Hasselt Diamond Workshop - SBDD

cultuurcentrum Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium

March 19 - 21, 2025

The 29^th 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 XXIX programme is focussed on quantum aspects of diamond 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 XXIX is aiming at providing a forum where fundamental as well as application driven viewpoints can be discussed at the highest level.

Chair: Quan Li, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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 XXVIII is aiming at providing a forum where fundamental as well as application driven viewpoints can be discussed at the highest level.

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 ...

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.)

• 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.

Presenters: Wednesday, February 14, 2024, 12:00 !!!

Participants: Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 12:00 !!!

Online registration is closed.

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

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.

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

• Address: Kunstlaan 5, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium
• Tel: +32 11 229 933
• E-mail: info@ccha.be
• Web: www.ccha.be

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

The Express by Holiday Inn is fully booked!

In case of a fully booked hotel, rooms are also available at the Holiday Inn, or you can have a look here.

Holiday Inn Express

• Address: Thonissenlaan 37, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium
• Tel: +32 11 242 200
• E-mail: info@hihasselt.com
• Web: www.hiexpress.com/exhasselt

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.

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.

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!

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.

• Recent Advances in Diamond Science and Technology (Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2022 - SBDD XXVI)
• Recent Advances in Diamond Science and Technology (Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2020 - SBDD XXV)
• Recent Advances in Diamond Science and Technology (Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2019 - SBDD XXIV)
• Recent Advances in Diamond Science and Technology (Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2018 - SBDD XXIII)
• Recent Advances in Diamond Science and Technology (Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2017 - SBDD XXII)
• Recent Advances in Diamond Science and Technology (Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2016 - SBDD XXI)
• 20 Years of Science for Diamond (Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2015 - SBDD XX)
• Recent Advances on Diamond Surfaces and Devices (Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2014 - SBDD XIX)
• Fundamentals and Applications of Diamond and Nanocarbons (Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2013 - SBDD XVIII)
• Fundamentals and Applications of Diamond (Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2012 - SBDD XVII)
• Fundamentals and Applications of CVD Diamond (Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2011 - SBDD XVI)
• Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2010 - SBDD XV
• Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2009 - SBDD XIV
• Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2008 - SBDD XIII
• Hasselt Diamond Workshop 2007 - SBDD XII
• Surface and Bulk Defects in CVD Diamond Films, XI - SBDD 2006
• Surface and Bulk Defects in CVD Diamond Films, X - SBDD 2005
• Surface and Bulk Defects in CVD Diamond Films, IX - SBDD 2004
• Surface and Bulk Defects in CVD Diamond Films, VIII - SBDD 2003
• Surface and Bulk Defects in CVD Diamond Films, VII - SBDD 2002
• Surface and Bulk Defects in CVD Diamond Films, VI - SBDD 2001
• Surface and Bulk Defects in CVD Diamond Films, V - SBDD 2000
• Surface and Bulk Defects in CVD Diamond Films, IV - SBDD 1999

• Ken Haenen (Co-chair SBDD XXVIII), Hasselt University & IMEC vzw, Belgium, ken.haenen@uhasselt.be
• Miloš Nesládek (Co-chair SBDD XXVIII), Hasselt University & IMEC vzw, Belgium, milos.nesladek@uhasselt.be
• Nora Colson (Conference Secretary), Hasselt University & IMEC vzw, Belgium, sbdd@uhasselt.be
• Jeroen Prooth (Conference Vice-Secretary), Hasselt University & IMEC vzw, Belgium, sbdd@uhasselt.be

• 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
• Richard B. Jackman, University College London, U.K.
• 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, École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, 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

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