Latest News

2021-12-13:	The deadline for e-JSSNT manuscript was extended to December 25, 2021. The new deadline will be strictly applied, so please do not delay in submitting your paper.
2021-11-10:	Final statistics on the number of talks and participants are now available.
2021-10-29:	Thank you very much for your patience and congratulations! The three winners of the Like It! Awards were announced. We look forward to the future success of the award winners and everyone else.
2021-10-20:	Congratulations! The four winners of the Excellent Presentation Awards were announced. We look forward to the future success of the award winners and everyone else.
2021-10-12:	The online program, abstracts, short videos and how to participate the symposium are now available for speakers and participants. Links to these have been emailed individually to registrants, so please check your email. If you have not registered yet, you will be contacted within a few days after registration with instructions on how to participate. If you register late, you may not receive the access URL until the day of the symposium, so if you wish to participate, please register as soon as possible.
2021-10-07:	Scientific program was updated.
2021-10-06:	Scientific program was updated. (several talks were withdrawn)
2021-10-01:	Scientific program was updated.
2021-10-01:	SYSTEM TROUBLE: The video/TOC image submission site and the post-deadline papers submission site were not working properly from the afternoon of September 30 to around 2:00 a.m. on October 1 (in JST). They have been restored now, but if you have any problems, please contact the secretariat. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
2021-09-17:	We will be accepting post-deadline papers for those who have latest hot topics. The deadline for the post-deadline papers is October 1.
2021-09-16:	Preliminary program was published.
2021-09-01:	The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended by one week to September 8.
2021-07-20:	Thank you very much for your patience. Abstract submission site is now officially open. Abstracts submitted prior to the official opening (July 20, 2021) must be resubmitted. Registration site for participants (other than speakers) will open in late August.
2021-06-15:	ALC'21 will have an online event which consists of plenary and tutorial talks, and poster sessions to encourage young researchers including students. We call this event as “ALC’21 Online” although this will not be a full-size symposium.
2021-06-15:	ALC'21 in Okinawa will be postponed to the next year as ALC'22. Instead, we will be hosting a pre-meeting online this year to promote ALC'22. We are looking forward to gathering in Okinawa next year.

Important Dates

Abstract Deadline:	Sep 8, 2021
Preliminary Program:	Sep 15, 2021
Post-deadline Papers:	Oct 1, 2021
Video/TOC Deadline:	Oct 1, 2021
Early Registration Deadline:	Oct 8, 2021
First Day of the Symposium:	Oct 19, 2021
Publication Manuscript:	Dec 25, 2021

ALC Symposium

The series of international symposia entitled “Atomic Level Characterization (ALC)” started in 1996 with the meeting in Kyoto, Japan. The ALC symposia focus on practical applications of atomic level characterization (both atomic dimensions and energy levels) of new materials and devices, including bio- and organic materials as well as inorganics. Descriptions of new applications and instrumentation for various analytical techniques of surface and interface analysis are solicited in these symposia. The goal is to promote stimulating discussions among researchers specializing in different probe methods. The symposium also encourages discussion of fundamental problems to be solved in the further development of atomic level characterization of materials, including approaches based on theory and simulations.

The 2nd ALC symposium was held at Maui (Hawaii) in 1997, the 3rd one at Nara (Japan) in 2001, the 4th at Kauai (Hawaii) in 2003, the 5th Kailua-Kona (Hawaii) in 2005, the 6th at Kanazawa (Japan) in 2007, the 7th at Maui (Hawaii) in 2009, the 8th at Seoul (Korea) in 2011, the 9th at Kona (Hawaii) in 2013, the 10th at Matsue (Japan) in 2015, and 11th at Kauai (Hawaii) in 2017, the 12th at Kyoto(Japan) in 2019.

In 2020, the sponsor of this symposium was transferred from Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) to the Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science (JVSS). ALC'21 was initially planned to be held in Okinawa, however, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was postponed to 2022 as ALC'22. Instead, ALC'21 will be held online as a pre-meeting for ALC'22.

The official language of the symposium is English.

