SYMPOSIUM 4: Frontiers in Low Dimension Ferroic Oxides (Joint with Symposium 6)

Ferroic oxides exhibit rich physics and great potential for applications in next-generation devices. Significant research efforts over the past decades have created unprecedented advances in the study of these materials. Recent breakthroughs in materials synthesis, characterization, theory and modeling, and device fabrication have led to emerging materials in the form of thin films, heterostructures, and nanomembranes, as well as emergent phenomena, including but not limited to exotic topological structures, magnetoelectronics and quantum magnetism. These advancements have attracted worldwide interest and opened up a new era toward understanding fundamental ferroic phenomena. This symposium will focus on interdisciplinary topics related to physics, materials science, and engineering within the field of ferroic oxides.

Proposed Sessions/Topics

• Epitaxial growth and controlled synthesis of complex oxide thin films, superlattices, and nanocomposites
• Strain, defect, and interface engineering
• Synthesis and functional properties of high-entropy and metastable oxide thin films
• In situ and operando characterization: Probing growth mechanisms, defect dynamics, and related functionalities
• Theory and modeling of complex oxides: From strain and interface control to defect chemistry and electronic structure
• AI-driven autonomous synthesis and machine learning-accelerated data analysis focused on complex oxide thin film growth and characterization

Symposium Organizer(s)

• Ruijuan Xu, North Carolina State University, USA
• Jian Liu, University of Tennessee, USA
• Yu-Tsun Shao, University of Southern California, USA
• Gang Cao, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

Point(s) of Contact

• Ruijuan Xu; rxu22@ncsu.edu

Symposium Sponsor(s)

• Basic Science Division
• Electronics Division