The physics and application prospects of relaxor ferroelectrics are subject of continuously growing interest. The need for a world-wide discussion forum focused on this subject has led to several ad-hoc meetings organized in the past. The recent positive and useful experience of participants of the International Workshop on Structure–Property Relations in Relaxor Ferroelectrics organized in Xi'an, China, 2011; the Workshop on Relaxor Ferroelectrics organized in Schloss Edesheim, Germany, 2012; and the International Workshop on Relaxor Ferroelectrics held in St. Petersburg, 2013 has motivated the advisory board of the last one to establish a regular biennial chain of focused workshops as a platform aimed to enhance the communication, exchange and collaboration among the researchers working in relaxor ferroelectric physics and materials science.
The event was held in Stirin, Czech Republic, on 12–16 October 2014. The chateau surrounded by a well-kept park provided a great venue for the Workshop, period accommodation as well as fascinating landscape. The single-session workshop program involved 51 oral and 26 poster presentations.
We would like to thank all the participants for outstanding talks and poster presentations, as well as for creating a great audience.
| Sunday Oct 12 | Monday Oct 13 | Tuesday Oct 14 | Wednesday Oct 15 | Thursday Oct 16 | |
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| 7:00–8:55 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | |
| 8:55–9:00 | Opening | ||||
| 9:00–10:30 | Session 1 | Session 6 | Session 11 | Session 15 | |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break | Coffee break | |
| 11:00–13:00 | Session 2 | Session 7 | Session 12 | Session 16 | |
| 13:00–14:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Refreshment | |
| 14:30–16:00 | Session 3 | Session 8 | Session 13 | ||
| 16:00–16:30 | Registration 17:00–19:00 | Tea time | Excursion | Tea time | |
| 16:30–18:30 | Session 4 | Session 14 | |||
| 18:30–20:00 | Welcome dinner 19:00–21:00 | Dinner | Dinner | Conference dinner | |
| 20:30 | Session 5 | Session 10 |
Posters were displayed all the time throughout the Workshop.
| 17:00–19:00 | Registration |
| 19:00–21:00 | Welcome dinner |
| 8:55 | OPENING |
| SESSION 1 – DIFFUSE SCATTERING I. (9:00–10:30; chair S. Kamba) | |
| 9:00 (40) | S. Vakhrushev (St. Petersburg, Russia) Change of the diffuse scattering topology at the morphotropic phase boundary |
| 9:40 (25) | M. Pasciak (Prague, Czech Republic) Local correlations in lead-based relaxors from x-ray diffuse scattering data refinement |
| 10:05 (25) | A. Bosak (Grenoble, France) Diffuse scattering in lead-containing perovskites |
| 10:30 (30) | Coffee break |
| SESSION 2 – LEAD-FREE RELAXORS (11:00–13:00; chair Z-G. Ye) | |
| 11:00 (40) | P. Gehring (Gaithersburg, USA) The incipient relaxor KLT |
| 11:40 (20) | H. Luo (Shanghai, China) Piezoelectric response of NBT–BT single crystals with their hierarchical structure |
| 12:00 (40) | J. Kreisel (Belvaux, Luxembourg) Polarization rotation in bismuth-based piezoelectrics |
| 12:40 (20) | T. Granzow (Belvaux, Luxembourg) Relaxor properties and field-induced ferroelectric order in (1-x) Bi1/2Na1/2TiO3 – x BaTiO3 ceramics across the morphotropic phase boundary |
| 13:00 (90) | Lunch |
| SESSION 3 – THEORY I. (14:30–16:00; chair V. Janis) | |
| 14:30 (40) | A. M. Rappe (Philadelphia, USA) Molecular dynamics studies of the phase transitions in a relaxor ferroelectric |
| 15:10 (20) | M. Iwata (Nagoya, Japan) Electric field effect and stable ferroelectric phases as average structures in a relaxor solid solution system Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 – xPbTiO3 |
| 15:30 (20) | B. P. Burton (Gaithersburg, USA) Random field in PST and PSN Random fields in PST and PSN |
| 15:50 (10) | ANNOUNCEMENTS |
| 16:00 (30) | Tea time |
| SESSION 4 – GLASS vs RELAXOR (16:30–18:30; chair R. Pirc) | |
| 16:30 (30) | W. Kleemann (Duisburg, Germany) Glassy phenomena in relaxors |
