency and Conductivity

Professor Dong-Sing Wuu   

Department of Applied Materials and Optoelectronic Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

Plenary Speech

Title: Gallium oxide semiconductors: thin film deposition, material characterization, and device applications

Professor Furong Zhu   

Department of Physics, Associate Dean (Research and Postgraduate Studies), Faculty of Science, Hong Kong Baptist University

Director for Research Centre of Excellence for Organic Electronics,

Director for Institute of Advanced Materials at Hong Kong Baptist University

Plenary Speech

Title: Near-infrared and visible light dual-mode organic photodetectors and applications

ThinFilms2024 Invited Speakers

Professor Hsiang-Chen Chui   

School of Optoelectronic Engineering and Instrumentation Science, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

Invited Speech 

Title: The photoelectric devices from perovskite 1D microwire to 2D nanostructure

Symposium: Thin Film Devices (TFD)

Professor Jer-Chyi Wang   

Department of Electronic Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Invited Speech 

Title: Polarity-differentiated and charge-regulated graphene field-effect transistors for bio-medical applications

Symposium: Thin Film Devices (TFD)

Professor Jung-Jie Huang   

Department of Electrical Engineering, Da-Yeh University, Changhua, Taiwan

Invited Speech 

Title: Asymmetric supercapacitor fabrication based on thin film electrodes doped with AgNWs, MoS2, and MXene

Symposium: Thin Film Devices (TFD)

Professor Ray Hua Horng   

Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Invited Speech 

Title: Study on the Properties of Gallium Oxide grown on SiC Substrate and Applied to Schottky Barrier Diodes

Symposium: Thin Film Devices (TFD)

Dr. Wali Zhang

Micro-Nano Device Fabrication Centre, Yongjiang Laboratory, Ningbo, China.

Invited Speech 

Title: Advancements in Micro-nano Fabrication for Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Nanodevices in Integrated Photonics

Symposium: Thin Film Devices (TFD)

Professor Siqi Shi  

Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, China.

Invited Speech 

Title: Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials: Computation and Design

Symposium: Materials Simulation, Design and AI (MSD)

Dr. Joyjit Chattoraj   

Senior Scientist,

Computing & Intelligence, Institute of High Performance Computing,  A*STAR, Singapore.

Invited Speech 

Title: Physics-based AI for Material Design

Symposium: Materials Simulation, Design and AI (MSD)

Dr. Kui Gong   

Deputy General Manager

Hongzhiwei Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd

Invited Speech 

Title: Multiscale Simulation Empowers the Construction of Digital Materials R&D Platform

Symposium: Materials Simulation, Design and AI (MSD)

Associate Professor Kedar Hippalgaonkar

School of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Invited Speech 

Title: TBC

Symposium: Materials Simulation, Design and AI (MSD)

Dr. Zhiquan Yeo   

Principal Scientist, Deputy Director, Sustainability and Life Cycle Management, SIMTech and ARTC, A*STAR

Invited Speech 

Title: Leveraging Life Cycle Assessment for Sustainable Material Innovations

Symposium: Materials Simulation, Design and AI (MSD)

Dr. Yuyang Liu   

Founder and CEO, DeepVerse LTD (幻量科技), Shanghai, China

Invited Speech 

Title: TBC

Symposium: Materials Simulation, Design and AI (MSD)

Professor Yong SUN

Department of Engineering and Sustainable Development， Faculty of Technology, De Montfort University

Invited Speech

Title: Improving Oil Lubrication Effectiveness of Ti-Ti Tribopair by Thermal Oxidation

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Professor Zhili DONG

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Invited Speech

Title: Raman Spectroscopy Determination of Structures and Properties of 2D-M1-xM’xX2 and 2D-MX’2xX2(1-x) alloys

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Professor Yuxin TANG

College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China

Invited Speech

Title: Advanced Polymer Composite Electrolyte Film towards All Solid-State Li Metal Batteries

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Professor Yuekun LAI

College of Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China

Invited Speech 

Title: Multifunctional Surfaces with Superwettability for Multiphase Separation

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Professor Yucheng WU

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China

Invited Speech 

Title: Surface Problems and Improvement of Modified Tungsten used in Nuclear Fusion Reactor

