The 71st Gaseous Electronics Conference(GEC) November 5-9, 2018
in Portland, Oregon
Submit Your Abstract by June 15
Abstract submission details available at
http://www.apsgec.org/gec2018/abstracts.php
GENERAL INFORMATION• The 2018 GEC will continue its tradition of offering
a truly outstanding venue for leading research in
low-temperature plasma science and collision
physics.
• The 2018 GEC meeting will co-locate with the 60th
annual meeting of the American Physical Society’s
Division of Plasma Physics (DPP).
• DPP co-location adds the dimension of hightemperature plasma science and novel plasma
applications.

Over 2300 attendees expected at the
combined events.
GEC is a special meeting of the Atomic, Molecular,
and Optical Physics Division of the American
Physical Society. The GEC enables invaluable
exchange of scientific information, viewpoints, ideas,
and methods (experimental, theoretical, andsimulation) regarding particle collision dynamics andthe physical and chemical processes occurring inpartially ionized, collisional plasmas. The GEC is aleading venue for reporting on emerging areas ofplasma-biotechnology, plasma medicine, plasmametal catalysis, & atmospheric-pressure plasma
systems.

TOPICSPROGRAM

1. Atomic and molecular processes
1.1 Electron and photon collisions with atoms andmolecules: excitation
1.2 Electron and photon collisions with atoms andmolecules: ionization
1.3 Heavy particle collisions
1.4 Dissociation, recombination, and attachment
1.5 Distribution functions and transportcoefficients for electrons and ions
1.6 Other atomic/molecular collision phenomena

The Program will include:

2. Plasma science
2.1 Non-equilibrium kinetics of low-temp plasmas
2.2 Basic phenomena in low-temp plasmas
2.3 Boundaries: sheaths, double layers, others
2.4 Gas phase plasma chemistry
2.5 Plasma-surface interactions
2.6 Plasma diagnostic techniques
2.7 Plasma modeling and simulation
2.8 Glows: DC, pulsed, microwave, others
2.9 Capacitively coupled plasmas
2.10 Inductively coupled plasmas
2.11 Magnetically-enhanced plasmas: ECR,
helicon, magnetron, others
2.12 High pressure discharges: dielectric barrierdischarges, coronas, breakdown, sparks
2.13 Microdischarges: DC, RF, microwave
2.14 Thermal plasmas: arcs, jets, switches, others
2.15 Plasmas in liquids
2.16 Negative-ion/dust particle-containing plasma
2.17 Other plasma science topics
3 Plasma applications
3.1 Plasmas for light production: laser media,
glows, arcs, flat panels, and novel sources
3.2 Plasma etching
3.3 Plasma deposition
3.4 Plasma ion implantation
3.5 Green plasma technologies: environmental
and energy applications
3.6 Photovoltaic-application plasma processing
3.7 Biological/biomedical applications of plasma
3.8 Plasma propulsion and aerodynamics
3.9 Plasma nanotechnology, flexible electronics
and other emerging applications

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Oral sessions (invited and contributed papers)
Poster sessions
Will Allis Prize Talk
Sunday & Monday Workshops
Plasma Data Exchange Project and LXCat
Non-Technical meetings on selected topics
Student Awards

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS• Contributed papers will be presented as 15-minoral talks or as posters.
• Authors are requested to submit GEC-styleabstracts to the APS website by June 15, 2018.
• Preference for oral or poster should be indicated.
The final decision will be communicated to thecorresponding author

ABSTRACTS BOOK & CONFERENCE APP
Go Green: An online version of the full scientificprogram will be available on the conference mobile
app and on the GEC website. A printed version of
the bulletin will be available for an additional fee. If
you select the printed bulletin option when you
register, the fee will be added to your total
registration amount, and a hard copy of the bulletin
will be included in your registration packet.

WORKSHOPS/SPECIAL SESSIONS
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Two-Day MOOSE Workshop on Sunday & Monday
High Performance Computing for Plasma
Applications Workshop on Monday (NEW)
Plasma Diagnostics Workshop on Monday (NEW)The Will Allis Prize talk on Wednesday morning
LXCat discussion on Wednesday
Non-Technical Programs (NEW)INVITED SPEAKERS AND TENTATIVE TITLES/TOPICSPeter Awakowicz
Scott Baalrud
Natalia Babaeva
Franz X. Bronold
Peter Bruggeman
Jane P. Chang
Robin Cote
Bruno DeHarak
Samantha Fonseca
Matthew Goeckner
Jon Tomas
Gudmundsson
Gerjan Hagelaar
Kentaro Hara
Allison Harris
Masaru Izawa
Alisher Kadyrov
Trevor Lafleur
Ningyu Liu
Josh Machacek
Deborah O'Connell
David Pai
Leanne Pitchford
Sylwia Ptasinska
Yevgeny Raitses
Seiji Samukawa
Thomas Schlathoelter
Steven Shannon
Daniel Slaughter
Ana Sobota
Masahiko Takahashi
Giichiro Uchida
Scott G. Walton

