Information Booklet Welcome in ! We are happy to see you here, at the 2nd International Conference on Nanomaterials by Severe Plastic Deformation Fundamentals – Processing – Applications ¨

Location of Welcome Reception, Conference Auditory, Registration & Tourism Desks The conference starts with a Welcome Reception on Sunday, Dec. 27, 16:00, in Palais Strudlhof, a historic and prominent building from the time of Austrian Monarchy (its site is marked by number 2 in the map at the end of this booklet). Participants are asked to register and submit their manuscripts already there, in order to avoid a big rush in the morning of Monday when time and space will be quite limited. Moreover, participants are warmly recommended to attend this reception, with the high intention to allow for first and nice contacts among them. Sandwiches and good drinks will be offered for free to bring us closer to this goal. The conference will be held at the famous Boltzmann Center of the University Vienna where formerly Lise Meitner, Erwin Schrödinger and Erich Schmid gave their lectures. This center hosting also the Materials Physics Institute are situated at Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090, Vienna; its location has been marked in the booklet’s map by number (1). The oral presentations will take place in the large auditory of the Materials Physics Institute in third floor. The desks for registration/information, and for tourism (travel agency “Der Schwentenwein”) will be arranged right of the entrance of auditory. The registration desk will be continuously open on Monday from 7:30 to 18:30, on Tuesday and Thursday from 8:00 to 18:00, and on Wednesday and Friday from 8:00 to 14:30. The tourism desk will be open on Monday from 7:30 to 9:00, and all days from Tuesday to Friday from 8:00 to 9:00. Please do not hesitate to contact the organizing team (team members wear green badges) if you have some questions or problems. In case of very urgent needs, please contact the Conference Chairman (Prof. Michael J. Zehetbauer) via his mobile phone 06991-9464116. Accommodation The conference participants will be accommodated at several hotels and a youth residence which are quite close to our Institute. The locations of these hotels are marked in the map, too, by the numbers given in parentheses:

· Hotel Regina ****, 1090 Wien, Rooseveltplatz 15, Tel. +43-1-408-83-92 (5) · ARCOTEL Boltzmann****, 1090 Wien, Boltzmanngasse 8, Tel. +43-1-316-12-0 (3) · Hotel-Pension Bleckmann***, 1090 Wien, Währinger Str. 15, Tel. +43-1-408-08-99-0 (4) · Jugendgästehaus (Youth Residence) Brigittenau, 1200 Wien, Friedrich Engels Pl. 24 (not indicated on the map). In order to reach the conference site from this residence you should take the tram with number 33. On Sundays or at late night, take tram line 31 and change to tram line 5. The tram stops are situated rather close to the Institute; the stops for both directions (arrival/departure) are marked in the map at the end of this booklet. All registered accompanying persons and students will receive a free week ticket for all kinds of public traffic in all Vienna. Daily lunches A three-course-lunch will be served by two turns at Arcotel Boltzmann. Additionally, a buffet with a selection of fine salads will be available. Participants can choose between lunch times either at 12:00 (green tickets) or 13:30 (red tickets). Reserved tickets are to be purchased at the conference desk (each lunch € 12,-- including salad bar and soft drinks), on occasion of the registration. Vegetarian menus will be available by request (light green tickets, first turn only). If you prefer to have lunch by your own choice you will find several nice cafés and restaurants in the environment of the conference site; a list of recommended inns is given below. For your convenience, we have marked these places at the map as well (see numbers in parentheses): · Cafe “SHOOTERS” (all-you-can-eat-buffet for € 4,50 for students) (7) · Pizzeria-Ristorante “GIULIANO 2” (pizzas, pastas and fish) (8) · Greek Restaurant “GRIECHISCHE TAVERNE” (lamb, fish; reduced price menus on working days) (9) · China Restaurant “GOLDENER DRACHE” (reduced price menus on working days) (10) · Viennese Restaurant “WICKERL” (local food, reduced price menus on working days) (11)

Internet Café For your e-mail and web needs, an Internet café with 6 Personal Computers will be arranged at the fourth floor of the Materials Physics Institute. It will be continuously open at each day of conference from 7:30 till 19:00. From 7:30 to 8:30, from 18:00 to 19:00, and during all coffee breaks and lunch times, an expert of the Conference Team will be present. Because of social events of conference, and current computer education courses of the Institute, however, there will be some closing periods of the internet cafe: On Monday between 11:00-13:00, Tuesday after 18:00 (social evening event) , Wednesday after 14:30 (conference excursion), and Thursday between 14:00-16:00.

