Plasma technologies underpin a vast range of processes with unique characteristics that can benefit the synthesis and processing of emerging materials, from industrial settings to cutting-edge laboratory investigations. Plasma-based techniques offer a wide range of experimental conditions, varying from low-to high-pressure and including diverging degrees of equilibrium (from thermal equilibrium to non-equilibrium). These features are key to develop next generation materials and their potential integrations for advanced applications. Due to the wide range of processing conditions and the characteristic energy coupling, the unique reaction pathways of plasmas are now enabling the development of cutting edge next-generation material processes, which include the potential of many plasma-enhanced techniques as well as rapidly emerging approaches. This symposium is a forum that brings together experts in different fields that encompass different areas of plasma-based synthesis, processing and applications. Specifically, the symposium aims to highlight how plasmas can greatly contribute to the development of functional 2D and quantum materials synthesis, innovative 3D printing, next generation electronics and 5G communications, biosensors and biomaterials, lightweight and high-strength composites, processes for flexible/textile and unconventional surfaces. It will emphasize materials with unique and tailored properties for energy and catalysis applications, materials for extreme conditions and structural composites. Further, the complexity of plasmas ideally lends itself to data-driven materials research. Therefore, the symposium will also include topics that relate to artificial intelligence, machine learning and in situ and operando characterization, allowing optimization of material synthesis and treatment and efficient exploration in the parameter space.

2D materials biomaterial nanoscale plasma deposition quantum materials