American Vacuum Society

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]
Official languages	English
President	Angus Rockett
Affiliations	American Institute of Physics
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. AVS is a member society of the American Institute of Physics.^[3] AVS has approximately 5000 members worldwide 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

References

^ Article I, Constitution, AVS.
^ What is AVS?, AVS.
^ ^a ^b AIP: A Federation of the Physical Sciences, American Institute of Physics.
^ The old name can still be found in Article I of the AVS constitution.

External links

AVS web site