14th February – Sunday
17:00– 18:30
Reception (and Check-in with Conference registration desk) @
Royal Geelong Yacht Club,
Marina view room,
25 Eastern Beach road,
Geelong.
15th February - Monday
Conference registration
8:30
Chair
Co-Chair
9:00
Welcome and opening addresses
Session 1
Session 2
Plasma processing/Applications
Discharge/Basic studies
(room D2 193)
(room D2 194)
Katharina Staplemann
Stephen Buckman
Mohammad Maniruzzaman
Kateryna Bazaka
(Mamun)
Advanced Plasma Polymer
Deposition Processes – Progress
and Prospects
Underwater electrical discharges
Ya. E. Krasik
(Technion, Israel)
D. Hegemann
(Empa, Switzerland)
9:30
Plasma-surface interaction during Experimental setup for time-of-flight
plasma-enhanced ALD
mass spectrometry ion detection in
collisions of anionic species with
neutral gas-phase molecular targets
W.M.M. Kessels
(Eindhoven Univ. of Technology, The
Netherlands)
10:00
Plasma based surface
modification for applications in
biomaterials and tissue
engineering
11:00
The Australian contribution to the
international experimental magnetic
confinement fusion program
J. Howard
(Australian National University, Australia)
H. Thissen
(CSIRO, Australia)
10:30 - 11:00
G. García
( Instituto de Física Fundamental, Spain)
Morning Tea
Exploiting energetic ions: From
Biologically Functionalized
Structures for Medical
Applications to Space Propulsion
M. Bilek
(University of Sydney, Australia)
Session 3
Space/Dusty plasma
(room D2 194)
Centre for Plasmas and Fluids: From
the oceans to the stars
C. Charles
(Australian National University, Australia)
11:30
12:00
12:15
Plasma Polymers for Biomedical
Devices: Fabrication of Stable
Functionalised Surfaces
Mixing the First (Solid) and the
Fourth (Plasma) States of Matter in
Packed Bed Plasma Reactors
A. Michelmore
(University of South Australia,
Australia)
D. McKenzie
(University of Sydney, Australia)
Gram negative and Gram positive
bacteria exhibit a different
response to cold atmosphericpressure plasma treatment
In-situ characterization of the
dynamics of a growing dust particle
cloud in a direct-current argon glow
discharge
A. Mai-Prochnow
(CSIRO, Australia)
L. Couedel
(CNRS, France)
Reactively sputtered crystalline
TiO2 thin film at low
temperature, as a blocking layer
in planar heterojunction
perovskite solar cell
Plasma Transport in An Annular
Helicon Thruster
G.D. Rajmohan
(Deakin University, Australia)
12:30 - 1:30
Chair
Co-Chair
13:30
Lunch
Session 4
Plasma processing/Applications
(room D2 193)
Robert Short
Anne Mai-Prochnow
Session 5
Gaseous electronics/Lab. Physics
(room D2 194)
Christine Charles
Andi Amijoyo Mochtar
Plasma Polymers: Dogma,
Characterisation and Challenges
Positron Science at the ANU: Cross
section measurements, reaction
dynamics, biomedical applications,
materials analysis, and more …
S. McArthur
(Swinburne University of Technology,
Australia)
14:00
14:30
15:00 - 15:30
Y. Zhang
(Australian National University, Australia)
S. J. Buckman
(Australian National University, Australia)
Plasma Research at Deakin
University: Diverse applications
and team expertise
Gaseous electronics at JCU: From
transport and cross-sections for
charged particles in gases, liquids and
soft-condensed matter to essential oil
based plasmas
Z. Q. Chen
(Deakin University, Australia)
R. White
(James Cook University, Australia)
Plasma Surface Modification at
Flinders University:
from Nanostructured Surfaces to
Corrosion Protection Coatings
Topics in Plasma research at
Macquarie University: coherent
(laser) light sources, incoherent
(lamp) short-wavelength light sources,
and astrophysical plasmas
J. S. Quinton
(Flinders University, Australia)
R. Carman
(Macquire University, Australia)
Afternoon Tea
15:30
Effect of conductive screens on
the stabilization of plasma
channels with currents of
hundreds kAmps
V.D. Bochkov
(Pulsed Technologies Ltd., Russia)
15:45
16:00
16:15
L. Campbell
(Flinders University, Australia)
Furfuryl Methacrylate Plasma
Polymer Surface Characterization
Pocket Rocket experiments and
plasma modelling
H. Safizadeh Shirazi
(University of South Australia,
Australia)
T. S. Ho
( Australian National University, Australia)
Amine functionalisation of
octamethyl-POSS nano-particles
using sequential continuous wave
and pulsed plasma
New Research Avenues for the Pocket
Rocket Electro thermal Thruster
X. Chen
(Deakin University, Australia)
A. Bennet
(Australian National University, Australia)
Control feedback strategies for
plasma processing:
bioengineering biocompatible and
mechanically robust coatings for
medical implants
Waveform and defect evolutions in
undulated dust acoustic wave from
particle-wave interaction view
Miguel Santos
(University of Sydney, Australia)
16:30 – 17 :30
Electron impact processes involving
OH in planetary atmospheres
Ya-Yi Tsai
(National Central University, Taiwan)
