Past Conference

Oxide Thin Films for Advanced Energy & Information Applications

Materials Chemistry of Thin Film Oxides

Date

13 Jul - 16 Jul 2014

Location

Bloomingdale, Chicago, USA

  • Stephen Skinner

    Imperial College London

  • Bilge Yildiz

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Early Bird - Expired  •  Talk Submission - Expired  •  Poster Submission - Expired  •  Registration & Payment Deadline - Expired

Synopsis

Key Sessions

  1. Nanoionics
  2. Batteries
  3. Ferroelectrics
  4. Thermoelectrics
  5. Fuel cells 
  6. Nanoelectronics
  7. Multiferroics
  8. Solar and Fuel Cells
  9. Oxide Thin films 


Oxide thin films are finding applications in a wide range of energy and information technologies, from ion conductors through photovoltaics and thermoelectrics to dielectrics, multiferroics and capacitors. Each of these technologies requires a thorough understanding of the materials chemistry of the oxide film and its interactions with the environment, substrate etc. Whilst in each technology area there may be materials differences, much of the materials chemistry optimisation may be common. For example, common families of oxides are employed, ABO3 perovskites in particular, and in this there are areas where discussion between user communities can prove mutually beneficial. It is the purpose of this meeting to foster an exchange of ideas between the relevant energy and information themes with the overall aim of provoking extensive discussion of the advances that materials chemistry can make in thin film applications.

We are delighted to be able to offer attendees of this conference the opportunity to submit their abstracts and papers for an online web collection with the Journal of Materials Chemistry A and C. The Journals of Materials Chemistry A and C are weekly journals in the materials field. The journals are interdisciplinary, publishing work of international significance on all aspects of materials chemistry related to energy and sustainability (Journal of Materials Chemistry A) and optical, magnetic and electronic devices (Journal of Materials Chemistry C). Both journals publish original research that demonstrates novelty and advance, either in the chemistry used to produce materials or in the properties/applications of the materials produced.

Confirmed Speakers

Plenary Speakers
Rainer Waser

Rainer Waser

Professor - Scientist, Peter Grünberg Institut

 Jacobo  Santamaria

Jacobo Santamaria

Professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Geoff Thornton

Geoff Thornton

Professor, University College London

John  Kilner

John Kilner

Professor, BCH Steele Chair in Energy Materials, Imperial College London

Tatsumi Ishihara

Tatsumi Ishihara

Professor, Kyushu University

Invited Speakers
Jason Nicholas

Jason Nicholas

Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

Nini Pryds

Nini Pryds

Head of Research Section, Technical University of Denmark

Peter Brinks

Peter Brinks

PhD Student, University of Twente

Jennifer L.M. Rupp

Jennifer L.M. Rupp

Professor and chair of Electrochemical Materials, MIT

Joshua Hertz

Joshua Hertz

Assistant Professor, University of Delaware

Cristina Tealdi

Cristina Tealdi

Researcher, University of Pavia

Kazunori Ueno

Kazunori Ueno

Associate Professor, University of Tokyo

Tsuyoshi Ohnishi

Tsuyoshi Ohnishi

MANA researcher, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)

Xavier Moya

Xavier Moya

Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Cambridge

Nicole Benedek

Nicole Benedek

Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin

David McComb

David McComb

Director, Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis, The Ohio State University

Monica Burriel

Monica Burriel

Research Fellow, Laboratoire d'Electrochimie et de Physicochimie des Materiaux et des Interfaces (LEPMI) / IREC

Jose Santiso

Jose Santiso

Researcher, ICN2, Institut Catala de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia, Barcelona

Takayoshi Katase

Takayoshi Katase

Assistant Professor, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University

Giuliano Gregori

Giuliano Gregori

Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

Samuel Georges

Samuel Georges

Dr, LEPMI

Andriy Zakutayev

Andriy Zakutayev

Sceintist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

William Chueh

William Chueh

Assistant Professor, Stanford University

James Rondinelli

James Rondinelli

Assistant Professor, Drexel University

Noriya Ichikawa

Noriya Ichikawa

Assistant Professor, Kyoto University

Eric MILLON

Eric MILLON

Researcher, University of Orleans / CNRS - GREMI

Albert Tarancón

Albert Tarancón

ICREA Professor @ IREC and Head of Group, ICREA/IREC

Dillon Fong

Dillon Fong

Materials Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory

Ethan Crumlin

Ethan Crumlin

Beamline Scientist, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Geoffrey Beach

Geoffrey Beach

Professor, MIT

Tricia  Meyer

Tricia Meyer

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dario Marrocchelli

Dario Marrocchelli

Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Paul Evans

Paul Evans

Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Programme

Sunday 13th July 2014 

08:00 – 11:00

Registration & Reception

 

10:00 – 10:15

Opening  Comments

 

