Eighth International Conference onSPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY

May 26 - 31, 2019 World Trade Center

BarcelonaSpain

First Announcement

About the conference The International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (ICSE) is the largest and best-known international conference on spectroscopic ellipsometry and its related techniques. Since the first ICSE held in 1993, the conference has been the place where new advances and developments in ellipsometry-related researches are discussed with a variety of international participants from many different countries.The 8th International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (ICSE-8) continues the well-established series to provide an excellent forum for scientists and engineers working in instrumentation, science and applications of spectroscopic ellipsometry and related techniques. ICSE-8 will bring together international participants and offer them the opportunity to present their latest results. Both young and experienced researchers are kindly invited to participate and interact for dissemination, discussion, and advancement of science and technology topics represented in ICSE-8. Following the high standards set by previous

conferences, ICSE-8 will aim at presenting a useful balance of fundamental and applied research and industrial applications. In addition, a day of Tutorials will be organized on Sunday, 26th of May, to provide an introductory session.

ICSE Conferences were initially held at variable intervals. Their increasing success made clear that spectroscopic ellipsometry attracted a great interest. Consequently, since 2007, the series has been convened as a triennial meeting. Previous ICSE Conferences were held in:

ICSE-1, Paris, France (1993) ICSE-2, Charleston, USA (1997) ICSE-3, Vienna, Austria (2003) ICSE-4, Stockholm, Sweden (2007) ICSE-V, Albany, USA (2010) ICSE-VI, Kyoto, Japan (2013) ICSE-7, Berlin, Germany (2016) ICSE-8, Barcelona, Spain (2019)

ScopeSubmission of original work is solicited on the topics suggested below and in related subject matters.

1. Anisotropic Materials2. Electronic Materials 3. Ellipsometry in Bio-Related Systems4. Energy Applications5. Hybrid and Ferroelectric Materials6. Imaging and Process Monitoring7. Mueller-Matrix Ellipsometry8. Nanostructured and Metamaterials9. New Instrumental Developments

10. Optical and Electronic Applications11. Optical Modeling12. Organic and Polymer Materials13. Polarimetry and Scatterometry14. Solid–Liquid Interfaces15. THz Applications16. Two-Dimensional Systems

ProceedingsTo establish a permanent conference record, contributors will be asked to submit peer-reviewed articles to a special issue dedicated to spectroscopic ellipsometry, to be published in a high-quality research journal.

View of the Sagrada Familia from the heights of Parc Güell

Paul Drude AwardAn award in honor of the german physicist Paul Drude will be given for an outstanding presentation by a young researcher.

ScheduleThe first day will be devoted to Tutorials intended as an introduction and also as a tribute to Prof. Manuel Cardona, a key figure in the history of ICSE Conferences.

Besides the introductory Tutorials, there will be invited talks devoted to topical review and to include recent developments/findings in hot subjects. Further, talks of shorter duration and poster sessions will provide ample opportunities for the exchange of ideas and discussions. It follows a tentative schedule of the conference:

May 26 (Su.) Tutorials, arrival day & registration May 27 (Mo.) Morning: Opening session May 27 (Mo.) - May 31 (Fr.) Technical sessions May 31 (Fr.) Afternoon: Awards & Closing session

Important Dates December 21 (2018) --- Abstract DueMarch 15 (2019) --- Notification of Acceptance SentMarch 25 (2019) --- Deadline for Early RegistrationJuly 31 (2019) --- Article submission for special issue on

ellipsometry

VenueThe ICSE-8 conference will be held at the World Trade Center on Barcelona's downtown sea front. Its emblematic situation will provide a unique and stimulating environment for all conference participants. The WTC is located approximately 15 km north-west of the Barcelona-El Prat International Airport in one of the most charming parts of the Old Harbor and close to the city center. The complex has multiple road, train, underground and public transport links for easy access to all parts of the city. Barcelona is within one hour drive from well-known tourist attractions such as the Montserrat or seashore cities like Sitges or Tossa de Mar. More information on the WTC is available at: http://www.wtcbarcelona.com/en/

The World Trade Center Barcelona

AccommodationThere are many accommodation possibilities in hotels downtown Barcelona. At least one hotel nearby will offer special prices for ICSE-8 participants. ClimateMay is one of the best months of the year in terms of weather in Barcelona. Most of the time is sunny and warm. There may be the odd overcast or rainy day but it's still going to be warm with daytime temperatures typically in the range of 23-28 °C. In the evening the temperature drops only to 14-20 °C. Coastal cities can be cooler by ~5 °C or more than inland cities. It is usually chilly and windy at the top of the Montserrat even in summer.

Organizing CommitteeConference Chair: Maria Isabel Alonso (ICMAB-CSIC Barcelona, ES) Vice Chair and exhibition: Oriol Arteaga (UB Barcelona, ES)Program Chair: Miquel Garriga (ICMAB-CSIC Barcelona, ES)Proceedings Chair: Stefan Zollner (NMSU, Las Cruces, US)

Local Coordination: Mariano Campoy-Quiles (ICMAB-CSIC)Adolf Canillas (UB Barcelona)Alejandro R. Goñi (ICMAB-ICREA)Albert Moreno (ICMAB, Website)Montse Salas (ICMAB, Logistics)

Honorary CommitteeHans Arwin (SE)David Aspnes (US)Rasheed M.A. Azzam (US)Arnulf Röseler (DE)Harland G. Tompkins (US)

Advisory BoardAlain C. Diebold (US)Norbert Esser (DE)Miklos Fried (HU)Hiroyuki Fujiwara (JP)Kurt Hingerl (AT)Karsten Hinrichs (DE)Josef Humlíček (CZ)Gerald E. Jellison (US)Mathias Schubert (US)Masato Tazawa (JP)

See you in Barcelona !

Program CommitteeIlsin An (KR)Uwe Beck (DE)Christian Bernhard (CH)Christoph Cobet (AT)Vanya Darakchieva (SE)Klaus-Jochen Eichhorn (DE)Thomas A. Germer (US)José Gil (ES)Tino Hofmann (US)Zhigao Hu (CN)Andreas Hertwig (DE)Kenneth Järrendahl (SE)Gang Jin (CN)Morten Kildemo (NO)Young Dong Kim (KR)Shiyuan Liu (CN)Maria Losurdo (IT)José Menéndez (US)Mircea Modreanu (IE)Tatiana Novikova (FR)Razvigor Ossikovski (FR)Peter Petrik (HU)Nikolas Podraza (US)Herbert Wormeester (NL)Juan Antonio Zapien (HK)

Further informationConference updates will be posted at:https://congresses.icmab.es/ icse8 /

For enquiries please contact:Dr. M. Isabel AlonsoInstitut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)Campus de la UABE-08193 Bellaterra, SpainTel: +34-93-580 1853 ext. 281Fax: +34-93-580 5729E-mail: isabel.alonso@icmab.es