American Vacuum Society

American Vacuum Society

American Vacuum Society (AVS) is a not-for-profit learned society founded in 1953. AVS is a member society of the American Institute of Physics. AVS has approximately 5000 members world-wide from academia, governmental laboratories and industry. AVS publishes through the American Institute of Physics the "Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology" (JVST A and B), which is devoted to peer-reviewed articles, and "Surface Science Spectra" (SSS), which publishes articles with reference spectra of technological and scientific interest. AVS has 10 technical divisions and 2 technical groups:

*Advanced Surface Engineering Division
*Applied Surface Science Division
*Biomaterial Interfaces Division
*Electronic Materials and Processing Division
*Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Division
*Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology Division
*Plasma Science and Technology Division
*Surface Science Division
*Thin Film Division
*Vacuum Technology Division
*AVS Technical Groups Division
*Manufacturing Science & Technology Technical Group (MSTG)
*MEMS and NEMS Technical Group

AVS Awards

*Medard W. Welch Award

External links

* [http://www.avs.org/ AVS web site]


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