The International Conference on Nanofilms (ECNF) 2018 will be held March 20–22 in Cranfield, UK. The conference offers an opportunity to active researchers and industrialists to share the latest research and development work related to coatings and nanofilms developed by a wide range of processing techniques, including atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, molecular beam epitaxy, plasma and thermal spray, physical vapor deposition (evaporation, cathodic arc, sputtering, high-power impulse magnetron sputtering, and pulsed laser deposition), and sol-gel. The chairman is Jose L. Endrino of Cranfield University.

The main topics of the conference are protective and tribological coatings; thin films for energy conversion, catalysis, and related processes; from atoms to sheets: growth and tribology of thin films; functionalization and characterization of nanofilms; two-dimensional materials: graphene and beyond; and sensors and instruments based on nanofilms. The opening plenary speaker is Amaia Zurutuza of Graphenea S.A., Spain.

In addition to the technical program, the conference offers an industrial panel breakfast meeting on the present and future of surface engineering in Europe.

The abstract deadline is November 30. Online registration begins December 1. More information can be found on the conference website at www.ecnf2018.org.