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Scope and Program

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

Invited speakers

Tutorial lectures

In order to promote the scientific development of our younger colleagues, the conference was expanded by a series of tutorials. The main part of the tutorials started in the morning on Monday, May 23 at the Institute of Physics in Prague and included lab visits. This arrangement also provided an opportunity to see our beautiful capital the day before. A bus transfer to the conference location was secured.

List of tutorials:

Young Researcher Competition

All students had an opportunity to take part in a Clip Session to promote their poster to demonstrate their ability to introduce their research orally in two minutes to a broad audience and discuss in the follow-up poster session. The best three competitors were awarded. The competition was open for Master and PhD students.

Schedule

Technical program of the XXIV Czech–Polish Seminar was scheduled from the afternoon on Monday, May 23 till the lunch on Friday, May 27. Wednesday afternoon was reserved for sightseeing tours.

 Monday
May 23
Tuesday
May 24
Wednesday
May 25
Thursday
May 26
Friday
May 27
7:00—9:30 BreakfastBreakfastBreakfastBreakfast
8:30—12:30 Tutorials in Prague 
(including
coffee break
& lunch)
Tutorial
  Coffee break  
Talks
Tutorials
  Coffee break  
Talks
Tutorial
  Coffee break  
Talks
Talks
  Coffee break  
Talks
12:30—14:30LunchLunchLunchLunch
14:30—18:00Departure from Prague:
15:00
Registration in Harrachov:
15:00—18:30
Talks
Coffee break
Talks
Student competition
ExcursionTalks
Coffee break
Talks

Departure from Harrachov:
14:00
Arrival to Prague:
(16:30—17:00)
18:00—21:00DinnerDinnerDinner 
 20:00—21:30 TutorialPostersPostersConference
dinner

The official language of the conference will be English.

 

Program of the XXIV 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