Past Conference

3rd Functional Oxide Thin Films for Advanced Energy & Information Technology Conference

Date

05 Jul - 08 Jul 2017

Location

Rome, Italy

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

Synopsis

Following the success of the first and second OTF conferences in Chicago and Cancun, which took place in July 2014 and March 2015, we are delighted to be organising a third series.

Complex oxide thin films are finding applications in a wide range of energy and information technologies, including electron and ion conductors, photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, dielectrics, and resistive switching. Irrespective of whether single thin films or more sophisticated multilayered systems are employed, each of these technologies requires a thorough knowledge of the oxide physicochemical properties, its interactions with the environment and the role of defect/interface/boundary effects that might stem between film and substrate, layers with different compositions or even simply from the grain boundaries. Whilst depending on the technology area the key properties might be different, many of the materials optimization strategies may be common. Therefore, we believe that the discussion between diverse and even complementary researchers’ communities can be extremely beneficial for a better understanding of the crucial aspects that need to be addressed to improve materials properties. The purpose of this meeting is hence to foster the exchange of ideas between the relevant energy and information themes with the overall aim of sparking extensive discussions of the advances that materials physics and chemistry can make in thin film applications.

Key Sessions

  1. Engineering and control of defects in complex oxides
  2. Fabrication and synthesis of oxide thin films and heterostructures
  3. Advanced characterization techniques for thin films
  4. Electronic and ionic transport in oxide thin films
  5. Magnetism and dielectric properties in oxide thin films
  6. Nanoionic and nanoelectronic oxide thin films: Towards application
  7. Thin film oxides in energy conversion and storage applications
  8. Thin film oxides in information technology   

Confirmed Plenary Speakers

Scott Chambers (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
EXPLORING NEW FUNCTIONAL OXIDES FOR PHOTOELECTROCHEMISTRY BY MEANS OF MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY

Chang-Beom Eom (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Jean-Marc Triscone (University of Geneva)
CONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AT THE LaAIO3/SrTiO3 INTERFACE AND RELATED SYSTEMS

Thorsten Schmitt (Paul Scherrer Institut)
RESONANT INELASTIC X-RAY SCATTERING ON THIN FILM OXIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES

Harry Tuller (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
ENGINEERING ELECTRONIC AND ELECTROCHEMICAL NANOSCALE OXIDES

Darrell Schlom (Cornell University)

Jochen Mannhart (Max Planck Institute of Solid State Research)
INTEGRATED SOLID-LIQUID HETEROSTRUCTURES

Regina Dittmann (FZ-Juelich)
OXIDE BASED MEMRISTIVE DEVICES: CURRENT STATUS OF UNDERSTANDING AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

Confirmed Invited Speakers

Roman Engel Herbert (Pennsylvania State University)
ELECTRONIC PHASES IN THE QUATERNARY OXIDE SYSTEM La1-xSrxVO3

Gennady Logvenov (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)
OXIDE MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY OF COMPLEX OXIDE HETEROINTERFACES

Yunzhong Chen (DTU Energy)
TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS AT MODULATION-DOPED OXIDE INTERFACES

Hiromichi Ohta (Hokkaido University)
ELECTROCHEMICAL FUNCTION MODULATION OF OXIDES USING THREE-TERMINAL THIN FILM TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE WITH WATER INFILTRATED INSULATOR

Vlad Pribiag (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities)
SIGNATURES OF MAGNETISM AT THE NdTiO3/SrTiO3 INTERFACE

Monica Burriel (Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physique)
LaMnO3 THIN FILMS: STRUCTURE, KINETICS AND MEMRISTIVE PROPERTIES

Hans Boschker (MPI FKF)
CONDUCTIVITY AND FERROMAGNETISM IN ATOMICALLY THIN SrRuO3

Pu Yu (Tsinghua University)

Igor Lubomirsky (Weizmann Institute of Science)
THIN FILMS OF RARE-EARTH DOPED CERIA FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATION DEVICES

Dillon Fong (Argonne National Laboratory)
IN-SITU X-RAY INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE GROWTH OF COMPLEX OXIDE THIN FILMS

Lane Martin (University of California, Berkley)
ENABLING EMERGENT FERROIC ORDER IN FUNCTIONAL COMPLEX OXIDE THIN FILMS – BEYOND EPITAXIAL CONSTRAINT

