FLAME-inars
Online Seminar Series

Upcoming Talks

Our talks start at 4:00 pm (CET) sharp on Zoom (link via registration form). We are looking forward to versatile talks and fruitful discussions!

Autumn and Winter Sessions 2022/2023

Date Talk More information
09th February 2023 Application of Antiferroelectric Materials in High Voltage Technology
Julian Moxter, M. Sc.
High-Voltage Laboratories
Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (etit)
Technical University of Darmstadt
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23rd February 2023 Impact of Doping Conditions on the Fermi Level in Lead-Free Antiferroelectrics
Lorenzo Villa, M.Sc.
Materials Modelling Division ?
Department of Materials- and Geosciences?Technical University of Darmstadt
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Date Talk More information
14. January 2021

Antiferroelectric Materials and the FLAME Project
Prof. Andreas Klein
Technical University of Darmstadt, Department of Electronic Structure of Materials
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28. January 2021


On Antiferroelectric Phase Transitions and Model Antiferroelectric Materials
Prof. Maël Guennou
University of Luxembourg, Department of Physics and Materials Science
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11. February 2021 CeraLinkTM: An Antiferroelectric Capacitor for Power Electronics
Thorsten Bayer, TDK Electronics GmbH
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25. February 2021 Prediction and Optimization of Antiferroelectric Materials
Prof. Jorge Iñiguez
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) | University of Luxembourg, Department of Physics and Materials Science
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11. March 2021 Be in the loop with antiferroelectrics
Prof. Brahim Dkhil
University Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec
Smart and Functional Materials Research Group;
Structures, Properties and Modeling of Solids Laboratory
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25. March 2021 Atomic Structure, Phase Transitions, and Functional Properties of PbZrO3-based Antiferroelectric Ceramics
Prof. Xiaoli Tan
Iowa State University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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08. April 2021 Power MLCCs, their designs, processes, applications, and material requirements
Dr. Guenter Engel
CeraCap Technology & Innovation Consulting & CeraCap Engel priv. ltd.
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22. April 2021 Antiferroelectric capacitors for power electronics
Dr.-Ing. Sylvia Gebhardt
Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS
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06. May 2021 Ceramic Multilayer Devices from Antiferroelectrics: Current Materials and Concepts
Prof. Klaus Reichmann
Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, TU Graz, Austria
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20. May 2021 Local Structure of NaNbO3-based Antiferroelectric Ceramics Probed with NMR Spectroscopy
Dr. Pedro B. Groszewicz
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Section Storage of Electrochemical Energy (SEE)
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17. June 2021 Bilinear Coupling and Order-Disorder Transition in the Prototypical Antiferroelectric PbZrO3
Prof. Bin Xu
School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, China
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15. July 2021 High Energy Density Electrostatic Capacitors
Prof. Ian M. Reaney
Functional Materials and Devices Group
Materials Science and Engineering
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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07. October 2021 Pyroelectric Energy Conversion with Antiferroelectrics
Dr. Brendan Hanrahan
Energy Sciences Division
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Adelphi, Md USA
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21. October 2021 Mysterious but Relevant Defects: An Overview of Theoretical Approaches to Study Polarons
Dr. Elaheh Ghorbani
Materials Modelling Division
Technical University of Darmstadt
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04. November 2021 Antiferroelectric Perovskites
Prof. Philippe Ghosez
Theoretical Materials Physics Division
Université de Liège, Belgium
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18. November 2021 Energy Storage Performance of PbZrO3-Based Antiferroelectric Ceramics
Prof. Tongqing Yang
Functional Materials Research Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering
Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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02. December 2021 Impact of Lattice Strain on Structure and Electric Properties of Alkaline-Niobate Thin Films
Dr. Jutta Schwarzkopf
Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung,
Berlin, Germany
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16. December 2021 Inverse Electrocaloric Effect in Antiferroelectrics
Dr. Nikola Novak
Jožef Stefan Institute
Ljubljana, Slovenia
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27th January 2022 Scattering Studies on Antiferroelectric Materials
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Donner
Institute of Materials Science
Structure Research Division
Technical University of Darmstadt
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10. February 2022 Atomistic Studies of Lead Containing and Lead Free Antiferroelectrics
Hui Ding
Department of Materials- and Geosciences
Geomaterial Science / Advanced Electron Microscopy
Technical University of Darmstadt
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24. February 2022 Phonons and Intermediate Phases in Antiferroelectric Perovskites
Dr. Elena Buixaderas
Institute of Physics
Department of Dielectrics
Czech Academy of Sciences
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24. March 2022 Unveiling the Structural Balance, Phase Transitions and the Intermediate State at the AFE/FE Phase Boundary in PbZr1-xTixO3
Prof. Dr. Nan Zhang
Electronic Materials Research Laboratory
Xi'an Jiaotong University
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27. October 2022 NaNbO3: From Sodium Columbite to Modern Antiferroelectric Devices
Assist. Prof. Dr. Jurij Koruza
Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials
Graz University of Technology, Austria
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10. November 2022 Understanding Electric-Field Driven Structural Phase Transitions: From Symmetry to Machine Learning
Prof. Dr. Hongbin Zhang
Research Group: Theory of Magnetic Materials
Institute of Materials Science
Technical University of Darmstadt
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24. November 2022 Advances in Phase-field Simulation of Ferroelectrics and Antiferroelectrics
Prof. Dr. Bai-Xiang Xu
Research Group: Mechanics of Functional Materials
Institute of Materials Science
Technical University of Darmstadt
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08. December 2022 Insights into Antiferroelectric Materials from Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Prof. Dr. Andreas Klein
Research Group: Electronic Structure of Materials Research
Institute of Materials Science
Technical University of Darmstadt
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12. January 2023 Strain Dependence of Antiferroelectricity in NaNbO3 Thin Films
Thorsten Schneider, M. Sc.
Research Group Thin Films
Institute of Materials Science
Technical University of Darmstadt
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26. January 2023 Local Structure and Disorder in PbZrO3- and NaNbO3-based Antiferroelectrics probed with NMR Spectroscopy
Dr Sonja Egert
University of St Andrews
School of Chemistry
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