D3) Oxide Thin films for Microelectronics
Chair(s): Huajun Liu (IMRE) Co-Chair(s): Renshaw Wang Xiao (NTU), Ying-Hao Chu (National Tsinghua University, Taiwan), Qian Li (Tsinghua University, China) Symposium Scope/Topics Functional oxide thin films play a pivotal role in advancing microelectronics technologies by enabling new device functionalities and improved performance. These materials exhibit a wide range of properties, including ferroelectricity, piezoelectricity, ion transport, superconductivity, and nonlinear optical responses, making them critical for applications in transistors, photonics, sensors, transducers, and emerging iontronic systems. Recent breakthroughs in the synthesis, characterization, and integration of functional oxide thin films have paved the way for transformative innovations in microelectronics. This symposium will focus on the latest advances in functional oxide thin films tailored for microelectronic applications. Emphasis will be placed on understanding and engineering their properties through epitaxial growth, defect and strain management, interface engineering, and integration with existing semiconductor platforms. In addition, studies exploring new processing techniques, in situ and operando characterizations, high-throughput experiments, and AI/ML-driven approaches for designing and optimizing oxide thin films will be encouraged. Abstracts will be solicited from (but not limited to): Experimental and theoretical studies of functional oxide thin films and heterostructures; Novel device architectures utilizing functional oxide materials; Fundamental studies of superconductivity, dielectric, optical, ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties; Integration of oxide thin films with conventional semiconductor platform and emerging two-dimensional materials (e.g. TMDC) and hybrid functional materials (e.g. metal halide perovskites). Symposium Topics: Precision Epitaxial Synthesis of Functional Oxide Thin Films: Techniques for controlled growth, including pulsed laser deposition, molecular beam epitaxy, and sputtering Freestanding oxide membranes: fabrication techniques to prepare freestanding oxide thin film membranes, their emerging functional properties and integration with Si platform Ferroelectric, Piezoelectric, and Iontronic Materials: Design and application of materials for energy-efficient memory, logic, and actuation Superconductivity: Fundamental mechanisms and applications in superconductive oxide thin films. Photonics and Optoelectronic Applications: Oxide thin films for light manipulation, waveguides, and optoelectronic integration Oxide Transistors and Next-Generation Devices: Novel channel materials and oxide-based field-effect transistors, integration with 2D materials Defect and Strain Engineering in Functional Oxides: Enhancing material performance through controlled defects, strain, and interface modifications In Situ and Operando Characterization Techniques: Advanced synchrotron X-ray, neutron scattering, optical spectroscopy, scanning probe and electron microscopy studies to probe materials under working device conditions Other functional oxides and advanced devices: magnetic, topological, high-k dielectrics, energy storage, catalysis and electrochemical devices. This symposium aims to bring together a diverse group of researchers working on oxide thin films and their applications in microelectronics, fostering discussions that will inspire the next wave of technological innovations. Invited Speakers To be confirmed Functional oxide thin films play a pivotal role in advancing microelectronics technologies by enabling new device functionalities and improved performance. These materials exhibit a wide range of properties, including ferroelectricity, piezoelectricity, ion transport, superconductivity, and nonlinear optical responses, making them critical for applications in transistors, photonics, sensors, transducers, and emerging iontronic systems. Recent breakthroughs in the synthesis, characterization, and integration of functional oxide thin films have paved the way for transformative innovations in microelectronics. This symposium will focus on the latest advances in functional oxide thin films tailored for microelectronic applications. Emphasis will be placed on understanding and engineering their properties through epitaxial growth, defect and strain management, interface engineering, and integration with existing semiconductor platforms. In addition, studies exploring new processing techniques, in situ and operando characterizations, high-throughput experiments, and AI/ML-driven approaches for designing and optimizing oxide thin films will be encouraged. Abstracts will be solicited from (but not limited to): Experimental and theoretical studies of functional oxide thin films and heterostructures; Novel device architectures utilizing functional oxide materials; Fundamental studies of superconductivity, dielectric, optical, ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties; Integration of oxide thin films with conventional semiconductor platform and emerging two-dimensional materials (e.g. TMDC) and hybrid functional materials (e.g. metal halide perovskites). Symposium Topics: Precision Epitaxial Synthesis of Functional Oxide Thin Films: Techniques for controlled growth, including pulsed laser deposition, molecular beam epitaxy, and sputtering Freestanding oxide membranes: fabrication techniques to prepare freestanding oxide thin film membranes, their emerging functional properties and integration with Si platform Ferroelectric, Piezoelectric, and Iontronic Materials: Design and application of materials for energy-efficient memory, logic, and actuation Superconductivity: Fundamental mechanisms and applications in superconductive oxide thin films. Photonics and Optoelectronic Applications: Oxide thin films for light manipulation, waveguides, and optoelectronic integration Oxide Transistors and Next-Generation Devices: Novel channel materials and oxide-based field-effect transistors, integration with 2D materials Defect and Strain Engineering in Functional Oxides: Enhancing material performance through controlled defects, strain, and interface modifications In Situ and Operando Characterization Techniques: Advanced synchrotron X-ray, neutron scattering, optical spectroscopy, scanning probe and electron microscopy studies to probe materials under working device conditions Other functional oxides and advanced devices: magnetic, topological, high-k dielectrics, energy storage, catalysis and electrochemical devices. This symposium aims to bring together a diverse group of researchers working on oxide thin films and their applications in microelectronics, fostering discussions that will inspire the next wave of technological innovations. To be confirmed
D2) Spin, Charge, and Magnetism in Two-Dimensional Heterostructures
