From Single Crystal to Wet Tissue:
Thirty Years of UK Surface Analysis
30th Anniversary Meeting and Dinner
Host: The University of Nottingham
Venue: Boots Science Building, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD
Wednesday 1st July 2009
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Synopsis
As the title suggests, UKSAF is celebrating a 30th anniversary this year. The UK ESCA Users Group was founded by John Rivière and held its inaugural meeting at AERE Harwell in November 1979. At about the same time, John Vickerman initiated similar meetings under the title of the SIMS Users Forum, starting at UMIST Manchester in November 1980. The two societies merged in 2000 as the UK Surface Analysis Forum.
The instrumentation used for surface analysis has undergone huge development during those thirty years, and the types of materials that are analysed have similarly changed. Despite the constraints imposed by a vacuum environment, early model studies of small molecules on well-defined crystal surfaces soon broadened into characterisation of a wide range of materials. The emerging analysis techniques met the needs of numerous industries, and today ESCA and SIMS systems are commonly found in corporate laboratories as well as universities and government laboratories.
One particular application area that has seen rapid growth during this time is biomaterials, where surface engineered materials now form the basis for many advances in healthcare. The Laboratory of Biophysics and Surface Analysis at the University of Nottingham is a multi-disciplinary group investigating fundamental and applied biomolecular, biomaterial and formulation problems at the nano and micro scale for the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. It is therefore no surprise that this meeting has a strong bias towards this area.
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Surface and Interface Analysis
http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/sia
The journal Surface & Interface Analysis (SIA) is also celebrating 30 years, the first issue having appeared in February 1979. Thanks are due to SIA for their generous sponsorship of this UKSAF anniversary meeting. |
30th Anniversary Dinner
On the evening of Tuesday 30 June, there will be a dinner to celebrate the 30th anniversary year of the foundation of the UK surface analysis forums for ESCA and SIMS users. The two founders, John Rivière and John Vickerman, will be present as our guests of honour, and Martin Seah has been invited to give an after-dinner speech to mark the passing of the last three decades. UKSAF is very grateful to the following companies that are providing sponsorship for this event. Their generosity means that the delegate price for the dinner (£20) has been heavily subsidized. Please note that places for the dinner are limited in number and must be booked before 19 June 2009.
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