Scope and Program

Thematical scope of the XXIII Czech–Polish Seminar included all its traditional subjects:

Invited speakers

Schedule

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 BreakfastBreakfastBreakfastBreakfast
8:50–9:00Opening
9:00–10:30Session 2Session 6Session 8Session 12
10:30–11:00Coffee breakCoffee breakCoffee break 
11:00–13:00Session 3Session 7Session 9 
13:00–15:00LunchLunchLunchLunch
15:00–16:30Session 4ExcursionSession 10Departure to Prague
16:30–17:00RegistrationTea timeTea time
17:00–18:00Session 5Session 11
18:00–19:00Session 1 Poster session I Dinner
19:00–20:00DinnerDinner Poster session II Conference dinner
20:00–???Welcome party  

The official language of the conference was English.

 

Program of the XXIII Czech–Polish Seminar

Monday, May 23
 TUTORIALS in Prague
8:30—10:00P. Kužel
Effective medium in composites including plasmonic and Mie resonances
10:15—11:45H. Němec
Terahertz spectroscopy — methods and applications
11:45—12:45Lunch
12:45—14:15M. Paściak
Correlated disorder in crystalline materials — experimental methods and simulations
15:00Bus departure from Prague
15:00—18:30Registration in Harrachov
18:00—21:00Dinner
 TUTORIAL
20:00—21:30P. Baláž
Introduction to machine learning in solid state physics
Tuesday, May 24
 TUTORIAL
8:30—9:40P. Márton
Simulation of ferroelectric domain patterns using phase-field method
9:40—10:10Coffee break
 
SESSION 1 — PHASE TRANSITIONS
(10:15—12:25)
10:10—10:15Opening
10:15—10:50J. Íñiguez (invited)
Giant voltage amplification from incipient ferroelectric states
10:50—11:10E. Buixaderas
Disentangling the dielectric anisotropy in strontium barium niobate
11:10—11:30M. Guennou
Polar phonon modes in ferroelastic BiVO4
11:30—11:50J. Dec
Interfacial polarization phenomena in compressed nanowires of SbSI
11:50—12:25A. Gągor (invited)
Crystal engineering and structure—property relationships in organic—inorganic lead halides
12:30—14:30Lunch
 
SESSION 2 — THEORY
(14:30—16:20)
14:30—14:50M. Paściak
New adventures with polar vortices
14:50—15:10P. Márton
Modeling of a 180° charged domain wall in ferroelectric PbTiO3
15:10—15:30M. A. Pereira Gonçalves
Polar skyrmions in BaTiO3 at low temperature
15:30—15:50J. Kulda
Efficient modeling of single crystal diffuse scattering
15:50—16:20Tea time
 
SESSION 3 — PHASE TRANSITIONS & COMPETITION
(16:35—18:00)
16:20—16:55K. Roleder (invited)
The still undiscovered PbZrO3, a difficult nut to crack
16:55—17:15K. Tesař
Volumetrically incomplete phase transition: example and outlooks
17:15—18:00Student competition
18:00—20:00Dinner
20:00—21:30Poster session I
Wednesday, May 25
 TUTORIALS
8:30—9:30V. Janiš
Spin glasses — random magnetic materials with macroscopic order
9:30—10:30V. Novotná
Liquid crystals — through the history towards ferroelectric nematics
10:30—11:00Coffee break
 
SESSION 4 – LIQUID CRYSTALS
(11:00—11:55)
11:00—11:35M. A. Osipov (invited)
Molecular statistical theory of phase transitions and liquid crystal ordering in rod-coil triblock copolymers
11:35—11:55M. Mrukiewicz
Electrical characterization of the ferronematic phase
12:00—14:00Lunch
14:00—18:30Excursions
18:00—20:00Dinner
20:00—21:30Poster session II
Thursday, May 26
 TUTORIAL
8:30—9:45S. Kamba
Static and dynamic magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroics
9:45—10:15Coffee break
 
SESSION 5 — PHASE TRANSITIONS
(10:15—12:25)
10:15—10:50W. Schranz
Domain walls in ferroic materials: what can we learn from layer group analysis?
10:50—11:10C. Kadlec
Unusual features of lattice dynamics in lawsonite related to its phase transitions: a study using broadband dielectric spectroscopy
11:10—11:30M. Šimėnas
Suppression of phase transitions and glass phase signatures in mixed cation halide perovskites
11:30—11:50I. Jankowska-Sumara
Composition-driven structural phase transitions in Sn doped antiferroelectric PbHfO3: A review
11:50—12:25Š. Svirskas (invited)
Dielectric relaxation in BaTiO3 based solid solutions
12:30—14:30Lunch
 
SESSION 6 — MULTIFERROICS AND MAGNETISM
(14:30—15:50)
14:30—14:50J. A. Moreira
Strain relaxation dynamics of multiferroic orthorhombic manganites
14:50—15:10M. M. Gomes
Unravelling the structural phase sequence and origin of its modulation in multiferroic Bi0.7La0.3FeO3
15:10—15:30P. Vilarinho
Magnetic anomalies and spin-phonon coupling in RFeO3
15:30—15:50S. Kamba
THz-field-induced transient multiferroicity in quantum paraelectric KTaO3
15:50—16:20Tea time
 
SESSION 7 — DOMAIN WALLS
(16:20—17:55)
16:20—16:55L. Eng (invited)
Reconfigurable 2D electron gases in ferroelectric domain walls
16:55—17:15P. Bednyakov
Formation of ferroelectric charged domain walls in BaTiO3 single crystals
17:15—17:35I. Gaponenko
Correlative imaging of ferroelectric domain walls
17:35—17:55K. Cordero-Edwards
Novel functionalities at twin domain crossings
17:55—18:20J. Pokorný
History of swing music
19:00—23:00Conference dinner
Friday, May 27
 SESSION 8 – PHASE TRANSITIONS
(9:00—10:15)
9:00—9:35J. Petzelt (invited)
Unusual dynamics of the ferroelectric transition in K1−xLixTaO3
9:35—9:55P. Ławniczak
Non-trivial electric response of low-temperature proton conductors based on imidazolium isomers
9:55—10:15C. Milesi-Brault
Soft mode and low-frequency lattice dynamics of BaZrO3 single crystals
10:15—10:45Coffee break
 
SESSION 9 — PHASE TRANSITIONS
(10:45—12:05)
10:45—11:05F. Kadlec
Dynamics and orientations of water molecules linked to their low-temperature ferroelectric ordering in hydrated beryl
11:05—11:25L. Musy
Probing the behaviour of surface water and ferroelectric PbTiO3 thin films as a function of relative humidity and temperature
11:25—11:45P. Kužel
Time-resolved near-field terahertz spectroscopy reveals charge confinement in GaAs nanobars beyond geometry
11:45—12:05D. Nuzhnyy
Broadband dielectric spectroscopy of conducting core-dielectric shell nanocomposites
12:05—12:30Closing
12:30—14:00Lunch
14:00Bus departure to Prague