Hasselt Diamond Workshop - SBDD

SBDD XXVII SBDD XXVII

Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2024 - SBDD XXVIII

cultuurcentrum Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium

February 28 - March 1, 2024

Welcome to the 28th Hasselt Diamond Workshop!

The 28th meeting of the international Hasselt Diamond Workshop continues the tradition of being the annual “early bird” venue for researchers to exchange the latest news on the progress in science and applications of CVD diamond. The meeting began in 1996 as a workshop for discussions about ‘Surface and Bulk Defects in Diamond’ (hence the acronym SBDD), and has since become known as one of the premier international conferences on diamond science and technology.

Through the yearly rotation of the Chair, each edition gets a clear signature programme based on the Chair's field of expertise. This year, the SBDD XXVIII programme is focussed on diamond surfaces and interfaces while also covering annually returning topics. This comprises the growth of high quality diamond material, including, doping, physics of colour centres and their properties, chemistry and physics of diamond surfaces, etc. Furthermore, use of these properties in quantum devices, high-power electronics, biomedical and bio-sensing applications, magnetic resonance, and many more will be discussed. Traditionally, SBDD XXVIII is aiming at providing a forum where fundamental as well as application driven viewpoints can be discussed at the highest level.

Chair: Richard B. Jackman, University College London, U.K.

Scope & Topics

Scope

Making use of the excellent facilities of the cultuurcentrum Hasselt for three full days, this year, the SBDD XXVIII programme is focussed on diamond surfaces and interfaces while also covering annually returning topics. This comprises the growth of high quality diamond material, including, doping, physics of colour centres and their properties, chemistry and physics of diamond surfaces, etc. Furthermore, use of these properties in quantum devices, high-power electronics, biomedical and bio-sensing applications, magnetic resonance, and many more will be discussed. Traditionally, SBDD XXVII is aiming at providing a forum where fundamental as well as application driven viewpoints can be discussed at the highest level.

Topics

The meeting will start on Wednesday morning, February 28, 2024, and will end Friday evening, March 1, 2024. In these three full days, several invited talks will be given, covering different topics.

  • High purity CVD diamond growth
  • Diamond doping and colour centres
  • Defect spectroscopy and transport
  • Nanodiamond particles, characterisation and applications
  • Diamond electronic devices
  • Quantum sensing and related technologies, theory aspects
  • Diamond electrochemistry and biosensing devices
  • High energy radiation and particle detectors
  • Diamond surfaces and nanostructures
  • And many more ...

Invited Speakers

Multiple Invited Speakers will be added when confirmed.

Abstracts

Abstracts must be formatted using the following template, and then uploaded via the following link. The total length of the abstract cannot exceed one A4 page. Accepted file formats are .doc and .pdf.

Abstracts must be in English and should include Title, Authors, and Affiliations

The confirmation of acceptance of the abstract will be send before January 24, 2024, together with the type of presentation, i.e. oral or poster.

The deadline for submission of abstracts to be considered for oral presentation is January 10, 2024. All abstracts submitted after that date will only be considered for poster presentation. The final deadline for poster abstract submission is January 31, 2024.

Important dates

Date

November 14 2023

1st Announcement (pdf, 164 KB)

January 3 2024

2nd Announcement and registration form

January 10 2024

Abstract submission deadline (oral presentations)

January 24 2024

Confirmation of acceptance of abstracts

January 31 2024

Abstract submission deadline (poster presentations)

February 14 2024

Registration deadline for presenters

February 19 2024

Full programme and final announcement

February 21 2024

Registration deadline

February 28 - March 1 2024

Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2024 - SBDD XXVIII

March 31 2024

Deadline for receiving the manuscripts

Programme

Scheme

The meeting will start on Wednesday morning, February 28, 2024, and will end Friday afternoon, March 1, 2024. In these three full days, several invited talks will be given, covering different topics.

The conference will take place at the cultuurcentrum Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium.

The full programme is available for download here from February 9, 2024.

Posters

Two poster sessions will be organised during the meeting. Panels will be provided to which the posters can be affixed with push pins or tape. Please bring fixing materials with you! The posters can be put up on Wednesday morning, and can remain there until Friday noon.

Dimensions

  • Width: 95cm (max.)
  • Height: 150cm (max.)

Registration

Details

  • Conference fee: €320

    This fee includes welcome & poster receptions, coffee breaks, and lunch during the three days of the conference.

  • Student conference fee: €240

    This fee, intending to stimulate participation of master and PhD students, includes welcome & poster receptions, coffee breaks, and lunch during the three days of the conference.

  • Conference dinner (optional): €75

    The conference dinner will take place from 20h on Thursday, February 29, in the Ravel Room of the Holiday Inn situated in the centre of Hasselt. It's a 5-minute walk from the Express by Holiday Inn.

    In case of special dietary requirements, please contact the Conference Secretary.

Registration deadline

Presenters: Thursday, March 2, 2023, 12:00 !!!

Participants: Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 12:00 !!!

Registration form

An online registration link will be made available in due time.