Weather in Vienna in December Weather in Vienna at the time of conference may be both cloudy or sunny. In case of clouds, temperatures should be between 0° - 5°C during the day, and maybe some frost in the night. This type of weather is part of the one coming from the west, and is sometimes accompanied by rain or snow. In case of sunny weather, temperatures are expected to be not higher than about 0°C during the day, and down to –10° C in the night, being typical of an “east weather” situation. Presentations of Lectures & Posters

Presentation of Oral Contribution For the preparation of your oral contribution, please take into account that the regular speaking time should not exceed 15 min for standard lectures, and 25 min for the keynote lectures, in order to have 5 min left for the discussion of your presentation. Lecturers will be given a sign by the session chairman after regular speaking time. You are free to present your contribution by means of transparencies via an overhead project or by means of a MS Windows Power Point file via a beamer. It is sufficient if you store this file on a CD and forward it to a person of our audio/video team, just before the beginning of the session for which your contribution is scheduled. Because of acoustic conditions, speakers are requested to use a microfon during their lecture which will be provided by our audio/video team.

Presentation of Posters For the presentation of your poster, please consider that you have to design it in upright position. The outer dimension must not exceed European format A0 (118.9 cm in height, 84.1 cm in width), and the written area should be approx. 100 cm in height, and 70 cm in width. The whole middle part of third floor of Materials Physics Institute will be reserved for the poster presentation. The sites of posters are indicated by blue background and, on their top, by the number of your poster contribution (please see program). The posters are to be mounted by adhesive tape available at the conference desk. In order to provide an optimum publication time, the posters of Poster Show I should be mounted already in the morning of Monday, Dec. 9, that of Poster Show II in the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 11. All posters must be removed immediately after the related Poster Show. Tools for de-mounting can be borrowed from the conference desk team.

Submission of Papers Standard and invited contributions will be peer reviewed and published in a hardcover proceedings booklet by Wiley-VCH, under patronage of the DGM (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Materialkunde e.V.). The keynote contributions will be also published in a regular issue of "Advanced Engineering Materials". The page limits will be 6 (six) pages for standard contributions, and 10 (ten) pages for invited contributions. Please submit one original and two copies of the complete manuscript (laser output) plus one electronic version of the manuscript. Your paper will be given a number which is identical with that shown in the program. Please use this number in all correspondence with the chairman and the editor. Laser output: In general, the higher the number of dots per inch (dpi) of your output, the better; we regard 600 dpi. Please use nontranslucent white paper and print on one side of the page only. Electronic version: Further to the laser output we need also an electronic version of your manuscript. We recommend the usage of Word or Word for Windows. Other programs should be discussed with the publisher before you start writing. The files can be provided to us on CD, 3 1/2 inch floppy (Mac or DOS) or ZIP disk. Please always specify which program you have used and if generated on a Mac or in Windows. Illustrations not integrated in the text should be sent as EPS- or TIFF files. More details of the necessary style of manuscripts can be read/downloaded from the conference homepage. You should forward your manuscript (original + 2 copies + diskette) to the organizing members during the following times:

· on Sunday Dec. 8, from 16:00 till 20:00 during the Welcome Reception in Palais Strudlhof;

· from Monday, Dec. 9, but latest till Wednesday , Dec. 11, 14:30 h, in the Internet Cafe to the expert of Organizing Committee who is present between 7:30-8:30 and 18:00-19:00, and during the coffee breaks and lunch times.

Your manuscript will be forwarded to the chairman of that session where you gave your keynote, oral or poster contribution. The chairman will select a referee within usual peer review system and decide on the final acceptance of the manuscript.

