Thematical scope of the XXIII Czech–Polish Seminar included all its traditional subjects:
Technical program of the XXIII Czech–Polish Seminar was scheduled from Monday, May 21 till Friday, May 25. Wednesday afternoon was reserved for a sightseeing tour.
| Monday May 21 | Tuesday May 22 | Wednesday May 23 | Thursday May 24 | Friday May 25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30–8:50 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | |
| 8:50–9:00 | Opening | ||||
| 9:00–10:30 | Session 2 | Session 6 | Session 8 | Session 12 | |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break | ||
| 11:00–13:00 | Session 3 | Session 7 | Session 9 | ||
| 13:00–15:00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | |
| 15:00–16:30 | Session 4 | Excursion | Session 10 | Departure to Prague | |
| 16:30–17:00 | Registration | Tea time | Tea time | ||
| 17:00–18:00 | Session 5 | Session 11 | |||
| 18:00–19:00 | Session 1 | Poster session I | Dinner | ||
| 19:00–20:00 | Dinner | Dinner | Poster session II | Conference dinner | |
| 20:00–??? | Welcome party |
The official language of the conference was English.
|   | TUTORIALS in Prague |
| 8:30—10:00 | P. Kužel Effective medium in composites including plasmonic and Mie resonances |
| 10:15—11:45 | H. Němec Terahertz spectroscopy — methods and applications |
| 11:45—12:45 | Lunch |
| 12:45—14:15 | M. Paściak Correlated disorder in crystalline materials — experimental methods and simulations |
| 15:00 | Bus departure from Prague |
| 15:00—18:30 | Registration in Harrachov |
| 18:00—21:00 | Dinner |
|   | TUTORIAL |
| 20:00—21:30 | P. Baláž Introduction to machine learning in solid state physics |
|   | TUTORIAL |
| 8:30—9:40 | P. Márton Simulation of ferroelectric domain patterns using phase-field method |
| 9:40—10:10 | Coffee break |
|   | SESSION 1 — PHASE TRANSITIONS (10:15—12:25) |
| 10:10—10:15 | Opening |
| 10:15—10:50 | J. Íñiguez (invited) Giant voltage amplification from incipient ferroelectric states |
| 10:50—11:10 | E. Buixaderas Disentangling the dielectric anisotropy in strontium barium niobate |
| 11:10—11:30 | M. Guennou Polar phonon modes in ferroelastic BiVO4 |
| 11:30—11:50 | J. Dec Interfacial polarization phenomena in compressed nanowires of SbSI |
| 11:50—12:25 | A. Gągor (invited) Crystal engineering and structure—property relationships in organic—inorganic lead halides |
| 12:30—14:30 | Lunch |
|   | SESSION 2 — THEORY (14:30—16:20) |
| 14:30—14:50 | M. Paściak New adventures with polar vortices |
| 14:50—15:10 | P. Márton Modeling of a 180° charged domain wall in ferroelectric PbTiO3 |
| 15:10—15:30 | M. A. Pereira Gonçalves Polar skyrmions in BaTiO3 at low temperature |
| 15:30—15:50 | J. Kulda Efficient modeling of single crystal diffuse scattering |
| 15:50—16:20 | Tea time |
|   | SESSION 3 — PHASE TRANSITIONS & COMPETITION (16:35—18:00) |
| 16:20—16:55 | K. Roleder (invited) The still undiscovered PbZrO3, a difficult nut to crack |
| 16:55—17:15 | K. Tesař Volumetrically incomplete phase transition: example and outlooks |
| 17:15—18:00 | Student competition |
| 18:00—20:00 | Dinner |
| 20:00—21:30 | Poster session I |
|   | TUTORIALS |
| 8:30—9:30 | V. Janiš Spin glasses — random magnetic materials with macroscopic order |
| 9:30—10:30 | V. Novotná Liquid crystals — through the history towards ferroelectric nematics |
| 10:30—11:00 | Coffee break |
