Laser and Plasma Applications in Materials Science -- Preface, Sponsors and Committees -- Table of Contents -- Invited Papers -- Computer Simulations of Laser Ablation, Plume Expansion and Plasma Formation -- Light Scattering Techniques Applied to Materials Science -- Numerical Study of Butt Joining by Coaxial Powder Injection -- I. Laser Matter Processing -- Microstructure and Wear Behaviour of Al/TiB2 Metal Matrix Composite -- Numerical Simulation of Laser Bending of Thin Plate Stress Analysis and Prediction -- Angular Distribution and Ion Time of Flight Produced on Silicon Target by Laser Irradiation -- II. Materials for Telecommunication Application -- Investigation on Thin Films Deposited by PECVD from a DiPhenylMethylSilane (DPMS) Vapors or Mixed with Oxygen for Low-K Material Application -- Enhancement of Blue Spectral Response Intensity of PbS via Polyethylene Oxide-Adding for the Application to White LEDs -- Study of Optical and Structure Properties for Different Composition Tin-Antimony-Selenium Thin Film -- III. Laser Induced Plasma -- Analyses of Plasmas Produced by Laser Ablation of Fresh Aliments -- On the Electron Distribution Effect of an Expanding Laser Ablated Plasma -- High Intensity Laser Ablation of Titanium Target -- Laser Ablation in Liquids: Colloidal Nanoparticles Synthesis -- Characterization of CNx/Si Using RBS, NRA and AES Techniques -- Effect of Laser Fluence on the Properties of Sm1-XNd X NiO3 Thin Films Deposited by KrF Laser Ablation -- Characterization of Laser Induced Plasmas by Fast Imaging for Graphite Target -- IV. Laser Technology for Materials Science and Environment -- A Review of the Laser Pyrolysis Technique Used to Synthesize Vanadium and Tungsten Oxide Thin Films -- In Situ Metal Matrix Composite Surfacing by Laser Surface Alloying -- Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing of Metals.

Comparison of the Capability of Peak Function in Describing Real Condensation Particle Counter Profiles -- V. Modelling of Materials Processing and Microstructures -- One-Dimensional Modeling of a Dielectric Barrier Discharge in NeXe Mixture, Application to Excimer Lamps -- Electromagnetic Modeling of Microwave Axial Injection Torch at Atmospheric Pressure Used for Thin Film Deposition -- Modelling Sequential Impact of Molten Droplets on a Solid Surface in Plasma Spray Process -- Fluid Model Simulation of DC Glow Discharges -- PIC-MC Simulation Method of DC Discharge Plasmas -- Modeling of Detector Radiations Response P-I-N in Technology Thin Film on ASIC (TFA) Intended for Digitalization in Medical Imagery -- Effect of Argon Ambient Gas Pressure on Plume Expansion Dynamics -- Simulation of Geometry and Heat Transfer in a Thin Wall Produced by Direct Laser Powder Deposition -- Modeling the Formation of Periodic Nanostructures on Solid Surface Induced by Femtosecond Laser Ablation by Particle-in-Cell Method -- VI. Plasma Discharge -- Numerical Modeling of an End-Hall Ion Source -- Optimization of the Plasma Display Panel Characteristics with PIC-MCC Method -- OES Diagnostics of HMDSO/O2/CF4 Microwave Plasma for SiOCxFy Films Deposition -- Effect of the Plasma Deposition Parameters on the Properties of Ti/TiC Multilayers for Hard Coatings Applications -- Computation of the Net Emission Coefficient with the Overlapping Lines Consideration on the CH4-Ar Plasma Discharge -- Modeling of a Ne-Xe-HCl DC Discharge for Excimer Lamp -- Study of the Adhesion and the Thermal Stability of CrN and CrAlN Thin Films -- Dry Sliding Wear of Stainless Steel Coating Obtained by Plasma on Aluminium Substrate -- Study of API 5L X52 Carbon Steel Treated in Oxygen Plasma Discharge.

Influence of Plasma Parameters and Circuit Connecting on Harmonics Generated in Ar/O2 13.56 Mhz Plasma Discharge -- Electrical Characterization of Inductively Coupled Plasma Reactor Excited by RF (13.56MHz) -- Experimental Study of Evolution of NO and NO2 in a Positive Corona Discharge -- Diagnostic of a RF (13.56MHz) Magnetron in Ar/CH4 Discharge -- Optical Properties of a-C:H Films Deposited by Plasma Microwave Discharge with Controlling Substrate Temperature -- Development of a Radiofrequency Plasma Diagnostic System with a Langmuir Probe and Study of a Capacitively Coupled Argon Plasma -- Photo-Detachment of H- in Magnetized Cascaded Arc Hydrogen Plasma -- Monte Carlo Simulation for an Electrical Discharge in O2 -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.