Bus - IFM Tour and BBQ @ IFM Deakin University
16th February – Tuesday
Chair
Co-Chair
8:30
Session 6
Industrial Workshop
(room D2 193)
Cormac Corr
Donna Manzies
Plasma Etch Technology Advancement for Meeting Semiconductor
Conductor Etch Challenges
G. M. Zhao
(Applied Materials, USA)
9:00
Plasmas for Industrial Applications at CSIRO
A. Murphy
(CSIRO, Australia)
9:30
The commercial development of glycosaminoglycan binding surfaces for
investigating GAG-protein interactions
J. Whittle
(University of South Australia, Australia)
10:00
Optimising Nitrogen ICP for Remote Plasma Chemical Vapour Deposition of IIINitride Materials
J. D. Brown
(BluGlass, Sydney, Australia)
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Morning tea
Seeking Industry for Plasma Technology in Geelong
M. Williams
(Geelong Manufacturing Council, Australia)
11:30
Working with Universities
J. Carter
(John Morris Scientific, Australia)
12:00
Bridge between university and industry
A. Rau
(Deakin University, Australia)
12:30 - 1:30
Lunch
Session 7
Past, Present, Future
(room D2 194)
Tony Murphy
Matthew John Hole
Chair
Co-Chair
13:30
Gaseous Electronics - a personal view from GEM1980 to Gem2016
J. Lowke
(CSIRO, Australia)
14:15
An overview of research and development in the Space Plasma Power and
Propulsion Laboratory
R. Boswell
(Australian National University, Australia)
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
Afternoon Tea
Plasma interactions with soft tissue: a new generation of plasma
technologies
E. Szili
(University of South Australia, Australia)
16:00
Fundamentals and functional applications of plasma polymer films
B. Muir
(CSIRO, Australia)
16:30
Regularities in Positronium formation from atoms and molecules
J. R. Machacek
(Australian National University, Australia)
17:00 - 17:30
Chair
Co-Chair
17:00
17:04
Session 8
Poster brief talks (3 minutes)
(room D2 193)
Ian Falconer
Karyn Jarvis
(room D2 194)
Lenaic Couedel
Annie Ross
Plasma polymerization of
cyanamide: a prebiotic-chemistry
inspired surface for biomedical
application
Prediction of the critical reduced
electric field strength for CO2-O2
mixture with copper vapour from
Boltzmann analysis
D. Menzies
(CSIRO, Australia)
X. Guo
(CSIRO, Australia)
Generation of RF Glow-discharge
Plasma by Phase Control
Is a set of cross sections for positron
scattering in H2 complete?
A. Sakamoto
(Tokyo Denki University, Adachi-ku,
Tokyo)
Z. Petrovic
(Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts,
Serbia)
17:08
17:12
17:16
Surface Treatment by Phase
Controlled H2-N2 Plasma
Third-order transport properties of
electrons and positrons in electric and
magnetic fields
T. Taguchi
( Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo)
Z. Petrovic
(Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts,
Serbia)
Analysis of BNNT(Boron Nitride
Nano Tube) synthesis by using
Ar/N2/H2 60KW RF ICP plasma
Variation in electron temperature for a
hybrid plasma
source at low pressure
I Hyun Cho
(Chonbuk National University, Republic
of Korea)
A. M. Hala
(KACST, Saudi Arabia)
Effect of protein and oxygen on the
plasma delivery of reactive oxygen
species into tissue
Three-Dimensional Simulation of the
Cutting Process in Plasma Arc
Cutting
N. Gaur
(University of South Australia, Australia)
17:20 Synthesis of TiO2 nanotubes by
anodization in plasma treated water
T.A. Arun
(Deakin University, Australia)
17:24
Fast and Efficient Synthesis of
SixOyCz nano-particles using a
plasma gas bubble-inhexamethyldisiloxane
Z. Q. Chen
(Deakin University, Australia)
17:28
18:30
Hunkwan Park
( University of Minnesota, USA)
Runaway Electrons Preionized
Diffuse Discharges in SF6,
Argon, Air and Nitrogen
V.F. Tarasenko
(Russian Academy of Sciences,Russia)
Cleaning and Modification of the
Near-Surface Layers of
Metals Under The Action of Runaway
Electron Pre ionized
Diffuse Discharge
V.F. Tarasenko
(Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
Close
Conference Dinner
17th February - Wednesday
Chair
Co-Chair
8:30
Session 9
Applications/Plasma processing
(room D2 193)
Session 10
Basic studies/Diagnostics/Discharges
(room D2 194)
Dirk Hegemann
Gayathri Rajmohan
Ronald White
Yunchao Zhang
Low-pressure plasma
sterilization: from basic research
to production
Diagnostics of atmospheric pressure
plasma jets and plasma needle and their
application in biology and medicine
Z. Petrović
(Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Serbia)
K. Stapelmann
(University Bochum, Germany)
9:00
9:30
Plasma-induced oxidation of the
phospholipid bilayer: Insights
from atomistic simulations
Theory and Simulations Study on MHD
Instability and Transport
In MCF Plasma
M. Yusupov
(University of Antwerp, Belgium)
D. Li
(University of Science & Technology of China,
China)
Nitrogen fixation by plasma –
how can we make it energy
efficient?