Volatile Organic Compound Treatment with Surface DBDs: Basics and Applications
Influence of Positively Biased Electrodes on Plasmas: Electron Sheaths and Fireballs
Interaction of Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas with Solid and Liquid Surfaces
Electron Kinetics at Plasma-Solid Interfaces
Plasma-Liquid Interactions: Towards a Quantitative Description of Reactivity Transfer?
Plasma Processing of Functionally Enhanced Complex Material Systems at the Atomic Scale
Tuning Charge Transfer Between Heavy Partners at Low Scattering Energies
Dressing Effects in Laser Assisted Inelastic Electron-Atom Scattering
Electron-Molecule Collisions
The Physics of Pulsed and Level-to-Level Discharges
Electron Heating in Electronegative Capacitively Coupled Discharge of Complex Chemistry
Fluid Modeling of Transport and Instabilities in Magnetized Plasma Sources
Simulation, Transport
Angular Momentum in Electron-Helium Collisions
Surface Reaction Control of Plasma Etch for Atomic Level Accuracy in ULSI Devices Fabrication
Quantum Suppression of Antihydrogen Formation in Positronium-Antiproton Scattering
Modeling of Kinetic Instabilities in Low Temperature Plasmas
The Role of Streamers in the Initiation of Electrical Discharges in the Earth’s Atmosphere
Positron Scattering from Large Molecules
Atmospheric Plasmas, Medical Applications
Experimental Study of Nanosecond Pulsed Microplasmas Generated in Open Air at Atmospheric Pressureand How They Interact With Flow and Surfaces
Allis Prize Lecture
Dissociative Electron Attachment to Molecules
Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas for Synthesis of Carbon and Boron Nitride Nanotubes
Neutral Beam Technologies for Atomic Layer Defect-Free Etching and Deposition Processes for Futuresub-10-nm Devices
Ion Interactions with Biomolecules
Expanding the Functionality of Plasma Diagnostics
Dissociative Electron Attachment Dynamics in Polyatomic Gases
Electric Fields and Electron Properties in Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jets
Towards Visualizing the Driving Principle of a Photochemical Reaction by Means of Time-Resolved
Electron and Atomic Momentum Spectroscopies
Production Control of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in Liquid Water by a Nonthermal Plasma Jet
Electron Beam Generated Plasma as a Low Te Approach to Atomic-Precision Processing

STUDENT AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
Application deadline is June 15, 2018.
To encourage and recognize the important
contributions students make to the Gaseous
Electronics Conference, specifically, and to theplasma/atomic-molecular optical science fields, ingeneral, the GEC Executive Committee willrecognize one (1) student presenter with the GEC
Student Award for Excellence. Finalists will beannounced on the meeting website before themeeting and will present their work between
Tuesday, November 6th 2018, and Thursday,
November 8th 2018. The student award winner will
be announced at the conference dinner Thursday
evening. The award consists of cash (US$1,000)
and a certificate.
To be eligible for the award, the student must
present a contributed talk (not a poster), provide a
recommendation letter from the student’s researchsupervisor, a supporting letter from the student, theabstract and submit the application materials as asingle PDF-file before the abstract-submission
deadline. No more than one student may be
nominated per supervisor.
The one-page recommendation letter from thesupervisor should describe the student’s creative
contribution to the project, the duration of thestudent's participation in the project, and uniqueproject-related qualifications of the student.
The student application should also contain:• a copy of the student's abstract (plain text or .pdf
when submitting via email, please do NOT send
raw LaTeX files)• a one-page supporting letter from the student
including, among other aspects, a description of
the motivation for doing the research, therelevance of the work to plasma/atomicmolecular optical science, a list of all
collaborators on the project, and the scope of thestudent’s contribution to the project• a two-page-maximum curriculum vitae of thestudent, (including educational background,research experience, professional affiliations,publications, patents, presentations, andawards)• a one-page recommendation letter from thesupervisor.
Student applications and supervisor
recommendation letters are to be emailed as asingle PDF-file to Prof. Dr. Julian Schulze(schulze@aept.ruhr-uni-bochum.de), Chair of GEC
2018 Student Awards Committee before 11:59pm(Pacific Daylight Time) 15 June 2018.

The student application should contain:••

The title of the student's abstract.
The name of the supervisor.