For more information and/or questions on late or on site registration, contact the Conference Secretary.

Payment

Three different payment options are available:

In advance

  • Bank transfer: the total amount (fee + optional conference dinner) must be paid to the under mentioned account before March 1, 2024.
        • Bank: KBC
        • Address: Brusselsesteenweg 100, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
        • IBAN: BE53 4532 5078 0153
        • BIC (= SWIFT): KREDBEBB
        • Account holder: Hasselt University, Martelarenlaan 42, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium
        • Reference: WOG/SBDD XXVIII – 2024/'name of participant(s)'
  • Invoice: to request an (electronic) invoice, please mail send an e-mail to the Conference Secretary with the name(s) of the registrant(s), the total amount to be paid, the VAT number of your university/institute/company, if you want an electronic or a paper invoice, the exact (email) address where to send it to, and any other details that you require to be included in the invoice. If the invoice must be based on an order form, please make sure to provide this form before February 21, 2024 by email.

At location

  • Credit card: the total amount must be paid at registration. An official SBDD receipt of payment will be provided upon request.
  • We cannot accept cash payment! We apologise for the inconvenience this might cause.

Venue & Accommodation

Venue

SBDD XXVIII will take place at the cultuurcentrum Hasselt, aka the ccHa. The cultuurcentrum Hasselt is situated in the centre of Hasselt, just outside the ring road, and can be easily reached on foot.

cultuurcentrum Hasselt

Accommodation

Arrangements were made with the Express by Holiday Inn assuring a special rate for participants of our workshop.

Bookings need to be done online using this link (which will be made available in due time) in order to reserve one of the SBDD prebooked rooms in the Express by Holiday Inn! The special rate is valid for stays from Monday, February 26, to Saturday, March 2, 2024.

In case of problems, telephone number, and email address given below will lead you to the joined reservation desk of the Holiday Inn and Express by Holiday Inn, both situated in Hasselt. We kindly ask you to not use those mentioned on Express by Holiday Inn website. Always mention your participation to "Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2024 - SBDD XXVIII"!

In case of a fully booked hotel, rooms are also available at the Holiday Inn, or you can contact the Conference Secretary for help.

Holiday Inn Express

The Express by Holiday Inn is located in the center of Hasselt, very close to the railway station. Taxis are available in front of the railway station. Walking it takes about 10 minutes.

Special Issue

physica status solidi (a)

In the framework of the workshop, all oral and poster presenters have the opportunity to contribute to a Special Issue on "Recent Advances in Diamond Science and Technology" that will be published in physica status solidi (a).

  • Deadline for submission of manuscripts: March 31, 2024.
  • Oral as well as poster presenters are encouraged to submit a manuscript.
  • To guarantee publication in physica status solidi (a) all papers will undergo a double peer-review by two independent referees.

Online submission

All manuscripts need to be prepared using the templates of physica status solidi!

All manuscripts must be submitted online using the dedicated Editorial Manager website of physica status solidi (a): http://www.editorialmanager.com/pssa-journal.

Submit your manuscript in the "Diamond Science and Technology - SBDD XXVIII" section that can be chosen from the drop-down menu on the "Please Select Section/Category" tab!

Guide for authors

The manuscript preparation guidelines and templates can be found at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/18626319/homepage/author-guidelines.

In case of questions or problems, please mail the Editorial Office at pss@wiley-vch.de.

Previous issues

Committees

Organisation

Programme Board

  • Jocelyn Achard, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, France
  • Julien Barjon, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
  • Christoph Becher, Universität des Saarlandes, Germany
  • Philippe Bergonzo, Seki Diamond Systems, USA
  • Chia-Liang Cheng, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
  • Ádám Gali, HAS-Wigner Research Centre for Physics & Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
  • Etienne Gheeraert, CNRS/Université Grenoble Alpes-Institut Néel, France
  • Fedor Jelezko, Universität Ulm, Germany
  • Satoshi Koizumi, NIMS, Japan
  • Anke Krueger, Universität Stuttgart, Germany
  • Quan Li, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Paul W. May, University of Bristol, U.K.
  • David A.J. Moran, University of Glasgow, U.K.
  • Mark E. Newton, University of Warwick, U.K.
  • Shannon S. Nicley, Michigan State University, U.S.A.
  • Julien Pernot, CNRS/Université Grenoble Alpes-Institut Néel, France
  • Bohuslav Rezek, Czech Technical University, Czechia
  • Jean-François Roch, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France
  • Romana Schirhagl, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands
  • Matthias Schreck, Universität Augsburg, Germany
  • Michael Trupke, Universität Wien, Austria
  • Hitoshi Umezawa, AIST, Japan
  • Oliver A. Williams, Cardiff University, U.K.
  • Nianjun Yang, Hasselt University, Belgium
Alumni

Sponsorship

Companies that are interested in sponsorship and/or exhibition, please contact the Conference Secretary for further details.

The organisation would like to thank the following sponsors for their continuous support:

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Hasselt University, through the Institute for Materials Research (IMO) and IMOMEC.