Piezoresponse ForÃ'e Microscopy and Nanoscale Phenomena in Polar Materials (PFM-2014) combined with International Youth Conference Functional Imaging of Nanomaterials

Scope

The joint conference will cover a wide range of topics related to functional imaging of nanomaterials by various techniques including Scanning Probe Microscopy (Piezoresponse Force Microscopy â€" PFM, Electrochemical Strain Microscopy â€" ESM, Kelvin Probe Microscopy â€" KPM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Optical Microscopy (Confocal Microscopy â€" CM, Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy â€" SNOM, and Raman Microscopy â€" RM). The Youth Conference will consist of an extensive tutorial and scientific conference on nanoscale phenomena in ferroelectrics, ionic conductors, and polar biomaterials.

PFM-2014 main topics

• Instrumental aspects of PFM, ESM, KPM, SNOM, and related techniques as applied to functional nanomaterials
• Ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, and ionic conductors on the nanoscale
• Multiferroic phenomena and magnetoelectric coupling on the nanoscale
• Disordered ferroelectrics, domains, and mesoscopic effects
• Ferroelectric data storage and polarization lithography
• Ferroelectric photovoltaics and tip-enhanced phenomena
• Interface and domain engineering
• Biocompatible & organic polar materials on the nanoscale
• 1D and 2D nanostructured materials
• Theory and modeling