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Professor Yizhou SHEN

College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China

Invited Speech  

Title: Solid-liquid-ice interface for aircraft anti/de-icing materials

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Professor Yin-Yu CHANG

Department of Mechanical and Computer-Aided Engineering, National Formosa University, Yunlin, Taiwan

Invited Speech  

Title: Knowledge-based Development of PVD Multicomponent and Nanoscale Multilayer Protective Hard Coatings

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Professor Xiulin JI

College of Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Invited Speech 

Title: Enhancing Corrosive Wear Resistance and Antibacterial Ability of Ti6Al4V by Laser Clad CrMoNbW High-Entropy Coating with Adding Copper

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Professor Xinghua WU

School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

Invited Speech

Title: A Durable Bendable Superhydrophobic Surface with Anti-icing, Anti-condensation, and Weathering-resistant Properties

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Professor Jun HU

School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Invited Speech

Title: Preparation of phosphate superhydrophobic, superoleophobic, and superoleophobic adhesive coatings

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Professor Fan-Bean WU

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National United University, Miaoli, Taiwan

Invited Speech

Title: Manufacture, Microstructure, and Mechanical Properties of Refractory Metal Nitride Coatings

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Dr Zhaohong HUANG

Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Republic of Singapore

Invited Speech 

Title: Assessment of Nickel-Plating Processes for Corrosion Protection of Copper Substrate

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Dr Hong Fei LIU

Department of Structural Materials, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore

Invited Speech 

Title: Surface Integrity Enhancement of Metallic Coatings Produced by Direct Energy Deposition

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Professor Xin ZHAO

College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, China

Invited Speech

Title: Surface defect engineering on the improvement of photoelectrocatalytic performance

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Professor Huaqiong LI

Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Invited Speech 

Title: Zn2TiO4-ZnO Heterostructure Fabricated by Unilateral Diffusion on Titanium to Achieve Dual Functions of Osteogenesis and Preventing Bacterial Infections

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Professor Yen-Hsun Su

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chen Kung University, Taiwan

Invited Speech 

Title: Hybrid-biotaxonomy-like self-training reinforcement deeping learning to predict treatment of Au/Ag nanoparticles on ZnO nanorods

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Professor Jyh-Wei Lee

Department of Materials Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan

Invited Speech 

Title: Exploring the mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of hydrogenated metal carbide coatings grown by reactive superimposed HiPIMS-MF deposition system

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Dr Takahiro NAGATA

Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan

Invited Speech 

Title: Surface treatment and interface control of compound semiconductor-based materials for electronic devices

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Prof. Guifang Han

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, China

Invited Speech 

Title: Bond layer materials for environmental barrier coatings

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Prof. Shunli Zheng

College & Hospital of Stomatology, Anhui Medical University

Invited Speech 

Title: Eco-friendly bio-epoxy coatings for corrosion-resistant and easy-cleaning applications

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Prof. Fu-Hsing Lu

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

Invited Speech 

Title: Enhancement of Photoelectrochemical Performance by Air-based Sputtering Deposition of N-TiO2/TiN(O) Multilayer Films

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Associate Professor Haipeng Yan

Hebei University of Science and Technology, School of Mechanical Engineering, China

Invited Speech 

Title: Study on vibration and sound characteristics of high-speed full ceramic ball bearing in starved lubrication

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Prof. Mary Donnabelle Balela

Dept of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of the Philippines, Philippines

Invited Speech 

Title: The Potential of Kapok Fibers as Customizable Sorbents with Reduced Secondary Waste

Symposium: Surface Treatment & Protection (STP)

Professor Hyung Gyu Park

Nanoscience for Energy Technology & Sustainability (NETS)
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Republic of Korea

Invited Speech 

Title: Molecular Transport in the Low-Dimensional Environment towards Effiencient Separation

Symposium: Energy & Sustainability (ENS)

Professor An Jihwan

Energy-NanoTech Research Lab (ENTeR Lab), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Republic of Korea