Programme (schematic) Sunday Dec. 8, 2002

16:00 – Registration & - 20:00 & Welcome Reception in Palais Strudlhof (see map)

Monday Dec. 9, 2002

7:30 Registration (at Dec 10-13, Registration will open at 8:00) 8:00 Welcome Addresses: Conference Chairman, Head of Materials Physics Institute, Delegate of the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture, Representative of the Vienna Business Agency 8:20 Opening by the Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 8:30-10:00 Technical Program 9:00-12:00 Tour “Vienna by Anecdotes” (to be booked with travel agency “Der Schwentenwein” at the conference desk) 10:00-10:30 Coffee Break 10:30-12:00 Technical Program 12:00-14:30 Lunch 14:30-16:00 Technical Program 14:30-17:30 Tour “Along the Traces of the Habsburger” (to be booked with travel agency “Der Schwentenwein” at the conference desk) 16:00-16:30 Coffee Break 16:30-18:00 Technical Program

Tuesday Dec 10, 2002

8:30-10:00 Technical Program 9:00-12:00 Tour “Vienna State Opera” (to be booked with travel agency “Der Schwentenwein” at the conference desk) 10:00-10:30 Coffee Break 10:30-12:00 Technical Program 12:00-14:30 Lunch 14:30-16:00 Technical Program 14:30-17:30 Tour “The Belvedere Palaces” (to be booked with travel agency “Der Schwentenwein” at the conference desk) 16:00-18:00 Coffee and Technical Program 19:00 Social Evening Event: Vienna “Heurigen – The Wine of the Year”, in Grinzing (for all participants and accompanying persons). Busses leave at 18:00 to Grinzing; for returning, an “early bus” will leave at 22:00, a “late bus” will leave at 23:00, both dropping participants first at JH Brigittenau, second at Arcotel Boltzmann

Wednesday, Dec 11, 2002

8:30-10:00 Technical Program 9:00-12:00 Tour “Strolling & Shopping in Vienna (free participation for registered accompanying persons) 10:00-10:30 Coffee Break 10:30-12:00 Technical Program 12:00-14:30 Lunch later: General Conference Excursion: (for all participants) Type A: Schloss Schönbrunn – The Emperor’s Summer Residence Meeting Place/Time: Station “Schönbrunn” of Undergr. Line U4, at 15:30 Type B: Schönbrunn Tiergarten – The World’s Oldest Live Animal Show Meeting Place/Time: Station “Hietzing” of Undergr. Line U4, at 15:30

For short relaxing after the guided tour, participants may visit the Cafe- Restaurant “RESIDENZ” which is located in the arcades left of the Palace

18:00 Common Meeting at Open Air Evening with Punsch at Romantic Christmas Market in front of the Palace of Schönbrunn (for all participants)

Thursday Dec 12, 2002

8:30-10:00 Technical Program 9:00-12:00 Tour “St. Stephan’s Cathedral and its feudal environment” (to be booked with travel agency “Der Schwentenwein” at the conference desk) 10:00-10:30 Coffee Break 10:30-12:20 Technical Program 12:20-14:30 Lunch 14:30-16:00 Technical Program 14:30-17:30 Tour “The Museum of Fine Arts” (to be booked with travel agency “Der Schwentenwein” at the conference desk) 16:00-18:00 Coffee and Technical Program 19:00 Vienna Ringstraße Sight Seeing Tour (starting from Arcotel Boltzmann) 20:00 Festive Dinner in Original Old Vienna Style, at Palais Pallavicini (see map)

Friday, Dec. 13, 2002

8:30-10:00 Technical Program 9:00-12:00 Tour “Treasury and Kapuziner vault” (to be booked with travel agency “Der Schwentenwein” at the conference desk) 10:00-10:30 Coffee Break 10:30-12:00 Technical Program 12:00-14:30 Lunch 14:30-16:00 Technical Program 14:30-17:30 Tour “MQ, Museum’s Quarter” (to be booked with travel agency “Der Schwentenwein” at the conference desk) 16:00-16:30 Coffee Break 16:30-18:00 Technical Program 18:00 Closing Ceremony 19:30 Concert in Large Hall of Vienna’s Concert House

Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002

8:00-19:00 One day trip: “Vienna – Leoben – Semmering” (to be booked with travel agency “Der Schwentenwein” at the conference desk)

Accompanying Persons‘ Program

Note: Accompanying Persons’ may have daily lunch together with other participants. Special order necessary (form & details see homepage). Time: Mo-Fr 12:00 – 14:30)

Monday Dec. 9, 2002 / morning

Vienna by Anecdotes This old suburb of Vienna is full of romantic lanes and dreamy corners, but reveals also highly interesting and important places. We walk through narrow streets and quiet yards, and learn about the University Quarter with the old University (now home of the Austrian Academy of Sciences), the student pubs and the church of the Jesuits. Anecdotes about the citizens and the life in former centuries highlight the sights and places along this walk.

Prices: € 22,-- (5 to 14 participants), € 15,-- (15 or more) Meeting Place: Materials Physics Institute, Conference Desk (3rd floor) Time: 09:00 – 12:00 h

Monday Dec. 9, 2002 / afternoon

Along the Tracks of the Habsburgs Over the centuries, the dynasty of the Habsburgs has dominated the history of , Europe and, partly, of the whole world. During this walk you learn the places where the Habsburgs used to live and reign. You see the interior of the emperor’s and his family’s apartments of the „Hofburg“, pass the quarters of the Austrian government and visit the residences of the Austrian President, of Austrian Prime Minister, and of the Ministers for Internal and External affairs. The walk finishes after passing the famous „Herrengasse“ where a lot of typical Vienna “Palais” and the famous authors’ and poets’ “Cafe Central“ are situated. Prices: € 28,-- (5 to 14 participants), € 21,-- (15 and more) Meeting Place: Materials Physics Institute, Conference Desk (3rd floor) Time: 14.30 – 17.30 h

Free Evening To Participants’ Own Disposal

(or, but not settled yet at the time of printing: Reception in City Hall, by Lord Mayor of Vienna, for all participants and accompanying persons)

Tuesday Dec. 10, 2002 / morning

Vienna State Opera The Vienna State Opera is one of the most prominent opera houses of the world. The building itself earns much interest from an architectural point of view. You will be introduced into the history of the opera, visit the stage, the auditorium and the foyer with scenes of the „Magic Flut“ by famous Austrian painter Moritz von Schwindt, and you will walk over the magnificent staircase. Later you follow the tracks of well-known Austrian musicians and see the places in Vienna where Mozart composed, Haydn lived and Beethoven played his music.

Prices: € 26,50 (5 to 14 participants), € 18,50 (15 and more) Meeting Place: Materials Physics Institute, Conference Desk (3rd floor) Time: 9:00 – 12:00 h ! Attention: If rehearsals are being held, dates and times may change !

Tuesday Dec 10, 2002 / afternoon

The Belvedere Palaces Besides Schoenbrunn, the two palaces of Belvedere are the most important examples of baroque art in Vienna. Within this walk we visit these glorious buildings and the impressive arrangement and decorations of the marvellous Baroque Garden surrounding them. Visiting the upper palace which hosts the famous Austrian Gallery we admire the well known paintings of Gustav Klimt in Noveau Art style, and those of the expressionists Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele which contrast greatly with the first ones although they were created in almost the same period. The palace is also famous for the signing event of the Austrian State Contract in 1955 which has remained the basis of the Austrian Republic till today. Prices: € 32,-- (5 to 14 participants), € 23,-- (15 and more) Meeting Place: Materials Physics Institute, Conference Desk (3rd floor) Time: 14:30 – 17:30 h

Evening, 19:00 h: Social Event: Vienna “Heurigen-The Wine of the Year”, in Grinzing (free for all registered participants & accompanying persons)

Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002 / morning

Strolling & Shopping in Vienna

Today, accompanying persons are given a free morning to make their own arrangements. However, for those preferring a communal activity, Mrs. Susan Watts, the wife of an English colleague, will guide a tour through Vienna’s most popular shopping street “Mariahilfer Strasse“ (or elsewhere if there is demand).

