The Workshop on Physics and Chemistry of Switching in Condensed Matter is a one and a half day forum which will run following the 2005 MRS Spring Meeting. The workshop has been designed to bring together several research communities centered on discovering the fundamental mechanisms of solid-state switching.
The specific goals are to establish the current limits of understanding of switching mechanisms, including mechanisms for wear-out, and to foster interaction between materials scientists and engineers seeking to exploit these phenomena in microelectronic and optoelectronic devices and subsystems. Where applicable, we seek to emphasize common physics.
We plan sessions on amorphous-crystalline transition, such as that found in chalcogenide-based alloys, ferroelectric, and multi-ferroic materials, ferromagnetic transitions, and switching in polymers. However, contributions covering switching in other condensed matter systems are welcome.
Each session will start with a scene-setting presentation outlining current and potential applications. There will also be an informal evening session on Friday. While most of the presentations will be invited from renowned speakers, we anticipate accepting a limited number of contributed presentations.
Registration
The cost of the workshop is $175. Online, phone, fax and mail registration are now closed. On-site registration will be available
Workshop Committee:
A. H. Edwards
Focus for phase-change session I, chalcogenides
AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate
Phone: 505-853-6042
Fax: 505-846-2290
Email: edwardsa@afrl.kirtland.af.mil
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Arthur J. Epstein
Focus for Polymers session
Department of Physics, Ohio State University
Phone: 614-292-1133
Fax: 614-292-755
Email:
epstein@mps.ohio-state.edu
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D. Emin
Focus for phase-change II.
Department of Physics, University of New Mexico
Phone: 505-277-2210
Fax: 505-277-1520
Email: emin@unm.edu
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Mark Johnson
Focus for ferromagnetic materials
Naval Research Laboratory
Phone: 202-767-6255
Fax: 202-767-1697
Email: mjbooj@anvl.nrl.navy.mil
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Robert Nemanich
Focus for ferroelectric materials
Department of Physics, North Carolina State University
Phone: 919-515-3225
Fax: 919-515-6538
Email:
Robert_Nemanich@ncsu.edu
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Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Focus for multiferroics
Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
Phone: 510-643-2206
Fax: 510-643-5792
Email: rramesh @ uclink.berkeley.edu
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Chris Bozada
AFRL Sensors Directorate
Phone: 937-255-1874 x3376
Fax: 937-255-2306
Email: Christopher.Bozada@wpafb.af.mil
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Don Dorsey
AFRL Materials Laboratory
Phone: 937-255-2227 x 3505
Fax: 937-255-3374
Email: dorseyd@ml.wpafb.af.mil
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Workshop Schedule
LOCATION: Marriott Hotel, Nob Hill Room A-D, Yuerba Buena
Level |
| Friday, April 1 |
| 8:00 am |
Opening Remarks |
8:15 - 10:15 |
Session I: Crystalline-Amorphous PT I
- 8:15 - John Robertson
Arizona State University
- 8:35 - M. G. Kanatzidis
Michigan State University
- 8:55 - M. H. Cohen
Rutgers & Princeton Universities
- 9:15 - H. Fritzsche
University of Chicago
- 9:35 -
D. Emin
University of New Mexico
- 9:55 -
Panel – D. Emin
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10:15 |
BREAK |
| 10:30 - 12:30 |
Session II: Crystalline-Amorphous PT II
- 10:30 - A. Edwards
AFRL
- 10:40 - P. Fons
NAIST – Tsukuba, Japan
- 11:00 - D. Baker & M. Paesler
N.C. State Univ
- 11:20 - John R. Abelson
University of Illinois
- 11:40 - A. Pirovano
STMicroelectronics, Italy
- 12:00 - Panel – A. Edwards
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| 12:30 |
LUNCH |
| 2:00 - 4:00 |
Session III: Ferromagnetic Materials
- 2:00 - M. Johnson
Naval Research Laboratory
- 2:20 - Jian-Gang Zhu
Carnegie Mellon University
- 2:40 - Shehzaad Kaka
NIST
- 3:00 - J. G. Deak
NVE Corporation
- 3:20 - Byoung C. Choi
Univ. of Victoria, Canada
- 3:40 - Panel – M. Johnson
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| 4:00 |
BREAK |
| 4:15 - 6:15 |
Session IV: Polymers
- 4:15 - A. J. Epstein
Ohio State University
- 4:35 - L. J. Dalton
University of Washington
- 4:55 - Y. Yang
UCLA
- 5:15 - TBA
- 5:35 - Panel – A. J. Epstein
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| 6:15 |
Dinner Break |
| 8:00 - 10:00 |
Evening — Topical Discussions
- Rump Session – A.J. Epstein
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| 8:00 - 10:00 |
Evening — Poster Sessions
Two-minute oral presentation per poster
- 8:00 - L. Delong
University of Kentucky
- 8:02 - B. J. Rodriguez
North Carolina State Univ
- 8:04 - R. Meyer
Stanford University
- 8:06 - S. Raoux
IBM Almaden
- 8:08 - M. Wuttig
University of Aachen
- 8:10 - A. Edwards
AFRL
- 8:12 - P. C. Taylor
University of Utah
- 8:14 - S. Savransky
- 8:16 - Q. Wang
NREL
- 8:18 - R. Haglund
Vanderbilt University
- 8:20 - A. Thazin
Ibaraki University, Japan
- 8:20 – 9:00 - Posters on Display
- 9:00 – 10:00 - Informal Technical Discussions
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| Saturday, April 2 |
| 8:30 - 10:30 |
Session V: Ferroelectric Materials
- 8:30 - R. Ramesh
UC-Berkeley
- 9:00 - Darrell Schlom
Pennsylvania State Univ
- 9:20 - A. Gruverman
North Carolina State Univ
- 9:40 - G. B. Stephenson
Argonne National Lab
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| 10:30 |
BREAK |
| 10:45 - 12:45 |
Session VI: Multi-Ferroic Materials
- 10:15 - Glen Fox
Ramtron International Corp.
- 10:35 - D. Viehland
Virginia Tech.
- 10:55 - F. Zavaliche
University of Maryland
- 11:15 - Panel – R. Ramesh
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| 12:45 |
ADJOURN |
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