Agenda
Monday 22 February 2021

• Franz Schubert (Invited) – Current status on lead free materials

• Daniel Bremecker – Morphotropic phase boundary in pure and Zn²⁺– doped lead-free (1-x)Na_1/2Bi_1/2TiO₃-xBaTiO₃ piezoceramics

• Antonio Iacomini – Processing, sintering study and phase evolution of “lead free” potassium sodium niobate doped with bismuth ferrite (KNN-BF): effect of CuO addition on sintering behaviour and electrical properties

• Paula M. Vilarinho – Electrical characterization of FLASH sintered lead free piezoelectric K_0.5Na_0.5NbO₃

• Yonatan Calahorra – High Piezoelectricity and Electromechanical Efficiency in Nanoporous GaN

• Marco Deluca (Invited) – Compositional tuning of lead-free barium titanate solid solutions

• Blessing N. Ezealigo – BaTi_(1-x)Zr_xO₃ ceramics fabricated by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis and spark plasma sintering

• Fernando L. Sà – Microwave-assisted versus conventional oven hydrothermal synthesis of piezoelectric BaTiO₃ nanoparticles

• Tor O. Sunde – Stress considerations for sputtered lead-free (Ba,Ca)(Zr,Ti)O₃ thin films.

• Kelly Orlik – Microwave heating: influence of fast sintering on electrical properties of (Ba,Ca)(Ti,Zr)O₃ based lead free piezoelectric ceramics

• Susan Trolier-McKinstry (Plenary) – Piezoelectric adjustable optics for X-ray space telescopes.

• Luca Polizzi (EU Diplomat | International Relations Officer) Opportunities for researchers, companies and entrepreneurs,  in Horizon Europe program – The challenges of science diplomacy for the Mediterranean region

• Lalitha Kodumudi Venkataraman (Invited) – Relaxor/Ferroelectric stability in furnace cooled/quenched Na_1/2Bi_1/2TiO₃-BaTiO₃ piezoceramics

• Omar Zahhaf – Enhancing dielectric and piezoelectric properties of micro-ZnO/PDMS composite-based dielectrophoresis

• Wenxiang Ding – Bonding Delaminations of a Single-element Piezoelectric Transducer: modelling and experimental characterization

• Sylvia Gebhardt (Keynote) – Printed Thick Film Transducers for Integrated Piezoelectric Function

• Vincenzo Buscaglia (Invited) – Size and scaling effects in barium titanate ceramics

Poster Session

• Marija Dunce: Effect of Sintering Temperature on Microstructure and Chemical Content of Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 Ceramics

• Gianni Ferrero: Effect of BaTiO3 Seeding on the Piezoelectric Properties of Mechanochemically Activated 0.67BiFeO3-0.33BaTiO3 Ceramics

• Francisco J. Jiménez Martínez: Virtual instrument to determine the piezoelectric coefficients in electroceramic resonators

• Elisa Mercadelli: Milling effect on KNN synthesis scaling up

• Kien Nguyen: Development of an in-situ biasing XRD set-up for the study of piezo/ferroelectric functional thin films and devices

• Armando Reyes Montero: Structural and functional characterization of 0.7BiFeO3-0.3Ba1-yCayTiO3 co-modified ceramics

• Olivier Thomas: Finite elements based reduced order models for piezoelectric structures with geometrical nonlinearities

• Eugenie Uwiragiye: Growth of (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3-based lead-free piezoelectric single crystals by the solid-state crystal growth method and their characterization

• John Fisher: Lead-free piezoelectric 0.75(Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3-0.25SrTiO3 single crystals grown by solid state crystal growth in oxygen

• Blandine Fontaine: Optimization of (Ba,Ca)(ZrTi)O3 lead-free piezoelectric ceramics properties by variation of the composition

• Miks Jurjans: Electromechanical properties in Ca doped NBT-BaTiO3 in tetragonal side of phase diagram

• Marco Mariani: Binder jetting 3D printing of KNN powder

• Henrik Rӕder: Multi-layer piezoelectric elements of lead-free BNT-6BT ceramics

• Nico Zamperlin: Synthesis of undoped and doped BaTiO3 nanoparticles for polymerceramic composites with piezoelectric behavior

• Matteo Poddighe: Low-temperature calcination in KNN05 synthesized via low cost water-soluble reagents

Tuesday 23 February 2021

• Pol Lloveras (Keynote) – Pressure-induced caloric effects in ferroelectrics for cooling applications

• Kevin Nadaud – Effect of mechanical excitation waveform and AC/DC converter topology on the electrical power harvested by a piezoelectric generator

• Hannah L. Rose – Modelling the d₃₆ Mode

• Nathan Giles-Donovan – Towards a Method of Quantifying the Higher Energy Density of Piezoelectric Single Crystals