|   | SESSION 4 – LIQUID CRYSTALS (11:00—11:55) |
| 11:00—11:35 | M. A. Osipov (invited) Molecular statistical theory of phase transitions and liquid crystal ordering in rod-coil triblock copolymers |
| 11:35—11:55 | M. Mrukiewicz Electrical characterization of the ferronematic phase |
| 12:00—14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00—18:30 | Excursions |
| 18:00—20:00 | Dinner |
| 20:00—21:30 | Poster session II |
|   | TUTORIAL |
| 8:30—9:45 | S. Kamba Static and dynamic magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroics |
| 9:45—10:15 | Coffee break |
|   | SESSION 5 — PHASE TRANSITIONS (10:15—12:25) |
| 10:15—10:50 | W. Schranz Domain walls in ferroic materials: what can we learn from layer group analysis? |
| 10:50—11:10 | C. Kadlec Unusual features of lattice dynamics in lawsonite related to its phase transitions: a study using broadband dielectric spectroscopy |
| 11:10—11:30 | M. Šimėnas Suppression of phase transitions and glass phase signatures in mixed cation halide perovskites |
| 11:30—11:50 | I. Jankowska-Sumara Composition-driven structural phase transitions in Sn doped antiferroelectric PbHfO3: A review |
| 11:50—12:25 | Š. Svirskas (invited) Dielectric relaxation in BaTiO3 based solid solutions |
| 12:30—14:30 | Lunch |
|   | SESSION 6 — MULTIFERROICS AND MAGNETISM (14:30—15:50) |
| 14:30—14:50 | J. A. Moreira Strain relaxation dynamics of multiferroic orthorhombic manganites |
| 14:50—15:10 | M. M. Gomes Unravelling the structural phase sequence and origin of its modulation in multiferroic Bi0.7La0.3FeO3 |
| 15:10—15:30 | P. Vilarinho Magnetic anomalies and spin-phonon coupling in RFeO3 |
| 15:30—15:50 | S. Kamba THz-field-induced transient multiferroicity in quantum paraelectric KTaO3 |
| 15:50—16:20 | Tea time |
|   | SESSION 7 — DOMAIN WALLS (16:20—17:55) |
| 16:20—16:55 | L. Eng (invited) Reconfigurable 2D electron gases in ferroelectric domain walls |
| 16:55—17:15 | P. Bednyakov Formation of ferroelectric charged domain walls in BaTiO3 single crystals |
| 17:15—17:35 | I. Gaponenko Correlative imaging of ferroelectric domain walls |
| 17:35—17:55 | K. Cordero-Edwards Novel functionalities at twin domain crossings |
| 17:55—18:20 | J. Pokorný History of swing music |
| 19:00—23:00 | Conference dinner |
|   | SESSION 8 – PHASE TRANSITIONS (9:00—10:15) |
| 9:00—9:35 | J. Petzelt (invited) Unusual dynamics of the ferroelectric transition in K1−xLixTaO3 |
| 9:35—9:55 | P. Ławniczak Non-trivial electric response of low-temperature proton conductors based on imidazolium isomers |
| 9:55—10:15 | C. Milesi-Brault Soft mode and low-frequency lattice dynamics of BaZrO3 single crystals |
| 10:15—10:45 | Coffee break |
|   | SESSION 9 — PHASE TRANSITIONS (10:45—12:05) |
| 10:45—11:05 | F. Kadlec Dynamics and orientations of water molecules linked to their low-temperature ferroelectric ordering in hydrated beryl |
| 11:05—11:25 | L. Musy Probing the behaviour of surface water and ferroelectric PbTiO3 thin films as a function of relative humidity and temperature |
| 11:25—11:45 | P. Kužel Time-resolved near-field terahertz spectroscopy reveals charge confinement in GaAs nanobars beyond geometry |
| 11:45—12:05 | D. Nuzhnyy Broadband dielectric spectroscopy of conducting core-dielectric shell nanocomposites |
| 12:05—12:30 | Closing |
| 12:30—14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Bus departure to Prague |