Ferroics: Materials and Phenomena

Lecturer: Silvia Picozzi, CNR-SPIN, Chieti

Lectures on: Ferroics: Materials and Phenomena

19/03/2019 - 2.30-4.30 p.m. Room U4/07, U4 Building – Piazza della Scienza, I-20125 Milano
20/03/2019 - 2.30-4.30 p.m. Seminar Room, 1st Floor, U5 Building – via Roberto Cozzi 55, I-20125 Milano
26/03/2019 - 2.30-4.30 p.m. Seminar Room, 1st Floor, U5 Building – via Roberto Cozzi 55, I-20125 Milano
27/03/2019 - 2.30-4.30 p.m. Seminar Room, 1st Floor, U5 Building – via Roberto Cozzi 55, I-20125 Milano

Programme

1. Energy levels in transition metal atoms: magnetic moment formation and spin-orbit coupling
2. Crystal structures, symmetries and chemical bonds in Transition Metal Oxides
3. Crystal field theory and Jahn-Teller effects
4.  Spin, charge and orbital ordering, phase transitions and spontaneous symmetry breaking
5. Electronic basis of magnetism
6. Magnetism and exotic phases in complex oxides
7. Ferroelectrics
8. Multiferroics