PROGRAM
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2004
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17:00-19:00 |
Registration and Welcoming Reception |
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19:00-21:00 |
Dinner |
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2004
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08:00-08:25 |
Registration |
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08:25-08:30 |
Welcome |
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Session 1 |
Relaxor Structure and Dynamics |
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08:30-09:15 |
S. B. Vakrushev |
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09:15-09:45 |
T. Egami |
Temperature dependent dynamics and static correlations in relaxor ferroelectric PMN |
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09:45-10:30 |
C. Stock |
Dynamic properties of the relaxors PMN and PZN |
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10:30-10:45 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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10:45-11:30 |
J. Hlinka |
Soft mode dispersion curves in relaxor ferroelectrics by inelastic neutron scattering |
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11:30-12:00 |
P. M. Gehring |
Anisotropic mode-coupling, the waterfall effect, and diffuse scattering in relaxor materials |
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12:00-12:30 |
G. Xu |
Decoupling of lattice distortion and ferroelectric polarization in PZN-xPT and PMN-xPT relaxors |
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12:30-13:40 |
LUNCH |
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Session 2 |
Low-Dimensional Systems – I |
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13:40-14:25 |
H. Fu |
Ferroelectric BaTiO3 quantum dots |
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14:25-14:55 |
N. Sai |
First-principles study of ferroelectric thin film capacitors |
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14:55-15:40 |
J. F. Scott |
Effects of micro-geometry on the physical properties of ferroelectrics |
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15:40-16:00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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16:00-16:30 |
J. Junquera |
Ferroelectricity and tetragonality in perovskite ultrathin films |
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16:30-17:00 |
G. B. Stephenson |
Theory and experiment for 180o stripe domains and critical thickness in ultrathin PbTiO3 films |
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17:00-17:45 |
Y. Yacoby |
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17:45-18:30 |
J. C. Woicik |
Large negative Poisson’s ratio for SrTiO3 thin films grown on Si(001) |
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18:30-19:30 |
DINNER |
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19:30-21:30 |
POSTER SESSION |
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Poster Session
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P1 |
M. Ahart, A. Asthagiri, R. J. Hemley, and R. E. Cohen |
Micro-Brillouin scattering of relaxor ferroelectrics |
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P2 |
R. Ahluwalia, T. Lookman, A. Saxena, and W. Cao |
Ginzburg-Landau study of electromechanical properties of multi-domain ferroelectrics |
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P3 |
A. R.
Akbarzadeh, L. Bellaiche, K. Leung, J. Iniguez, and D. Vanderbilt |
Atomistic simulations of the incipient ferroelectric KTaO3 |
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P4 |
A. Al-Barakaty, L. Bellaiche, R. Haumont, B. Dkhil, J. M. Kiat, and H. Dammak |
Finite-temperature properties of PSN-PT near its MPB |
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P5 |
A. Asthagiri, M. Sepliarsky, Z. Wu, N. Choudhury, and R. E. Cohen |
Fitting shell potential models for PMN and PMN-PT |
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P6 |
I. T. Bodnar and V. P. Yarunichev |
Transition elements impurity influence on the temperature behavior of lithium niobate refractive indices |
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P7 |
W. Cao |
Theoretical and experimental study of domain pattern symmetries in PMN-PT and PZN-PT single crystals |
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P8 |
D. Ceresoli and E. Tosatti |
Ab-initio study of pseudorotations in quantum paraelectric SrTiO3 and KTaO3 |
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P9 |
N. Choudhury, Z. Wu, E. Walter, and R. E. Cohen |
Ab-initio linear response studies of PMN (PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3) and PT (PbTiO3) |
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P10 |
V. R. Cooper, Y.-H. Shin, |
Bond-valence molecular dynamics simulations of PbTiO3 |
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P11 |
C. J. Fennie and K. M. Rabe |