Stephen Skinner (Imperial College London)
SURFACE STRUCTURE, CHEMISTRY AND SEGREGATION IN FUEL CELL ELECTRODES

Ji-Won Son (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
OXIDE THIN FILM-BASED LOW-TEMPERATURE-OPERATING (Top ≤ 650 °C) SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL

Marco Salluzzo (CNR-SPIN)
TUNABLE SPIN POLARIZED AND SUPERCONDUCTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS AT ENGINEERED DELTA-DOPED LaAlO3/SrTiO3 INTERFACES

Xiangxi Guo (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Peter Sushko (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
EXTENDED DEFECTS IN THIN FILMS AND HETEROSTRUCTURES OF COMPLEX OXIDES

Ryan O'Hayre (Colorado School of Mines)
FUEL FLEXIBLE PROTONIC CERAMIC FUEL CELLS

Ichiro Takeuchi (University of Maryland)
COMBINATORIAL INVESTIGATION OF OXIDES FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

Beena Kalisky (Bar-Ilan University)
IMAGING POLARITY OF SrTiO3 DOMAIN WALLS

Andrea Caviglia (Delft University of Technology)
NOVEL TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON SYSTEMS AT OXIDE INTERFACES: NANOSCALE AND ULTRAFAST CONTROL

Kookrin Char (Seoul National University)
A NEW WIDE-BANDGAP PEROVSKITE SEMICONDUCTOR BaSnO3: HIGH MOBILITY, STABILITY, AND BIPOLAR DOPABILITY

James Rondinelli (Northwestern University)
DISCOVERING NEW TRICKS IN OLDER COMPLEX OXIDES

George Sawatzky (University of British Columbia)
THE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF NEGATIVE CHARGE TRANSFER GAP AND MIXED VALENT OXIDES

Maria Varela (ORNL)
ATOMIC RESOLUTION VIEWS OF MULTIFERROIC HETEROSTRUCTURES

Laura Almar (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
ENHANCING THE OXYGEN TRANSPORT KINETICS OF CUBIC DOPED BSCF THROUGH NANOSTRUCTURES AND HETERO-INTERFACES IN LSC THIN-FILMS

Andre Mkhoyan (University of Minnesota)
A NEW LINE DEFECT IN NdTiO3 PEROVSKITE

Jennifer Rupp (ETH Zurich)
DIFFUSION KINETICS AND DEFECT ENGINEERING FOR RESISTIVE SWITCHING DEVICES

Marc Gabay (Université Paris-Sud, Paris-Saclay)
TOPOLOGICAL STATES AT THE (001) SURFACE OF SrTiO3

Ho Nyung Lee (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
TEMPLATE-FREE EPITAXY OF VERTICALLY ALIGNED FLUORITE-BIXBYITE NANOHETEROSTRUCTURES FOR SUPERIOR ION CONDUCTION

Charles Ahn (Yale University)
COMPLEX OXIDE INTERFACES

Morgan Trassin (ETH Zurich)

David Muñoz-Rojas (Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physisque - LMGP) 
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE SPATIAL ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION (AP-SALD): A NEW ALD APPROACH ALLOWING OPEN AIR AND HIGH-THROUGHPUT DEPOSITION OF FUNCTIONAL OXIDE THIN FILMS

Zhiming Wang (Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering)

Confirmed Speakers

Chairs
Plenary Speakers
Invited Speakers
Stephen Skinner

Stephen Skinner

Professor of Materials Chemistry, Imperial College London

Kookrin Char

Kookrin Char

Prof. , Seoul National University

Marc Gabay

Marc Gabay

Full Professor, Université Paris-Sud, Paris-Saclay

Andre Mkhoyan

Andre Mkhoyan

Associate Professor, University of Minnesota

Maria Varela

Maria Varela

Associate Professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Gennady Logvenov

Gennady Logvenov

Group Leader, Max-Planck-Institute for Solid-State-Research

Hiromichi Ohta

Hiromichi Ohta

Prof., Deputy Director, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University

Andrea Caviglia

Andrea Caviglia

Assistant professor, Delft University of Technology

Hans Boschker

Hans Boschker

scientist, MPI FKF

George Sawatzky

George Sawatzky

Professor, University of British Columbia

Jennifer L.M. Rupp

Jennifer L.M. Rupp

Professor and chair of Electrochemical Materials, MIT

Vlad Pribiag

Vlad Pribiag

Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Physics

Ryan O'Hayre

Ryan O'Hayre

Professor, Colorado School of Mines

Laura Almar

Laura Almar

Post-doctoral scientist, KIT

James Rondinelli

James Rondinelli

Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

Ji-Won Son

Ji-Won Son

Principal Researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)

