THE 9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED MATERIALS, ROCAM 2017

7. Advances in dielectric, ferroelectric, multiferroic materials

Scope
Among the emerging materials with increased potential of application in high-tech industry sectors are those with dielectric, ferroelectric and multiferroic properties. The section will address latest developments in the field, from theory to novel functionalities and applications.

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

Fundamentals of ferroelectric single crystals, thin films, ceramics and nanostructures.
New aspects in ferroic and improper ferroelectrics.
Dielectric and impedance spectroscopy of ferroelectrics.
Molecular relaxation and conductivity in phase transition of ferroelectrics.
Advanced characterization of ferroelectrics and multiferroics (SPM techniques, XPS and related techniques, etc.)
Engineering the properties of ferroelectrics (domains, band gap, physical properties)
Size effects and interfaces in ferroelectrics and multiferroics
Applications of ferroelectrics and multiferroics

Other subjects related to dielectrics, ferroelectrics and multiferroics are welcome.

This symposium intends to bring together international scientists with common professional interests to share experimental results and new ideas in this area.

Section Organizers
Lucian Pintilie, National Institute of Materials Physics, Romania,
C. M. Teodorescu, National Institute of Materials Physics, Romania,
D. Bilc, INCDTIM, Cluj-Napoca, Romania,

Invited papers

Horia Alexandru	About the nature of ferroelectric transition in TGS
Jorge Iniguez	Exotic orders and emergent phenomena in ferroelectrics
Ionela Lindfors-Vrejoiu	Driving forces and challenges for interfacing functional perovskite oxides
Aurelian Rotaru	Temperature and pressure effect on the dielectric and charge transport properties of spin crossover materials
Florencio Sanchez	Tuning Lattice Strain and Electrical Properties of Epitaxial Ferroelectric BaTiO3 Films on Si(001)
Andreas Schoenhals	Molecular Dynamics of Discotic Liquid Crystals in the Bulk and Embedded in Nanochanels