XXIV Czech-Polish seminar

Structural and ferroelectric phase transitions

Harrachov, Czech Republic
May 23 – 27, 2022

The idea of regular scientific meetings of physicists involved in studies of ferroelectrics and phase transitions in Poland and Czechoslovakia followed inevitably from the success of first such an event in Błażejewko in 1979. The Seminar was organized in collaborating of the Department of Dielectrics of the Institute of Physics of Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and the Ferroelectric Lab of the Institute of Molecular Physics of Polish Academy of Sciences. The Seminars are an international forum for presentation of recent results, unconstrained discussions and initiating of joint studies. This conference series results not only in scientific integration but also in close cooperation and friendship. The bianual event usually brings together about 100–120 participants in a proportion: approximately one third from the Czech Republic, one third from Poland and the rest from other countries.

History of the seminars

I.Błażejewko, Poland1979
II.Mělník, Czechoslovakia1980
III.Kołobrzeg, Poland1981
IV.Piesky, Czechoslovakia1982
V.Kozubnik, Poland1983
VI.Liberec, Czechoslovakia1984
VII.Karpacz, Poland1986
VIII.Senohraby, Czechoslovakia1988
IX.Poznań–Kiekrz, Poland1990
X.Paseky nad Jizerou, Czechoslovakia1992
XI.Paseky nad Jizerou, Czechoslovakia1994
XII.Jurata, Poland1996
XIII.Liblice, Czech Republic1998
XIV.Świnoujście, Poland2000
XV.Nečtiny, Czech Republic2002
XVI.Great Mazurian Lakes, Poland2004
XVII.Znojmo, Czech Republic2006
XVIII.Zakopane, Poland2008
XIX.Telč, Czech Republic2010
XX.Ustroń, Poland2012
XXI.Sezimovo Ústí, Czech Republic2014
XXII.Hucisko, Poland2016
XXIII.Kouty, Czech Republic2018

Venue

The venue of XXIV Czech–Polish seminar was Harrachov, Czech Republic. The Harrachov town and mountain resort is located at the altitude of 665 m in the Giant Mountains range of the Sudetes (Krkonoše), in the valley of the Mumlava river below the Čertova mountain. The town is located directly at the Czech–Polish border. The town consisting of four parts and villages (Harrachov, Mýtiny, Nový Svět and Rýžoviště) has about 1,300 inhabitants.

The first written reference dates back to the 17th century when German settlers founded a village Dörfl. Harrachov has been known for its glass production which dates back to the 14th century. In 1890s, first pair of skis was imported to the country which started the tradition of winter sports in Harrachov. In 1920, first ski jumping hills were built. The first international skiing championship was organised in 1923. Harrachov still remains a popular skiing resort.

Giant Mountains

The Giant Mountains (Krkonoše in Czech, Karkonosze in Polish, Riesengebirge in German) is a mountain range located in the north of the Czech Republic and the south-west of Poland, part of the Sudetes mountain system (part of the Bohemian Massif). The Czech-Polish border, which divides the historic regions of Bohemia and Silesia, runs along the main ridge. The highest peak Sněžka (1,603 m) is the highest peak in the Czech Republic.

Accommodation

Hotel Sklar

Accommodation was provided in Resort Sklář****, Harrachov 520, 512 46 Czech Republic. The hotel conveniently located close to the town centre offers accommodation in 171 rooms. There is a restaurant and bar, a hotel wellness centre with a heated swimming pool, sauna, steam bath, hot tub and many types of massages available. The resort offers plenty of sport activities. Animated video programs are available for children.

 

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
 

Registration and fee

The organizers would like to thank the participants for their contributions and warm atmosphere of the meeting. There were 95 participants from 10 countries at the XXIV Czech–Polish seminar:

pie chart

 

Contributions

Abstracts

Abstract submission has been closed.

