Scope and Program
Thematical scope of the XXVI Czech–Polish Seminar will include all its traditional subjects:
- Ferroelectric and structural phase transitions
- Dielectric and microwave properties, THz and IR spectroscopy
- Liquid crystals and polymeric liquid crystals
- Structural and microstructural properties
- Inelastic light and neutron scattering
- Domains and domain boundaries
- Ferroelectric thin and thick films
- Nanomaterials and size effect
- Piezoelectrics and pyroelectrics
- Relaxor ferroelectrics
- Multiferroics
- Ionic conductors
- Applications
Schedule
Technical program of the XXVI Czech–Polish Seminar will be scheduled from the afternoon on Monday, May 4 till the lunch on Friday, May 8. Wednesday afternoon will be reserved for sightseeing tours.
| Monday May 4 | Tuesday May 5 | Wednesday May 6 | Thursday May 7 | Friday May 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00–13:00 | Talks Coffee break Talks | Talks Coffee break Talks | Talks Coffee break Talks | Talks Coffee break Talks | |
| 13:00–14:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | |
| 14:30–19:00 | Registration | Talks Coffee break Talks | Excursion | Talks Coffee break Talks | Departure |
| 19:00 | Welcome | Posters | Posters | Dinner |
The official language of the conference will be English.
Program of the XXVI Czech–Polish Seminar
Monday, May 4
| 14:00 | Bus departure from Prague |
| 15:30–19:00 | Registration |
| 19:00 | Welcome |
Tuesday, May 5
| 9:00–9:05 | Opening |
| 9:05–9:35 | N. Zhang (invited) The correlated local disorder in relaxor ferroelectrics revealed by diffuse scattering analysis |
| 9:35–9:55 | A. Szeremeta Doping influence on structural ferroelectric phase transitions of barium calcium titanate |
| 9:55–10:15 | J. Hlinka Microscopic flexoelectricity in the canonical PMN relaxor |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00–11:30 | B. Andrzejewski (invited) Tetracalcium aluminoferrite Ca2Fe2−xAlxO5 as an example of smart and versatile brownmillerite |
| 11:30–11:50 | S. Kamba Magnetoelectric coupling and frustrated antipolar correlations in hexaaluminates |
| 11:50–12:20 | J. W. Freeland (invited) Hybrid ferroelectric–ferromagnetic interfaces: a route to create new coupled ultrafast modes |
| 12:20–12:40 | J. Więckowski Specific heat studies of the phase transitions in multiferroic system |
| 13:00–14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30–15:00 | M. Hadjimichael (invited) X-ray studies of nanoscale ferroelectric domain walls in perovskite oxide superlattices |
| 15:00–15:20 | P. Bednyakov Optically induced ferroelectric charged domain walls |
| 15:20–15:40 | M. A. Pereira Gonçalves Vortices and nanodomains in epitaxially strained SrTiO3 |
| 15:40–16:10 | 0.-A. Condurache (invited) Polar states and transitions revealed at the atomic scale |
| 16:10–16:30 | P. Zieliński Self-similarity and its consequences in ferroic domain patterns, hinged gratings and acoustic signals |
| 16:30–17:00 | Coffee break |
| 17:00–17:30 | S. Seddon (invited) Twin wall functionality and tunability in ferroelastic LaAlO3 |
| 17:30–18:00 | C. Toulouse (invited) Modifying functional properties under negative strain by helium implantation |
| 18:00–19:00 | Posters |
| 19:00 | Dinner |
Wednesday, May 6
| 9:00–9:30 | E. Gradauskaite (invited) Epitaxy of Carpy-Galy ferroelectrics: from enhanced polarization to topotactic phase transformations |
| 9:30–10:00 | A. Gagor (invited) Structural Mechanisms of Temperature-Induced Phase transitions in multilayered hybrid perovskites |
