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

Conference topics:

• Fundamentals of Laser-Material Interactions
• Ultrafast Phenomena
• Pulsed Laser Ablation and Deposition
• Laser interaction in bulk materials
• Laser interaction in liquid
• Micro/nano structuring
• Laser direct write
• New trends in laser process development
• Smart beam shaping and manipulation
• Laser for biology and life sciences
• Emerging photon sources and applications
• Laser-based analytical methods
• Lasers in Nanosciences

DyProSo is an international biannual research meeting on functional properties of condensed matter resulting from elementary excitations, molecular motions, transport processes and other dynamic phenomena occurring in many body systems. Of special concern is always a scientific dialogue between young and experienced researchers working on the dynamics of materials

The scientific programme of DyProSo XXXVI will contain the subjects: -

• Amorphous and soft matter
• Multiferroics and ferroelectrics
• Electrons and spins
• Diffusive dynamics
• Phonons and magnons
• Theoretical and experimental methods
• Excitations of strongly correlated electron systems
• Low-dimensional systems
• Materials under high pressure
• Applications and interdisciplinary subjects

Topical Sessions

The following parallel sessions will be held in the afternoons:

• Applied Physics and Plasma Physics
• Astronomy und Astrophysics **
• Atomic Physics and Quantum Photonics
• Biophysics, Medical Physics and Soft Matter
• Condensed Matter Physics (KOND) (incl. NESY)
• Correlated-Electron Physics in Transition-Metal Oxides *
• Earth, Atmosphere and Environmental Physics
• Emergent phenomena in novel low-dimensional materials *
• History of Physics
• Magnetism and Spintronics at the Nanoscale
• Nuclear, Particle- & Astrophysics (TASK-FAKT)
• Physics in Startups
• Scientific Opportunities with SwissFEL
• Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films
• Theoretical Physics

Grand Challenges and Opportunities with the Best X-ray and Neutron Sources

A German-Swedish-Russian Initative to promote young scientists embedded in the RAC and IRI collaboration frameworks

The main topics that will be featured in SCES 2017 are:

• Heavy fermion systems
• Kondo effect and valence fluctuations
• Quantum phase transitions and related phenomena
• Unconventional superconductivity
• Metal insulator transitions
• Strong spin-orbit interaction in correlated systems
• CEF effects and multipolar ordering in SCES
• Theoretical methods for strong correlations
• Correlated topological phases
• Kondo physics at nanoscale
• Quantum magnetism and frustration
• New materials; bulk, thin films and artificial structures
• Strong correlations in actinides
• Non-equilibrium phenomena in strongly correlated systems
• Ferroics and multiferroics
• Strong correlations in optical lattices
• Strongly correlated materials in applications
• Large research infrastructures for SCES investigations
• Novel techniques

Topics

• Novel topological electronic phases
• Strong correlations: magnetism, superconductivity and Majorana fermions
• Materials growth and device physics
• Photoemission experiments and optical properties
• Realizations of topological phases other than in solids

Key sessions:

• Engineering and control of defects in complex oxides
• Fabrication and synthesis of oxide thin films and heterostructures
• Advanced characterization techniques for thin films
• Electronic and ionic transport in oxide thin films
• Magnetism and dielectric properties in oxide thin films
• Nanoionic and nanoelectronic oxide thin films: Towards application
• Thin film oxides in energy conversion and storage applications
• Thin film oxides in information technology Â
  

This is a satellite workshop to the the European conference PHYSICS OF MAGNETISM 2017 (PM'17) which will be held on June 26-30 in Poznan, Poland.

Topics for the workshop include both fundamental and applied aspects of magnonics, interaction between spin waves and other types of waves with emphasis on the structural complexity.

• magnetization dynamics,
• magnonics, magnon-spintronics,
• spin-wave excitation and amplification,
• materials for magnonics,
• theory of spin waves and computational methods,
• measurements methods in magnonics,
• spin and acoustic wave interactions,
• spin and electromagnetic wave interactions,
• excitations in magnetic 'textures' such as Skyrmion lattices,
• spin-wave logic,
• artificial crystals for spin-waves and magnonic applications: magnonic crystals, quasicrystals, fractal structures,
• other related spin wave phenomena.

The Röntgen-Ã...ngström Cluster RAC is a Swedish-German research collaboration in the fields of materials science and structural biology that aims to strengthen research at synchrotron and neutron radiation sources.

This European Conference is the 15th of the series organized every three years and is an international forum for the presentation and discussion of novel scientific ideas in a field of broadly understood magnetic phenomena with special emphasis on the following subjects

• Strongly Correlated Electrons and High Temperature Superconductivity
• Quantum and Classical Spin Systems
• Magnetic Structure and Dynamics
• Spin Electronics and Magneto-Transport
• Nanostructures, Surfaces and Interfaces
• Soft and Hard Magnetic Materials

The Polytechnic University of Tirana and the Faculty of Mathematics Engineering and Physics Engineering are pleased to announce the 2^nd International Conference on Applied Sciences and Engineering 2017 (ICEAS 2017). The conference proposes multidisciplinary forum and it is aimed at presenting researches in progress, theoretical overviews or comparative studies in the fields of applied maths, physics and chemistry towards application in industry.

Ce colloque francophone bisannuel a pour vocation de réunir l’ensemble des communautés d’utilisateurs de rayons X pour l’étude de la matière, avec des champs d’application larges comprenant la science des matériaux, les nanomatériaux, les sciences de la terre…

Dans la continuité des éditions précédentes, les fournisseurs d’instrumentation scientifique seront associés de manière forte par une exposition de leur matériel et par des présentations orales dédiées.

 Thématique explorées:

• Relations structure-propriétés
• Microstructure / Texture / Contraintes
• Fluorescence X / Profilométrie chimique
• Diffusion aux petits et aux grands angles
• Basse énergie /spectroscopie
• RX et matériaux du nucléaire
• Couches minces et interfaces
• In situ / Operando
• Instrumentation : nouveaux détecteurs, nouvelles pratiques
• Instrumentation : présentations des constructeurs
• Tomographie.

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Soft Matter in and out of Equilibrium

Meeting Description

This conference will highlight the frontiers of Soft Matter Physics, embracing the diversity of topics where the ideas of soft matter physics play a fundamental role. The sessions will range from traditional topics of soft matter physics, including active matter, fluid mechanics and recent advances in topological phases, to biologically inspired topics ranging from proteins to gels. There will be a session exploring opportunities enabled by new methods of visualization.

The collegial atmosphere of this Conference, with programmed sessions as well as opportunities for informal gatherings in the afternoons and evenings, provides an avenue for scientists from different disciplines to brainstorm and promotes cross-disciplinary collaborations in the various research areas represented. The conference will be preceded by a two-day Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), which is a unique opportunity for young researchers to share in the GRC experience and build informal networks with their peers.

Materials by Design: Using Active and Meta-Materials to Explore New Physics and Create Customized, Tunable Matter

Connecting the Dots: New Materials to Meet Society's Needs