Student applications are to be emailed to Dr.
Aranka Derzsi (derzsiaranka@gmail.com), chairof GEC 2018 Student-Poster Prize Committee
before Monday 12:00 noon, 5 November 2018.
Members of the GEC 2018 Student-Poster Prize
Committee will review the posters and select theaward recipients.

STUDENT TRAVEL ASSISTANCEThe GEC Student Awards Committee will review
the nominations and select the finalists for theStudent Award for Excellence. Members of the
GEC Student Awards Committee will also serve as
judges. Judges will attend the finalists' oralpresentations and select the award recipient.

GEC STUDENT POSTER PRIZES
Application deadline is November 5, 2018.
Three student posters will be selected by the
GEC 2018 Student-Poster Prize Committee andrecognized at the conference dinner. The GEC
gratefully acknowledges the important contributions
students make to the Gaseous Electronics
Conference.

Application deadline is June 18, 2018.
Student participation has long been a valued
element of the GEC, and the Student Travel
Grant program was established to enable agreater number of students to attend by defraying
associated expenses. Travel Grant nominations
are encouraged for students attending the 2018
GEC to make an oral or poster presentation of
their research. Awards will include the full cost ofconference registration and partial coverage for
lodging at the conference hotel. Recipients will
be selected from the pool of nominated students
by the GEC Student Award committee, andbecause funds are limited, we request that no
more than one nomination be submitted per
research group.

To be eligible for the award:

Complete nominations will include:• The student must present a poster as first author.
• Register for the poster judging before theapplication deadline.

• A letter of support from the student’s advisor.
The nomination letter should address thefollowing factors to be considered by theselection committee:

More than one student from the same advisor may
apply. At most one student per advisor will beawarded this prize.

1. The advisor’s assessment of the student,
including research progress and thebenefits to be gained by GEC attendance,

2. Statement of financial need (i.e., would thisgrant enable attendance for additional
students beyond student travel included inresearch grant budgets)
3. Statement of how the student's participation
will contribute to diversity at the GEC.
• A copy of the student's GEC 2018 submitted
abstract (plain text or .pdf when submitting via
email (please do NOT send raw LaTeX files)
Submit nominations to Prof. Dr. Katharina
Stapelmann (kstapel@ncsu.edu) before 11:59pm(Pacific Daylight Time) June 18, 2018.
Please Note:
1. A nomination for a travel grant is separate fromall other award nominations.
2. To attain the full benefit of the GEC conference
experience, recipients of the travel grant are
expected to attend the entire conference.

LXCat DISCUSSION
Emile Carbone and Jan van Dijk Presiding
LXCat (www.lxcat.net) is an open-access, webbased platform for storing, exchanging, andmanipulating data needed for the electron and ion
components in cold, non-equilibrium plasmas.
Following an already long tradition, the GEC
committee has accepted once more to host an
evening workshop for the users of the LXCat
databases and contributors.
Recent evolution of the LXCat databases andorganization will be briefly introduced together with abrief tutorial on “how to use LXCat”. The meeting
aims to be highly interactive with young researchers
being strongly encouraged to make a pitch
presentation of their current data needs.

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS WORKSHOP
Organized by Peter Bruggeman
This workshop will bring together scientists
interested in plasma diagnostics with an aim to
exchange best practices and new developments.
The morning session consists of 4 invited tutorialpresentations aimed at junior researchers or
researchers new to plasma diagnostics. The
presentations in the afternoon session will focus
on recent new developments in plasma
diagnostics.
• Optical Diagnostics (R. Miles)• Molecular Beam Mass Spectrometry (J. Benedikt)• In Situ Surface Diagnostics (V. Donnelly)• Electrical Probe Measurements (N. Braithwaite)• In-situ optical diagnostics to understand plasma-surface
interactions during atomic layer processing of Si-based
dielectrics (S. Agarwal)• Electrical Measurements in Pulsed Plasmas (T. Huiskamp)• Diagnostics of Plasma-Liquid Interactions (K. Sasaki)• In Situ Approaches for Diagnostics of Nanoparticles in
Plasmas (S. Yatom)• Coherent and Incoherent Thomson Scattering in LowTemperature Plasmas (S. Tsikata)• Terahertz Diagnostics for Electron Density Measurement(U. Czarnetzki)

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTINGFOR PLASMA APPLICATIONSWORKSHOP
Organized by Igor KaganovichThis workshop on High Performance Computing(HPC) for Plasma Applications will bring together
scientists from GEC and DPP communities withthe aim to exchange best ideas and practices on
how to use HPC for plasma applications. Eachtalk will review and summarize recent advances in
HPC for a specific topic and outline mostpromising future directions.

