IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN DearIUVSTAColleagues, ThisIssueincludesreportsontheUnion sactivityinthesummer/fallperiodof2014,aswellasinformationon MemberSocietiesconferences.Thecontentsisasfollows: IUVSTAactivities: ExecutiveCouncilMeeting119,Dubrovnik,Croatia......Page2 16thInternationalConferenceonThinFilms...Page4 13thEuropeanVacuumConference...Page6 12thIUVSTASchoolonLaserEngineeringofSurfacesandCoatings...Page7 73rdIUVSTAWorkshopNanostructuresontwodimensionalsolids..Page9 13thIUVSTASchoolonVacuumGasDynamics:Theory,ExperimentsandApplicationsPage10 MemberSocietiesactivities: The15thJointVacuumConference...Page11 FirstIberoAmericanCongressonSurface,MaterialsandVacuumApplicationsand 35thBrazilianCongressonVacuumApplications.Page12 PacSurf2014,aconferenceannouncedbyAVS...Page13 CIP2015,aconferenceannouncedbytheFrenchVacuumSociety.. Page14 ITFPC15,aconferenceannouncedbytheFrenchVacuumSociety.. Page15 NewsfromtheGermanVacuumSociety(DVG).Page16 Obituaries: Prof.JohnL.Robins(19352014)..Page17 Dr.JeanPaulLangeron(19282014).. Page18 SergeChoumoff(19212012). Page19 The names and email addresses of the contributors are given on the corresponding pages. Full reports on IUVSTA workshops and schools are posted on the IUVSTA website: www.iuvsta.org. Organizers of IUVSTA forums, IUVSTA committeesanddivisionschairsareencouragedtosubmitreportsoneventsofinteresttothewholeunion. Regards IvanPetrov,petrov@illinois.edu IUVSTAPublicationsCommitteeChair 1 P age
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN 2 P age Executive Council Meeting 119, Hotel Adria, Dubrovnik, Croatia ChristophEisenmengerSittner,christoph.eisenmenger@ifp.tuwien.ac.at ECM119washeldonSunday,October12atHotelAdria,inDubrovnik,Croatia.Inhisreport,thePresidentof theunion,marianoanderlewelcomedtheparticipantsandwishedasuccessfulecm.thesecretarygeneral,christoph EisenmengerSittnerexpressedhisthankstotheItalianVacuumSocietyingeneralandtothePresidentoftheUnionin specialfororganizinganexcellentecm118.thankswerealsoexpressedtothecroatianvacuumsocietyforproviding theexcellentfacilitiesinwhichecm119washeldaswellasfortheflawlessorganization. TheSecretaryGeneralthenurgedthemembersoftheUniontofrequentlyusethewebsiteofIUVSTA,nowthat ithasbecomerelativelyeasytomanage.the"members"sectionofthewebsitewillbeusedtodistributeagendas, workingpapersandgeneralinformationratherthanharassingthememberswithfrequentemails.relevantuptodate informationbetweenecm'scanbefoundinthe"meantime"section. HealsoexpressedhisthankstoallmembersoftheUniontowhichhehadfrequentcontactandemphasizedthe fastandefficientwayinwhichrequiredinformationwasgiven.thesecretarygeneralemphasizedthathe,inreturn, wouldprovideinformationandhelpasfastandefficientaspossible. Movingonintheagenda,fromthesixworkshopproposalsreceived,threewererecommendedforfundingby thestd.alloftheseproposalswereapprovedforfundingbyecm119.workshopnumber75wasproposedbypstd andempdandisentitled"sheathphenomenainplasmaprocessingofadvancedmaterials".itwillbeheldfrom19th 23rdJanuary,2015inCerkljenaGorenjskem,Slovenia.Workshopnumber76,proposedbyASSD,TFD,andSSD,willbe heldfromjuly6th 10thinAvila,Spainwilldealwiththephysicalpropertiesofultrathinoxidefilms.Workshopnumber 77,finally,wasproposedbyVSTD.ItwillbeheldfromAug1520ororAug28Sept3,2016inFuefuki/Japanasasatellite meetingtoivc20inkorea.itwilldealwithsurfaceprocesses,gasdynamicandvacuumtechnologyofcryogenicvacuum systems. Concerning workshops and schools submitted it can be observed that several proposals had a very high scientificandtechnologicallevelsothattheprocessofselectingthebestproposalshasbecomeverycompetitive.inthe