Meeting Topics

Semiconductor Physics

1. Quantum dot and wires
2. Photonic crystals
3. Spin-controlled transport
4. Bose-Einstein condensation in semiconductors
5. THz interaction
6. Semiconductor Lasers
7. Theory of electronic structures
8. Transport and optics in high magnetic fields /QHE
9. Ultra-fast phenomena
10. Quantum optics in condensed matter
11. Quantum transport for quantum information
12. Condensed matter with cold atoms
13. Carbon/diamond
14. Graphene: electronic properties and transport
15. Graphene: structural stability and dynamics (shared with Materials)
16. Graphite for fusion reactors

Surface, Interface and low-dimensional Physics

1. Electronic properties of surfaces and low dimensional systems
2. Magnetic properties of surfaces and nanostructures
3. Surface Structure and Dynamics
4. Self-assembled organic layers
5. Spontaneous nanopattering at surfaces
6. Small particles and clusters
7. Atomic manipulation
8. Tribology and friction
9. Liquid-solid an liquid-gas interfaces
10. Oxide surfaces
11. Organic interfaces and heterostructures
12. Adsorption and reaction on metal and oxide surfaces
13. Adsorption on semiconductors
14. Biological-inorganic interfaces
15. Graphene: electronic properties
16. Nanowires

Magnetism

1. Magneto-electronics and spintronics (GMR, TMR, Hall effect, magneto-impedance, spin transfer torque, spin injection, dynamics), data storage and logic devices (MRAM, spin-torque devices, domain-wall devices)
2. Magnetic nanoparticles and granular materials (nanoparticles, magnetic nanocomposites)
3. Clusters and low dimensional magnetism (Size effect on orbital moment, quantum effects)
4. Magnetoelectronic materials (magnetoresistive oxides, multiferroic materials, magnetic semiconductors)
5. Strongly correlated electron systems, NFL behavior, coexistence of magnetism and superconductivity
6. Magnetic versus structural and other physical effects associated with magnetic phase transitions (magnetocaloric systems, magnetic phase transitions, phase separation)
7. Structured Materials (ultra-thin films and surface effects, multi-layer films and superlattices, patterned films, nanoparticles and self-assembling)
8. Applications and interdisciplinary topics, magnetic applications in medicine, biomagnetic applications, novel applications

Superconductivity and highly-correlated systems

1. Heavy fermions
2. Quantum critical phenomena
3. High Tc superconductivity
4. New materials with strong correlations
5. Quantum spin systems
6. Theoretical methods for many body computation
7. Spectroscopy: very low and very high energy
8. Electronic properties under extreme conditions
9. Dynamical properties from time-resolved experiments
10. Graphene

Liquids, disordered and off equilibrium systems

1. Simple liquids
2. Molecular Liquids
3. Liquid Metals
4. Ionic liquids
5. Quantum Fluids
6. Water and aqueous solutions
7. Hydrogen bonded liquids
8. Liquid crystals
9. Polymers, polyelectrolytes, and biopolymers
10. Colloids
11. Films, foams, and surfactants
12. Confined liquids and interfacial phenomena
13. Supercooled liquids, glass transition, glasses, and gels
14. Off-equilibrium and aging systems: fluctuations and effective temperature
15. Phase transitions, nucleation and heterogeneities
16. Complex rheology
17. Biological and biomimetic fluids
18. Spin glasses
19. Optimisation problems
20. Classical and Quantum glassiness
21. Granular materials and jamming
22. Quenched disorder effects

Polymer Physics

1. Polymer solutions
2. Polyelectrolyte systems
3. Polymer crystallization
4. Polymers at surfaces and interfaces
5. Polymer dynamics in confinement
6. The glass transition of polymer melts
7. Microphase separation in copolymers
8. Polymer-based nano-composites
9. Phase transitions, structure and response of single macromolecules
10. Advanced simulation methods in polymer science
11. Simulations of polymer rheology
12. Polymer conformations under out-of-equilibrium conditions
13. Ordering processes of complex macromolecules

Biological physics /Life Sciences

1. Single bio-molecule
2. Quantum effects in biological systems
3. Biological networks
4. Biophysics of biological membranes
5. Ion and water channels
6. Quantum effects in biological systems
7. Nano-mechanical response of cells
8. Biosensors
9. Force spectroscopy in biology
10. Laser tweezers in biology
11. Optical spectroscopy in biophysics
12. Biological redox systems
13. Biophysical studies of nucleid acids
14. Nanotechnology and stem cells
15. Time-resolved biophysics
16. Biophysics and synchrotron radiation
17. FEL applications to biological systems

Materials

1. Carbon nanotubes and spatial ordering in macro/nanostructures.
2. Dynamics of quasicrystals.
3. Multiferroics.
4. Pairing symmetry and lattice effects in high-Tc superconductors.
5. Stability and dynamics of graphene.(shared with Semiconductor Physics)
6. Domains and textures.
7. Fundamental aspects of ferroelectricity.
8. Photo-induced phase transitions.
9. Physical properties of aperiodic crystals

Methods for cultural heritage and vacuum science

1. Chemical and physical methods for characterization of Cultural Heritage Materials (metals, ceramics, glass, etc)
2 . Coating and surface treatments for Cultural Heritage conservation
3 . Innovative diagnostics techniques
4 . Maintenance of the Cultural Heritage: Methodologies and Techniques
5 . Nanotechnology and Cultural Heritage
6 . Conservation and Restoration of Arts' Heritage (lapidary materials, pictures,ancient papers: drawings and printings, goldsmithery and glyptics, wooden sculptures, mural paintings)
7 . The recovery by means of diagnostics
8 . Vacuum processes and techniques and Cultural Heritage

Physics of Socio-Economic and complex Systems

1. Agent-based modeling of financial markets
2. Fluctuations and correlations in financial time series
3. Empirical stylized facts of socio-economic systems
4. Models of heterogeneous interacting agents and Minority Games
5. Self-organization in socio-economic systems
6. Optimization problems of microeconomics
7. Static and evolutionary game theory
8. Systemic fragility and risk management
9. Economic growth and cycles
10. Networks in markets, trade and production
11. Agent-based modeling on networks
12. Dynamic processes on socio-economic networks
13. Fluctuation scaling in finance, and socio-economic systems
14. Ecosystems and competitive ecologies
15. Urban systems and traffic modeling
16. Peer-to-peer systems and communication networks
17. Social dynamics, opinion formation and decision making
18. Semiotic and language dynamics

Generation and Measurement