SYMPOSIUM 14: Crystalline Materials for Electrical, Optical and Medical Applications

This session will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of recent research and development activities on crystalline materials. The session will cover all aspects, from basic research and material characterization, through physicochemical aspects of growth, synthesis, and deposition techniques, to the technological development of industrialized materials. For this purpose, world-wide experts in the different topics will be invited to introduce their most recent activities. The broad scope of the session assures a wide overview of the state-of-the-art issues on crystalline materials, aiming to stimulate interdisciplinary discussions and collaborations in a wide range of fields. 

Proposed Session Topics 

• Semiconductors for LED/LD, power device, sensor 

• Optical materials for laser, nonlinear optics, optical isolator, phosphor 

• Scintillators for X-, gamma- and neutron detection 

• Piezo-, ferro- and magneto-electric materials 

• Transparent ceramics and nanocrystals 

• Phase diagrams, defect chemistry, crystalline quality 

Symposium Organizers 

• Kiyoshi Shimamura, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan 

• Kenji Toda, Niigata University, Japan 

• Takayuki Yanagida, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan 

• Mariya Zhuravleva, University of Tennessee, USA 

• Romain Gaume, University of Central Florida, USA 

• Hiroaki Furuse, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan 

• Philippe Veber, West University of Timișoara, Romania 

• Tetsuo Tsuchiya, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan 

• Kevin Anderson, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA 

Points of Contact 

• Kiyoshi Shimamura; shimamura.kiyoshi@nims.go.jp