nextecmsseveralotherexcitingproposalsareanticipated. Finally,theVenueanddatesofECM121wasdecided.ECM121,whichalsowillincludetheIUVSTAhighlight seminarwillbeheldinconjunctionwiththe2015avsinternationalsymposium62.thisavs62symposiumwilltake placeinsanjose,california,frommonday,october19tofriday,october23,2015.thehighlightseminarisscheduled forfriday,october23andecm121willtakeplacefromfriday,october23tosunday,october25,alsoinsanjoseat thesamemeetingsiteastheavs62. BeforeECM119wasadjourned,thehistoryandthemainfieldsoftheCroatianVacuumSociety,werepresented bythecouncillorofcroatiaandpresidentofthecroatianvacuumsociety,slobodanmiloševi. AfterthesuccessfulcompletionoftheSundaymorningmeetingstheparticipantswereinvitedtohavelunch andtocontinuediscussions.alldelegatesagreedthatthiswasanexcellentandproductive. In the afternoon following ECM 119many delegates were transferred to the conference site of the 16th InternationalConferenceonThinFilms(ICTF16)whichwasalsototakeplaceintheCityofDubrovnikandwasan extremelysuccessfulmeetingwithmorethan300participantsfrommorethan30nations.
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN TheIUVSTAleadershipattheECM119 TheECM119participantsatthebackdropofElafitiislands,thecoastofGružandbayofLapadFormorepicturesvisit http://ivanp.smugmug.com/other/ecm119ictf16/ 3 P age
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN 16th International Conference on Thin Films, 13-16 October, 2014 Dubrovnik, Croatia NikolaRadic,radic@irb.hr The16thInternationalConferenceonThinFilmsisover.MidOctober,Dubrovnik,brightsunnydays,alotofgood peopletheictf16hasoccurredunderthesecircumstances. The16thInternationalConferenceonThinFilmswasheldinDubrovnik,1316October2014.Itwasjointlyorganizedby three national vacuum societies Croatian, Hungarian, and Slovenian under the general sponsorship of the InternationalUnionforVacuumScience,TechniqueandApplications(IUVSTA).Thecollaborationamongoldfriendswas exemplarywe understood each other without much words. A massive contribution came from the International ProgrammeCommitteeresponsibleforthescientificprogramoftheconference.Everythingwasinplacehoursbefore theconferencestart. theictf16. The conference lasted four days with three parallelsessionsoccurringdaily.eachdaybegan with the plenary lecture by one worldrenown speaker Sir Andre Geim, Joe Greene, Lars Hultman,andMasakazuAono,respectively. Seventeen invited talks gave insight into the stateoftheart of fourteen topics of the conference.thebodyoftheconferencewere116 oral and 136 poster presentations. The oral sessionsweremostlydevotedtooxidethinfilms (25), Thin films for optoelectronics, nanoelectronics and spintronics (19), and Innovative Methods of Thin Film Analytics and StructuralCharacterization(15).Allpresentations werefollowedbyquestionsanddiscussionscut shortonlybynexttalks(butcontinuedduringthe coffeebreaks,withicecreamalsoserved).poster sessions discussions were even livelier, stimulated by a free beer. A selected papers presentedattheconferencewillbepublishedin aspecialissueofthinsolidfilmsproceedingsof Therewereabout320registeredparticipantsfrom41countries83studentsamongthem.Theparticipantscame fromrepublicofkorea(61),croatia(30),france(23),austria(18),japan(18),germany(16),etc.overall2/3ofthem fromeurope.womenwereabout25%ofactiveparticipants. AshortcourseThinFilmNucleation,Growth,andMicrostructuralEvolutionlecturedbyProf.JosephE.Greenewas attendedby20listenerswhofilledtheroomtothemaximumofitscapacity. 4 P age