| 17:00 (30) | V. Janis (Prague, Czech Republic) Ergodicity breaking in disordered and frustrated systems: Replicas in spin glass models |
| 17:30 (30) | B. Hehlen (Montpellier, France) Do relaxors behave like structural glasses? |
| 18:00 (30) | Short piano concert |
| 18:30 (90) | Dinner |
| 20:30 (40) | SESSION 5 – EVENING TALK I. K. Uchino: Piezoelectric actuator renaissance |
| SESSION 6 – LEAD-BASED PEROVSKITES (9:00–10:30; chair S. Vakhrushev) | |
| 9:00 (30) | Z.-G. Ye (Burnaby, Canada) Morphotropic phase boundary in relaxor-based solid solution Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3 – Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 – PbTiO3 |
| 9:30 (20) | L. Feigl (Lausanne, Switzerland) Controlled stripes of ultrafine ferroelectric domains |
| 9:50 (20) | W. Hu (Upton, USA) Rhombohedrons in the local structures of relaxor ferroelectrics |
| 10:10 (20) | Y. Fujii (Kusatsu, Japan) Light scattering investigation on fractal nature of relaxor |
| 10:30 (30) | Coffee break |
| SESSION 7 – PIEZO-, FLEXO-, AND MAGNETOELECTRIC COUPLING (11:00–13:00; chair G. Rossetti) | |
| 11:00 (30) | M. Stengel (Barcelona, Spain) Surface control of flexoelectricity |
| 11:40 (15) | H. Wu (Shanghai, China) A theoretical study on compressively strained EuTiO3 thin film |
| 11:55 (25) | E. Bousquet (Liege, Belgium) Nonlinear ferroelectric properties in fluoroperovskites |
| 12:20 (20) | I. P. Raevski (Rostov/Don, Russia) Relaxor-like properties of PbFe0.5Ta0.5O3 ceramics |
| 12:40 | CONFERENCE PHOTO |
| 13:00 (90) | Lunch |
| SESSION 8 – DIFFUSE SCATTERING II. (14:30–16:00; chair P. Gehring) | |
| 14:30 (30) | D. Chernyshov (Grenoble, France) Diffuse scattering in PMN relaxor: experiment, analysis and models |
| 15:00 (30) | J. Kulda (Grenoble, France) PNR's in relaxor ferroelectrics: a fingerprint of a Griffiths phase? |
| 15:30 (30) | J. Hlinka (Prague, Czech Republic) Hidden order in relaxor ferroelectrics |
| 16:30 (120) | SESSION 9 –CONFERENCE EXCURSION Sightseeing & local beer tasting |
| 18:30 (90) | Dinner |
| SESSION 10 – EVENING TALK II. | |
| 20:30 (40) | D. Sherrington (Oxford, UK) Relaxors, spin-, Stoner and cluster-glasses |
| SESSION11 – RELAXOR MATERIALS I. (9:00–10:30; chair B. Hehlen) | |
| 9:00 (20) | M. Tyunina (Oulu, Finland) Relaxor-to-ferroelectric transitions in epitaxial films of PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 and PbSc1/2Nb1/2O3 |
| 9:20 (20) | V. Bovtun (Prague, Czech Republic) Relaxation time distribution in BZT and PMN relaxors |
| 9:40 (20) | B. Mihailova (Hamburg, Germany) Electric-field-induced local structural phenomena in Pb-based perovskite-type relaxors |
| 10:00 (30) | D. Pandey (Varanasi, India) Relaxor ferroelectric behaviour in perovskites with ferroelectric and antiferroelectric ground state due to homovalent/heterovalent substitutional disorder |
| 10:30 (30) | Coffee break (30) |
| SESSION12 – GLASSES II. (11:00–13:00; chair W. Kleemann) | |
| 11:00 (30) | T. Egami (Oak Ridge, USA) Relaxor ferroelectrics, spin glass and real glass |
| 11:30 (25) | J. Dec (Katowice, Poland) Non-linear dielectric response of relaxors: what does it tell us about |
| 11:55 (25) | W. Schranz (Wien, Austria) Dynamically correlated regions in molecular liquids, polymers and relaxors |
| 12:20 (30) | A. Bell (Leeds, UK) Relevance of superparaelectric model calculations to relaxor ferroelectrics |
| 13:00 (90) | Lunch (90) |
| SESSION 13 – LEAD-FREE RELAXORS (14:30–16:00; chair A. Bell) | |
| 14:30 (30) | I. M. Reaney (Sheffield, UK) Role of the incommensurate/commensurate modulation in the crystal chemistry of tetragonal tungsten bronze structured ceramics |
| 15:00 (20) | P. Ondrejkovic Dynamic polarization fluctuations in a uniaxial Sr0.61Ba0.39Nb2O6 relaxor |
| 15:20 (25) | J. Petzelt (Prague, Czech Republic) Lattice dynamics and dielectric spectroscopy of BZT and NBT lead-free relaxors – comparison with lead-based perovskite relaxors |
| 15:45 (15) | Short announcements |
| 16:00 (30) | Tea time |
| SESSION 14 – THEORY II. (16:30–18:30; chair A. Rappe) | |
