RCBJSF2018 will bring together international experts on synthesis, properties, modeling and new applications of relaxor materials. The focus of the Symposium is on the fundamental understanding of structure-property relationships and on new materials.

The Symposium will present invited and contributed talks and original poster reports and will provide ample time for scientific discussions.

Scope:

• Theory;
• Phase transitions and critical phenomenon;
• Dielectric, piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties;
• Crystal structure and atomic dynamics; X-ray and neutron scattering;
• Raman, IR, sub-millimeter, THz, microwave spectroscopy;
• Growth of crystals;
• Domains and boundaries; surfaces and interfaces;
• Ferroelectric polymers, liquid crystals, composites;
• Multiferroics;
• Probing the nanoscale ferroelectric behavior and size effects;
• Order-disorder phenomenon, ferroelectric relaxors;
• Novel applications and device concepts.