Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics, 2008
To be held at the:
Woodlands Conference Center
in
Colonial
Williamsburg
Williamsburg , Virginia
February 10-13, 2008
Sponsored by:
Carnegie
Institution of Washington
U. S.
Office of Naval Research
Information for Presenters:
There will be a LCD projector or an overhead (with a single projection screen) for speakers. The poster boards size is 4'x 8'. There is no facility for LCD presentations for the poster sessions.
Introduction
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 addressed 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, multiferroics, and all
aspects of electromechanical response.
Venue:
The workshop
will be held at the Woodlands Conference Center in Colonial
Registration:
Please fill out the registration form online here. Pre-registration deadline is January 7, 2008. In order to be entitled to the discounted pre-registration fee of $200, you should register online before the pre-registration deadline, submit your credit card payment for the registration fee at the same time as submitting the registration form, or if you are paying by check, your check in US dollars should be received any time before the pre-registration deadline. The meeting registration fee is $250.00 for all registrations made after the deadline, or if you submit your credit card payment or your check is received after January 7, 2008. No purchase orders, vouchers etc. can be accepted, and we cannot bill your institution. Payment must be received before or at the meeting. Local participants must pay for meals by January 7.
Please make the check out to "Carnegie Institution of Washington." In the memo area of the check
write "FERRO2008 CONFERENCE" and name of conference attendee. Checks should be mailed to:
Geophysical Laboratory
Carnegie Institution of
5251
Attn: Jeff Lightfield
Hotel:
Reservations should be made by phone to the Woodlands Conference Center
at 1-800-822-9127; If you are overseas please call
757-229-1000 Ext. 3971 and mention “Ferro2008” or
“Ferroelectrics Workshop” to get the conference rate. Hotel reservations
must be made by January 7th, 2008. Both registration (above)
and hotel reservations are required for the meeting.
The conference fees to Colonial
Williamsburg are a package as follows (per day):
room: $70.00 (single or double) per day
meals: $80.00 per person per day
The room and meals are a package--all those staying at the hotel will be charged for meals. If you are local to Williamsburg and will not be staying at the hotel, please send a check for the meals to Ronald Cohen made payable to the Carnegie Institution at the address above. Such checks must be received by January 7. All participants are urged to take their meals at the workshop, and to stay at the hotel if space is available.
Proceedings:
There will be no Proceedings
this year.
Instead of a proceedings volume this year,
there will be a booklet of extended abstracts. Abstracts should be two pages
and should contain significant results. They can contain figures and/or tables,
and should be submitted by email, each as a single PDF file, ready to print to Peter Gehring.
The final abstract deadline is January
7th, 2008.
Talks will be chosen from the submitted
abstracts.
Ferro
2008
Abstract Book Final (25MB)
Organizing committee:
For further
information, contact Peter Gehring
or Ronald Cohen