| Wednesday 27 April |
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| 12:30 |
Arrival, registration and lunch |
| 13:30 |
Welcome |
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Session 1 - Focus Topic 1 (Theory and Modelling of Dielectric Materials) |
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| 13:40 |
(Plenary) Modelling of Spin-Orbit Coupling Effects in Ferroelectrics |
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Silvia Picozzi, CNR-SPIN, Italy |
| 14:30 |
Manipulation of point-defect spin orientation via ferroelectric switching from first principles |
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Katherine Inzani, University of Nottingham, UK |
| 14:50 |
Oxygen vacancy defect of crystalline (α, β, and ε)-Ga2O3 |
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Chaiyawat Kaewmeechai, UCL, UK |
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| 15:10 |
Coffee break |
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Session 2, Focus Topic 1 (Theory and Modelling of Dielectric Materials) |
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| 15:30 |
(Invited) Designing topology in oxides |
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Sinéad Griffin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA |
| 16:00 |
An electron-injection based model of degradation in amorphous HfO2 |
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Jack Strand, UCL, UK |
| 16:20 |
First principles DFT+U+J modelling of bandgaps and defect levels in TiO2, ZrO2 and HfO2 |
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Daniel Lambert, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
| 16:40 |
Anharmonicity and entropic stabilisation in zirconia from first principles |
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Kasper Tolborg, Imperial College London, UK |
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| 17:00 |
Drinks reception |
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| Thursday 28 April |
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| 08:30 |
Arrival, registration and refreshments |
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Session 3 - Focus Topic 2 (Advanced Characterisation of Dielectric Materials) |
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| 09:00 |
(Plenary) Space Charge Characteristics in Nanodielectrics |
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George Chen, University of Southampton, UK |
| 09:50 |
(Invited) In operando x-ray spectroscopy of interfaces and devices |
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Prof. Kai Rossnagel, University of Kiel, Germany |
| 10:20 |
What spins below the surface: HAXPES view of mixed valence manganites |
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Tommaso Pincelli, Fritz Haber Institute, Germany |
| 10:40 |
Relaxor ferroelectricity in an average cubic (Pm-3m) phase of a lead-free smart material |
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Digvijay Nath Dubey, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), India |
| 11:00 |
Domain wall free enhanced photocatalytic reactions in nanoscale ferroelectric BaxSr1-xTiO3 |
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Steve Dunn, LSBU, UK |
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| 11:20 |
Coffee break |
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Session 4 - Focus Topic 1 (Theory and Modelling of Dielectric Materials) |
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| 11:40 |
(Mansell Davies Award Talk) Modelling dielectric constants with an explainable machine learning model |
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Kazuki Morita, Imperial College London, UK |
| 12:10 |
Understanding electronic transport in semiconductors using high-throughput calculations and machine learning |
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Alex Ganose, Imperial College London, UK |
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Unravelling the impact of disorder on the polarizability and electronic properties of mixed-metal chalcohalides |
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Adair Nicolson, UCL, UK |
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| 12:50 |
Lunch |
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Session 5 - Focus Topic 3 (Dielectrics for Biological Applications) |
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| 13:50 |
(Plenary) Dielectrics for Biomedical Applications – putting their functionality to use in-vivo |
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Julia Glaum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway |
| 14:40 |
(Invited) Ferroelectric materials and scaffolds for tissue regeneration and implantable devices |
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Dr. Hamideh Khanbareh, University of Bath, UK |
| 15:10 |
An Evolving Theory for Protein Dielectrophoresis |
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Ronald Pethig, The University of Edinburgh, UK |
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| 15:30 |
Coffee break |
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Session 6 - Focus Topic 1 (Theory and Modelling of Dielectric Materials) |
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| 15:50 |
A new take on Electrostriction |
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Pierre-Eymeric Janolin, Universite Paris-Saclay, France |
| 16:10 |
A New Approach to an Old Idea: Understanding the Fröhlich B(T) Function |
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Paul Ben Ishai, Ariel University |
| 16:30 |
A theory for like-charge attraction of polarizable ions |
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Ho-Kei Chan, Harbin Institute of Technology, China |
| 16:50 |
Finite Size Effects in the Two-Dimensional XY Model of Ferromagnetism |
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Yoonsang Kim, North London Collegiate School Jeju, South Korea |
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| 17:10 |
Finish |
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| 19:00 |
Dinner (pre-booking was required) |
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| Friday 29 April |
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| 08:30 |
Arrival, registration and refreshments |
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Session 7 - Focus Topic 4 (Dielectrics for Electronic Devices) |
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| 09:00 |
(Plenary) Deposition of Metal Oxide Thin Films for Large-Area Electronics |
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Andrew Flewitt, University of Cambridge, UK |
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Approaching metal oxide dielectrics and semiconductors by solution and gas phase processing of molecular precursors |
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Joerg Schneider, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany |
| 10:10 |
Study of compositional and thermal dependent negative permittivity of Sr2Mn1-xNbxO4 (x = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3) solid solutions |
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Gurudeo Nirala, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), India |
| 10:30 |
Heteroepitaxially grown diamond for application in electronic devices |
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Juergen Weippert, Fraunhofer IAF, Germany |
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| 10:50 |
Coffee break |
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Session 8 - Focus Topic 4 (Dielectrics for Electronic Devices) |
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| 11:30 |
(Invited) Composite Design and Modelling for Novel Energy Harvesting and Sensing Structures |
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Chris Bowen, University of Bath, UK |
| 12:00 |
Light-assisted ferroelectric domain switching for controlled modulation of current |
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Gaurav Vats, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium |
| 12:20 |
A detailed Study on Bulk Photovoltaic Effect in Ferroelectric System |
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Subhajit Pal, QMUL, UK |
| 12:40 |
Solution processable high – k polymer nanocomposite for low cost energy storage device applications |
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Suman Mandal, UCL, UK |
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| 13:00 |
Closing remarks |
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| 13:10 |
Lunch and departure |
