| AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing | |
| Abbreviation: | AVS |
| Formation: | June 18, 1953 |
| Type: | NPO[1] |
| Location: | New York |
| Membership: | 4,500[2] |
| Language: | English |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | David P. Adams Michael D. Williams (Past-President) |
| Affiliations: | American Institute of Physics IUVSTA |
| Website: | www.avs.org |
AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing[3] (formerly American Vacuum Society[4]) is a not-for-profit learned society founded in 1953 focused on disciplines related to materials, interfaces, and processing. AVS has approximately 4500 members worldwide from academia, governmental laboratories and industry.
AVS is a member society of the American Institute of Physics.[3] AVS publishes through the American Institute of Physics thejournals Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology (JVST A and B) and Biointerphases, which are devoted to peer-reviewed articles, and Surface Science Spectra (SSS), which publishes peer-reviewed articles with reference spectra of technological and scientific interest. In 2019 American Institute of Physics and AVS launched jointly a new journal, AVS Quantum Science.[5]
AVS is composed of 10 technical divisions, two technical groups, 16 regional chapters, two international chapters and one international affiliate:
AVS Technical Groups Division
The AVS International Symposium and Exhibition is AVS's flagship conference. The symposium addresses cutting-edge issues associatedwith materials, processing, and interfaces in the research and manufacturing communities. AVS also sponsors a variety of topical conferences, including the International Conference on Atomic Layer Deposition and the North American Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy.