In World: The characteristic feature of the XXI century
condensed-matter physics is the strong interpenetration of its
subdivision, provided by the current High-Technology trend to explore
the synergy of several smart properties of material having the different
physical nature. Multiferroics (see figure) is the emergent family of
materials in which the ferroelectrics, magnetic and elastic order
parameters are coupled together that permits e.g. to create the new
memory-storage elements in which the reading and writing cycles are
provided by separated magnetic and electric circuits. Exploration of multiferroic materials is closely related with roadmap of future nanoelectronics to make it 3-dimensional. Fabrication of 3D multiferroic nanodevices and engineering of memory-storage multiferroic nano-domains attracts the special interests of study of multifunctional materials. In Brazil: Research in ferroelectric, ferroelastic and
magnetic materials is the traditional subject of Brazilan science.
Important contribution to it was brought by by Sergio Porto who in 70s moved from Bell Labs to Campinas and installed the
world-known school of Raman scattering in solids. Since that,
ferroelectric research groups appeared in Sao Carlos, Belo Horizonto and
Fortaleza.The Porto Mini-Symposium will be organized during the workshop Sounding of the research tendencies in Brazil during the last meeting of Brazilian Physical Society (SBF-2010) demonstrated the increasing interest in multifferroics (materials preparation, characterization, simulation,...), especially by young students, which will follows in this area probably. The difference, compared with the last years, is that the magnetic community is increasing the activities in the area. Therefore the workshop on Multiferroics will bring the consecutive and valuable contribution to this research area. It will amplify the interest to the rapidly growing study of Multiferroic materials, brings the ideas about application of multifunctional nano-technologies in HT industry, increase the Brazilian participation in international research networks and make the Brazilan research in this area more known to international community |