Session Chairs: Geoff Thornton & Jennifer Rupp

10:15 – 11:00

Geoff Thornton
University College London

GROWTH, ATOMIC LEVEL CHARACTERIZATION, AND PROPERTIES OF ULTRATHIN OXIDES

11:00 – 11:25

Giuliano Gregori
Max Planck Stuttgart

THE ROLE OF BOUNDARIES IN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTING OXIDE THIN FILMS

11:25 – 11:50

James Rondinelli
Drexel University

FERRI-TO-FERROELECTRIC PHASE TRANSITIONS IN COMPLEX OXIDE FILMS

11:50 – 12:20

Jennifer Rupp
ETH Zurich

MIXED ANIONIC-ELECTRONIC RESISTIVE SWITCH MATERIALS AND DEVICES: TUNING TRANSPORT KINETICS AND MEMRISTANCE AT HIGH FIELD STRENGTH

12:20 – 12:45

Samuel Georges
Grenoble

PROPERTIES OF SOFC/PCFC ELECTROLYTES FROM BULK TO FILMS: CALIBRATED MICROELECTRODE ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION

12:45 – 16:30

Group Welcome Lunch & Free Time

Session Chairs: William Chueh & Dillon Fong

16:30 – 16:55

William Chueh
Stanford University

Redox Behavior of Metal Oxide Surfaces

16:55 – 17:20

Tsuyoshi Ohnishi
NIMS, Japan

THIN FILM GROWTH BY PULSED LASER DEPOSITION FOR INTERFACE RESEARCH ON ALL SOLID-STATE Li-ION BATTERIES

17:20 – 17:45

Andriy Zakutayev
NREL USA

COMBINATORIAL STUDIES OF NON-EQUILIBRIUM EFFECTS IN OXIDE THIN FILMS

17:45 – 18:10

Dillon Fong
Argonne National Lab

IN SITU SYNCHROTRON STUDIES OF EPITAXIAL OXIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES

18:10 – 18:35

Takayoshi Katase
Hokkaido

METAL-INSULATOR TRANSITION AND THERMOPOWER MODULATION OF VO2 THIN FILM BY ELECTRIC-FIELD INDUCED HYDROGENATION

18:35 – 19:00

Refreshments

19:00 – 19:25

Dario Marrocchelli
MIT

DISLOCATIONS in SrTiO3: THEIR EFFECT ON THE DEFECT CHEMISTRY AND OXIDE-ION MOBILITY

19:25 – 19:45

Mohammed Ashraf Gondal
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CUO/ BI2O3 COMPOSITE THIN FILMS USING PULSED LASER DEPOSITION (PLD) TECHNIQUE

 

19:45

Group Dinner & Free Time

 

Monday 14th July 2014 

08:20 – 08:30

Chair Opening

Session Chairs: John Kilner & Geoffrey Beach

08:30 – 09:15

John Kilner
Imperial College London

ENHANCED ION TRANSPORT IN OXIDE THIN FILMS

09:15 – 09:30

Fengyuan Yang
Ohio State Univ.

STRAIN-DEPENDENT, EXTRODINARY MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY IN Sr2CrReO6 EPITAXIAL FILMS

09:30 – 10:00

Nini Pryds
TU Denmark

WHEN TWO INSULATORS BECOME ELECTRONICS – A PEEK INTO THE FIELD OF OXIDE NANOELECTRONICS

10:00 – 10:25

Jason Nicholas
Michigan State University

SEPARATE GRAIN BOUNDARY AND BULK RESPONSE IN THE STRESS AND OXYGEN SURFACE EXCHANGE BEHAVIOR OF LANATHNUM STRONTIUM IRON OXIDE FILMS MEASURED BY THE CURVATURE RELAXATION TECHNIQUE

10:25 – 11:00

Refreshments

11:00 – 11:25

Nicole Benedek
Univ Texas, Austin

FROM FERROELECTRICS TO FUEL CELLS: IN SEARCH OF SIMPLE DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR THE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF COMPLEX OXIDES

11:25 – 11:50

Geoffrey Beach
MIT

MAGNETO-IONICS: A NEW APPROACH TO MAGNETOELECTRIC MATERIALS

11:50 – 12:15

Hua Zhou
Advanced Photon Source

DECIPHERING STRUCTURAL SUBTLETY AT OXIDE INTERFACS BY PHASING COHERENT BRAGG RODS FOR EMERGENT STATES AND ENERGY SYSTEMS

12:15 – 16:30

Group Lunch & Free Time

Session Chairs: Mónica Burriel & Joshua Hertz

16:30 – 16:55

Mónica Burriel
Grenoble

TUNING THE ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF MIXED CONDUCTING THIN FILMS: FROM COMBINATORIAL SCREENING TO NANOSTRUCTURE CONTROL

16:55 – 17:20

Joshua Hertz
University of Delaware

HETEROGENEOUS, ION-CONDUCTING THIN FILMS

17:20 – 17:45

Eric Millon
Universite d-Orleans

GROWTH OF NANOCOMPOSITE OXIDE FILMS : AN ORIGINAL APPROACH BY PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION

17:45 – 18:30

Jacobo Santamaria
Universidad Complutense de Madrid

NOVEL FUNCTIONALITIES AT OXIDE INTERFACES: MAGNETISM AND ITS ELECTRIC FIELD CONTROL.

