In recent years, the discovery and exploration of two-dimensional ferroelectric materials, and specifically interfacial ferroelectrics, have opened up exciting possibilities in nanoscience and nanotechnology. These materials exhibit unique ferroelectric properties at their interface, coupled with optical degrees of freedom, making them highly promising for a wide range of applications, from memory devices, sensors, actuators, photonic devices, and beyond. This workshop explores their fundamental properties, device applications, characterization techniques, and growth mechanisms. The workshop will explore the potential of 2D ferroelectrics in shaping the future of non-volatile memory and low-threshold nonlinear optical components. These materials have a unique combination of ferroelectric and optical properties with promising implications for photonics and neuromorphics.

Key Topics to be Covered:

• Interfacial ferroelectricity in 2D materials and heterostructures
• Optoelectronic properties of 2D ferroelectric devices
• 2D ferroelectrics networks, moiré, FE-domains
• Integration of 2D interfacial ferroelectrics
• Large-scale synthesis of 2D ferroelectrics, 2D heterostructures assembly
• 2D ferroelectrics combined with 2D ferromagnetism
• Devices: ferroelectrics 2D-FET, tunneling transistors
• Neuromorphic photonic computing and optical neural networks 

Latest confirmed invited speakers: 

• • Moshe Ben Shalom (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
  • Jean-François Dayen (IPCMS, Strasbourg, France)
  • Dirk Englund (MIT, USA)
  • Jonathan Finley (TUM, Munich, Germany)
  • Matthieu Jamet (CEA Grenoble, France)
  • Du Luojun (IoP CAS, Beijing, China)
  • Amalia Patanè (Nottigham University, UK)
  • Jinghua Teng (IMRE A*STAR, Singapore)
  • Astrid Weston (University of Manchester, UK)
  • Kenji Yasuda (Cornell University, USA)
  • Ziliang Ye (University of British Columbia, Canada)

The conference is taking place at CRHEA (Côte d'Azur, France) from Monday 16th to Wednesday 18th September 2024.