Chair(s): Ahmet Avsar (NUS) Symposium Scope/Topics This symposium will explore the rapidly evolving field of two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals heterostructures, with a special focus on the intertwined phenomena of spin, charge, and magnetism. It aims to provide a platform for researchers working at the intersection of condensed matter physics, materials science, and spintronics, by highlighting the fundamental mechanisms and emergent phenomena in low-dimensional quantum materials. As the field matures, the integration of spin, charge, and topological degrees of freedom is unlocking new possibilities for electronic, magnetic, and spintronic devices. This symposium will bridge fundamental science with device-level applications, fostering dialogue between experimentalists and theorists across disciplines. Key themes will include novel electronic devices and their operations, spin-orbit coupling, magnetism, moiré phenomena, correlated states, and topological effects in 2D materials and their heterostructures. The symposium will also address the development of advanced characterization tools and device platforms that are crucial to unraveling and utilizing these complex interactions. Topics likely to be covered include: Next generation of transistors based on 2D materials and their heterostructures. Three-dimensional integration of two-dimensional field-effect transistors Quantum spintronics in 2D heterostructures: spin transport, manipulation, and detection Emergent magnetism in atomically thin materials and artificial heterostructures Proximity effects: interfacial exchange, spin-orbit, and topological coupling Moiré materials: correlated and magnetic states in twisted 2D systems Novel characterization techniques: spin-sensitive probes, NV magnetometry, STM/STS, and ultrafast optics Synthesis and integration of 2D materials with magnetic and topological functionalities Topological materials and altermagnetic systems: potential for spintronics Invited Speakers To be confirmed This symposium will explore the rapidly evolving field of two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals heterostructures, with a special focus on the intertwined phenomena of spin, charge, and magnetism. It aims to provide a platform for researchers working at the intersection of condensed matter physics, materials science, and spintronics, by highlighting the fundamental mechanisms and emergent phenomena in low-dimensional quantum materials. As the field matures, the integration of spin, charge, and topological degrees of freedom is unlocking new possibilities for electronic, magnetic, and spintronic devices. This symposium will bridge fundamental science with device-level applications, fostering dialogue between experimentalists and theorists across disciplines. Key themes will include novel electronic devices and their operations, spin-orbit coupling, magnetism, moiré phenomena, correlated states, and topological effects in 2D materials and their heterostructures. The symposium will also address the development of advanced characterization tools and device platforms that are crucial to unraveling and utilizing these complex interactions. Topics likely to be covered include: Next generation of transistors based on 2D materials and their heterostructures. Three-dimensional integration of two-dimensional field-effect transistors Quantum spintronics in 2D heterostructures: spin transport, manipulation, and detection Emergent magnetism in atomically thin materials and artificial heterostructures Proximity effects: interfacial exchange, spin-orbit, and topological coupling Moiré materials: correlated and magnetic states in twisted 2D systems Novel characterization techniques: spin-sensitive probes, NV magnetometry, STM/STS, and ultrafast optics Synthesis and integration of 2D materials with magnetic and topological functionalities Topological materials and altermagnetic systems: potential for spintronics To be confirmed
D1) Magnetics and Spintronics: Materials and Devices
Chair(s): S.N. Piramanayagam (NTU), Anjan Soumyanarayanan (NUS & IMRE, A*STAR) Co-Chair(s): Claudia Felser (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Germany), Hari Srikanth (University of South Florida, USA), Atsufumi Hirohata (Tohoku University, Japan) Symposium Scope/Topics Magnetism has been an active area of research for over six decades, because of the emergence of several new research areas and their applications. From hard disk drives that have helped us to store a huge amount of information to permanent magnets that have made small motors and speakers possible for human use, magnetic materials have played a significant role. With the emergence of Spintronics, which is a relatively newer branch of magnetics, several newer applications are expected to rise. Several new materials are investigated and new physical observations are made regularly, which make this field very exciting. ICMAT has been covering this topic in almost all its editions. The symposium will cover, but not limited to, the following topics; Soft magnetic materials Hard magnetic materials Altermagnets Ferrimagnets and Antiferromagnets Materials for magnetic recording Materials for magnetic memory Materials for spintronics Spin-orbitronics Physics of magnonics Skyrmionics Topological insulators for magnetics applications Motors and other magnetics based devices Magnetics for energy applications Magnetism and superconductivity Magnetic Oxides, including ferrites Magnetics for biological applications Neuromorphic computing Invited Speakers To be confirmed Magnetism has been an active area of research for over six decades, because of the emergence of several new research areas and their applications. From hard disk drives that have helped us to store a huge amount of information to permanent magnets that have made small motors and speakers possible for human use, magnetic materials have played a significant role. With the emergence of Spintronics, which is a relatively newer branch of magnetics, several newer applications are expected to rise. Several new materials are investigated and new physical observations are made regularly, which make this field very exciting. ICMAT has been covering this topic in almost all its editions. The symposium will cover, but not limited to, the following topics; Soft magnetic materials Hard magnetic materials Altermagnets Ferrimagnets and Antiferromagnets Materials for magnetic recording Materials for magnetic memory Materials for spintronics Spin-orbitronics Physics of magnonics Skyrmionics Topological insulators for magnetics applications Motors and other magnetics based devices Magnetics for energy applications Magnetism and superconductivity Magnetic Oxides, including ferrites Magnetics for biological applications Neuromorphic computing To be confirmed
