ICE-2003: Abstracts and Proceedings

International Conference on Electroceramics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA USA
3-7 August 2003

CONFERENCE TOPICS

Electroceramics for Informatics (List of invited speakers) Integrated dielectrics and ferroelectrics Thin-film piezoelectrics and pyroelectrics Microwave and photonic materials Magnetic and superconducting ceramics Electronic packaging
	Electroceramics for Energy and Environment (List of invited speakers) Batteries, fuel cells & gas separation membranes Sensors, varistors, PTCR Ionic, mixed and electronic conductors Transport phenomena, defects, diffusion
Synthesis and Characterization of Electroceramics (List of invited speakers) Processing-powders, films (thick and thin) Sintering and microstructure development Crystal growth – bulk and thin film Grain boundary engineering Microscopy, diffraction, spectroscopy, etc.
	Emerging Fields in Electroceramics (List of invited speakers) Nanocrystalline ceramics, interfaces, composites Smart materials, MEMS Nanocomposites and mesoporous oxides Scanning probe microscopies Modeling and simulation

INVITED SPEAKERS

Following is a list of confirmed, invited speakers at ICE-2003 and their proposed lecture titles.
Plenary Speakers
L. Kimerling	MIT, USA	A Materials Roadmap for Microphotonics
R. Waser	RWTH Aachen, GERMANY	Polar Oxides in the World of Nanoelectronics
Electroceramics for Informatics
S. Aggarwal	Texas Instruments, USA	Integrated MOCVD PZT Thin Films for 64Mb FeRAM Arrays
M. Demartin-Maeder	EPFL, SWITZERLAND	Lead Free Piezoelectric Materials
R. Droopad	Motorola, USA	Integrated Oxide-Based Heterostructures on Silicon
M. Fujimoto	Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd., JAPAN	Advanced Microwave Integrated Circuits with Ceramics Thin-Film Circuitry
V. Gopalan	Pennsylvania State University, USA	Local Structure and Shaping of Ferroelectric Domain Walls for Microphotonics
C.S. Hwang	Seoul National University, KOREA	Thickness-dependent Dielectric Constants and Electron Transport of (Ba,Sr)TiO₃ Thin Film Capacitors having Pt and Conducting Oxide Electrodes
H. Jain	LeHigh University, USA	Novel Photoinduced Phenomena in Chalcogenide Glasses
J.H. Kim	Samsung, KOREA	The Technical Trends in MLCC
S. Kimura and N. Ichinose	The Society of Non-Traditional Technology, JAPAN, Waseda University, JAPAN	Perspective of Ceramics Integration
Z.G. Liu	Nanjing University, CHINA	Progress in the Studies of High-k Gate Dielectric Films for Next Generation MOSFET Applications
T. Moustakas	Boston University, USA	Wide Band Gap III-V Nitride Semiconductors: Photonic and Electronic Applications
R. Ramesh	University of Maryland, USA	Nanoscale Phenomena in Synthetic Functional Oxide Heterostructures: Role of Interfaces
C. A. Ross	MIT, USA	Magnetic Oxide Films Made by Pulsed Laser Deposition
C. Randall	Pennsylvania State University, USA	Future Challenges in Capacitive Materials and Devices
K. Uchino	Pennsylvania State University, USA	Micro Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Motors
B. Wessels	Northwestern University, USA	Thin Film Ferroelectrics for Guided Wave Devices
M. Zahn	MIT, USA	Molecular Engineering: Fundamental Contributions of Arthur von Hippel to Electroceramics
Electroceramics for Energy and Environment
H.J.M. Bouwmeester	Universiteit Twente, THE NETHERLANDS	Oxygen Transport through Mixed-conducting Perovskite Membranes
G.M. Choi	University of Science & Technology, KOREA	Selective Gas Detection of Semiconductive Gas Sensor
E. Ivers-Tiffée	Universität Karlsruhe, GERMANY	Materials and Concepts for Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
D. Larcher	University of Picardie - Jules Verne, FRANCE	Latest Achievements in Rechargeable Lithium Battery Research
X. Pan	University of Michigan, USA	Nanoscale Semiconductive Oxide Heterostructures for Selective Tunable, Chemical Sensors
J. Schoonman	Delft University of Technology, THE NETHERLANDS	Designing a New Generation of Solar Cells and Rechargeable Batteries Based on Mesoscopic Architectures
R. Whatmore	Cranfield University, UNITED KINGDOM	Pyroelectric Arrays: Ceramics and Thin Films
M. Yamamoto	NEC Corporation, JAPAN	30 W Class Piezoelectric Ceramic Transformer for AC-DC Converters
Synthesis and Characterization of Electroceramics
M. Cima	MIT, USA	Free-form Fabrication Processes for Functional Ceramic Applications
J. Fleig	Max Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung, GERMANY	The Characterization of Grain Boundaries by Impedance Spectroscopy: Capabilities and Limits of Conventional Measurements and Microelectrode Experiments
L. Gauckler	ETH-Zürich, SWITZERLAND	Ceramic Processing using Soft Lithography: Miniaturized Ceramic Gas Sensor Arrays
N. Ichinose	Waseda University, JAPAN	Dielectric and Piezoelectric Properties of Pb(In_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃-Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-PbTiO₃ Ternary Single Crystals
M. Kawasaki	Tohoku University, JAPAN	Combinatorial Approach for the Challenges and Exploration of Oxide Semiconductors
M. Kuwabara	The University of Tokyo, JAPAN	Preparation and Properties of PLZT Photonic Crystals by Sol-Gel Process
A. Safari	Rutgers University, USA	Layered Manufacturing for Prototyping of Novel Transducers
D. Schlom	Pennsylvania State University, USA	Epitaxial Engineering of Dielectrics and Ferroelectrics
R. Schwartz	University of Missouri-Rolla, USA	Chemical Solution Deposition of Perovskite Thin Films
T. Shiosaki	Nara Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN	Recent Developments on MOCVD of Ferroelectric Thin Films
S. Trolier-McKinstry	Pennsylvania State University, USA	Oriented Piezoelectric Ceramics and Films
Emerging Fields in Electroceramics
D. Bonnell	University of Pennsylvania, USA	Defect Mediated Transport at Interfaces and Nanostructures
H. Koinuma	Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN	Combinatorial Nanotechnology for Innovating Electroceramics Research
J. Maier	Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, GERMANY	Nano-ionics: More than a Fashionable Slogan
T. Mason	Northwestern University, USA	Chemical and Structural Factors Governing Transparent Conductivity in Oxides
M. Oliver	Motorola, USA	The Emergence of Multi-layer Ceramics as a MEMS/MST Platform
N. Setter	EPFL, SWITZERLAND	Electroceramics in RF-MEMS and MW Electronics
F. Schlaphof	TU Dresden, GERMANY	Nano-ferros/Nano-opticsdielectric and Optical Properties in Ferroelectrics Determined by Scanning Probe Techniques on the Nanometer Scale
T. Venkatesan	University of MD, USA	Novel Above-Room Temperature Ferromagnetic Semiconducting Oxides

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our e-mail announcements list, contact:
Elisabeth Anderson
Conference Coordinator, ICE-2003
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 13-3118
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
ice-2003@mit.edu