CSP - The 6th International Workshop on Relaxor Ferroelectrics (IWRF-2018)
Abstract
The 6th International Workshop on Relaxor Ferroelectrics (IWRF-2018)This funding from the ONR-Global is requsted to support the 6th InternationalWorkshop on Relaxor Ferroelectrics (IWRF-2018), which will be held on July 17 -21, 2018 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.As a recent and successful series in the ferroic materials community, the IWRFsare devoted to in-depth discussions on basic and applied aspects of phenomenaoriginating from chemical order/disorder, structural inhomogeneities in condensedmatters which could results in extraordinary properties useful for a wide range offuture technological applications such as Internet of Things. The previous fiveevents of IWRFs were held in Xi an, China (2011), Schloss Edesheim, Germany(2012), St. Petersburg, Russia (2013), Prague, Czech Republic (2014), Matsue,Japan (2016), respectively.Relaxor ferroelectrics form an important class of functional materials, thatincludes the piezoelectrics (which convert mechanical energy into electricalenergy, and vice versa), ferroelectrics (with switchable remnant polarization) andmagnetoelectrics (with interacting polarization and magnetization). Thesematerials are useful in a vast range of industrial and commercial applications inenergy storage, environmental sensing and heath monitoring, e.g. as nonvolatilerandom-access memory devices in future computers, ???smart??? sensors andactuators for active control of vibration or noise, high-resolution ultrasonic probesfor more accurate medical imaging, diagnosing and treatment, microelectromechanicalsystems (MEMS), and electromechanical transducers for Navysonars, medical ultrasonics, bio-sensing and energy harvesting. Central torelaxor ferroelectrics materials are chemical order/disorder and structuralinhomogeneities on micro- to nano-scopic scale, which play a crucial role in thedevelopment of the macroscopic properties of this class of functional materials.However, the complex structures and microscopic mechanisms of the intricaterelaxor ferroelectrics are still poorly understood.IWRF-2018 is aimed to provide a forum to present and discuss the state-of-theartdevelopments in relaxor ferroelectrics and related materials, with emphasis onthe analysis, theory and modeling, and interpretations of the relaxorferroelectricity and related phenomena, in order to provide a betterunderstanding of the relationship between the nano-structures and macroscopicproperties of relaxors, and to design and synthesize novel relaxor ferroelectricmaterials of high-performance for technological applications.A wide range of scientific and engineering topics will be covered at the IWRF-2018, including: 1. Basic principles of relaxor ferroelectrics & progress intheory; 2. Chemical order/disorder vs. polar inhomogeneities; 3. Polarnanoregions and nanodomains; 4. Structure of relaxors: Local structures vs.average structures; 5. Surfaces & interfaces in relaxors; 6. Dielectric piezo &ferroelectric properties; 7. Dielectric, optic, neutron and X-ray spectroscopy; 8. 2D& nano-structured relaxors; 9. Lead-free relaxors; 10. Magnetic, polymericreentrant & exotic relaxors; 11. Relaxors-based ferroic materials: Single crystals,ceramics and thin films; 12. Applications of relaxor ferroelectrics:Electromechanical sensors and actuators, sonars, high-density memories,giant capacitors for high-density energy storage, optoelectronic devices, smartmaterials for Internet of Things, etc.Many eminent researchers in this area have agreed to come and to share theirmost recent work as invited speakers.The outcomes of this conference will contribute to the US Naval or Marine CorpScience & Technology Plan.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Sep 04, 2018
- Source ID
- N629091812149
Entities
People
- Zuo-Guang Ye
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- Simon Fraser University
- United States Navy