Lane Martin

Lane Martin

Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Dillon Fong

Dillon Fong

Materials Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory

Peter Sushko

Peter Sushko

Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Charles Ahn

Charles Ahn

Professor of Applied Physics, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, & Physics, yale University

Yunzhong Chen

Yunzhong Chen

Senior Researcher, Technical University of Denmark

Morgan Trassin

Morgan Trassin

Dr, ETH Zurich

Beena Kalisky

Beena Kalisky

Senior lecturer, Bar Ilan University

Ichiro Takeuchi

Ichiro Takeuchi

Professor , University of Maryland

Zhiming WANG

Zhiming WANG

Prof., Chinese Academy of Sciences

Ho Nyung Lee

Ho Nyung Lee

Corporate Fellow / Program Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

David Muñoz-Rojas

David Muñoz-Rojas

Chargé de Recherche CNRS, Laboratoire des Materiaux et du Genie Physique GRenoble INP-CNRS

Roman Engel-Herbert

Roman Engel-Herbert

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University

Monica Burriel

Monica Burriel

Research Scientists, Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physique (LMGP)

Marco Salluzzo

Marco Salluzzo

Researcher, CNR-SPIN, Napoli, Italy

Igor Lubomirsky

Igor Lubomirsky

Professor, Weizmann Institute Science

Programme

WEDNESDAY 05TH JULY 2017

14:00 – 15:00

Registration

14:00 – 14:45

Group Welcome Lunch

OXIDE THIN FILM GROWTH, DEFECTS CONTROL, AND PROPERTIES
Session Chair: Bharat Jalan

14:45 – 15:00

Opening Comments

15:00 – 15:40

Darrell Schlom
Cornell University

THIN-FILM ALCHEMY: ENGINEERING OXIDE FILMS TO UNLEASH THEIR HIDDEN PROPERTIES

15:40 – 16:05

Lane Martin
University of California, Berkeley

ENABLING EMERGENT FERROIC ORDER IN FUNCTIONAL COMPLEX OXIDE THIN FILMS – BEYOND EPITAXIAL CONSTRAINT

16:05 – 16:30

Morgan Trassin
ETH Zurich

MONITORING THE EMERGENCE OF POLARIZATION IN FERROELECTRIC OXIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES

16:30 – 16:55

Peter Sushko
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

EXTENDED DEFECTS IN THIN FILMS AND HETEROSTRUCTURES OF COMPLEX OXIDES

16:55 – 17:30

Refreshments

17:30 – 17:55

Roman Engel-Herbert
Pennsylvania State University

ELECTRONIC PHASES IN THE QUATERNARY OXIDE SYSTEM La1-xSrxVO3

17:55 – 18:20

Gennady Logvenov
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

OXIDE MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY OF COMPLEX OXIDE HETEROINTERFACES

18:20 – 18:45

David Muñoz-Rojas
Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physisque (LMGP)

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE SPATIAL ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION (AP-SALD): A NEW ALD APPROACH ALLOWING OPEN AIR AND HIGH-THROUGHPUT DEPOSITION OF FUNCTIONAL OXIDE THIN FILMS

18:45 – 19:25

Scott Chambers
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

EXPLORING NEW FUNCTIONAL OXIDES FOR PHOTOELECTROCHEMISTRY BY MEANS OF MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY

19:25 – 19:50

James Rondinelli
Northwestern University

NEGATIVE THERMAL EXPANSION FROM LOW-DIMENSIONAL
PHONONS IN LAYERED OXIDES

19:50

Group Dinner

THURSDAY 06TH JULY 2017

07:00 – 08:30

Breakfast

ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION APPROACHES
Session Chair: Milan Radovic

08:30 – 09:10

Thorsten Schmitt                   
Paul Scherrer Institut 

RESONANT INELASTIC X-RAY SCATTERING ON THIN FILM OXIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES

09:10 – 09:35

Marco Salluzzo
CNR-SPIN

TUNABLE SPIN POLARIZED AND SUPERCONDUCTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS AT ENGINEERED DELTA-DOPED LaAlO3/SrTiO3 INTERFACES