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN 16th International Conference on Thin Films - continued Atraditionalexhibitionwasheldalongsidetheconferencewith10internationalproducersandsupplierspresentingthin filmsequipment,componentsandconsumables,diagnostictoolsetc.theorganizershopedformore. IUVSTATFDmeetingwasalsoheldduringtheconferencewithdiscussionsrelatedtothenextICTF17inMumbai,India. AttheclosingceremonytheawardswereannouncedfourIUVSTAElsevierStudentAwardsasasupportforattending theictf16,andfiveawardsforthebestoralorposterpresentationsbythestudents. TheconferenceprogramalsoincludedDubrovniksightseeingguidedtourwhichendedwiththeconferencedinner, singinganddancing. Agroupphotoof172participants,flankedbyMirjanaandAnteToljalphaandomegaoftheorganizationwastaken infrontofthehotelbeforeleavingforthesightseeingtour.amuchmorephotosandotherinformationareavailableat www.ictf16.com Formorepicturesvisithttp://ivanp.smugmug.com/Other/ECM119ICTF16/ Accordingtoallparticipants,itwasawellorganizedandscientificallysoundICTFconference. 5 P age
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN 13th European Vacuum Conference, 8-12 September, Aveiro, Portugal OrlandoTeodoro,odt@fct.unl.pt The 13th European Vacuum Conference (EVC13) was held in Aveiro, Portugal from 812 September. It was a joint organizationoftheportugueseandspanishvacuumsocieties. ECV13 provided a useful and wellsupported forum for scientists to exchange the latest developments in vacuum technology and vacuumrelated science. However, this conference gathered experts not only in fields like vacuum generation,vacuummeasurementandlargevacuumsystemsbutalsointopicsassurfaceandappliedsurfacescience, coatings and nanotechnology. Special emphasis was given to hard coatings with the dedicated sessions of the 7th EuropeanTopicalConferenceonHardCoatingsandtooxidesurfaceswiththeSpecialSymposiumonUltrathinoxide filmsandoxidecoatingsapplications. The27invitedspeakerswerecarefullyselectedamongthebestintheirfields.Plenarysessionsweregoodexamplesof thehighscientificlevelofthisconference: HIPIMSforwelladherentdensecoatings byarutiunp.ehiasarianfromthesheffieldhallamuniversity,uk Oxidematerialsatthetwodimensionallimit byfalkop.netzerfromkarlfranzensuniversityofgraz,austria Present and future status on Vacuum Measurement by Karl Jousten from PTB PhysicalTechnical National Institute,Germany SubSurfaceAFM:lookingbelowasurface bymarcelj.rostfromthekamerlinghonneslaboratory,leidenuniversity, TheNetherlands Howcanwebuildinvisibleelectronics? bymariusgrundmannfromtheinstituteforexperimentalphysicsii,leipzig University,Germany Theconferencehad274registeredparticipantsfrom33countries(80%fromEurope).Fourstudentswereawardedwith theiuvstaelsevierawardandtwootherstudentswithemrsawards.tencompaniesfromvacuumrelatedequipment hadboothsintheexhibition. 6 P age
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN 12th IUVSTA School on Laser Engineering of Surfaces and Coatings LESC, 13-19 July 2014, Isola di San Servolo, Venice PeterSchaaf,peter.schaaf@tuilmenau.de TheSchoolwasorganizedintheframeworkoftheIUVSTAactivitieswithintheSurfaceEngineeringDivision(SED),with supportfromthethinfilmdivision(tfd),andincooperationwiththeveniceinternationaluniversity(viu),politecnico dimilano,andtheaivassociazioneitalianadiscienzaetecnologia.thecochairmenoftheschoolfromiuvsta(sed) wereprof.paoloossi,milano,italy(italianrepresentativetoiuvsta)andprof.peterschaaf,ilmenau,germany(vice chairofiuvstased).theschoolalsoincludedapresentationoniuvsta,deliveredbyprof.p.schaaf,presentingits structureanditsscientificandeducationalactivities. AlthoughtheSchoolhasbeengearedtowardsthelevelofaPhDstudent,advancedundergraduateandMasterstudents, aswellaspostdoctoralresearchershavejoinedintheschool.intotal,33students,mainlyfromeu,russia(2),fareast (2),theUSA(1),Iran(3;conductingtheirPhDinVienna)haveattendedtheSchool.ThemainpurposeoftheSchoolhas beentoprovidegraduatestudents,phdstudentsandyoungresearchscientistsworkinginthefieldoflaserengineering of surfaces and coatings with robust fundamental roots that are often lacking in their training, so that they could profitablyinteractwithcolleaguesworkinginareasneighboring,butnotcoincident,withtheirownresearchfield.this researchareausuallyinvolvesplentyofquestionsrelatedtovacuumscienceandtechnology. 7 P age
