Crystal Growth Conference in Gdansk Ojars Balcers 7 February 2014

Outline What When Why How – highlights So what – learning

what 15th International Summer School on Crystal Growth ISSCG – 15 Modern Main Building of the Gdansk Uni Technology with c. 10 clean rooms Participants for near 20 countries (students, postdocs, researchers) Main topics covered were 1) From Jan Czochralski to high-pressure nitride growth – the development and topics of crystal growth in Poland; 2) Thermodynamics of crystal growth; 3) Nucleation and Growth Kinetics; 4) Continuum transport of heat, mass, and momentum in crystal growth processes: Fundamentals and computational modeling; 5) In-situ observation of crystal growth by advanced optical methods; 6) Growth from melt;

Main topics covered 1) Vapor (PVT) (with focus on SiC and AlN);Solution growth of intermetallic compounds; 2) Crystal defects; 3) Epitaxial Growth - from Basic Concepts to Reality; 4) Metalorganic Vapour Phase Epitaxy of GaN on Si: from Principles to Devices; 5) Pivotal Role of Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) in the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; 6) Fundamentals of crystallography; 7) Characterization (electrical, optical, structural, chemical); 8) Biomineral and Biomimetic Crystallization; 9) Self organizing materials; 10) Nanocrystals; 11) Graphene - Chemistry and Physics of Epitaxial Growth. 12) New trends and challenges in crystal growth in scientific and commercial aspects.

when 4 – 10 August 2013 Week of Gdansk City Festival

why To learn the main crystal topics in the crystal growth field To establish new contacts

How – highlights Major event in the crystal growth field The closest to LU ASI in a longer period of time. Next – in Japan Strong German – Poland co-operation Jan Czochralski Gdansk-Warsaw; summer school and workshops – main conference; free beer Massive crystals: Massive crystals: Das Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) bearbeitet Probleme der Züchtung kristalliner Werkstoffe von der Grundlagenforschung bis zur technologischen Reife. Gründung 1992 auf Grund einer Empfehlung des Wissenschaftsrates Züchtung, Bearbeitung, Charakterisierung von Kristallen für institutsinterne Zwecke, Projektpartner und Kunden in Forschungseinrichtungen und der Industrie Entwicklung von Technologien zur Darstellung und Bearbeitung von Kristallen Entwicklung von Verfahren und Ausrüstungen zur Kristallcharakterisierung Entwicklung und Bau von Anlagenkomponenten für die Züchtung und Bearbeitung von Kristallen

So what – learning Contacts Calculations of massive Si growth Evacuated ampoules – in Gdansk Miniaturization of experiments To do research where it is supported Co-operation