09:35 – 10:00

Andre Mkhoyan
University of Minnesota

A NEW LINE DEFECT IN NdTiO3 PEROVSKITE

10:00 – 10:25

Beena Kalisky
Bar-Ilan University

PROBING THE PHYSICS OF COMPLEX OXIDE INTERFACES WITH SCANNING SQUID MICROSCOPY

10:25 – 11:00

Refreshments & Group Photo

11:00 – 11:25

George Sawatzky
University of British Columbia

THE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF NEGATIVE CHARGE TRANSFER GAP AND MIXED VALENT OXIDES

11:25 – 11:50

Maria Varela
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

OXIDE MULTIFERROIC INTERFACES IN THE LIGHT OF ELECTRONS

11:50 – 12:15

Andrea Caviglia
Delft University of Technology

NOVEL TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON SYSTEMS AT OXIDE INTERFACES: NANOSCALE AND ULTRAFAST CONTROL

12:15 – 16:45

Group Lunch & Free Time

ELECTRONIC, DIELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF OXIDE THIN FILMS
Session Chair: Milan Radovic

16:45 – 17:10

Ho Nyung Lee
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

TEMPLATE-FREE EPITAXY OF VERTICALLY ALIGNED FLUORITE-BIXBYITE NANOHETEROSTRUCTURES FOR SUPERIOR ION CONDUCTION

17:10 – 17:35

Ichiro Takeuchi
University of Maryland

COMBINATORIAL INVESTIGATION OF OXIDES FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

17:35 – 18:00

Kookrin Char
Seoul National University

A NEW WIDE-BANDGAP PEROVSKITE SEMICONDUCTOR BaSnO3: HIGH MOBILITY, STABILITY, AND BIPOLAR DOPABILITY

18:00 – 18:25

Stephen Skinner
Imperial College London

SURFACE STRUCTURE, CHEMISTRY AND SEGREGATION IN FUEL CELL ELECTRODES

18:25 – 18:55

Refreshments

18:55 – 19:35

Chang-Beom Eom
University of Wisconsin-Madison

VO2 PHASE TRANSITION DYNAMICS THROUGH DESIGNED HETEROSTRUCTURES

19:35 – 20:00

Hans Boschker
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

FERROMAGNETISM AND CONDUCTIVITY IN ATOMICALLY THIN SrRuO3

20:00 – 20:25

Charles Ahn
Yale University

COMPLEX OXIDE INTERFACES

20:25

Group Dinner

FRIDAY 07TH JULY 2017

07:00 – 08:30

Breakfast

TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT AND MAGNETISM AT OXIDE INTERFACES
Session Chair: Nini Pryds

08:30 – 09:10

Jean-Marc Triscone
University of Geneva

CONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AT THE LaAIO3/SrTiO3 INTERFACE AND RELATED SYSTEMS

09:10 – 09:35

Vlad Pribiag
University of Minnesota

MAGNETISM AND SPIN-DEPENDENT TRANSPORT IN NdTiO3/SrTiO3 HETEROSTRUCTURES

09:35 – 10:00

Zhiming Wang
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering

Probing electron-boson interactions in 2D electron liquids at the surface of transition metal oxides with ARPES and PLD

10:00 – 10:25

Yunzhong Chen
Technical University of Denmark

TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS AT MODULATION-DOPED OXIDE INTERFACES

10:25 – 11:00

Refreshments

11:00 – 11:40

Jochen Mannhart
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

INTEGRATED SOLID-LIQUID HETEROSTRUCTURES

11:40 – 12:05

Yiftach Frenkel
Bar-Ilan University

MAGNETIC SIGNALS ALONG SrTiO3 CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS

12:05 – 12:30

Marc Gabay
Université Paris-Sud

TOPOLOGICAL STATES AT THE (001) SURFACE OF SrTiO3

12:30 – 16:45

Group Lunch & Free Time

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, FIELD-EFFECT, MEMORY DEVICES 
Session Chair: Albert Tarancón

