Basic and Applied Needs for Superconductivity

Focus: High performance superconductor wires.

Topics: Recent advances in HTS tapes; YBCO with improved pinning; key materials and processing developments; future opportunities.

Ferroelectrics and Multiferroics

Focus: State-of-the-art synthesizing, characterizing, fundamental understanding and modeling of ferroelectrics and multiferroic materials.

Topics: Piezoelectric materials; single crystals/relaxors; microscopic characterization; domain switching and phase transition behavior; thin films; multiferroics; magnetoelectric composites; nanoferroic materials; interface structures and epitaxial behavior; nanoscale piezomechanical phenomena.

General Topics in Electroceramics

Focus: Structure-processing-property relationships of electroceramics.

Topics: Sensors; piezoelectrics; dielectrics; magnetic materials; Sosman session.

International Symposium on Dielectric Materials: Design, Preparation and Applications

Focus: Developments of material design, material preparation and properties applicable to dielectric materials and electronic devices.

Topics: New developments in dielectric ceramics and materials for electronic devices; design of material; materials synthesis and processing; relaxors and novel compositions; multilayer electronic device materials; processing-microstructure-property relationship; applications.

Perovskite Material Engineering

Focus: Facets of perovskite material engineering.

Topics: Material design; lead-free relaxor material; structure; ferroelectrics; electronic properties; RF and microwave devices.

Spintronic Materials and Devices

Focus: Development of spintronic materials and their performance.

Topics: Material development; devices and material applications.

Structure-Property Relationships of Multifunctional Oxide Thin Films and Interfaces

Focus: Progress in research and development on multifunctional thin films and their interfaces.

Topics: Oxide thin film synthesis and integration; dielectric, ferroelectric, magnetic and optical properties; atomic structure and chemistry of interfaces; magnetic, optical and electronic modification of properties through interfaces; catalytic activity of interfaces; novel characterization methods for interfaces and defects; development of active devices and novel fuel cell systems/chemical sensors.