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SUMMARY:Ferroelectrics: from theory to applications and Composite material
 s\, a clever idea made smart
DTSTART:20101001T171500
DTSTAMP:20260916T060101Z
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CATEGORIES:Inaugural lectures - Honorary Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Alexander Tagantsev and Véronique Michaud\nInaugural Lectures
  of Senior Scientists Alexandre Tagantsaev and Véronique Michaud.\n\nAlex
 ander Tagantsev: Physical phenomena observed in ferroelectric: giant diele
 ctric\, piezoelectric and pyroelectric responses as well as a possibility 
 to change the direction of spontaneous polarization with the application o
 f an electric field  have been attracting attention of physicists and engi
 neers for many decades. During the past two decades\, the general trend to
  miniaturization lead to focused studies of ferroelectric phenomena at nan
 o scale. A proper understanding of properties of ferroelectrics based on t
 heir adequate theoretical descriptions has paved a way to the present and 
 future practical applications of ferroelectrics.\nThis lecture will dwell 
 upon the theory of physical phenomena in ferroelectrics in the context of 
 fundamental physics and practical applications. \n\n\nVéronique Michaud: 
 “Smart-material” technologies remain difficult to put into practice\, 
 largely because most of the modeling approaches needed in processing and p
 roperty prediction of these materials are still in their infancy. This pre
 sentation will give a view into recent and future research efforts to brin
 g these “smart composite materials” closer to life\, with focus on the
  processing of these materials\, and on strategies aiming to anticipate an
 d tune their performance.
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