 

18:30

Group Dinner & Free Time

 

Tuesday 15th July 2014 

08:40 – 08:45

Chair Opening

Session Chairs: José Santiso & Paul Evans

08:45 – 09:15

José Santiso
CIN2 Barcelona

CHEMICAL STRAIN KINETICS IN EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS MEASURED BY TIME-RESOLVED X-RAY DIFFRACTION

09:15 – 09:45

David McComb
Ohio State University

INVESTIGATING ATOMIC ORDERING IN COMPLEX OXIDES USING ANALYTICAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

09:45 – 10:10

Paul Evans
Univ Wisconsin Madison

Coherent X-Ray Probes for the Structural Dynamics of Complex Oxide Heterostructures

10:10 – 10:35

Ethan Crumlin
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.

PROBING ELECTROCHEMICAL INTERFACES USING IN SITU/OPERANDO AMBIENT PRESSURE X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY

10:35 – 11:00

Peter Petrov
Imperial College London

STO/BTO MODULATED SUPERLATTICE MULTILAYER STRUCTURES WITH ATOMICALLY SHARP INTERFACES

11:00 – 11:30

Refreshments

11:30 – 14:00

Free Time

14:00 – 15:00

Group Lunch

Session Chairs: Cristina Tealdi & Tatsumi Ishihara

15:00 – 15:45

Rainer Waser 
Peter Gruneberg Institut

FUNDAMENTAL INGREDIENTS OF REDOX-BASED RESISTIVE SWITCHING (RERAM) DEVICES

15:45 – 16:00

Albert Tarancón
IREC, Spain

INTEGRATION OF OXIDE THIN FILMS: A ROUTE FOR A NEW GENERATION OF MICROPOWER GENERATORS

16:00 – 16:25

Cristina Tealdi
University of Pavia

TAILORING MATERIALS PROPERTIES THROUGH DEFECTS AND STRAIN: THE EXAMPLE OF PEROVSKITE-TYPE LaGaO3

16:25 – 16:50

Tricia Meyer 
Oak Ridge National Lab

EPITAXIAL OXYGEN SPONGES: REVERSIBLE REDOX REACTIONS IN SRCOOX THIN FILMS

16:50 – 17:15

Xavier Moya
University of Cambridge

EXTRINSIC MAGNETOELECTRIC AND MAGNETOCALORIC EFFECTS IN OXIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES

17:15 – 18:00

Refreshments

18:00 – 18:25

Noriya Ichikawa
Kyoto University

REDUCTION AND OXIDATION OF 3D TRANSITION METAL OXIDE THIN FILMS AT LOW TEMPERATURES

18:25 – 19:00

Panel Discussion

19:30 – 22:30

*Gala Night & Group Photo*

 

Wednesday 16th July 2014 

08:50 – 09:00

Chair Opening

Session Chair: Peter Brinks

09:00 – 09:45

Tatsumi Ishihara
Kyushu University

STRAIN EFFECTS ON OXIDE IONIC CONDUCTIVITY IN PR2(NI, CU, GA)O4- (CE, SM)O2 LAMINATED FILM

09:45 – 10:05

Kazunori Ueno
Univ or Tokyo

ELECTRIC FIELD-EFFECT CONTROL OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY : MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT AND PECULIAR SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN TWO DIMENSION

10:05 – 10:30

Peter Brinks
Twente

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING IN COBALTATE HETEROSTRUCTURES FOR ENHANCED THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE

10:30 – 11:00

Farewell Comments (Chairs & Fusion)

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Venue & Location

Hilton Chicago Indian Lakes Resort

The AAA Three Diamond awarded Hilton Chicago Indian Lakes Resort rests on 260 acres just 20 minutes from Chicago O’Hare International Airport and 30 minutes from the activity of downtown Chicago. Experience the luxuries of the Windy City’s premier resort and escape—the only landmark resort having direct connection to historic figures such as the architectural genius Frank Lloyd Wright and the famous golf course architect Robert Bruce Harris. Plush amenities, oversized deluxe guest rooms and Hilton’s impeccable service ensure enjoyment.

The City of Chicago is located within the “American heartland” on the shores of Lake Michigan. With amazing national and international cuisine, not forgetting the famous Chicago Deep Dish Pizza, accompanied by world class theatre unrivalled nightlife, stunning architecture and endless shopping; the “Windy City” has something to offer for everyone.

Hotel Facilities:

  • Outdoor and indoor pools
  • 27 hole Championship Golf Course
  • Award winning Spa
  • 24 Hour Fitness centre
  • Complimentary wifi in Guest and Conference rooms
  • Choice of 5 restaurants and bars
  • Complimentary local Shuttle service
A traditional themed Gala dinner will be held on the third night of the conference, we invite all delegates and their families to attend this event. This exciting event cannot be missed, with live entertainment, unique menu with open bar and a memorable setting will make this event truly enjoyable. 

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Currency

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Address

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Location

Situated in the pristine suburb of Bloomingdale, the Hilton Chicago Indian Lakes offers the perfect base to explore the city and the wider surrounding area. Chicago city centre with its world class restaurants, theatres and galleries is only a 30 minute taxi ride away. 

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