IMF-2017. The 14th International Meeting on Ferroelectricity

SCOPE - Topics included but not limited to:

• Theory, First principle calculations, phase transitions and critical phenomenon;
• Growth of crystals, processing of materials & characterization and structure: property relationships, thin films;
• Domains and boundaries; surfaces and interfaces, imperfections, controlling and exploiting topological defects;
• Dielectric, piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties;
• Ferroelectric polymers, liquid crystals, composites;
• Incommensurate and modulated structures;
• Probing the nanoscale ferroelectric behavior and size effects;
• Order-disorder phenomenon, ferroelectric relaxors;
• Ferroics, bio-ferroics, multiferroics, bio-multiferroics, cross-coupled and secondary ferroics;
• Raman, IR, sub-millimeter, THz, microwave spectroscopy;
• Ferroelectric-semiconductor integration;
• Novelty of perovskites, single phase ferroics, mixed oxides for energy harvesting and superconductor oxides;
• Simulation, modeling and design of novel ferroics and meta-electronic materials;
• Ferroelectrics by design -- beyond serendipity
• Novel applications and device concepts using various ferroics, multiferroics for the applications in bio-components, multifunctional device concepts