Welcome to the FCSE 2027 symposium
The 11th International Symposium on Functional Coatings and Surface Engineering will take place in Montreal from June 6-10, 2027. The 1st announcement is available here.
The symposium focuses on the following topics and subjects:
- Thin films with tailored optical, mechanical, tribological, electro-chemical, electrical, thermal and other functional properties;
- Vacuum and non-vacuum deposition processes, process control and diagnostics;
- Plasma processes and plasma-surface interactions;
- Thin film systems for passive and active optical filters with enhanced durability;
- Modeling and predictive tools for processes and coating performance;
- Protective tribological coatings with enhanced wear, scratch, abrasion, erosion, oxidation and corrosion resistance, hydro- and icephobicity and other functionalities;
- Characterization methods: microstructure, composition and the functional properties;
- Thin film materials and systems for optical, optoelectronic, aerospace, outer-space, energy-control, biomedical, micro-system, sensor, energy and other applications;
- Residual stress in films and coatings: origin, assessment and mitigation;
- Surface and interface engineering approaches for the control of adhesion, stress and environmental stability;
- Life cycle analysis for surface engineering solutions.
The symposium features:
- Invited lectures by world leading experts;
- Oral and Poster original presentations;
- Short courses;
- Workshops on coating characterization;
- An exhibit;
- Discussion and networking sessions.
The symposium is organized by the Regroupement québécois sur les matériaux de pointe (Quebec Consortium on Advanced Materials – RQMP) and the St. Lawrence Chapter of the AVS Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces and Processing in collaboration with the Society of Vacuum Coaters and The International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications. It is hosted by Polytechnique Montréal and Université de Montréal.
Ludvik Martinu and Jolanta Sapieha,
FCSE-2027 organizers
Photo by Caroline Perron.