Prices: Free participation for registered Accompanying Persons. Meeting Place: Materials Physics Institute, Conference Desk (3rd floor) Time: 9:00 – 12:00 h

Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002 / afternoon

General Conference Excursion: Schönbrunn This excursion is open to all conference attendees; participants can choose between either visiting the palace of Schönbrunn, the summer residence of the Habsburgs (tour A), or the world’s oldest animal show (tour B). Please mark in the related lists available at the conference desk which tour you prefer. Participants for tour A meet at Underground Line U4, Station “Schönbrunn” at 15:30, participants for tour B at Underground Line U4, station “Hietzing” at 15:30. After the special tours, all participants meet at the place in front of the palace where a lovely Christmas market invites for a hot Punch and delicious Christmas biscuits. All participants will receive 2 tickets for public transport to and from the excursion site. Tour A: The Schönbrunn Palace Schönbrunn Palace was generally used as the summer residence of the Habsburgs. In this palace, Emperor Francis Joseph was born in 1830, and he also spent the last years of his life here. Owing to its historical importance, its beautiful location, its magnificent architecture and the splendid layout of its gardens, this palace is among the very top sights in Vienna. The famous state and guestrooms where used for example by Maria Theresa for secret conferences, and by Napoleon and his generals for strategic meetings. In 1772, the six-year-old child prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gave a concert in the Hall of Mirrors. Most of the walls and ceilings of the state and guest rooms have white-lacquered surfaces with ornamentation covered with gold leaf. Bohemian crystal chandeliers and white porcelain tile stoves are also part of the harmonious design. By contrast, the living quarters and offices used by Emperor Francis Joseph are simple and very unpretentious. We shall also see the Room of Millions, probably the most magnificent Rococo room anywhere in the world, which is panelled with rosewood and decorated from floor to ceiling with priceless Indian and Persian miniatures. In 1814-15, the “Congress of Vienna danced” in the Grand Gallery; today, the Austrian government gives state receptions there when important heads of state come to Austria for official visits. Prices: Free participation for registered Accompanying Persons and Students Others: € 22,-- including public transport and entrance (minimum number of participants: 50)

Tour B: 250 Years Animal Show Schönbrunn During a guided tour you can admire exotic and even wild animals in wide enclosures - from inside the original baroque cages – man becoming animal, animal becoming man - which is a gag of modern architects of Schönbrunn Zoo, the oldest animal show in the world. Among many other attractions, you pass the forest enclosure of the timber wolves, the old Emperor's Pavillon and experience the tropic climate and vegetation in the recently opened “rain forest house”. Prices: Free participation for registered Accompanying Persons and Students Others: € 22,-- including public transport and entrance (minimum number of participants: 50)

Thursday, December 12, 2002 / morning St. Stephan’s Cathedral and its grand environment St. Stephen's Cathedral is Austria's most eminent Gothic edifice. The oldest parts, the Giant Gate and the Towers of the Heathens even have Romanesque origin. When building in the Gothic style ceased, the unfinished North Tower, 224 feet high, was capped with a makeshift Renaissance spire in 1579. This tower houses Austria's largest known as the Boomer Bell (Pummerin) which is used only on New Years Eve. In the South Tower, the 343 steps of a tight spiral staircase lead up to the former watchman's lookout 246 feet above street level; from there, one has a wonderful view over the central city, e.g. the “Graben” (=some kind of “ditch”) and the “Kohlmarkt” (“cabbage market”). Here we will walk later and see the sumptuous shops where the High Society still buys exclusive items as in the times of the former Austrian monarchy. Prices: € 24,50 (5 to 14 participants), € 17,50 (15 or more) Meeting Place: Materials Physics Institute, Conference Desk (3rd floor) Time: 09:00 – 12:00 h

Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002 / afternoon The Museum of Fine Arts The Museum of Fine Arts ranks among the richest and most important art collections in the world. It hosts the unique Picture Gallery with paintings of Rubens, Rembrandt, Raphael, Titian and the most comprehensive collection of Bruegel’s paintings in the world. With a synoptic tour, you will get acquainted with the paintings, the gorgeous architecture and the highly artistic decoration of the house itself. Prices: € 31,-- (5 to 14 participants), € 21,-- (15 or more) Meeting Place: Materials Physics Institute, Conference Desk (3rd floor) Time: 14:30 – 17:30 h

Evening, 19:00 h: Vienna Ringstraße Sight Seeing Tour (starting by busses from ARCOTEL Boltzmann 20:00 h: Festive Conference Dinner, in Original Old Vienna Style, at Palais Pallavicini (both events free for all fully registered participants & accompanying persons)

Friday, Dec. 13, 2002 / morning Treasury and Kapuziner vault The objects kept in the Secular Treasury are of the highest order and reflect more than a thousand years of European history. The uniqueness and value of crowns, vestments, jewellery and heirlooms from numerous countries compare with the treasury in the Tower of London. We shall admire the insignia and jewels of the , including the imperial crown. They represent the most important collection of medieval royal objects still in existence today. We see the treasures of the Order of the Golden Fleece which came to Vienna from Brussels in the late 18th century. The Ecclesiastical Treasury consists of the liturgical implements and relics used and collected at the imperial court.

The Kapuziner vault is the family grave of the Habsburger and has been erected under the Kapuziner Church in 1622. Since that time, 103 members (among these empress Maria Theresa and her husband Franz, emperor Franz Josef I) and close relatives of the Habsburg family from three centuries have found their eternal peace there. The last solemn funeral took place in 1989 when the last Habsburg empress, Zita, was buried. All the sarkophagi are artistic masterpieces of the Vienna Tinsmiths. In order to protect them from corrosion, extensive redevelopments of the vault were started in the fifties and are still being carried out.

Prices: € 32,60 (5 to 14 participants), € 23,60,-- (15 or more) Meeting Place: Materials Physics Institute, Conference Desk (3rd floor) Time: 9:00 – 12:00 h Friday, Dec. 13, 2002 / afternoon MQ, Museum’s Quarter Since its opening in September 2001, Vienna's so called “Museum Quarter” has become its most spectacular cultural complex. It is located on the fringe of Vienna's old city, and has been constructed from and within the buildings of former court stables; it represents a sensational mixture of revitalized baroque architecture and the impressive modern edifices, like the chalk-white Leopold Museum, the Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna shrouded in dark-grey basalt, and others. Within this guided tour we shall see important paintings by Klimt, Kokoschka and Schiele (Leopold Collection) and important examples of the arts of the 20th century (Ludwig Foundation).

Prices: € 38,-- (5 to 14 participants), € 31,-- (15 or more) Meeting Place: Materials Physics Institute, Conference Desk (3rd floor) Time: 14:30 – 17:30 h

Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002 One day trip: Vienna – Leoben – Semmering Participants who have to stay in Vienna up to Sunday because of APEX ticket conditions are offered a bus trip to Leoben where they can visit the Institute of Materials Science of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, participate in a guided tour there and see recent ECA and HPT facilities built by the SPD research group. At the same time, accompanying persons will visit the highlights of old Leoben which is the oldest Metal Mine City in Austria: among these are the charming market place, the “Mushroom” Tower at the old city wall, and the wonderful Medieval Church. Another attraction to be visited is the old and beautiful monastery in Göß. At the end of their separate tours, all participants will come together at the restaurant of the famous brewery “Gösser”, for a genuine Styrian lunch. During the return trip, we shall stop at Vienna’s traditional recreation area “Semmering” with all the magnificent villas and hotels built during the late Austrian-Hungarian monarchy, and later we shall visit the exceptional baroque pilgrim’s church in Maria Schutz.

Price: € 38,-- Minimum number of participants: 25 Meeting Place: In front of the side entrance of Materials Physics Institute, Boltzmanngasse 5 Time: 08:00 – 19:00 h