| 16:30 (40) | G. A. Rossetti (Storrs, USA) Energetics of phase transitions in relaxor piezocrystals |
| 17:10 (40) | R. Pirc (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Freezing in relaxor ferroelectrics and dipolar glasses |
| 17:50 (20) | A. Bussmann-Holder (Stuttgart, Germany) Crossover from displacive to relaxor ferroelectricity |
| 18:10 (20) | R. Mamin (Kazan, Russia) Phenomenological theory of relaxors in details |
| 19:30 | Conference dinner |
| SESSION 15 – NEW CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS (9:00–10:30; chair B. Dkhil) | |
| 9:00 (20) | I. Kornev (Paris, France) Local gauge symmetry and topological defects in relaxor ferroelectrics |
| 9:20 (20) | M. E. Manley (Oak Ridge, USA) Phonon localization as a driver for polar nanoregions in relaxor ferroelectrics |
| 9:40 (20) | G. Suchaneck (Dresden, Germany) Electrocaloric cooling based on relaxor ferroelectrics |
| 10:00 (20) | A. Movchikova (Dresden, Germany) Application of relaxor-based single crystals in pyroelectric detectors |
| 10:20 (10) | Announcements |
| 10:30 (30) | Coffee break |
| SESSION 16 – RELAXOR MATERIALS II. (11:00–13:20; chair J. Hlinka) | |
| 11:00 (30) | K. Ohwada (Hyogo, Japan) Higher-order structures near MPB Higher-order structures near MPB |
| 11:30 (20) | E. Buixaderas (Prague, Czech Republic) Raman and broad-band dielectric behaviour of SrxBa1-xNb2O6 single crystals |
| 11:50 (20) | M. Deluca (Leoben, Austria) Raman spectroscopy of lead-free relaxor ceramics |
| 12:10 (20) | S. Kamba (Prague, Czech Republic) Comparison of the soft and central mode behavior in PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 and PbFe1/2Nb1/2O3 |
| 12:30 (20) | G. G. Guzman-Verri (Argonne, USA) A variational study of a model for relaxor ferroelectrics |
| 12:50 (30) | B. Dkhil (Chatenay-Malabry, France) Relaxors seen through other complex systems having outstanding properties |
| 13:20 (10) | Closing |
| 13:30 (60) | Refreshments |
| 15:00 | Departure |
There was a satellite workshop on Jana2006:
| 16–17 October: | The 23rd Ad Hoc Workshop on Jana2006, Basics |
Registration for the Jana2006 Workshop was made through the e-mail . There was no registration fee, lunches and coffee were paid on-site. There was no pre-arranged accommodation. The limit was 16–20 participants, each participant was expected to bring his/her own Windows-based laptop computer. We provided a limited number of laptops for the participants.
The Hotel Chateau Stirin, Ringhofferova 711, 251 68 Kamenice – Stirin, is located 25 km southeast from the Prague city centre. The chateau and its facilities are nestled in a peaceful countryside among extensive forests and numerous ponds. The site includes an English style chateau park.
Documentation of the village and fortress of Stirin under the rule of Chval of Stirin dates back to the 14th century. Starting in 1751, the manor belonged to the Salm-Reifersheid family, who reconstructed the complex into a Late Baroque representational seat with a chapel. In 1822, Prince Rohan acquired the manor; however, he sold it to Count Nostitz-Rhieneck in 1831. A significant turning point in the development of the Stirin chateau and its surroundings occurred in 1870, when the manor, including the chateau was bought by Baron Frantisek Ringhoffer, under whose reign the architect Stibral carried out further reconstruction. The Ringhoffer family owned the chateau and other real estate until 1945, when the state took over all the buildings and the adjacent landscaped nature park. Between 1985 and 2007, the chateau and park were strikingly renovated upon the initiative of Vaclav Hruby with the goal of creating hotel, conference and cultural facilities serving for sports and relaxation. Since 1995, the chateau has been the property of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
The conference venue is not far from the capital but we strongly encourage all participants to arrange their accommodation directly in Hotel Stirin facilities.