Invited Speech

Title: Surface Engineering of Solid Oxide Cell Electrodes by Powder Atomic Layer Deposition

Symposium: Energy & Sustainability (ENS)

Professor Yongchai Kwon

Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea

Invited Speech

Title: New Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries

Symposium: Energy & Sustainability (ENS)

Associate Professor Jeong-Won Lee

Advanced Nano Surface Engineering Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chosun University, Republic of Korea

Invited Speech

Title: Development of vertical tissue culture/observation platform with air-liquid interface/tissue separability

Symposium: Energy & Sustainability (ENS)

A/P A/Prof Daniel Chua

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Invited Speech

Title: Nanostructured Carbon Materials as Multifunctional Electrodes for PEM fuel cells

Symposium: Energy & Sustainability (ENS)

Professor Xingzhan Wei

Vice-director of Micro-&Nano-fabrication and System Integration Center, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Invited Speech

Title: Carbon-Based Optoelectronic Conversion Towards High Performance and Intelligence

Symposium: Energy & Sustainability (ENS)

Professor Xiaosheng Tang

College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Invited Speech

Title: Zero-dimensional lead-free organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite material (C21H22P)2MnBr4 realizes high-resolution and low-dose X-ray imaging

Symposium: Energy & Sustainability (ENS)

Professor Mei Ding

College of Energy and Power Engineering Changsha University of Science & Technology, China

Invited Speech

Title: Permanganate based aqueous flow batteries

Symposium: Energy & Sustainability (ENS)

Professor Ke Zhang

Rector, Shenyang University of Technology, China

Invited Speech

Title: Research Progress on Key Technology Theory and Methods of Ultra-precision Full Ceramic Bearing

Symposium: Part Surface Technology and Green Manufacturing (PST)

Professor Songhua Li

Shenyang Jianzhu University, School of Mechanical Engineering, China

Invited Speech

Title: Study on the Influence of PTFE Lubrication Methods on the Friction and Wear Characteristics of Silicon Nitride Ceramics in a Wide Temperature Range Environment

Symposium: Part Surface Technology and Green Manufacturing (PST)

Professor Lixiu Zhang

Shenyang Jianzhu University, School of Mechanical Engineering, China

Invited Speech

Title: Study on Tribological Properties of Polydopamine as Lubricating Coating

Symposium: Part Surface Technology and Green Manufacturing (PST)

Professor Dehong Zhao

Shenyang Jianzhu University, School of Mechanical Engineering, China

Invited Speech

Title: Intelligent Recognition Algorithm for Cutting Load State Based on DBSCAN Algorithm

Symposium: Part Surface Technology and Green Manufacturing (PST)

Professor Zhan Wang

Shenyang Jianzhu University, School of Mechanical Engineering, China

Invited Speech

Title: Research on magnetic-thermal coupling modeling and simulation of motorized spindle based on digital twin

Symposium: Part Surface Technology and Green Manufacturing (PST)

Professor Desmond Gibson 

University of the West of Scotland (UWS), Paisley, UK

Invited Speech

Title: Recent advances in piezoelectric thin films and applications

Symposium: Smart Materials and Microsystems (SMM)

Professor Chen Fu 

Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China

Invited Speech

Title: Performance improvement of a shear horizontal surface acoustic wave biosensor integrated with Rayleigh wave streaming

Symposium: Smart Materials and Microsystems (SMM)

Professor Haitao Ye 

University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

Invited Speech

Title: Using diamond to fight fungi in space

Symposium: Smart Materials and Microsystems (SMM)

Professor Bin Yang 

Hunan University, China

Invited Speech

Title: Interplay of Structure and Properties in Piezoelectric Aluminum Nitride Thin Films

Symposium: Smart Materials and Microsystems (SMM)

Prof. Xingang Luan 

Northwestern Polytechincal university, China

Invited Speech

Title: SiBCN-based ceramic films for high temperature electrode of SAW sensors

Symposium: Smart Materials and Microsystems (SMM)

