SYMPOSIUM 11: Characterization of Structure–Property Relationships in Functional Ceramics

Probing structure–property relationships in functional ceramics demands integrated approaches combining complementary experimental probes (e.g., light, X-ray, electron, neutron) with theory and simulation. Spatially and temporally resolved multiscale state-of-the-art scattering, imaging, and/or spectroscopy techniques can capture the dynamic material structure, composition and microstructure under external stimuli (e.g., electric/magnetic and stress/strain fields), which are necessary to answer open questions in this field.

This symposium bridges the Basic Science and Electronics Divisions, focusing on rapidly developing experimental and computational-imaging techniques, big-data analysis, and modeling approaches, to answer open structure–property relationship questions in functional ceramics, and demonstrate use cases of these methods.

The symposium will demonstrate new characterization techniques and stimulate new research questions and collaborations. Methods for approaching challenging problems spanning from functional interfaces to structural ordering will be featured. Contributions integrating novel applications of computational tools to predict and interpret scattering, diffraction, and microscopy data (e.g., ptychography, molecular dynamics) are encouraged.

Proposed Sessions/Topics

• Advances in scattering, imaging, and analytical techniques
• Integrating computational-imaging techniques and machine-learning into the structural measurement workflow
• Advances in connecting local and global structure to properties
• Addressing open questions in functional ceramics

Symposium Organizer(s)

• Hadas Sternlicht, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
• Christopher Fancher, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
• James LeBeau, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
• Igor Levin, National Institute of Science and Technology, USA
• Mehmet Gulgun, Sabancı University, Turkey
• Megan Holtz, Colorado School of Mines, USA
• Robert Hovden, University of Michigan, USA
• Steven Spurgeon, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA

Point(s) of Contact

• Hadas Sternlicht; hsternlicht@psu.edu
• Christopher Fancher; fanchercm@ornl.gov
• James LeBeau; lebeau@mit.edu
• Igor Levin; levin@nist.gov
• Mehmet Gulgun; gulgun@sabanciuniv.edu
• Megan Holtz; mholtz@mines.edu
• Robert Hovden; hovden@umich.edu
• Steven Spurgeon; Spurgeon@nrel.gov

Symposium Sponsor(s)

• Basic Science Division
• Electronics Division