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN 12th IUVSTA School - continued TheSchoolincludedasetoflecturesimpartedby18internationalexpertsinthefieldoflasermaterialsinteractionand vacuumscienceandtechnology(theprogramispostedathttp://www.slims.polimi.it/abstracts.html).theparticipation ofstudentswasaccomplishedthroughpostersandbrieforalcontributions.structureddiscussionsamonglecturersand studentstookplaceindedicatedsessions.several classrooms enforcedthediscussionandquestionsofthestudents. Prizeswereawardedinaclosingceremonyforthebeststudentscontributions.Theschoolwasconcludedbyaround tablediscussionamongallstudentsandlecturersaboutthescientificexperience,exchangeandprofessionalpossibilities intheareaoflaserengineeringofsurfacesandcoatings. Questionnaireswerefilledbythestudents.Therewasaverypositiveresponseabouttheschool,itscontentsandquality. Someminorcriticismsweretheshortbreaksbetweenthelectures,whichhavebeencausedmainlybytheintensive discussions developing after the lectures between the students and the lecturers. The students participation was extremelyactive. LESCpostersession LESCposterwinners 8 P age
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN 73 rd IUVSTA Workshop Nanostructures on two-dimensional solids in Eisenerz, Austria ChristianTeichertteichert@unileoben.ac.at FromSeptember22262014,the73rdIUVSTAworkshopwasheldinEisenerz,Austria,inthevicinityofthe Styrian oremountain.morethan40specialistsfrom20countrieswerediscussingduringfourdaysinthemiddleofthealps theformation,characterization,andpotentialapplicationofnanostructurearraysontwodimensionalmaterialsranging from graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, and transition metal dichalcogenides, to silicene, germanene, topological insulators,andquasicrystallinethinfilms.20invitedspeakersfromeurope,china,israel,japan,andtheusgavean overview on the current experimental and theoretical status of the field. Besides the invited presentations, four contributedtalksand11postershavebeengiven.theworkshopwasorganizedbythe NanometerStructuresDivision withsupportbythesurfacescienceandtheappliedsurfacesciencedivisions.theorganizingcommitteewithhongjun Gao,InstituteofPhysics,ChineseAcademyofSciences,Bejing,PRChina,MarkusKratzer,UniversityofLeoben,Austria, andthomasmichely,universityofcologne,germany,andwaschairedbychristianteichert,universityofleoben, Austria.TheworkshopwasopenedbythemayoressofEisenerzandtheRectoroftheMontanuniversätLeoben(Austrian SchoolofMines)thatwascoorganizingthemeeting.Twoeveningsessionsweredevotedtoposterpresentationswhich startedwithanoralannouncementbyeachpresenterwithina5minshorttalk.thejuryleadbypatriciathiel,iowa State University, US, selected the two poster prizes sponsored by the Austrian Vacuum Society. In a round table discussion,theparticipantswereevaluatingthesuccessofthemeetingandthefutureofthefield.besidesintense scientificdiscussions,theparticipantsenjoyedthelocalfoodservedintheyouthandfamilyguesthouse Eisenerzer Ramsau inanaltitudeofmorethan1000m.duringanexcursiontothenearbymonasteryinadmonttheworldfamous monasterylibraryhasbeenvisitedbytheparticipants.thesocialprogramhasbeencompletedbyavisitofthemuseum intheminingtowneisenerz(english ironore ),ahikearoundamountainlake,andalpinefolkmusic. 9 P age ParticipantsduringtheexcursiontotheworldfamouslibraryoftheMonasteryAdmont.
