Invited speakers (in alphabetical order)
 | Prof. Mitsuru Itoh |
| Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan | |
Strategy for the new ferroelectric materials in tetrahedral system  | |
Education:
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 | Prof. Tomi Laurila |
| Department of Electronics School of Electrical Engineering Aalto University, Finland | |
Hybrid carbon nanomaterials for electrochemical detection of biomolecules  | |
| Professor Tomi Laurila received the D.Sc. degree (with honours) in electronics production technology from the Helsinki University of Technology in 2001. The thesis .. |
 | Prof. Juris Purans |
| Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia | |
Beyond quasiharmonic approximation: local structure of perovskites with negative thermal expansion  | |
| Juris Purans received his PhD from the University of Latvia (UL) in 1980 "EPR of disordered solid state materials" and his habilitation from the ISSP UL in 1993 "XAFS Spectroscopy of Transition Metal Oxides". Since 1993, he.. |
 | Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Stefan Schweizer |
| South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Germany | |
Multi-functionality of Luminescent Glasses for Energy Applications  | |
| Stefan Schweizer obtained his physics diploma from the University of Giessen, Germany, in 1994. Subsequently ... |
 | Prof. Alexander S. Sigov |
| Moscow State Technical University of Radioengineering, Electronics and Automation, Russia | |
| Charge transport mechanisms in ferroelectric heterostructures | |
| Alexander S. Sigov (born May 31st, 1945 in Donetsk)- President of the University, Fellow Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Full Professor.. |
Invited presentations:
 | Prof. Jūras Banys |
| Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University, Lithuania | |
Cooperation of Latvian and Lithuanian Scientists in Studies of Ferroelectrics and Related Materials  | |
| Prof. Jūras Banys received the diploma of Physicist and of Physics Teacher at Vilnius University in 1985.. |
 | Dr. Stefano Bellucci |
| Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy | |
Heat Resistant Unfired Phosphate Ceramics with Carbon Nanotubes and Boron Compounds for Electromagnetic and Ionizing Shielding Applications  | |
| Dr. Stefano Bellucci obtained in 1986 his Ph.D. in Physics of elementary particles at SISSA, Trieste. He worked.. |
 | Prof. Antonio Bianconi |
| RICMASS, Rome International Center for Materials Science Superstripes, Roma, Italy | |
Nanoscale Phase Separation in Two-dimensional Layers in the Limit of a Few Unit Cells Controlling Material Functionalities Unveiled by Scanning Submicron XRD  | |
| Prof. Antonio Bianconi graduated in Physics in Rome university in 1969. Full professor.. |
 | Prof. Mikhail G. Brik |
| Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Estonia | |
A review of the structural, electronic and elastic properties of spinels  | |
| Professor Mikhail G. Brik received his PhD degree from Kuban State University (Krasnodar, Russia) in 1995 and.. |
 | Prof. Ruei-San Chen |
| National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech), Taiwan | |
Surface-controlled Transport Properties in 1D and 2D Nanocrystals  | |
| Prof. Ruei-San Chen, of Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech), Taiwan and his group have special expertise.. |
 | Prof. Robert A. Evarestov |
| St. Petersburg State University, Russia | |
Theoretical Study of Single- and Multi-Walled Nanotubes Rolled-up from Group IV Metal Disulfides  | |
| Robert A. Evarestov graduated St. Petersburg State University as theoretical physicsist in 1960. He obtained his PhD in .. |
 | Prof. Igor N. Flerov |
| Kirensky Institute of Physics, Siberian Department of RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia | |
Phase Transitions and Caloric Effects in Ferroics and Multiferroics  | |
| Since 1966 Dr. Sc., Professor Igor N. Flerov works at L.V. Kirensky Institute of Physics, Siberian Department of RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. He has occupied.. |
 | Prof. Vladimir M. Fridkin |
| Laboratory of Electronic Materials, Institute for Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia | |
Ferroelectricity and the Bulk Photovoltaic Effect at the Nanoscale  | |
EXPERIENCE
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 | Prof. David Fuks |
| Materials Engineering Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer Sheva, Israel | |
Controlling the figure of merit in TiNiSn half-Heusler alloy: DFT study  | |
| Currently Professor in Department of Materials Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva.. |
 | Prof. Arvaidas Galdikas |
