Topics

The meeting will comprise joint sessions of ISAF and PFM, covering the whole of ferroelectric and related materials and their applications, including theory and modelling, materials preparation and characterization and device physics.
  1. 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.)
  2. Bulk Materials (Single crystals; Ceramics; Polymers, Liquid crystals & composites)
  3. 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 )
  4. Dielectrics (Capacitors; Ultra high-K materials; RF and THz materials & properties)
  5. Domain Engineering (Materials with enhanced properties; Electrooptical materials)
  6. Ferroelectrics & Antiferroelectrics for Energy Applications (Electrocaloric materials & devices; Ferroelectric photovoltaics; Thermoelectric materials and devices)
  7. Ferroelectric Memory Materials & Devices
  8. Multiferroics and Magnetoelectric Effects
  9. Nanoscale Phenomena (Nanostructure and size effects on piezo-/ferroelectric properties)
  10. New Characterization Techniques (Piezo-response force microscopy; Non-contact scanning probe microsocpies; Optical near field imaging; Focused X-ray microscopy; Broadband dielectric spectroscopy)
  11. Novel Advances in Ferroelectrics
  12. Optical Phenomena (Signal processing; Storage devices; Periodic poling; Photonic band-gaps)
  13. Piezoelectricity (High-performance piezoelectric single crystals; Lead-based piezo-ceramics; Lead-free piezoelectrics; MEMS and other integrated piezo-devices)
  14. Pyroelectric Materials and Devices
  15. Relaxor Ferroelectrics/Dielectrics
  16. Theory and Modelling (Domain structure; Phase transitions; Critical phenomena; Density functional theory; First-principles calculations)
  17. Thick & Thin Films (Preparation, characterization & applications)