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN 13th IUVSTA School on Vacuum Gas Dynamics: Theory, Experiments and Applications, Thessaloniki, Greece, 17-21 May, 2015 FelixSharipov,sharipov@fisica.ufpr.br OBJECTIVES:EducationandtraininginVacuumGasDynamicsinordertofillthegapbetweencomplicatedspecialized literatureandpracticalneeds;guideinthefieldofrarefiedgasdynamicsandshowrelevantmethodsforpractical applications. TARGETGROUP:Researchersinacademiaandresearchcenters;scientistsandengineersinindustrywhoneedand userarefiedgasdynamicsintheirworkbuttheyarenotexpertsinthefield;ph.d.studentsandyoungresearchersin rarefiedgasdynamicswithapplicationsinvacuumtechnologyandmems. LECTURERS:Dr.KarlJousten(Germany);Dr.RobertoKersevan(Switzerland);Dr.OlegMalyshev(UK);Dr.Steryios Naris(Greece);Prof.FelixSharipov(Brazil);Prof.DimitrisValougeorgis(Greece). TOPICS:Mainconceptsandterminologyofrarefiedgasdynamics;Gassurfaceinteraction;Stateoftheartinmodern vacuumgasdynamics;numericalandanalyticalmodellingofgasprocessesinvacuumchambers;numericalsolutions ofkineticequations;directsimulationmontecarlo(dsmc)methods;testparticlemontecarlo(tpmc)incomplex vacuum system; Experimental methods and standards in vacuum and UHV; Design of large vacuum systems; Modellingofpumps,gauges;Industrialprocessesrelatedtovacuum;Vacuummetrology. FORMAT:TheSchooldaywillincludeseveralsessions.Inthethreeandahalfdaysatotalof10lecturesand6practical sessionswillbedelivered. LECTURENOTES:Thelecturenotesandothertutorialmaterialwillbeavailablefordownloadinginarestrictedaccess areaatthewebsiteoftheschool. ORGANISERS: Prof. Felix Sharipov, Physics Department, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil, Email: sharipov@fisica.ufpr.brdr. Oleg Malyshev, Vacuum Science Group, Accelerator Science and Technology Centre (ASTeC),STFCDaresburyLaboratory,UK,Email:oleg.malyshev@stfc.ac.uk;Prof.DimitrisValougeorgis,Mechanical EngineeringDepartment,UniversityofThessaly,Volos,Greece,Email:diva@mie.uth.gr. Formoreinformation,pleasevisit http://iuvsta-school2015.mie.uth.gr 10 P age
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN The 15th Joint Vacuum Conference, June 15-20, 2014, Vienna, Austria ChristophEisenmengerSittner,christoph.eisenmenger@ifp.tuwien.ac.at The15thJointVacuumConference(JVC15)washeldinVienna,AustriafromJune1520,2014.Theconference,which isdesignedtoattractparticipantsespeciallyfromthecentraleuropeanregion,had125participantsfrom25nations.it couldthereforebeviewedasatrulyinternationalevent,despiteitslocalcharacter.theconferencewasorganizedby the Austrian Vacuum Society and was endorsed by International Union for Vacuum Science, Technology and Applications,IUVSTA.Thevenueoftheconference,HotelKaiserwasser,wasaperfectlocationforboth,thescientific presentationsaswellasforasmallexhibitionofuptodatevacuumequipment.theconferencetopicswererelatedto theninedivisionsofiuvsta,thusshowingtheshiftfrompurelyvacuumorientedcontentstotopicslikenanoscienceor BioInterfaces.TheConferencewasendorsedbyIUVSTAandmanyparticipantscanbeconsideredascloselyrelatedto theunion.allscientificpresentationswereofexcellentqualityandtheexchangeofscientificideaswasfacilitatedby