| Institute Physics Department, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania | |
Diffusion Processes in Nanostructured Three-Way Automotive Powder Catalysts  | |
| Arvaidas Galdikas is full professor in Kaunas University of Technology and in Lithuanian Health Sciences University. He was born in.. |
 | Prof. Kersti Hermansson |
| Depatrment of Chemustr, The Ångström Laboratry, Uppsala, Sweden | |
Ceria Chemistry at the Nano-scale  | |
| Kersti Hermansson is strongly involved in e-science for materials chemistry, namely the development of multiscale methods to.. |
 | Prof. Naoshi Ikeda |
| Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Japan | |
Ferroelectric and Electronic Property of RFe2O4  | |
Professional Preparation: |
 | Prof. Makoto Iwata |
| Department of Engineering Physics, Electronics and Mechanics, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan | |
Electric Field Effects in Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-7%PbTiO3 Solid Solutions  | |
Education:
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 | Prof. Andrei Kholkin |
| Department of Materials and Ceramics Engineering and Center for Research in Ceramic and Composite Materials (CICECO), University of Aveiro, Portugal | |
Nanoscale piezoelectricity due to symmetry breaking: an Atomic Force Microscopy study  | |
| Dr. Andrei Kholkin received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Physics from St. Petersburg State University and Ph.D. degree in.. |
 | Prof. Hiroyuki Kimura |
| Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan | |
Neutron diffraction study of magnetism and ferroelectricity in RMn2O5 (R = rare-earth, Bi, Y) multiferroics  | |
OBJECTIVE:
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 | Prof. Seiji Kojima |
| Division of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan | |
Broadband Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy of Ferroelectric Crystals  | |
Name and Date of Birth:
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 | Prof. Matthias Krack |
| Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland | |
Electronic Structure Simulations of Uranium Dioxide  | |
Academic Education:
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 | Prof. Svetlana Kulkova |
| Laboratory of Physics of Nonlinear Media, Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science SB RAS, Russia | |
Influence of Interstitial Impurities on the Griffith work in Ti-based Alloys  | |
Affiliation
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 | Prof. Yoshihiro Kuroiwa |
| Department of Physical Science, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Japan | |
Valence Electron Distributions of Ferroactive ions in Perovskite Oxides and Polar Lattice Distortions  | |
Education: BS of Engineering in Physics, Osaka University, March, 1985, MS of Engineering.. |
 | Prof. Sergey Lushnikov |
| A.F. Ioffe Physical Technical Institute of RAS, St.Petersburg, Russia | |
Central Peak and Quasi-Elastic Light Scatering in Cubic Relaxor Ferroelectrics  | |
Education:
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 | Dr. Rotraut Merkle |
| Department of Physical Chemistry at the Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Germany | |
Mixed conducting perovskites as solid oxide fuel cell cathode materials: insight from experiments and theory  | |
| Rotraut Merkle received her PhD in Physical Chemistry and then joined the department of Physical Chemistry at the Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart. Research interests.. |
 | Prof. Yuji Noguchi |
| Research Center for Advanced Science and Technique, The University of Tokyo, Japan | |
Defect-polarization control for enhancing piezoelectric properties of BaTiO3-based single crystals and ceramics  | |
| Yuji Noguchi was born in 1970 in Japan. He received a bachelor’s .. |
 | Prof. Harald Oberhofer |
| Technical University Munich, Germany | |
A theoretical description of photo-catalytic water splitting on metal decorated oxide surfaces  | |
Personal Details
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 | Prof. Toshio Ogawa |
| Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology, Japan | |
Evaluation of Elastic Constants in Piezoelectric Ceramics by Measuring Acoustic Wave Velocities  | |
| Toshio Ogawa is professor and professional engineer (“Gijyutsushi” since 1986) of electronic materials science and engineering in the department of ... |
 | Prof. Marina Popova |
| Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Troitsk, Russia | |
Materials for Optical Quantum Memory  | |
| Marina Popova graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) in 1964. She worked as PhD student in.. |
 | Prof. Krystian Roleder |
