Advances in Thin Film Sensor Technologies: Materials Design and Applications
This technical session addresses recent progress in thin film sensor technologies, with a focus on the relationship between functional materials, vacuum processing, design strategies, and application-specific performance requirements. As sensing demands expand across healthcare diagnostics, environmental monitoring, industrial automation, and wearable electronics, thin film sensors provide scalable solutions for achieving high sensitivity, selectivity, and integration in compact formats. Researchers and technologists from academia, industry, and government are encouraged to share innovations, challenges, and future directions.
This session will welcome contributions on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Advanced Sensing Materials: Novel nanostructured, hybrid, and 2D thin films,
- Deposition and Fabrication: Innovations in thin film growth and micro/nano-processing,
- Sensor Design and Integration: Compact, robust, and multifunctional architectures,
- Interdisciplinary Approaches: Merging materials, photonics, and electronics,
- Smart Sensing Systems: AI/ML-enhanced data processing and analytics, and
- Application Highlights: Use cases in health, environment, industry, and wearables.
Advances in Thin Film Sensor Technologies: Materials Design and Applications TAC Co-Chairs: Jason Hrebik, Kurt J. Lesker Company, jasonh@lesker.com; Jacob Lee, University of Texas at Arlington, seunghyun.lee@uta.edu; Binbin Weng, University of Oklahoma, binbinweng@ou.edu; Veronika Červenková, Polytechnique Montreal & Charles University, veronika.cervenkova@matfyz.cuni.cz