1. Crystal Growth Fundamentals and Applications

Scope
Single crystals have a fundamental role in modern technology. Devices performances are limited by specific properties of materials. A good knowledge of structure and essential properties, allow tailoring new hybrid or composite materials. Basic properties of crystalline materials are the turning point in new composition creation. The properties of thin films with polycrystalline or epitaxial structure can be tailored, starting from the properties of the bulk crystalline materials. However, new crystalline materials require special processing route and technology in order to produce components of complex shape, with high reliability and low cost.

Topics
The section will focus on theoretical and experimental advances in structural, physical, chemical, optical and nonlinear phenomena and processes related to the design, growth, and application of crystalline materials, covering topics such as:

•  Structural and physical characterization of inorganic crystals
•  Thermodynamic, phase diagrams of new compounds
•  New crystal growth techniques
•  New inorganic crystal growth, properties and applications
•  Crystal with uncommon or extreme properties – quasicrystals
•  Rare-earth or transition-metal doped crystals, characterization and applications
•  New nonlinear optical crystals, characterization and applications
•  Multifunctional inorganic crystals

This symposium intends to bring together international scientists with common professional interests engaged in the preparation, characterization and application of crystalline materials to share experimental results and new ideas in this area.

Section Organizers
Thomas Kuech, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Detlef, Klimm, Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth (IKZ), Berlin, Germany
Horia Alexandru, University of Bucharest, Romania
Lucian Gheorghe, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Romania.