ESMF 2012 ESMF5

Background and History
Hans Schmid Dept. of Inorganic, Analytical and Applied Chemistry, University of Geneva (emeritus) A history of multiferroics
Nicola Spaldin Dept. of Materials, ETH Zurich (organizer) Recent developments in multiferroics

Synthesis
Tsuyoshi Kimura Division of Materials Physics, Osaka University How to find and synthesize new multiferroics showing strong magnetoelectric coupling 1. Synthesis of magnetically-induced ferroelectrics (mainly perovskite manganites, and triangular lattice antiferromagnets) 2. Synthesis of magnetically-induced ferroelectrics (ferrites and others)
Jean-Marc Triscone Condensed Matter Physics Department, University of Geneva Synthesis and properties of ferroic thin-films and heterostructures

Characterization/Properties
Manfred Fiebig Dept. of Materials, ETH Zurich 1. Investigation of magnetoelectric correlations with nonlinear optics 2. Magnetoelectric correlations in multiferroics
Michel Kenzelmann Laboratory for Developments and Methods, Paul Scherrer Institute (organizer) Neutron studies and symmetry aspects of multiferroics Overview of the use of neutron scattering to study magnetic phenomena in multiferroics materials. Particular focus on the determination of magnetic structures using neutron diffraction in combination with proper symmetry analysis of possible structures.
Jens Kreisel Materials and Engineering Physics, CNRS Grenoble 1. Introduction to Raman scattering 2. The effect of pressure on multiferroic materials
Ekhard Salje Dept. of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University Properties of multiferroic interfaces and domain boundaries
Dipankar Das Sarma Dept. of Solid State Chemistry, IISC, Bangalore 1. What can we learn about multiferroics from high energy photoemission? 2. Effects of disorder on magneto-dielectric coupling

Theory
Craig Fennie Dept. of Materials Science, Cornell University 1. First-principles design of new magnetoelectrics 2. Using electronic structure methods to explain properties of multiferroics
Ekhard Salje Dept. of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University Theory of domains and domain walls in multiferroics

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