ISAF - ECAPD - PFM 2012

  • 16-20 Jul 2012
  • University of Aveiro, Portugal

Description

IISAF -  ECAPD - PFM  is a joined conference of the following:

  • International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics (ISAF)
  • European Conference on the Applications of Polar Dielectrics (ECAPD)
  • International Symposium Piezoresponse Force Microscopy and Nanoscale Phenomena in Polar Materials (PFM)

ISAF-ECAPD-PFM is dedicated to developments in the field of ferroelectrics and related materials and their applications, including novel nanoscale methods of their investigation.

The ISAF-ECAPD-PFM covers topics such as:

  • Bulk Materials (Single crystals; Ceramics; Polymers, Liquid crystals & composites)
  • Applications (Medical transducers; Energy harvesting devices; High power ultrasound in medicine & materials science; sensors & devices in harsh environments; Actuators; Novel applications (connectorless power supplies using piezos, etc.)); MRI Concepts (Dielectrics for focusing, etc.)
  • Dielectrics (Capacitors; Ultra high-K materials; RF and THz materials & properties)
  • Conduction Phenomena, Point Defects & Nanoionics (Electroresistive and neuromorphic systems; Multilevel ferroelectric devices; Ferroelectric and magnetoresistive barriers; Fundamental aspects of ionic motion & defects in functional oxides; Energy storage systems; Fuel cells and air batteries )
  • Ferroelectrics & Antiferroelectrics for Energy Applications (Electrocaloric materials & devices; Ferroelectric photovoltaics; Thermoelectric materials and devices)
  • Domain Engineering (Materials with enhanced properties; Electrooptical materials)
  • Multiferroics and Magnetoelectric Effects
  • Ferroelectric Memory Materials & Devices
  • New Characterization Techniques (Piezo-response force microscopy; Non-contact scanning probe microsocpies; Optical near field imaging; Focused X-ray microscopy; Broadband dielectric spectroscopy)
  • Nanoscale Phenomena (Nanostructure and size effects on piezo-/ferroelectric properties)
  • Optical Phenomena (Signal processing; Storage devices; Periodic poling; Photonic band-gaps)
  • Novel Advances in Ferroelectrics
  • Pyroelectric Materials and Devices
  • Piezoelectricity (High-performance piezoelectric single crystals; Lead-based piezo-ceramics; Lead-free piezoelectrics; MEMS and other integrated piezo-devices)
  • Theory and Modelling (Domain structure; Phase transitions; Critical phenomena; Density functional theory; First-principles calculations)
  • Relaxor Ferroelectrics/Dielectrics
  • Ferroelectric Photovoltaics (Bulk and barrier photovoltaic effect, photostriction, photopoling, photoconductivity etc.)
  • Thick & Thin Films (Preparation, characterization & applications)

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