IISAF - ECAPD - PFM is a joined conference of the following:
- International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics (ISAF)
- European Conference on the Applications of Polar Dielectrics (ECAPD)
- International Symposium Piezoresponse Force Microscopy and Nanoscale Phenomena in Polar Materials (PFM)
ISAF-ECAPD-PFM is dedicated to developments in the field of ferroelectrics and related materials and their applications, including novel nanoscale methods of their investigation.
Topics
- Bulk Materials (Single crystals; Ceramics; Polymers, Liquid crystals & composites)
- Applications (Medical transducers; Energy harvesting devices; High power ultrasound in medicine & materials science; sensors & devices in harsh environments; Actuators; Novel applications (connectorless power supplies using piezos, etc.)); MRI Concepts (Dielectrics for focusing, etc.)
- Dielectrics (Capacitors; Ultra high-K materials; RF and THz materials & properties)
- Conduction Phenomena, Point Defects & Nanoionics (Electroresistive and neuromorphic systems; Multilevel ferroelectric devices; Ferroelectric and magnetoresistive barriers; Fundamental aspects of ionic motion & defects in functional oxides; Energy storage systems; Fuel cells and air batteries )
- Ferroelectrics & Antiferroelectrics for Energy Applications (Electrocaloric materials & devices; Ferroelectric photovoltaics; Thermoelectric materials and devices)
- Domain Engineering (Materials with enhanced properties; Electrooptical materials)
- Multiferroics and Magnetoelectric Effects
- Ferroelectric Memory Materials & Devices
- New Characterization Techniques (Piezo-response force microscopy; Non-contact scanning probe microsocpies; Optical near field imaging; Focused X-ray microscopy; Broadband dielectric spectroscopy)
- Nanoscale Phenomena (Nanostructure and size effects on piezo-/ferroelectric properties)
- Optical Phenomena (Signal processing; Storage devices; Periodic poling; Photonic band-gaps)
- Novel Advances in Ferroelectrics
- Pyroelectric Materials and Devices
- Piezoelectricity (High-performance piezoelectric single crystals; Lead-based piezo-ceramics; Lead-free piezoelectrics; MEMS and other integrated piezo-devices)
- Theory and Modelling (Domain structure; Phase transitions; Critical phenomena; Density functional theory; First-principles calculations)
- Relaxor Ferroelectrics/Dielectrics
- Ferroelectric Photovoltaics (Bulk and barrier photovoltaic effect, photostriction, photopoling, photoconductivity etc.)
- Thick & Thin Films (Preparation, characterization & applications)