| University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland | |
Do We Understand Why Antiferroelectric Order is Realized in PbZrO3 and PbHfO3?  | |
1977-1981: doctoral studies at the Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland 1981: defence of doctoral thesis in Physics .. |
 | Prof. Martins Rutkis |
| Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia | |
Development of NLO Active Organic Molecular Glasses for Photonic Applications  | |
Occupation:
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 | Prof. Dr Kurt Schwartz |
| GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Germany | |
Irradiation induced nanostructures in LiF crystals and possible applications  | |
| Kurt Schwartz, born 27.04.1930 in Riga, Latvia. From 1949 to 1954 physics studies at.. |
 | Prof. Vladimir Shur |
| Ferroelectrics Laboratory, Institute of Natural Science, Ural Federal University, Russia, Labfer Ltd., Russia | |
Domain Shape Instabilities and Fractal Domain Growth in Uniaxial Ferroelectrics in Highly Non-equilibrium Switching Conditions  | |
| Vladimir Ya. Shur graduated at the Ural State University, Ekaterinburg, Russia in 1967. He received.. |
 | Prof. Eckhard Spohr |
| Faculty of Chemistry, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany | |
Simulation of Oxide Nanostructures for Energy Conversion  | |
2007 - W3-Professor for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen 2003 - 2007 Group Leader "Physical.. |
 | Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Gunnar Suchaneck |
| Solid State Electronics Laboratory, TU Dresden, Germany | |
Materials and device concepts for electrocaloric refrigeration  | |
Scientific Career
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 | Prof. Masaki Takesada |
| Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Japan | |
Broadband Light Scattering and Second Harmonic Generation in Ferroelectric Nanocrystals  | |
EDUCATION: BS in Physics, Yamaguchi University, 1990, MS in Physics, Yamaguchi University 1992, and Dr. Sc. in Physics, Hokkaido University 1995.. |
 | Prof. Hiroshi Tanaka |
| Department of Materials Science, Shimane University, Japan | |
Valence electron density and electrostatic potential in ferroelectric materials evaluated by MEM analysis of X-ray diffraction  | |
Education:
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 | Prof. Hiroki Taniguchi |
| Department of Physics, Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa, Japan | |
Ferroelectricity Driven by Twisting of Silicate Tetrahedral Chains  | |
Hiroki Taniguchi received a bachelor’s degree in Department of Physics, Osaka University (2001) and .. |
 | Prof. Evaldas E. Tornau |
| Semiconductor Physics Institute, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania | |
Phase Transitions in Antiferromagnetic Triangular Blume-Capel Model with Hard Core Exclusions  | |
Dr. habil. Evaldas E. Tornau, leading scientific researcher.. |
 | Prof. Vladimir Trepakov |
| Institute of Physics, ASCR, Prague, Czech Republic, Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the RAS, St.-Petersburg, Russia | |
Electronic Structure, Optical and Dielectric Spectroscopy of TbMnO3 Multiferroic  | |
Vladimir Trepakov graduated at St.-Petersburg Polytechnical Institute in 1972. From 1972 he has been working.. |
 | Prof. Kenji Tsuda |
| Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Japan | |
Study of nanoscale local structural fluctuations in ferroelectrics using convergent-beam electron diffraction  | |
Research Interests:
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 | Prof. Yuhji Tsujimi |
| Hokkaido University, Japan | |
Broad Doublet Spectra in the Quantum Paraelectric State of SrTiO3 | |
Professional Experiences:
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 | Prof. Rostyslav Vlokh |
| Director of the Institute of Physical Optics of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Ukraine | |
Generation of optical vortices via electro- and piezo-optic effects in ferroelectric-type crystalline materials  | |
| Rostyslav Vlokh has obtained his MS Degree at the Lviv National University in 1987, the PhD Degree at.. |
 | Prof. Tatyana R. Volk |
| Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia | |
Planar Microdomain Patterns for Nonlinear-Optical Applications Fabricated in Ferroelectric Crystals by Microscopic Methods (AFM and SEM)  | |
| Tatyana R. Volk graduated from Moscow University in 1965. Starting in 1968 till nowadays she.. |
 | Dr. Yasuhiro Yoneda |
| Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan | |
Atomic pair-distribution function (PDF) analysis on ferroelectric materials using synchrotron X-ray  | |
Education:
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