theconcentrationofallparticipantsinoneconferencevenue. Thefinancialsupportofallexhibitingcompanieshastobegratefullyacknowledgedsincemanysocialactivitieswould nothavebeenpossiblewithouttheircontribution. ThesocialprogrammeculminatedinanexcellentconferencedinnerinthebeautifulsurroundingsoftheViennaCity Hall.Thistrulymemorableeventledtoboth,exchangeofscientificideasaswellastotheestablishmentofnewandthe refreshmentofexistingcontacts.informationontheprogrammeaswellassomephotographicdocumentationofthe conferencecanbefoundathttp://www.iap.tuwien.ac.at/jvc15/ ThenextJointVacuumConferencewilltakeplacein2017inSlovenia,anditcanbeanticipatedthatalsothiseventwill beamajorcontributiontotheformationofclosescientificbondsincentraleurope. 11 P age
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN First Ibero-American Congress on Surface, Materials and Vacuum Applications and 35th Brazilian Congress on Vacuum Applications PedroNascente,SBV srepresentativetoiuvsta,nascente@ufscar.br TheFirstIberoAmericanCongressonSurface,MaterialsandVacuumApplications(ICSMVA)washeldconjointlywiththe35th BrazilianCongressonVacuumApplicationsinIndustryandScience(35thCBRAVIC),inNatal,Brazil,inOctober21st24th.Theevent waschairedbyclodomiroalvesjuniorandhadover200participants,amongthentheiuvsta spresident,marianoanderle,the presidentofthefrenchvacuumsociety(sociétéfrançaiseduvidesfv),anoukgaltayries,theamericanvacuumsocietyavs s representative,amywalker,thepresidentofthebrazilianvacuumsociety(sociedadebrasileiradevácuosbv),rogeriomota, representatives from Mexico (Sociedad Mexicana de Ciencia y Tecnología de Superficies y MaterialesSMCTSM), Argentina (AsociaciónFísicaArgentina AFA),andPortugal(SociedadPortuguesadeVácuo SOPORVAC),aswellasspeakersfromBelgium andsweden.theorganizershopethatthisisthefirstoneofaseriesoficsmvasandthereisanexpectationthatthenextonewill takeplaceinmexico. 12 P age
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN PacSurf 2014, a conference announced by AVS Everyoneiswelcometoregisterandattend. AVSinvitesyoutoattendthePacificRimSymposiumonSurfaces,CoatingsandInterfaces(PacSurf2014)thatwill beheldonthebigislandofhawaiifromdecember711,2014.thisconferenceisbeingorganizedbyavs(united States)withaSteeringCommitteecomposedofrepresentativesfromAustralia,Canada,Chile,China,Japan,Korea, Mexico,NewZealand,Singapore,andTaiwan. ThemaintopicsforPacSurfwillbefocusedonthelatestadvancesinBiomaterialInterfaces,EnergyHarvesting& Storage,Nanomaterials,andThinFilms.Wewillhavemorningandeveningtechnicalsessionswiththeafternoons freeforotheractivitiesanddiscussions. ThePlenaryAddresson"BioMolecularandCellularAssembliesatInterfaces"willbegivenbyProf.JoachimSpatz. thedirectorofthemaxplanckinstituteforintelligentsystems. Formoreinformationandtoregisterpleasevisit http://www2.avs.org/conferences/pacsurf 13 P age
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN CIP 2015, a conference announced by the French Vacuum Society Formoreinformationvisit http://www.vide.org/cip2015/ 14 P age
