AMEC-6 Plenary and Invited Speakers

Plenary speakers :

Teruo Kishi (NIMS, Japan)

      “Strategy of Materials Science Research in Japan and ”MANA” challenge”

Ce-Wen Nan (Tsinghua University, China)

      “Multiferroic magnetoelectric ceramic composites”

Ahmad Safari (Rutgers Univ., USA)

      "Pb-based vs. Pb free piezoelectric ceramics and transducers" 

Invited speakers : (ABC order)

Xiang-Ming Chen (Zhejiang University, China)

“Normal and Relaxor Ferroelectric Characteristics in Filled Tungsten Bronze Niobate Ceramics with Various Radium Difference of A1- and A2-Site Ions”

Hiroshi Funakubo (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

      “Proposal of Novel Mechanism for Large Piezo Response in Epitaxial Pb(Zr,Ti)O₃ Thick films”

Masahito Furukawa (TDK Corporation, Japan)

      “Alkaline niobate-based lead-free piezoelectric ceramics”

Yukio Higuchi (Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Japan)

      ”Piezoelectric Ceramics for High Temperature Applications”

Junji Hirohashi (Oxide Corporation, Japan)

      “Characterization of domain controlled nonlinear optical crystals”

Ken-ichi Kakimoto (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)

    “Phase Transition and Structural Analysis of (Li,Na,K)NbO₃ Lead-free Piezoelectric Ceramics”

Kazumi Kato (AIST, Japan)

      “Bottom-Up Fabrication and Enhanced Properties of Advanced Ceramic Films”

Eung Soo Kim (Seoul National University)

“Microwave Dielectric Properties of (Zn_1/3B_2/3)_0.5(Ti_0.8M_0.2)_0.5O₂ (B=Nb, Ta, M=Sn, Ge) Ceramics with Rutile Structure”

K. Z. Baba-Kishi (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

      “Pb Displacements in Pb(ZrTi)O₃”

Kazuaki Kurihara (Fujitsu Limited, Japan)

      “Applications of ceramic superconducting films to microwave power filters for

      future wireless communications”

Jing-Feng Li (Tsinghua University, China)

      “Micro-scale 1-3 connectivity lead-free piezoceramic/polymer composites”

Yong-Xiang Li (Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China)

    “Preparation of Sodium Bismuth Titanate Na_0.5Bi_0.5TiO₃ Templates for Textured

      Ceramics”

Jun-Ming Liu (Nanjing University, China)

      “Polarization fatigue investigations of ferroelectric Pb(Zr,Ti)O₃ thin films”

Mari Miyauchi (TDK Corporation, Japan)

      “Study of oxidation behavior of Ni internal electrode in MLCC”

Youichi Mizuno (TAIYO YUDEN Co., Ltd., Japan)

      “Correlation between microstructure and temperature characteristics of capacitance

       for Ni-MLCC”

Norimitsu Murayama (AIST, Japan)

      “Application of Nano-sized CeO₂ Powder for Fast Response Oxygen Sensors”

Chao-Nan Xu  (AIST, Japan)

      “Elastico-Luminescent Ceramics and Its Applications”

Hiroshi Takagi (Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Japan)

      ”High Temperature Guaranteed Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors for automotive applications”

Masasuke Takata (Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan)

      “Optically Readable Hydrogen Sensor Using Pd Thin Film”

R. P. Tandon (University of Delhi, India)

“Investigation of Ferroelectric Materials for High Electron Density Emitters for Microwave Tube Applications”

Aree Thanaboonsombut (MTEC, Thailand)

      “Development of Environmentally Benign Piezoelectrics: Compositions and Fabrication”

Tseung-Yuen Tseng (National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan)

      “ZnO nanowires for field emission application”

Satoshi Wada (University of Yamanashi, Japan)

      “Domain wall Engineering in Lead-free Piezoelectric Materials”

Hong Wang (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China)

      “Low Temperature Prepared Microwave Dielectrics for Passive Integration”

Sea-Fue Wang (National Taipei University of Technology)

      “Microstructural Evolution and Dielectric Properties of Hexagonal Ba(Ti_(1-x)Mn_x)O₃ ceramics”

Yohachi (John) Yamashita (Toshiba Research Consulting Co., Japan)

      “Fine Powders Application in Medical Echo Probes”