• Gunnar Suchaneck – Electrocaloric effect in relaxor ferroelectrics

• Antonio Iula (Invited) – Biometric recognition based on ultrasound images: devices and systems

• Dayana L. Guzmán Sierra – A systematic characterization of chitosan and barium titanate flexible piezoelectric bionanocomposites

• Franck Levassort (Invited) – Lead-free piezoelectric materials for ultrasonic transducers and medical imaging

• Pascal Marchet (Keynote) – Elaboration of lead-free piezoelectric thick films by Aerosol Deposition Method

• M. Lourdes Calzada – Low-temperature solution deposition methods of ferroelectric oxide thin films for their direct fabrication on flexible substrates
• Hélène Debeda – Improvement of densification and electromechanical properties of screen printed PZT-LBCu micro-ceramics

• Ahmad Hamieh – Thin film synthesis and micro patterning of lead free piezoelectric ceramic for composite pMUT applications

• Paula Ferreira (Keynote) – Enhancing piezoelectric properties of perovskite- and ferrite- type oxides by nanopatterning porosity

• Trygve M. Ræder – The How and Why of In-Plane Properties in BaTiO₃ Thin Films

Poster Session

• Vojtěch Lindauer. Thin piezoelectric layer cell growth stimulation comparison using FEMEffect of Sintering Temperature on Microstructure and Chemical Content of Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 Ceramics

• Arjin Boonruang. Progress towards Cross Talk Suppression in Microultrasound Arrays based on Randomized and Diced 1-3 Piezocomposites

• Jack Stevenson. Modelled piezoelectric material characterisation for use in an acoustic Fresnel lens

• Maxim Ivanov. Ferroelectric properties of poly(L-lactic) acid disclosed via Scanning Probe Microscopy approach

• Abderrahmane Hamdi. Hydrothermal preparation of vertical aligned piezoelectric ZnO nanowires on various substrates for energy harvesting applications

• Miguel-Angel Badillo. Industry-friendly Chemical Solution Deposition of piezoelectric doped- HfO2 for energy applications

• Sabi William Konsago. Chemical Solution Deposition of 0.5Ba(Ti0.9Zr0.1)O3-0.5(Ba0.8Ca0.2)TiO3 Thin Films Using Ethylene-Glycol as a Co-Solvent

• Amaury Fimbel. 4D printing for electroactive origami

• Andrea Nesterović. Bismuth sodium titanate based piezoceramics: structure, sinterability and functional properties

• Jiri Erhart. Width extensional Rosen type piezoelectric transformer

• Dang-chi Nguyen. Review of high temperature piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer development

• Sepide Taleb. Experimental Validation of PVDF-TrFE Piezoelectric Sensor Behavior Through Finite Element Analysis

• Francois Pigache. Non linearity in Piezoelectric transformer used as a safety observer

• Francesco Cordero. Thermal decomposition of the organic ferroelectric MDABCO(NH4)I3 from anelastic, dielectric and structural measurements
  

  Monday 22 February 2021

• Francesco Cordero (Invited) – Evaluating the piezoelectric response from the elastic modulus of unpoled ceramics around the ferroelectric transition

• Uroš Prah – Enhanced Relaxor Behavior in Multiferroic Pb(Fe_0.5Nb_0.5)O₃–BiFeO₃ Ceramics

• Elena Stefan – Additive manufacturing of lead-free piezoelectric ceramics by stereolithography

• Giulia D’ambrogio – Micro-structuration of Piezoelectric Composites Using Dielectrophoresis: Toward Application in Condition Monitoring of Bearings

• Rui Pinho – Strain effects on the electromechanical performance of potassium sodium niobate thin films

• Erling Ringgaard (Keynote) – Obtaining and validating data sets for piezoelectric ceramics

• Lorena Pardo – Key issues for the performance of commercial Bi_0.5Na_0.5TiO₃ based lead-free eco-piezoceramics: beyong a d₃₃ coefficient

• Isabelle Monot-Laffez – Microstructural features of spark plasma sintered (K,Na)(Nb,Ta)O₃ lead-free piezoelectric ceramics

• Sylvain Ballandras (Invited) – Modern challenges for SAW devices: Materials, Devices and Applications

• Giosuè Caliano (Keynote) – Non-Destructive Diagnosis of Detachments in the Covers of Ancient Structures

• Markys Cain – Development of instrumented piezoelectric meter for polymer sheet

• Nicola G. Fenu – High-power characterisation of PIC 181 piezoceramic and Mn:PIN-PMN-PT piezocrystal Langevin transducers for robotic minimally invasive surgery
• Lorenzo Capineri (Keynote) – Piezoelectric transducers for ultrasonic guided waves in structural health monitoring systems