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN ITFPC 15, a conference announced by the French Vacuum Society Formoreinformationvisit http://www.vide.org/itfpc15/ 15 P age
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN News from the German Vacuum Society (DVG) PeterSchaaf,peter.schaaf@tuilmenau.de AnewexecutiveboardoftheGermanVacuumSociety(DVG)waselectedinSummer2014: PresidentremainsProf.Kopnarski,IFOSKaiserslautern,vicepresidentsareDr.UteBergner,VacomJena,andProf. DietrichZahn,TUChemnitz. DVGalsocoorganizedthetraditionvacuumconferenceandmeetingsAOFA18andSVST8inKaiserslautern 16 P age
17 P age IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN Obituary Prof. John L. Robins (1935-2014) MG.BarthésLabrousse,mariegenevieve.barthes@upsud.fr ItwaswithgreatsadnessthatIUVSTAmembersheardthenewsofthedeath,on1stOctober2014ofJohnL.Robins. JohnwasthePresidentofIUVSTAduringthe19951998triennium. JohnL.RobinswasborninPerth,Australiain1935.Heobtained aphdinphysics(1962)fromtheuniversityofwesternaustralia (UWA).HethenheldresearchappointmentswiththeNational ResearchCouncilinCanadaandCornellUniversityintheUSA beforereturningtoaustraliaasaqueenelizabethiifellowin 1966.Duringtheperiod1968 1994,hewasamemberofthe academicstaffoftheuwa.afterretirement,hewasnominated asanhonoraryprofessorandseniorhonoraryresearchfellow. HisconstantandstrongdedicationtotheUniversityofWestern Australia had been recognized through the award of the Chancellor s Medal in 1999. John's contribution to his Alma Mater'scentenarycelebrationsin2013wastowriteandpublish a 'History of the UWA Physics Department, covering every aspectofthedepartment'sfirsthundredyears.inadditiontohis UWAappointment,JohnRobinswasalsoaVisitingProfessorat Curtin University of Technology and an Adjunct Professor at Murdoch University, both in Western Australia. During his period of activity, he also spent periods of study leave at CambridgeUniversityandtheUniversityofYorkinEngland,theNationalBureauofStandards(nowNIST)intheUSA andshizuokauniversityinjapan.hisresearchinterestswererelatedtovacuumscience,thinfilms,surfacephysics andmaterialsscience.hepublishedapproximately55scientificarticlesincludingthreebookchapters.hehasbeen theaustralasianeditorforthejournal"vacuum"andmemberoftheeditorialadvisoryboardsof"vacuum"and "ProgressinSurfaceScience". ProfessorRobinswasaFellowoftheInstituteofPhysics(London),aFellowoftheAustralianInstituteofPhysicsand afoundationmemberofthevacuumsocietyofaustralia. ProfessorRobinsservedIUVSTAinmanycapacities:asRecordingSecretary(198083),WelchScholarshipTrustee (19861989),CouncilorandAlternateCouncilorforAustraliaforvariousterms,VisualAidsEditorinChief(2001 2007),PresidentElect(1992 1995),President(19951998)andPastPresident(19982001).HewasEditorofthe 2ndeditionofthe HistoryofIUVSTA anditscompanionvolume ShortHistoriesoftheNationalVacuumSocieties withiniuvsta publishedin2001. Hiswisdomandtheclearwayhewasconductingdebatesanddiscussions,encouragingandlisteningtoallpointsof view,weremuchappreciatedduringhisleadership.johnrobinswasatruegentleman.hewasthoughtfuland indulgent,alwayslookingatthingsinapositiveway.hewillbesorelymissed. OursympathygoesouttohiswifeJoanandfamily.
