SYMPOSIUM 28: Scale-Bridging Approaches for Electroceramic Design and Performance

From a crystal chemistry perspective, electroceramics are complex systems that encompass various lattice configurations for charged substituents and defects, as well as regions of polar order/disorder and interfaces/interphases in their microstructure. Optimization of properties can be successfully achieved through advanced synthesis and processing but also by understanding this multiple length scale problem. Combining experimental and modelling techniques, alongside scientific AI, can offer a deeper insight into the fundamental structure-property relationships of electroceramics. This undoubtedly can contribute to the design of higher performance electroceramics. This symposium will be focused on the interplay of local structure, chemistry, configurational entropy, microstructure, and instabilities induced by various stimuli (e.g., composition, temperature, pressure, strain, external fields) on multiple length scales and how it impacts macroscopic properties relevant for applications (energy storage, electromechanical and electrocaloric applications, among others). Importantly, we welcome contributions involving state-of-the-art materials synthesis/processing techniques and advanced nano- to micro-scale characterization methods in synergy with multiscale modeling and scientific AI to advance our understanding and discovery of novel electroceramics. 

Proposed Sessions/Topics  

• Advanced synthesis and processing of electroceramics 

• Experimental multiscale characterization of complex electroceramics 

• Characterization and modelling of local structure and properties of complex electroceramics 

• Theoretical foundations and computational approaches in electroceramics 

• Scientific AI for electroceramics: From database construction, atomistic simulations, to equation discovery 

Symposium Organizer(s) 

• Antonio Feteira, Sheffield Hallam University, UK 

• Prasanna Balachandran, University of Virginia, USA 

• Giovanna Canu, CNR-ICMATE, Italy 

• Joaquin Gabriel Miranda Mena, Silicon Austria Labs, Austria  

Point(s) of Contact 

• Antonio Feteira; a.feteira@shu.ac.uk 

Symposium Sponsor(s) 

• Electronics Division