Vision of TC19
The future work of TC19 should be more oriented as a market place for exchange of expertise. The members discussed the preparation of individual working groups, which present their work once a year. A time-line for participants to be agreed prior to the start of an activity.
There is a need to understand the reasons behind differences in measured data since through this understanding improved data quality can result. The current XRD round robin is a good example where the crystallite size differences between laboratories need to be understood.
TC19 provides networking opportunities with other members and with other Technical Committees. Links with other TCs could be strengthened.
All TC19 members have SEM and AFM and most have ToF-SIMS. These core techniques provide the means of engaging most participants although individual collaborations around other techniques could also take place.
Round robins are a tool to help with collaborations.
Planned activities for 2023
In the up-coming GOMD meeting (June 4-9, 2023, New Orleans, USA), TC-19 organizes a session “Glass Surfaces, Interfaces, and Coatings”. In this session, TC-19 plan to make a tutorial course for researchers who newly get involved in surface characterization. The leadership of TC-19 realized the lack of educational courses in most universities and the need to cover the fundamental principles to further improve and advance glass surface science. Currently, four invited speakers are lined up: Nikolas Podraza for spectroscopic ellipsometry, Seong Kim for vibrational spectroscopy, Matthew Linford for x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and low energy ion scattering, and Albert Fahey for secondary ion mass spectrometry. Each invited speaker will give “tutorial-style” lecture for 40 min and then participate in panel discussion. The attendees of this tutorial session will also have ample opportunities to interact with these characterization instructors to have more in-depth discussions through the GOMD meeting.
Activities
2022
Since 2021, the TC-19 has been in the dormant state mainly due to the covid-related travel restrictions that limited in-person attendance of many members to conferences. The only activity in 2022 was to assist the meeting organization at the ACerS GOMD meeting – “Surfaces and Coatings” session in the Symposium S2: Glass and Interactions with Its Environments: Fundamentals and Applications.
Also, the current chair of TC-19 is planning to pass the role to another member due to his administrator role at his university and future plan for sabbatical. He’s been discussion with several potential candidates, but the next person in charge has not been finalized yet.
2019
The TC-19 organized a technical session in the 25th International Congress on Glass (ICG 2019) held in Boston, Mass., on June 9-14, 2019. It was “Session 6: Glass Surfaces (ICG TC19)” in “Symposium 2: Glass Physics”. The invited speakers were Dr. Paula Clark from Tascon, Dr. Temel Buyuklimanli (EAG), Dr. Volker Rupertus (Schott), Dr. Robert Schaut (Corning), Dr. Nick Smith (Corning), and Prof. Nikolas Podraza (U. Toledo). These invited speakers and other general contributions discussed state-of-the-art developments in surface analysis as well as surface science issues in pharmaceutical and display glasses.
The TC19 also had a committee meeting on June 9th at the conference hotel and approved two new members (Dr. Radim Čtvrtlík, Palacky University, Czech Republic and Dr. Joseph Ryan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA) and discussed topics for future meetings as well as technical challenges in glass surface science such as how to measur dissolution/corrosion rates, surface charge, surface adsorption / reaction sites, adsorption of water, and so on.
Committee Members
Amma, Shin-ichi
Farnworth, Mark
Garofalini, Steve
Gin, Stephane
Greiner-Wronowa, Elzbieta
Helebrant, Ales
Jain, Himanshu
Kim, Seong H.
Kuhr, Markus
Linford, Matthew Committee Position: Vice Chair
Montigaud, Herve
Pantano, Carlo
Schaut, Robert
Smith, Nick Committee Position: Chair
Turutoğlu, Tuncay Committee Position: Chair
Komine, Yuko
Ryan, Joseph V
ČTVRTLÍK, RADIM
Committee Contact Details
TC19: Surface Properties
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Pennsylvania State University
USA
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Tel: +1-814-863-4809