Workshop on Tips and Tricks for the Crystal Growth of Inorganic Materials

Scientific Programme

Monday, 26^th of August

08:00 – 08:55	Registration
08:55 – 09:00	Welcome remarks
Crystal growth using the Czochralski and Bridgman methods
09:00 – 09:40	Keynote talk: Dr. Christo Guguschev (Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth, Germany)
09:40 – 10:20	Keynote talk: Dr. Karl Krämer (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Crystal growth using the floating zone method
10:20 – 10:45	Contributed talk: Dr. Monica Ceretti (Institute Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, University of Montpellier, France)
10:45 – 11:15	Coffee break
11:15 – 11:55	Keynote talk: Prof. Geetha Balakrishnan (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
11:55 - 12:20	Contributed talk: Dr. Arnau Romaguera Camps (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)
12:20 – 12:45	Contributed talk: Dr. Yong Liu (EPFL, Switzerland)
12:45 – 14:00	Lunch break
14:00 – 14:25	Contributed talk: Dr. Dorota Pulmannova (Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth, Germany)
Synthesis and crystal growth in extreme conditions
14:25 – 15:05	Keynote talk: Dr. Pascal Puphal (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany)
15:05 – 15:30	Contributed talk: Dr. Igor Plokhikh (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee break
Crystal growth using the chemical vapour transport method
16:00 – 16:40	Keynote talk: Prof. Anna Böhmer (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
16:40 – 17:05	Contributed talk: Anastasiia Lukovkina (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
17:05 – 17:30	Contributed talk: Dr. Ashutosh Wadge (Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
17:45 – 19:15	Poster session and Apéro
19:30 – 21:30	Workshop dinner at PSI Restaurant OASE

Tuesday, 27^th of August

Crystal growth using the flux method
08:30 – 09:10	Keynote talk: Prof. Tomasz Klimczuk (Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland)
09:10 – 09:35	Contributed talk: Lea Richter (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Germany)
09:35 – 10:00	Contributed talk: Kai Daniel Röseler (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
10:00 – 10:30	Coffee break
Perspectives on materials science: from prediction to realisation
10:30 – 11:10	Keynote talk: Prof. Nicola Marzari (EPFL, Switzerland)
11:10 - 11:35	Contributed talk: Dr. Jonathan Schmidt (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
11:35 – 12:00	Contributed talk: Timo Reents (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)
Round table discussions
12:00 – 12:45	Moderator: Dr. Romain Sibille (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)
12:45 – 12:50	Closing remarks
12:50 – 14:00	Lunch break
14:00 – 15:30	Visit to SINQ

Note for presenters

• Keynote talks : 30 minutes presentation + 10 minutes Q&A.
• Contributed talks: 20 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q&A.
• Poster format: A0 portrait.