16:45 – 17:25

Regina Dittmann
FZ-Juelich

OXIDE BASED MEMRISTIVE DEVICES: CURRENT STATUS OF UNDERSTANDING AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

17:25 – 17:50

Jennifer Rupp
Massachussetts Institute of Technology

DIFFUSION KINETICS AND DEFECT ENGINEERING FOR RESISTIVE SWITCHING DEVICES

17:50 – 18:15

Mónica Burriel
Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physique

LaMnO3 THIN FILMS: STRUCTURE, KINETICS AND MEMRISTIVE PROPERTIES

18:15 – 18:40

Igor Lubomirsky  
Weizmann Institute of Science

THIN FILMS OF RARE-EARTH DOPED CERIA FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATION DEVICES

18:40 – 19:05

Ryan O'Hayre

Colorado School of Mines 

FUEL-FLEXIBLE PROTONIC-CERAMIC FUEL CELLS AND PROTONIC NANOIONIC EFFECTS IN BCZY/STO HETEROSTRUCTURES

19:05 – 20:35

Poster Session & Refreshments

20:35

*Gala Dinner & Poster Awards*

SATURDAY 08TH JULY 2017

07:00 – 08:30

Breakfast

PHYSICS, ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE USING OXIDE THIN FILMS
Session Chair: Nicola Perry

08:30 – 09:10

Harry Tuller
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ENGINEERING ELECTRONIC AND ELECTROCHEMICAL NANOSCALE OXIDES

09:10 – 09:35

Federico Baiutti

IREC Catalonia Institute for Energy Research

HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN LANTHANUM CUPRATE-BASED HETEROSTRUCTURES AS A CONSEQUENCE OF LOCAL CHARGE REDISTRIBUTION

09:35 – 10:00

Hiromichi Ohta
Hokkaido University

ELECTROCHEMICAL FUNCTION MODULATION OF OXIDES USING THREE-TERMINAL THIN FILM TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE WITH WATER INFILTRATED INSULATOR

10:00 – 10:40

Refreshments

10:40 – 11:05

Laura Almar
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

ENHANCING THE OXYGEN TRANSPORT KINETICS OF PHASE-STABILIZED BSCF THROUGH NANOSTRUCTURES AND HETERO-INTERFACES IN LSC THIN-FILMS

11:05 – 11:30

Ji-Won Son
Korea Institute of Science and Technology

OXIDE THIN FILM-BASED LOW-TEMPERATURE-OPERATING (Top ≤ 650 °C) SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL

11:30 – 11:55

Felix Gunkel

RWTH Aachen University

THERMODYNAMIC PROCESSES AND DEFECT CONCENTRATION PROFILES AT COMPLEX OXIDE INTERFACES AND SURFACES

11:55 – 12:10

Closing Comments

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Venue & Location

Sheraton Roma Hotel & Conference Center

The Sheraton Roma is ideally situated in the EUR Monumental neighbourhood, between the ancient city centre and Fiumicino Airport, providing an ideal location for all conference attendees to enjoy the magnificent historical and cultural sites this ancient and beautiful city has to offer.
 
Throughout the conference period you will enjoy a delicious buffet breakfast, followed by lunch served by the pool (weather permitting) and will round off the day with a delectable buffet dinner. The themed Gala Night takes place on the third evening of the conference with a mouth-watering feast exclusively designed by the head chef and entertainment provided by a live band.  We welcome all delegates and their accompanying persons to the Gala Night – a truly fun filled night not to be missed!
 

Hotel Facilities:

  • AQVI Pool Restaurant & Bar
  • Gymnasium
  • Putting green
  • Garden pathway - Walk, race, jog, sprint, dash or run in the circular garden pathway that surrounds the hotel
  • Outdoor tennis court
  • Squash courts
  • Outdoor pool (seasonal)
  • Golf courses nearby
  • Laundry/valet service
  • 24-hour room service
  • Cash machine (ATM)
  • Air conditioned facilities
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Bus service to downtown (limited)
  • Car rental desk
  • Shopping arcade in Hotel
  • Business Center
  • Parking Available

General Information

Venue Rating

★ ★ ★ ★

Currency

US Dollar (USD)

Address

Viale del Pattinaggio, 100 00144 Rome Italy

Nearest Airport

Fiumicino Airport

Location

The Sheraton Roma is ideally situated in the green EUR Monumental neighbourhood, between the ancient city centre and Fiumicino Airport, providing an ideal location for all conference attendees to enjoy the magnificent historical and cultural sites this ancient and beautiful city has to offer.

Just a short taxi or bus ride, no more than 6 miles,  will take you to the majestic Colosseum, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Spanish Steps and the numerous wondrous museums and gardens. 

Fiumicino Airport is just 13 miles (21km) from the Sheraton Roma and Ciampino Airport 11.8 miles (19km) with the drive time approximately 20 minutes.

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