Organizers:

Ren-Gen Xiong (xiongrg@seu.edu.cn), Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University 
Yu-Meng You (youyumeng@seu.edu.cn), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Southeast University

Scope and topics:

Molecular ferroelectrics have been reviving in recent years due to their outstanding performance realized by effective chemical design and modification since it has been firstly discovered a century ago. The abundant structural flexibility and chemical diversity offer tremendous opportunities for supplementing inorganic and polymer ferroelectrics by integrating functional motifs via inter- and intra-molecular interactions. In the past decade, molecular ferroelectrics have shown remarkable progress in the large spontaneous polarization, high Curie temperature, and giant piezoelectric response comparable or even superior to the inorganic ceramic ferroelectrics, and displayed promising potentials in the field of electrical-mechanical conversion, polarized light detection and photovoltaic applications, etc. To stimulate interdisciplinary innovations in the field of molecular ferroelectrics, this symposium will collect the recent advances of molecular ferroelectric materials and devices from either fundamental or application-oriented perspectives. The symposium will provide a platform for the molecular ferroelectrics community from diverse backgrounds including physics, chemistry, materials science, as well as engineering over the world to exchange ideas, discuss issues, and promote collaborations.

Potential keynote speakers:

Lasheng Long, Xiamen University; China
Junling Wang, Southern University of Science and Technology; China
Guifu Zou, Soochow University; China
Young Sun, Chongqing University; China
Wei Li, Nankai University; China
Wei-Xiong Zhang, Sun Yat-Sen University; China
Junhua Luo, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
Zhihua Sun, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
Wen Zhang, Southeast University; China
Zi-Shuo Yao, Beijing Institute of Technology; China
Kai Leng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; China
Shuang Chen, Nanjing University; China
Jianhua Hao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; China
Guangzu Zhang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; China

Potential invited speakers:
Qiming Zhang, Pennsylvania State University; US
Shenqiang Ren, University at Buffalo, SUNY; US
Kian Ping Loh, National University of Singapore; SG
Hong Jin Fan, Nanyang Technological University; SG
Alessandro Stroppa, CNR-SPIN, Università degli Studi dell'Aquila; Italy
Takayoshi Nakamura, Hokkaido University; Japan
Ramamoorthy Boomishankar, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune; India
Hitoshi Miyasaka, Tohoku University; Japan