Investigation of lattice instabilities in layered ferroelectrics |
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P12 |
G. Geneste, E. Bousquet, and P. Ghosez |
Ab-initio study of ferroelectric nanowires and nanoparticles |
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P13 |
I. Grinberg and A.M. Rappe |
Silver solid solution piezoelectrics |
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P14 |
R. K. Grubbs, E. L. Venturini, P. G. Clem, J. J. Richardson, G. A. Samara, Z. G. Ye, and Y. Bing |
Pressure study of complex perovskites: Pb(Sc0.5Nb0.5)O3 and CaCu3Ti4O12 |
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P15 |
J. Han, W. Cao, and V. H. Schmidt |
Phase transition behavior in <110> oriented 71%Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-29%PbTiO3 single crystals |
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P16 |
F. Hippert, J. Kreisel, F. Villain, M. Maglione, and A. Simon |
EXAFS investigation of the peculiar relaxor BaTi0.65Zr0.35O3 |
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P17 |
F. Ishii and T. Oguchi |
First-principles study of ferroelectricity in the magnetic semiconductor Cd1-xMnxTe |
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P18 |
F. J. Jiang, O. Svitelskiy, Z. G. Ye, W. Chen, and J. Toulouse |
A critical analysis of the low-frequency Raman spectra of relaxor ferroelectrics: two-time scale dynamics |
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P19 |
K. Johnston and K. M. Rabe |
Self-poling of a PbTiO3 thin film from first principles |
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P20 |
S. Kamba, V. Bovtun, V. Porokhonsky, A. Pashkin, P. Samoukhina, and J. Petzelt |
Ferroelectric soft mode and central mode behavior in relaxor ferroelectics |
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P21 |
H. Kwee, S.
Zhang, H. Krakauer, E. J. Walter |
Auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo calculations of O2 and PbO molecular dissociation energy |
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P22 |
C. Othon and S. Ducharme |
Electron irradiated P(VDF-TrFE) Langmuir-Blodgett films |
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P23 |
M. Poulsen, M. Bai, |
Investigation of ferroelectricity in Poly(methyl vinylidene cyanide) |
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P24 |
S. Prosandeev, E. Cockayne, B. Burton, and A. Turik |
First-principles computations for KTN |
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P25 |
I. P. Raevski, S. I. Raevskaya, S. A. Prosandeev, V. A. Shuvaeva, A. M. Glazer, and M. S. Prosandeeva |
Diffuse first-order phase transition in NaNbO3:Gd |
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P26 |
S. Selenu, M. W. Finnis, and J. Kohanoff |
Size effect and polarization at the ferroelectric-metal interface |
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P27 |
M. Sharma, R. Resta, and R. Car |
Ab-initio molecular dynamics in electric fields via Wannier functions: dielectric properties of liquid water. |
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P28 |
E. Statz, D. W. Ward, R. M. Osgood, and K. A. Nelson |
Phonon-polariton propagation in thin film LiNbO3 |
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P29 |
S. Tinte, K.
M. Rabe, and D. Vanderbilt |
Local structure of PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 from first principles |
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P30 |
A. Tkachuk, P. M. Gehring, and H. Chen |
Neutron studies of anti-ferrodistortive nanodomains in the PMN relaxor |
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P31 |
C.-S. Tu,
F.-T. Wang, W.-T. Shu, P. Han, R. Chien, and V. H. Schmidt |
E-field induced optical properties in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3O3)1-xTixO3 (PMNT) crystal |
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P32 |
C.-S. Tu,
F.-T. Wang, C. L. Tsai, R. Chien, V. H. Schmidt, and H. Luo |
The role of E-field poling on phase transitions in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3O3)1-xTixO3 (PMNT) |
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P33 |
K. Uchida, S. Tsuneyuki, and T. Schimizu |
Theoretical investigation of the carrier-doping modulation of the structural instabilities in SrTiO3 |
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P34 |
E. L. Venturini, G. A. Samara, M. Itoh, R. Wang, and W. Kleeman |
Low temperature dipolar relaxation in quantum paraelectrics: SrTiO3 |
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P35 |
C.-Z. Wang
and H. Krakauer |
First-principles calculations of piezoelectric constants for (Ba1/2La1/2)(Mg1/2Nb1/2)O3 and (Pb1/2La1/2)(Mg1/2Nb1/2)O3: effects of compositional symmetry breaking |
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P36 |
X. Wang, |
Perturbative treatment of lattice dynamics in finite electric fields |
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P37 |
P. Wu |
Design of new perovskites for ferroelectric applications through computational materials modeling and simulation |