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN Obituary Dr. Jean-Paul Langeron (1928-2014) MG.BarthésLabrousse,mariegenevieve.barthes@upsud.fr JeanPaulLangeronpassedawayon23rdAugust,2014attheageof86. JeanPaulLangeronwasborninLeCreusot(Burgandyregion,France).Hecompletedhisdiplomaasengineeratthe EcoleNationaleSupérieuredeChimiedeParis(NationalSchoolofChemistry,Paris)andreceivedhisdoctor sdegree from the University of Paris. He spent his entire scientific career at the Centre d Etudes de Chimie Métallurgique (InstituteforChemicalMetallurgy),alaboratorybelongingtotheNationalScientificResearchCenter(CNRS)andlocated invitrysurseine,(parissuburbs). TheearlyworkofJeanPaulLangeronwasrelatedtothepurificationof zirconium by zonemelting and the influence of impurities on the mechanicalandelectricalpropertiesofthemetal.withthehelpofhisco workers, he soon extended this work to other metals such as molybdenum.havingnoticedtheimportanceofsegregationofimpurities tothesurfaceandthegrainboundariesonmetalproperties,hestarted in1975toapplyaugerelectronspectroscopy(aes)tostudysegregation andpassivationphenomena.hequicklyexpressedaparticularinterestin the development of formalisms for a quantitative approach to Auger electronandphotoemissionspectroscopies,whichledhimtodiscussand collaboratewiththebestinternationalexpertsinthefield.hisexpertise andpatiencetounravelthemostcomplexspectrahavealsobeenmuch appreciated by the aeronautics industry, for which he remained a consultantuntil2010. JeanPaulLangeronwasaFellowoftheFrenchVacuumSociety(SFV),inwhichhewasveryactive,includingasPresident (19811983;19841985).HerepresentedtheSFVwithintheInternationalUnionforVacuumScience,Technologyand Applications(IUVSTA),asamemberofseveralscientificdivisionsuntil1992andasCouncillororAlternateCouncillorfor Francefrom1983to1995.Heorganisedorcoorganisedseveralinternationalmeetingsorconferences,includingtwo IUVSTAworkshopsonAES(11thIUVSTAWorkshop,St.PierredeChartreuse,1995)andXPS(34thIUVSTAWorkshop, SaintMalo,2002). HisfriendsandcolleagueswillalsoremindJeanPaulLangeronforhisextremelyfriendlyandopenmindedpersonality. 18 P age
IUVSTANEWSBULLETIN Obituary Serge Choumoff (1921-2012) MG.BarthésLabrousse,mariegenevieve.barthes@upsud.fr SergeChoumoffpassedawayon3rdJune2012attheageof91. SergeChoumoffwasarenownedexpertinthefieldofleakdetectionandvacuummetrology.TheJHPgauge(Jauge HautePression,orChoumoffgauge),describedintheearly70 swithiapteffascoauthor,provedtobeoneofthemost reliablehighpressureionizationgauge,althoughnotcommerciallyavailable.duringhiscareerasengineer,heworked forseveralcompanies(compagniefrançaisethomsonhouston,sociétégénéraleduvide(sogev),thomsonbrandtand HotchkissBrandt Sogeme (HBS)). In particular, he had been a major player in the design and implementation of Europeanspacesimulators. Serge Choumoff was a Fellow of the French Vacuum Society (SFV), in which he was stronglyinvolved,serving aspresident in19641965.heorganisedorcoorganised a numberofmeetings,includingthe1stinternationalcongressonthevacuumtechniques inspaceresearch(paris,1964)andwasveryactiveintheshortcoursesprogramme developped by the SFV. He represented the SFV within the International Union for Vacuum Science, Technology and Applications (IUVSTA), as a Councillor or Alternate CouncillorforFrance(196880and198392)andservedasTreasurerduringthe1977 1980triennium.HeremainedhighlyinterestedinIUVSTAmattersuntilhisdeath,closely followingthepreparationofivc19(paris,2013).sergechoumoffwasalsoafellowof theamericanvacuumsociety. Serge Choumoff was not only a top scientist but also a man strongly committed to fighting against nazism. Arrested in 1942 for having supplied components for radio transmitterstothefrenchresistance,hewasdeportedtogusenandmauthausen.from 1997,hepublishedseveralhistoricalstudiesrelatedtoconcentrationcamps. SergeChoumoffheldnumerousFrenchandforeignprestigiousmilitaryandciviliandecorations. Ithadbeenagreathonortoknowhimandwewillrememberhimwithadmirationandrespect 19 P age