Prof. Jia Zhang 

Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

Invited Speech

Title: Flexible Electronic Skins and its Application in Human-Robot Collaboration

Symposium: Smart Materials and Microsystems (SMM)

Prof. Shigeng Song

University of the West of Scotland (UWS), Paisley, UK

Invited Speech

Title: Simulation and Experimental Investigation of Ag SERS Substrates Deposited by Using Glancing Angle Deposition

Symposium: Smart Materials and Microsystems (SMM)

Prof. Linxi Dong

Hangdian University, Hangzhou, China

Invited Speech

Title: Performance analysis of TSV and MEMS capacitive sensor integration based on COMSOL

Symposium: Smart Materials and Microsystems (SMM)

Dr. Zaoli Zhang

Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austrian Academy of Sciences

Invited Speech

Title: Probing the structure and property relation of nitride hard coatings at the atomic scale based on COMSOL

Symposium: Carbon-Based Films and Hard Coating Technology (CBF)

Dr. Peiling Ke

Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Invited Speech

Title: Research on Deep-sea anti-tribocorrosion carbon-based coatings and Failure Mechanisms

Symposium: Carbon-Based Films and Hard Coating Technology (CBF)

Dr. Kang Liu

Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Invited Speech

Title: Investigating the energetic band diagrams of oxygen-terminated CVD grown e6 electronic grade diamond

Symposium: Carbon-Based Films and Hard Coating Technology (CBF)

Dr. Haibin Zhang

Anhui Chunyuan Coating Technology Co.Ltd, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230088,PR China

Invited Speech

Title: Study on Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon (Ta-C) composite films application in stainless steel bipolar plates of Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs)

Symposium: Carbon-Based Films and Hard Coating Technology (CBF)

Dr. Yuxiang Xu

Guangdong University of Technology, China

Invited Speech

Title: PVD hard oxide coatings for tribological and cutting applications

Symposium: Carbon-Based Films and Hard Coating Technology (CBF)

Dr. Peng-an Zong

Nanjing Tech University, China

Invited Speech

Title: MXene-based Wearable Thermoelectric Respiration Sensor

Symposium: Biomedical and Healthcare (BHC)

Dr. Jin Xiaoyue

Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, China

Invited Speech

Title: Preparation and High Temperature Corrosion Behavior of Accident-tolerant Coatings on Nuclear Cladding Tubes

Symposium: Biomedical and Healthcare (BHC)

Dr. Shuiyuan Wang

Fudan University, China

Invited Speech

Title: Neuromorphic Electro-Stimulation Based on Atomically Thin Semiconductor for Damage-Free Inflammation Inhibition

Symposium: Biomedical and Healthcare (BHC)

Dr. Yixiang Ou

Director, Advanced Energy Material and Intelligent Equipment Joint Laboratory, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Beijing 100875, China

Invited Speech

Title: Recent Advances and Strategies for High-Performance Coatings Deposited by Deep oscillation Magnetron Sputtering

Symposium: Biomedical and Healthcare (BHC)

Professor Bin Zhang

State Key Laboratory of solid lubrication, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou, China.

Invited Speech 

Title: To engineered superlubricity of carbon-based structure

Symposium: Coating towards Industrial Applications (CIA)

Professor Yanfeng Wang

Department of Corrosion & Protection, Northwest Institute for Non-ferrous Metal Research, Xi’an, Chian.

Invited Speech 

Title: Research Progress in the Design, Preparation, and Application of Advanced Functional coating by Plasma enhanced Physical Vapour Deposition

Symposium: Coating towards Industrial Applications (CIA)

Professor Deen Sun    

Center for Advanced Thin Films and Devices, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.

Invited Speech 

Title: Study on microstructure and friction mechanism of Mo incorporated (AlCrTiZr)N high – entropy ceramics coatings prepared by magnetron sputtering

Symposium: Coating towards Industrial Applications (CIA)

Professor Zhen bing Cai    

Tribology Research Institute, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China.

Invited Speech 

Title: Progress of surface engineering research on wear resistance of nuclear fuel cladding tubes

Symposium: Coating towards Industrial Applications (CIA)