Instructions for speakers

Standard facilities will be available for oral presentations:

On the conference laptop, the following presentation file formats are supported:

We strongly recommend to use the conference laptop to prevent time loss due to swapping the equipment. We kindly ask you to provide your presentation file well in advance on a USB flash disk (before your session at the latest). Alternatively, you can use your own computer.

Details for poster presentations

The poster boards are 100 cm wide and 120 cm high. Please do not use self-adhesive tapes or Velcro which will not work. Pins will be available on site.

Master and PhD students can also prepare a two-minute clip talk and take part in the Young Researcher Competition.

For any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us at .

 

Excursions

Free time is scheduled on Wednesday, May 25 after lunch. You can plan your own activities, or we can offer you four organized excursions. There will be a limited number of participants for the excursion to the glassworks. Hiking options will be organized on tourist pathways (partially asphalted, partially unpaved surface), comfortable walking shoes are recommended. In principle, options 1 and 2 can be combined.

1) Visit to the Glassworks and Museum of Glass (60 people max.)

As part of an excursion to the glassworks, you will first visit their metallurgical production, a historic glass grinding mill, a glass museum, and you can also see the chapel of St. Elizabeth with an altar made of Venetian mirrors and a functional glass bell. Excursion length 1 h, departure from the hotel at 13:45 (short walk about 1.5 km). After the excursion, it is possible to visit the company’s glass shop with the possibility of buying local products and the local brewery restaurant.

Harrachov glassworksHarrachov glass muzeum

2) Tourist walk: Small Harrachov hike

Route length: 6 km. Time required: 2—3 hours. The route runs outside the busy city center. Along the way you can't miss one of the natural beauties of Harrachov — Mumlava waterfall where you can refresh in the nearby buffet “Mumlavská bouda” (Mumlava cottage). This part of the route leads on an asphalted surface. The second part continues on an unpaved forest path above the “Zákoutí complex” with a swimming pool, mini golf, tennis and a possibility of small snacks. The road continues along side streets of Harrachov with a beautiful view of the “Čertova hora” (Devil’s Mountain) and the ski jumps.

Route map

Mumlava waterfallHarrachov swimming pool

3) Tourist walk: Medium Harrachov hike

Route length: approx. 10 km. Time required: 3—4 hours. Slightly difficult route. The surface of the route is mostly formed by an asphalted road, some sections are formed by unpaved forest roads. The route will take you to the middle ski jumps, further along the bridge over the river Mumlava river and continues through the forest to the cableway called “Rýžoviště”. Here begins a quiet part of the road that will take you to the river Mumlava and along the river you will gradually descend to the Mumlava waterfalls. At the end of the trip you will pass tennis courts, a swimming pool area and a moment later you will see beautiful views of “Čertova hora” (Devil’s Mountain) with large ski jumps.

Route map

Harrachov ski jumpsMumlava waterfall

4) Tourist walk: Great Harrachov hike

Route length: approx. 15 km. Time required: 4—5 hours. Moderately difficult route. The route is an extended version of the Medium Harrachov hike; it is the same until it reaches the Mumlava River. Here it is possible to turn right and go to the tourist point called “Krakonošova snídaně” (Krakonoš breakfast). Then back along the same path and downstream, you will gradually descend to Mumlava waterfalls. Furthermore, the route is again the same as in the case of the Medium Harrachov hike mentioned above.

Krakonos breakfastMumlava waterfall

Deadlines

The important dates regarding conference organization are as follows:

Registration form:  February 20, 2022
Abstract submission:  February 20, 2022
 Acceptance of contributions:  February 21, 2022
Payment:  February 28, 2022
Conference:  May 23–27, 2022 
 

Organizers

Program committee

Organizing committee

 

Contacts

Address for correspondence

Alexej Bubnov
Marie Janovská
Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic
Tel.: +420 2 6605 2134
e-mail:
website: http://palata.fzu.cz/cpsem/

Webmaster

Jan Pokorný
Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic
Tel.: +420 2 6605 2654
e-mail:
website: http://palata.fzu.cz/cpsem/