• Future of High Performance Particle-in-cell codes computing(J. Carlsson)• Efficient use of GPUs in PIC and associated issues• (P. Messmer)• 3D Fluid simulations of discharges (G. Hagelaar)• 3D Fluid simulations of arcs (M. Benilov)• Atomistic simulations of plasma-surface interaction for ALD
and ALE processes (S. Hamagushi)• Dataset for cross sections (J. Tennyson)• Mullti-scale methods for plasma chemistry (D. Curreli)• Update on Code Validations and Verification (M. Turner)• Laser plasma interaction (J.L. Vay)
• MFE HPC PIC (CS Chang)• PSI modeling (Longtao Han)
• Adaptive Kinetic – Vlasov methods (V. Kolobov)

MULTI-PHYSICS OBJECT ORIENTEDSIMULATION ENVIORONMENT(MOOSE) Workshop
Organized by Steven Shannon
This two day hands-on workshop is an introduction
to plasma simulation in the open source MultiPhysics Object Oriented Simulation Environment(MOOSE). Attendees will be guided through the
MOOSE capabilities through selected plasma
simulation test cases that will illustrate capabilities
with regard to chemistry formation, fluid models,
plasma-surface interactions, and electromagnetics.
At the completion of the workshop attendees will beable to install and run MOOSE and associatedapplications as well as carry out plasma
simulations studies. Attendees will carry out
simulations on their own laptop computers under
the guidance of instructors from the MOOSE
development team.

WILL ALLIS PRIZE
A must-see presentation – The Will Allis Prize talk!
Will Allis Prize Speaker: Leanne Pitchford
CNRS & Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

ENJOY PORTLAND

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Portland is an eclectic city with a walkable
downtown, a vibrant “food cart” culture, and a wide
selection of microbreweries, coffee shops,
restaurants, and book stores. The city issurrounded by the breathtaking beauty of the
Pacific Northwest, Mount Hood, and the sparkling
Willamette and Columbia Rivers. The city is richin US frontier history.
https://www.travelportland.com/

Chair: T. Kirchner, York U
Secretary: D. Keil, Lam Research

TRANSPORTATION
Ground transportation and car rentals are available
at the Portland airport (PDX). However, theMetropolitan Area Express (MAX) light rail is highly
recommended. The MAX Redline departs from
PDX with stops in front of the GEC conference
hotel and at the Portland Convention Center (theGEC conference venue). An additional 15 min rideon the MAX Redline brings you to the heart of thePortland city center. PDX airport has frequently
been ranked as one of America’s best domestic
airports with its friendly customer service, free
WIFI, and convenient layout.
http://flypdx.com/PDX

Secretary Elect: D. Staack, Texas A&M
Chair Elect: E. Barnat, Sandia Natl. Lab
Past Secretary: M. Koepke, West Virginia U
Treasurer: M. Schulz, Missouri S&T
DAMOP: J. Colgan, Los Alamos Natl. Lab
General Members:
K Stapelmann, North Carolina State U
A. Bourdon, Ecole Polytechnique
F. Tochikubo, Tokyo Metropolitan U
J. Schulze, Ruhr U. Bochum /West Virg. U
Appointed Members:
A. Wendt, U of Wisconsin
K. Bera, Applied Materials

STUDENT AWARD CHAIRS
J. Schulze, Ruhr U. – Bochum / WVU
K. Stapelmann, North Carolina State U.
A. Derzsi, W. Virginia U. / Wigner RCP

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONSCONFERENCE VENUE

DoubleTree by Hilton Portland

The Oregon Convention Center
Co-Located with the APS Division of
Plasma Physics Meeting1000 NE Multnomah
Portland, OR 97232
Telephone 503-331-4916

Portland Waterfront Area

71st Annual GEC - Portland, Oregon

November 5 – 9, 2018
http://www.apsgec.org/gec2018/
DATES TO REMEMBER
June 15, 2018:
Abstract submission deadline
October 15, 2018: Hotel reservation cut-off date
See the GEC website for the registration startdate, the student-poster/oral award nomination
process, and the student-travel-grant program.
Information and due dates may be found at:
http://www.apsgec.org/gec2018/

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE•••$166.00 per night, plus taxes$149.00 Government Rate
Hotel reservations are open, please visit
the GEC website for more details

CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT
Lynda Lauria
GEC2018@yahoo.com

D. Keil (Lam Research)
L. Lauria (Conference Manager)
Y. Sakiyama (Lam Research)
M. Mamunuru (Lam Research)
D. Staak (Texas A&M University)
S. Song (Lam Research)