Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics, 2002
To be held at:
Radisson Barcelo Hotel
2121 P Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037
February 3-6, 2002
The schedule is now available.
This workshop will cover forefront experimental and theoretical
research on the fundamental understanding of ferroelectrics. Ferroelectrics are
exceedingly useful materials in modern technology, with applications as
transducers, actuators, dielectrics, and nonvolatile memories. In addition, they
present fundamental problems in the behavior of insulators in electric fields,
spontaneous polarization, piezoelectricity, phase transitions, extreme
sensitivity to temperature, composition, and pressure. Experimental and
theoretical advances in the last decade have stimulated a major resurgence of
interest in this classic problem of condensed matter physics. The workshop is
sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and the Carnegie Institution of
Washington.
This workshop is a sequel to a series of alternating experimental and theoretical meetings on fundamental issues in ferroelectrics held in Colonial Williamsburg each year since 1990. This workshop will jointly address experimental and theoretical issues in synthesizing, measuring, understanding, and predicting the behavior of these fascinating materials.
Key problems to be addresses in include
understanding of ferroelectric superlattices, the “real structure” of
ferroelectrics, large strain piezoelectric single crystals, domain effects on
piezoelectric response, materials under finite electric fields, ferroelectric
solid solutions, thin films, and all aspects of electromechanical response.
There will also be a few more applied talks on piezoelectric applications.
The meeting will run from 5:00 pm February 3
to 1 pm February 6. Sessions on Monday through Wednesday will be held at the Radisson Barcelo Hotel Washington,
2121 P Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Registration and welcome party will be
held at Carnegie Institution of Washington,
1530 P Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 5:00-7:30 on Sunday February 3. The
Carnegie Institution will be celebrating its Centennial with a exhibit of 20th
century science.
You must make your own hotel
reservations: mention Ferro2002 or
the Carnegie Institution of Washington to get the special rates. Rooms are
reserved at the Radisson Barcelo
Hotel Washington, 2121 P Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. (202) 293-3100,
Fax: (202) 331-9719, $149/night and at Homewood
Suites, 1475 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 265-8000 Fax: (202) 265-5810. $139/night
single and double, $159/triple, $179 Quad. Reservations
must be made by January 4, 2002. After that rooms will be released and your
will be on your own!
Advanced
registration is now closed. Registration on site will be possible, space
permitting on payment of the conference fee. On site registrants can present
posters if space is available.
A registration meals fee of $250 will be charged to each
participant, which cannot be waived. This fee includes a copy of the
proceedings, coffee breaks, a light buffet at the Carnegie Institution on
Sunday February 3, and lunches and dinners on Monday and Tuesday at the
Radisson Barcelo Hotel as a group. Please note that we cannot accept credit cards; cash or checks are acceptable.
Abstracts:
One page abstracts were due January 4.
Proceedings:
The proceedings will be published as a Conference Proceedings volume by the American Institute of Physics. Papers are limited to ten pages, and should be turned in by email in camera-ready format (LaTeX using the AIP 6x9 style files). Please read the directions available there, and also print out and sign the copyright form to be returned at the meeting. The AIP publishes very rapidly, and it is extremely important to turn in the manuscript in time. Manuscripts will be reviewed at the workshop, and the final deadline for the final revised manuscripts will be March 11. Manuscripts should be entirely electronic, with embedded postscript figures suitable for printing. Please email as zip files (or compressed tar files) to cohen@gl.ciw.edu . Please be sure to use the proper style files, to stick to the 10 page limit, and be aware of the deadlines. Late papers may not be included.
Poster
session:
There
will be a poster session. Please email by January 4 if you would like to
present a poster.
Organizing committee:
Ronald
Cohen, Carnegie Institution of Washington, cohen@gl.ciw.edu
Takeshi Egami, University of Pennsylvania, egami@seas.upenn.edu
Previous
workshops::
Some previous workshop web pages are available… 2001, 2000, 1999
For further
information, contact Ronald Cohen or Takeshi Egami