Special tutorial
"Coating materials design"
Instructor
Prof. Jochen M. Schneider
Chair and Professor
of Materials Chemistry,
RWTH Aachen University,
Max Planck Fellow,
Max-Planck-Institute
for Sustainable Materials
Prof. Jochen M. Schneider holds the Chair of Materials Chemistry at RWTH Aachen University since 2002. His research focus is quantum-mechanically guided design of coating materials with enhanced phase stability and mechanical properties for application in harsh environments including autonomously self-reporting materials. He was awarded the Sofja Kovalevskaya Prize for outstanding thin film materials research by the president of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation in 2001. He was elected Fellow of the American Vacuum Society (AVS) in 2013 and of RWTH Aachen University in 2015. Since his appointment as Max Planck Fellow in 2015 he leads a small research group at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (MPIE) in Düsseldorf, Germany. In 2018 he was elected to the Board of Trustees of Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), Leipzig, Germany. In 2020 he received the Bill Sproul Award and Honorary ICMCTF lectureship. He serves as editorial board member in Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) and Surface and Coatings Technology (Elsevier) as well as in the editorial advisory boards of the Journal of Applied Physics (American Institute of Physics) and Applied Surface Science Advances (Elsevier).
Details
Date & Time
June 30, 13:00- 17:00 JST
Objectives
The primary objective is to provide early career engineers and MSc and PhD students with a first exposure to combined theoretical and experimental strategies for designing metastable coating materials with enhanced thermal stability.
Overview
This tutorial presents an integrated theoretical–experimental framework for the design of metastable coating materials tailored to meet demanding thermal stability requirements. It is structured as a three-hour course, divided into three one-hour sections, each addressing a complementary aspect of modern coating materials design.
The first two sections focus on materials design strategies aimed at enhancing the thermal stability of protective hard coatings. Emphasis is placed on understanding how chemical composition, phase stability, and microstructural evolution influence high-temperature performance. Fundamental concepts such as metastability, phase competition, and decomposition pathways are discussed to provide participants with a solid conceptual foundation for rational materials selection and design.
The third section concentrates on the prediction and realization of metastable thin-film materials. Computational predictions of phase formation and stability are introduced and directly compared with experimental observations. Titanium aluminum nitride (TiAlN) and vanadium aluminum nitride (VAlN) are used as representative model systems, illustrating how theory-guided design can accelerate the development of advanced coating materials. The interplay between thermodynamics, kinetics, and deposition conditions is highlighted to demonstrate how metastable phases can be intentionally stabilized in thin films.
Key techniques employed in coating materials design are briefly introduced throughout the tutorial. These include density functional theory (DFT) calculations for predicting phase stability and materials trends, as well as high-resolution structural and chemical characterization methods for validating theoretical predictions and analyzing experimental coatings.
Format
The tutorial follows a flipped-classroom format. Participants are encouraged to review selected key publications in advance to enable focused, in-depth discussions during the sessions.
Relevant information and lecture slides will be provided after registration and prior to the tutorial to support effective preparation and engagement.
Registration fee
Regular (Attendee of Scientific Sessions) ¥10,000
Regular (Only tutorial) ¥40,000
Student ¥5,000
How to register?
You can register together with Conference registration through the following online registration system. Registration "only for tutorial course" is also available.