High-standard accommodation is offered in five buildings of Hotel Chateau Stirin:
For detailed information please visit the Accommodation section.
Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is well known for its historical monuments, classical architecture and rich cultural heritage that continues today in many theaters, concert halls, opera houses and galleries. Come and discover this wonderful city and walk in the footsteps not only of Franz Kafka and Antonin Dvorak but also of Tycho de Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Bernard Bolzano, Christian Doppler, Albert Einstein, Jaroslav Heyrovsky, Vladimir Prelog and others.
Prague has 1.3 million inhabitants living on approximately 500 square kilometers. The historical city center is a designated UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage area which stretches over more than 8 square kilometers. Charles University in Prague, founded in 1348, is the oldest university in Central Europe.
The dominant feature of the city is Prague Castle with its gothic St. Vitus Cathedral. The castle, formerly the seat of Czech kings since 1087, became the seat of the president in 1918. The Lesser Town below the castle boasts a profusion of intimate corners and character restaurants blended with splendid aristocratic palaces and charming gardens. The 14th century Charles Bridge, the most remarkable promenade site in Prague, connects Lesser Town with the Old Town, amazing network of twisting medieval lanes. The Old Town City Hall in the Old Town Square houses the oldest working Astronomical Clock in the world (1410). At every hour, a presentation of four figures and statues of 12 Apostles starts. Between the Old Town Square and the river bank, remains of unique 13th century Jewish Town offer mysterious spiritual atmosphere. Due to hilly landscape over double-bent river valley, the elevated sites such as the Castle offer magnificent views over the city's “one hundred spires”.
Vaclav Havel Airport Prague handles flights of most European carriers, including low-cost ones, as well as some overseas flights. To find the most appropriate flight without the need of visiting individual carrier websites, you may try a global travel search site such as http://www.skyscanner.net/.
Stirin is located approximately 40 km from the airport. For detailed information, please see the How to get there section.
Photographs courtesy of Hotel Chateau Stirin and fungus2.
Number of participants is limited by the intended Gordon-like style format of the workshop. All interested as well as invited participants are kindly asked to register early and send us their abstracts and the payments of the registration fee (8000 CZK; equivalent of approx. 300 EUR) and the accommodation charges well before the conference. Accommodation charges cover breakfast and Internet connection in the hotel rooms. Registration fee includes all standard conference services needed for the technical program, the lunches and dinners during the conference as well as social events including the conference dinner. Accompanying persons' charges cover not only full board in the Chateau but also an attractive spouse program. Payments can be sent by bank transfer or using debit/credit cards (Visa, American Express, MasterCard, Diners Club, Maestro). Accepted participants will receive payments details directly from the conference organizers.
| August 10 or earlier | August 11 or later | |
|---|---|---|
| Registration fee | 8,000 CZK | 10,000 CZK |
| Accompanying person fee | 6,000 CZK | 6,000 CZK |
The registration has been closed.
The program has been completed and abstract submission has been closed. We would like to express our thanks to all the participants for their submissions.
The ideal format is A0 portrait as 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.
There will be no dedicated poster session. All posters will be displayed throughout the duration of the Workshop. We recommend mounting all the posters on Monday after lunch. All the posters should be removed on Thursday before 11:00.
The time dedicated to your talk is indicated in the online program. Please make sure to include enough time for discussion (15–20%).
A conference laptop with Windows 7 operating system will be available for presentations. The following presentation file formats will be supported:
If you intend to use the conference laptop (preferred option), please provide your presentation file on a USB flash disk at least 10 min before the session starts.
The accommodation was provided in four buildings of Hotel Chateau Stirin. Each room is equipped with stylish furniture, bathroom with toilet and bidet (bath or shower), hairdryer, satellite TV, radio receiver (Chateau only), mini bar, personal safe and direct-dial telephone. Internet connection is available in all rooms. Check-in will start at 14:00.
Accommodation booking has been closed.