Scientific Topics

The sessions will cover the following topics:

Fundamental Phenomena
- electron/ion/photon -solid interactions
- emission phenomena of light, electrons, and ions
Characterization by Electrons / Ions / Infrared / Ultraviolet / X-rays
- AES / XPS / XPED / EPMA / ISS / MEIS / RBS / SIMS / IR / etc.
Imaging Techniques
- TEM / STEM / AEM / SEM / SAM / REM / LEEM / PEEM
- SPM / FIM / TOF-SIMS / optical molecular imaging / ultrafast imaging / etc.
Applications for Nanotechnology
- nanowires / nanotubes / nanoparticles / graphene and 2D materials
- solid-solid / solid-liquid interfaces
Advanced Materials Characterization
- spintronics materials
- environmental and advanced energy materials
- cosmic and terrestrial materials
Special Sessions
- Micro-analysis using novel quantum beam
- Evolution of scanning probe techniques for materials analysis
- Operando spectroscopy and ambient pressure measurements
- Materials informatics and machine learning
- Quantum sensing in metrology and imaging
- Ion beam analysis for nano & bio materials
Tutorials

Plenary Talks

Prof. Maki KAWAI (Institute for Molecular Science)

“Behavior of Molecules at Surfaces — Fundamental Understanding of Catalysis and Molecule to Function in IT —”

Prof. Dr. Frank-J. MEYER ZU HERINGDORF (University Duisburg-Essen)

“Nonlinear Photoemission Microscopy with Surface Plasmon Polaritons”

Tutorial Lectures

Prof. Masakazu AONO (MANA/NIMS)

“Nano World Pioneered by Surface Science and Technology”

Prof. Dr. Hannes LICHTE (Technische Universität Dresden)

“Electron Holography: Electron Waves for Comprehensive Analysis of Nanostructures and Fields — Possibilities and Limits”

Prof. Neil FOX (University of Bristol)

“Energy-filtered Spectromicroscopy with a Laser-Driven, Tunable Light Source”

Sponsors and Supports

Host Organization

The Division of Microbeam Analysis, JVSS

Supports

Committee Members

International Advisory Committee

Chair:	Hiroshi Daimon (Toyota Riken)
Member:	M.S. Altman, F. Aumayr, E. Bauer, W. Eberhardt, K.-H. Ernst, H. Freund, K. Fukutani, F.J. Giessibl, T. Greber, S. Hasegawa, T. Hasegawa, Y. Homma, T. Koshikawa, H. Lichte, J. Matsuo, R. Oiwa, H. Rose, Y. Saito, M. Scheffler, C. Schneider, W.D. Schneider, M. Sugiyama, T. Takeuchi, G. Thornton, W. Widdra, R. Wiesendanger, H.W. Yoem

Organizing Committee

Chair:

Hidemi Shigekawa (University of Tsukuba)

Member:

P. Bauer, H. Daimon, K. Dohmae, J. Falta, D. Fujita, M.H. Haegen, T. Hasebe, S. Hasegawa, F. Meyer zu Heringdorf, H. Hibino, T. Hirayama, I.S. Hwang, S. Ichimura, M. Kambe, J. Kawai, T. Kawano, K. Kimura, T. Kohashi, T. Koshikawa, A. Locatelli, E. Lundgren, G. Mizutani, K. Morita, K. Obori, R. Oiwa, H. Petek, Y. Saito, T. Sato, A. Schmid, M. Setou, H. Shimoyama, S. Shiraki, S. Suzuki, Y. Takai, Y. Takakuwa, W. Tang, S. Tanuma, Y. Watanabe, J. Watts, T. Yasue, H. Yurimoto

Steering Committee

Co-chair:	Tetsuya Hasegawa (University of Tokyo) , Retsu Oiwa (Scienta Omicron)
Vice-chair:	T. Yasue, J. Matsuo, M. Sugiyama
Advisor:	T. Koshikawa, K. Obori
Secretariat General:	H. Nakahara
Secretariat:	S. Shiraki, T. Hayasaka, S. Nagai
Member:	K. Dohmae, T. Hasegawa, S. Hashimoto, S. Imashuku, M. Nojima, E. Nomura, T. Sakamoto, J. Sameshima, N. Sanada, S. Suzuki, A. Takano, K. Tanaka, T. Tanaka, K. Yanagiuchi

Finance Committee

Co-chair:	Hisayoshi Yurimoto (Hokkaido University) , Tomoshige Sato (JEOL)
Vice-chair:	S. Awata, H. Furukawa, Y. Miyatake, N. Sanada

Program Committee

Chair:	Jiro Matsuo (Kyoto University)
Vice-chair:	K. Fukutani, S. Shiraki
Advisor:	T. Koshikawa, K. Yanagiuchi
Secretariat:	S. Awata, T. Kohashi
Member:	K. Dohmae, K. Kitamura, R. Kokawa, T. Nagatomi, T. Sakamoto, T.K. Shimizu, M. Sugiyama

Publication Committee

Chair:	Hiroki Hibino (Kwansei Gakuin University)
Vice-chair:	S. Aoyagi, F. Matsui
Secretariat:	S. Imashuku, Y. Kawano

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