Day 1, October 9, 2017, AM

08:00-08:30

Registration on site

08:30-08:40

Opening Ceremony

Xi Yao, Wei Ren, Zhuo Xu and Zuo-Guang Ye

Session I, Chair: Ahmad Safari

08:40-09:05

Electron Diffraction, Polar Functional Materials and the Crystal Chemistry Underlying Their Structural and Properties Behaviour

Ray L. Withers

Australian National University, Australia

09:05-09:30

An Identification of Center-Domain Structure in BiFeO₃ Nanodots

Jun-Ming Liu

Nanjing University, China

09:30-09:55

Study of Phase Transitions in Multiferroics with Huntite Structures

Alexander Krylov

Kirensky Institute of Physics, RAS, Russia

09:55-10:15

Panel Discussion

10:15-10:50

Group Photo, Tea / Coffee Break

Session II, Chair: Xiaoyong Wei

10:50-11:15

Soft Mode Condensation in Raman Spectra of (Pb-La)(Zr-Sn-Ti)O₃ Ceramics

Alexander N. Vtyurin

Kirensky Institute of Physics, RAS, Russia

11:15-11:40

On Dynamics of Polar Regions in Dielectric Materials

Dragan Damjanovic

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne – EPFL, Switzerland

11:40-12:05

Dielectric Relaxation in Relaxor Ferroelectrics

Sergey Vakhrushev

Ioffe Institute, Russia

12:05-12:25

Panel Discussion

Day 1, October 9, 2017, PM

Session III, Chair: Xiaoning Jiang

14:00-14:25

BNT-Based Pb-Free Ceramic for Multilayer Actuator and High Power Transducer Applications

Ahmad Safari

Rutgers University, USA

14:25-14:50

Preparation of Anodized Composite Film with High Dielectric Constant and Application for Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors

Youlong Xu

Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

14:50-15:15

Colossal Permittivity of (Ag + Nb/Ta) co-doped TiO₂ Ceramics with Low
Dielectric Loss

Zupei Yang

Shaanxi Normal University, China

15:15-15:40

Enhanced Piezoelectric Properties of KNN-based Ceramics

Jianguo Zhu

Sichuan University, China

15:40-16:00

Panel Discussion

16:00-16:15

Tea / Coffee Break

Session IV, Chair: Reimund Gerhard

16:15-16:40

Challenges and Opportunities and Associated Issues for Development of High-Performance Dielectric Composites

Zhongyang Cheng

Auburn University, USA

16:40-17:05

Polymer Nanocomposite Dielectrics for Energy Storage : Fundamentals, Recent Progresses & Future Perspectives

Yang Shen

Tsinghua University, China

17:05-17:30

Morphology Control and Phase Transition of Ilmenite Sodium Niobate Particles

Tomoaki Karaki

Toyama Prefectural University, Japan

17:30-17:50

Panel Discussion

Day 2, October 10, 2017, AM

Session V, Chair: Wei Ren

08:30-08:55

Dielectrics in Soft Devices

Siegfried Bauer

Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

08:55-09:20

Ferroelectrets - Recent Advances and Future Prospects

Reimund Gerhard

University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany

09:20-09:45

Flexoelectricity in Dielectrics: Materials, Structures and Characterizations

Xiaoning Jiang

North Carolina State University, USA

09:45-10:10

Flexoelectricity and Spin-Phonon Coupling Effects in Advanced Materials

Jiawang Hong

Beijing Institute of Technology, China  

10:10-10:30

Panel Discussion

10:30-10:45

Tea / Coffee Break

Session VI, Chair: Dragan Damjanovic

10:45-11:10

Defects Design for Dielectric Materials

Yun Liu

Australian National University, Australia

11:10-11:35

Microstructure, Sintering Behavior, Compatibility with Silver Electrode of Low Temperature Cofired Li_4/5Mg_4/5Ti_7/5O₄ Ceramics with BaCu(B₂O₅) and TiO₂ Addition

Huanfu Zhou

Guilin University of Technology, China

11:35-12:00

Poled Crystals and Their Applications

Wanguo Liang

Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matters, CAS, China

12:00-12:20

Panel Discussion

Day 2, October 10, 2017, PM

Session VII, Chair: Zhuo Xu

14:00-14:25

Electron-Beam Domain Patterning in LiNbO₃ Crystals and LiNbO₃-Based Optical Waveguides

Tatyana R. Volk

Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of FSRC, RAS, Russia

14:25-14:50

Lead Free KTN Crystals: From Optical to Piezoelectric Properties

Hao Tian

Harbin Institute of Technology, China

14:50-15:15

Growth of PMN-PT Single Crystals with Double-Melt Approach

Jian Tian

CTS Corporation, USA

15:15-15:40

Growth of Large Size PIN-PMN-PT Single Crystals and Improvement of Composition Uniformity

Zhenrong Li

Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

15:40-16:00

Panel Discussion

16:00-16:15

Tea / Coffee Break

Session VIII, Chair: Zuo-Guang Ye

16:15-16:40

Investigations on The Large Electrocaloric Effect in Gd³⁺ and Sn⁴⁺ Doped PLZT Ceramics and Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors

Shengguo Lu

Guangdong University of Technology, China

16:40-17:05

Toward Wearable Cooling: Highly Flexible Electrocaloric Ceramic Nanowire Array

Guangzu Zhang

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

17:05-17:30

A Magnetic Frequency Tuned Wireless Actuator Based on Magnetostriction

Kewei Zhang

Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, China

17:30-17:50

Panel Discussion

17:50-18:00

Closing Remarks

Xi Yao, Zuo-Guang Ye, Wei Ren and Zhuo Xu