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P38 |
X. Wu, D.
Vanderbilt, and D. R. Hamann |
Systematic treatment of displacements, strains, and electric fields in density-functional perturbation theory |
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P39 |
Z. Wu, R. E. Cohen, and D. J. Singh |
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P40 |
R. Zhang, B. Jiang, and W. Cao |
Superior lateral electromechanical properties of [011] poled PZN-PT single crystals |
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2004
Session 3 |
Light Scattering / Susceptibility |
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08:30-09:00 |
R. Mamin |
Dynamic inhomogeneities due to the charge localization dynamics and photostimulated phenomenon in PMN |
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09:00-09:30 |
D. A. Tenne |
Lattice dynamics in BaxSr1-xTiO3 single crystals and thin fims studied by Raman spectroscopy |
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09:30-10:15 |
E. V. Colla |
The dielectric nonlinear properties of some disordered complex perovskites |
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10:15-10:30 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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Session 4 |
Low-Dimensional Systems – II |
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10:30-11:00 |
C. Bungaro |
Surface and interface effects in ferroelectric thin films and multilayer structures |
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11:00-11:30 |
O. Dieguez |
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11:30-12:00 |
E. Salje |
Surface relaxations in ferroelectric and ferroelastic materials |
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12:00-13:10 |
LUNCH |
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Session 5 |
First-Principles |
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13:10-13:55 |
D. J. Singh |
First-principles investigation of novel ferroelectric perovskites based on A-site substitutions in BiScO3 – PbTiO3 |
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13:55-14:25 |
R. E. Cohen |
First-principles simulations of large strain piezoelectric transducer materials |
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14:25-14:55 |
L. Bellaiche |
Understanding and designing complex ferroelectrics from first principles |
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14:55-15:25 |
M. Veithen |
First-principles study of the electrooptic effect in ferroelectric oxides |
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15:25-15:45 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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Session 6 |
Pressure Studies |
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15:45-16:30 |
I. A. Kornev |
High pressure phases in highly piezoelectric PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3 |
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16:30-17:00 |
J. Kreisel |
Pressure instabilities in relaxor ferroelectrics |
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17:00-17:30 |
G. A. Samara |
Dipolar centers in incipient ferroelectrics: Mn and Fe in KTaO3 – effects of pressure |
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Session 7 |
SBN – PNR and Aging Effects |
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17:30-18:00 |
W. Kleeman |
Dynamics of polar nanodomains and critical behavior of the uniaxial relaxor SBN |
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18:00-18:30 |
M. B. Weissman |
Aging in SBN: contrast with perovskite relaxors |
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19:30-21:30 |
CONFERENCE DINNER |
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2004
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Session 8 |
Applications |
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08:00-08:45 |
H. C. Robinson |
Applications of ferroelectric single crystals in Navy sonar |
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08:45-09:30 |
P. Han |
PMN-PT single crystals, recent development and challenges |
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Session 9 |
Multiferroics |
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09:30-10:00 |
D. W. Ward |
The role of multiferroics in the negative index of refraction |
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10:00-10:30 |
A. L. Roytburd |
Theory and modeling of multiferroic heterostructures |
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10:30-10:45 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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Session 10 |
Polymers |
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10:45-11:15 |
S. Nakhmanson |
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11:15-11:45 |
M. Bai |
Crystalline nanomesa and nanowell formations from ferroelectric polymer Langmuir-Blodgett films |
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11:45-12:15 |