Scope

Ferroelectric materials possess extremely high dielectric permittivity, making them ideal dielectric materials for capacitors, as well as key materials for low power future information devices such as ferroelectric memory and neuromorphic components. They also exhibit excellent piezoelectric properties, in which a mechanical force generates a proportional electric potential on the material surface, and converse piezoelectric properties, in which an applied electric field induces mechanical deformation. Owing to these characteristics, ferroelectrics are widely used in various electronic components, including actuators, gyroscopic sensors, ultrasonic devices, and human detection sensors based on the pyroelectric effect.

This symposium is an interdisciplinary event centered on the keyword “ferroelectrics,” bringing together researchers and faculty members in physics, materials science, and energy fields, as well as leading global companies in electronic devices. It will serve as an important opportunity to support diverse convergence research, spanning from fundamental ferroelectric properties to device applications. The main topics include:

1. Theory, simulation, modeling, and first principles calculations
2. Phase transitions and critical phenomena
3. Domain structures, dynamics, and engineering
4. Surfaces, interfaces, and defects
5. Crystal growth, materials processing, thin films, superlattices, and nanostructured ferroelectrics
6. Dielectric, piezoelectric, pyroelectric, and electrocaloric properties
7. Multiferroics, relaxor ferroelectrics, polymer and organic ferroelectrics, and ferroelectric composites
8. Optical properties and nonlinear phenomena
9. Raman, IR, submillimeter, THz, and microwave spectroscopy
10. Nanoscale ferroelectric behavior and size effects
11. Integration of ferroelectricity with semiconductors
12. Materials characterization techniques
13. Applications: FRAM, sensors, actuators, microwave devices, MEMS, and energy harvesting