9:30
ANU Plasma Theory and
Modelling Group
M. J. Hole
(Australian National University,
Australia)
Qi Wang
(Eindhoven University of Technology,
The Netherlands)
10:00
9:50
Hydrogen-based plasma
research on the MAGnetised
Plasma Interaction
Experiment (MAGPIE)
Combining cold plasma and heat
to produce doped nanostructured
SnO2
C.S. Corr
(Australian National University,
Australia)
D. Rubin de Celis
(Deakin University, Australia)
10:10
Parameters of Runaway
Electron Beams at a
Subnanosecond Breakdown of
Gases at Atmospheric
Pressure
V.F. Tarasenko
(Russian Academy of Sciences,
Tomsk, Russia)
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
Morning Tea
Exploring plasma technique for
tuning surface energy of thin
film composite membranes
Magnetohydrodynamic shock waves in
weakly ionized astrophysical clouds
R. Reis
(Victoria University, Australia)
A. Lehmann
(Macquarie University, Australia)
11:30
11:45
12:00
Decomposition of Cellulose
using RF In-Liquid Plasma at
Atmospheric Pressure for Future
Sustainable Life
Negative ion dynamics in the afterglow
of an inductively coupled hydrogen
plasma source using different magnetic
field configurations
F. Syahrial
(Graduate School of Science and
Engineering, Japan)
S. Nulty
(Australian National University, Australia)
Plasma-treated water for
sustainable agriculture
Negative hydrogen ion production in the
MAGPIE helicon plasma source
M. Maniruzzaman
(Deakin University, Australia)
J. Santoso
(Australian National University, Australia)
Experimental study of ndodecane in hydrogen
production using steam
reforming in-liquid plasma
method
Laser Induced Fluorescence
Measurements in the MAGPIE Plasma
Device
S. Cousens
(Australian National University, Australia)
A. Amijoyo Mochtar
(Ehime University, Japan)
12:15
Plasma interactions with cell
membranes
The mysterious arc cathode spots: what
can we deduce from measurements of
the temperature and velocity of ions
ejected from the spots
S. Hong
(University of South Australia,
Australia)
I. Falconer
(University of Sydney, Australia)
12:30 -13:30
Plasma processing/ Applications
13:30
13:45
14:00
Lunch
Plasma nano/ Complex plasma
DNA and Oligonucleotide
Attachment to Plasma
Immersion Ion Implantation
Treated Polystyrene
Formation of carbonaceous nanostructures via dissociation of ethanol in a
gas bubble-in-liquid nano-second pulsed
discharge
A. Kondyurin
(University of Sydney, Australia)
K. Magniez
(Deakin University, Geelong)
Reactive HiPIMS deposition of
niobium oxide for resistive
switching memories
Interactions of Bacteria and Supported
Lipid Bilayers with Plasma Polymerised
Surfaces
R. Ganesan
(University of Sydney, Sydney,
Australia)
K. Jarvis
(Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)
Assessing temporal and physical
stability of functional groups
introduced by surface plasma
treatments across the outer shells
of carbon nanotubes
Predator-prey dynamics stabilised by
nonlinearity
explain oscillations in dust-forming
plasmas
L. F. Dumee
(Deakin University, Australia)
A.E. Ross
( University of Sydney, Australia)
14:15
Enhanced visible light
absorption of titania nanotubes
via non-metal atom RF plasma
doping
A. Merenda
(Deakin University, Australia)
14:30
14:45
15:00
Modelling lightning interaction to
aircraft
E. Tam
(CSIRO, Australia)
Kinetic modelling of NH3
production in an N2-H2 nonequilibrium atmosphericpressure plasma
Pulsed magnetic field assisted deposition
of low stress high sp3 carbon films for
electronics applications
J. Hong
(CSIRO, Australia)
I. Falconer
(University of Sydney, Australia)
Robust plasma polymer films for
the immobilization of bioactive
molecules
Plasma-Catalytic Approach to
Conversion of Renewable
Liquid Hydrocarbons into Synthesis Gas
B. Akhavan
(University of Sydney, Australia)
I. Fedirchyk
(Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv,
Ukraine)
Investigation of Bacterial Safety
and Nutritional Quality in
Liquid Plasma treated Cow’s
Milk
S. B. Ponraj
(Deakin University, Australia)
15:15 - 15:45
15:45 - 16:30
Afternoon Tea
Concluding remarks