Topics

  • Superconducting Materials and Basic Properties
    • *Boron related superconductivity (TBD)
    • *Bulk Superconductivity (Ekrem Yanmaz, Turkey)
    • *Carbon related superconductivity (Junji Haruyama, Japan)
    • *Iron-based Pnictide Superconductors: Fundamental Properties & Mechanisms (Ruslan Prozorov, USA)
    • *Iron-based superconductors: Materials and potential applications (Carlo Ferdeghini, Italy)
    • *Lattice and isotope effects in layered superconductors (Annette Bussman-Holder, Germany)
    • *MgB2 (René Flukiger, Switzerland)
    • *Novel phenomena in type-I superconductivity (TBC)
    • *Numerical methods for AC losses (Fedor Gömöry, Slovakia)
    • *Quantum tailoring in superconductivity (Milorad Milosevic, Belgium)
    • *Synthesis and shaping of superconducting materials session (Andrés E. Sotelo, Spain)
    • *Vortex matter, dynamics and pinning (Adrian Crisan, UK)
    • Study of Fermi surface of HTS by magnetic quantum oscillations
    • Heavy fermion superconductors (Workshop)
    • New superconductors (Workshop)
    • Organic Superconductors (Workshop)
    • Miscellaneous

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  • Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
    • *Spintronics: Tunnel Magnetoresistance (TMR) and Magnetic Tunnel Junctions (MTJ) (Guenter Reiss, Germany)
    • *Ferrite and/or rare earth nano materials (Muhammad Anis-ur-Rehman, Pakistan)
    • *Spintronics: Doped Oxide Semiconductors (Subhash C. Kashyap, India)
    • *Superconductivity and magnetism in perovskite oxides (Chang Uk Jung, South Korea)
    • *Superconductor-ferromagnet hybrids (Alexandre Bouzdine, France)
    • *Technological Applications of Magnetic Materials (Matt Probert, UK)
    • Frustrated Magnetism (Ken Gray)
    • *(Session Title TBA) (Hartmut Fuess, Germany)
    • Bio-inspired magnetic nanomaterials (Tanya Prozorov, USA)
    • Boron based magnets & magnetic materials
    • Hard magnetic materials: Intermetallics and borides etc.
    • Magnetic imaging and microscopy (e.g. MOKE, SNOM, MFM etc.)
    • Magnetic nanoparticles and nanostructures
    • Magnetic recording media and processes
    • Magnetic superconductors
    • Magnetization dynamics and micromagnetics
    • Magnetoresistance and spin effects
    • Miscellaneous
    • Multiferroics, magnetic oxides (CMR) and magnetic semiconductors
    • Soft magnetic materials: ferrites and recording head materials etc.
    • Special/new magnetic materials
    • Spin dynamics of correlated systems
    • Strongly correlated electrons/systems
    • Superconductivity and magnetism at nanoscale

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  • Large Scale Applications, Science and Technology
    • *Coated superconductors (Bernhard Holzapfel, Germany)
    • *Hydrogen cryomagnetics (Bartek Glowacki, UK)
    • *Magnet science and technology (TBD)
    • *Wires & tapes (Wilfried Goldacker, Germany)
    • Croyogenics
    • Energy aspects, including storage (SMES), of superconductor applications
    • Miscellaneous
    • Power applications

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  • Electronics Applications, Science and Technology
    • *Josephson Junctions and Terahertz Emission (Lütfi Özyüzer, Turkey)
    • *Superconducting Quantum computing (Mehdi Fardmanesh, Iran)
    • Advances in thin films, multilayers, and patterned nanostructures
    • Detectors and mixers
    • Digital/mixed signal electronics
    • Microwave devices
    • Junctions and SQUIDs
    • Measurement and characterization: Techniques and instrumentation
    • Miscellaneous
    • Nanotechnology for superconductiivity and/or magnetism

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  • Exclusive Sessions
    • *Superconductivity, from the Beginning up to Now (Rudolf Huebener, Germany)
    • *Electronics Applications Ready for Market (TBC)

*Topic has been proposed as a special session. Names in the parenthesis indicate the confirmed session organizers/chairs. TBC: To be confirmed. TBD: To be determined. Above lists is current as of 10 September 2009.