| 10:00–10:30 | M. C. Weber (invited) Controlled ferroic phase transitions via guided domain wall expansion: analogies from magnetism to ferroelectrics – a concept |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00–11:30 | W. Widdra (invited) Surface vibrations, polaritons and their coupling to a 2D electron gas: Interface-bound excitations at the SrTiO3(001) surface |
| 11:30–11:50 | P. Mokrý Nonlinear dielectric spectroscopy of interfacial layers: from ferroelectrics to electric double layers paraelectric diamagnet KTaO3 |
| 11:50–12:20 | A.B. Blázquez Martínez (invited) Leakage current reduction in epitaxial BaTiO3 films and BaTiO3/SrTiO3 superlattices integrated on silicon |
| 12:20–12:50 | B. Dkhil (invited) Antiferroelectrics: an unexpected materials platform for piezocatalysis |
| 13:00–14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30–18:00 | Excursion |
| 18:00–19:00 | Posters |
| 19:00 | Dinner |
Thursday, May 7
| 9:00–9:30 | K. Roleder (invited) Astouding ABO3 perovskites – from ferroelectric BaTiO3 and PbTiO3 to antiferroelectric PbZrO3 and PbHfO3 |
| 9:30–9:50 | V. Janiš Dynamical properties of low-dimensional metallic alloys |
| 9:50–10:20 | J. Kulda Opportunities in time-resolved neutron inelastic scattering |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00–11:30 | P. Pieranski (invited) Serendipity in experiments with liquid crystals |
| 11:30–11:50 | V. Novotná Ferroelectricity in nematic liquid crystalline phase |
| 11:50–12:20 | S. Zięba (invited) Collapse of the helical hydrogen bond structure in imidazolium hydrogen o-phthalate under high pressure: a vibrational spectroscopy study |
| 12:20–12:50 | P. Ławniczak (invited) Impedance vs modulus formalism in proton conductors |
| 13:00–14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30–15:00 | M. Otoničar (invited) Influence of atomic ordering on the properties of NaNbO3-based antiferroelectrics |
| 15:00–15:20 | E. Buixaderas Phase transitions in SrSnO3-substituted NaNbO3 ceramics as viewed through phonon spectroscopy |
| 15:20–15:40 | L. Imhoff Spectroscopic insights on sodium niobate-based antiferroelectric ceramics |
| 15:40–16:10 | P.-E. Janolin (invited) Revisiting the phase transitions in PbZrO3 |
| 16:10–16:30 | J. Piecha Soft X-ray spectroscopy for a better understanding of the physicochemical properties of PbHfO3 |
| 16:30–17:00 | Coffee break |
| 17:00–17:30 | P. Paruch (invited) Seeds of doubt in unsupervised learning of physical behaviours |
| 17:30–18:00 | C. Lichtensteiger (invited) Domains, superdomains and ripples in epitaxially strained and freestanding PbTiO3 |
| 19:00 | Conference dinner |
Friday, May 8
| 9:00–9:20 | C. Kadlec THz field-induced magnetic-like response in the quantum paraelectric diamagnet KTaO3 |
| 9:20–9:40 | P. Kužel Theoretical notes on THz pump – optical probe experiments |
| 9:40–10:00 | T. Troha Local photoconductivity dynamics in semiconductors investigated by THz near-field microscopy |
| 10:00–10:20 | H. Němec Rapid expansion of photo-generated electron-hole plasma in direct gap semiconductors |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00–11:30 | A. Grünebohm (invited) Tuning phase stability in ferroelectric oxides by epitaxial strain and point defects |
| 11:30–11:50 | P. Márton Development of shell-model potentials for mixed perovskites |
| 11:50–12:20 | M. Mrovec (invited) Foundational GRACE: Towards quantum accuracy in atomistic modeling of phase transitions |
| 12:20–12:40 | M. Khanore Deep learning frameworks for exploration of energy landscapes of perovskites |
| 12:40–13:00 | O. Y. Mazur Domain evolution in uniaxial ferroelectrics: stochastic and phase-field perspectives |
| 13:00–13:05 | Closing |
| 13:05–14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 | Departure |
