Introduction to the special issue on the joint meeting of the 19th IEEE International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectrics and the 10th European Conference on the Applications of Polar Dielectrics

Takaaki Tsurumi

doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2011.2007

Introduction to the special issue on the joint meeting of the 19th IEEE International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectrics and the 10th European Conference on the Applications of Polar Dielectrics

IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2011 Sep;58(9):1712-3. doi: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.2007.

Author

Takaaki Tsurumi¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Metallurgy and Ceramics Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 21937301
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.2007

Abstract

The joint meeting of the 19th IEEE International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectrics and the 10th European Conference on the Applications of Polar Dielectrics took place in Edinburgh from August 9-12, 2010. The conference was attended by 390 delegates from more than 40 different countries. There were 4 plenary speakers, 56 invited speakers, and a further 222 contributed oral presentations in 7 parallel session. In addition there were 215 poster presentations. Key topics addressed at the conference included piezoelectric materials, leadfree piezoelectrics, and multiferroics.

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Introductory Journal Article