Forthcoming Institute Conferences

Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Conference

Introduction

The annual Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (CMMP) conference is a major event in the physics calendar. In 2007 the conference will be held in Leicester on Thursday 12 and Friday 13 April. A Student Day will be held on Wednesday 11 April.

The conference will include a range of symposia with speakers and contributions from the UK and abroad. The wide range of plenary, invited and contributed talks, along with poster sessions, will cover exciting and current aspects of condensed matter and materials physics.

We expect a large number of participants representing all parts of the CMMP community. One of the principal features of this annual meeting is the opportunity it gives to young researchers to present their work, and this will again be strongly encouraged through both the symposia and the poster sessions. There will be prizes for the best student posters. In addition, the Student Day will consist of lectures specifically designed for research students, to enhance their appreciation of some of the key scientific issues of the meeting.

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Venue - University of Leicester

The University of Leicester will play host to CMMP 2007. Located in the East Midlands region of England, the University is ideally situated within easy reach of all major transport links. 
The conference facilities are located at the University's Halls of Residence on Manor Road, Leicester. The plenary sessions and two of the parallel sessions will take place in the purpose built Gilbert Murray Conference Suite. En-suite accommodation, the exhibition and remaining two parallel sessions will be housed in the fabulous “New Hall” complex. All lecture theatres are within easy walking distance of each other making parallel sessions accessible.
Complimentary car parking will be provided for conference delegates.

Leicester Map & Directions

Halls of Residence Map

Confirmed Speakers

Plenary Lecture
Professor Neil Ashcroft (Cornell):
"Condensed Matter, its Orderings, and the Pressure Variable"

Neil Ashcroft received his Ph.D from Cambridge (with J.M.Ziman) in 1964. Following a postdoctoral year at the University of Chicago he moved to Cornell University in 1965, and is presently the Horace White Professor of Physics. At Cornell he has served as Director of the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics at Cornell University, as Associate Director of the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, as Director of the Cornell Center for Materials Research, and on numerous external Advisory Committees, Panels and Boards in the condensed matter sciences. His research interests are centered on quantum and classical many-body theory, one area being the physics of systems at elevated pressures. This interest originated with a colloquium at Cornell in the late 60's on the physics of the giant planets, these being mainly composed of the lighter elements. The beginnings of a longstanding foray into high pressure physics also overlapped somewhat the start of a writing project with N.D.Mermin, eventually resulting in the text "Solid State Physics".

Plenary Lecture
Professor Dirk Helbing (Dresden):
"Crowd Turbulence: The Physics of Crowd Disasters"

Dirk Helbing is the Managing Director of the Institute for Transport & Economics at Dresden University of Technology, where he was appointed full professor in 2000.Having studied Physics and Mathematics in Gottingen, his master thesis dealt with the nonlinear modelling and multi-agent simulation of observed self-organization phenomena in pedestrian crowds. Two years later, he finished his Ph.D. in Stuttgart on modelling social interaction processes by means of game-theoretical approaches, stochastic methods and complex systems theory, which was awarded two research prizes. After having completed his habilitation on traffic dynamics and optimization in 1996, he received a Heisenberg scholarship. Both theses were printed by international publishers. Apart from this, Helbing has (co-)organized several international conferences and (co-)edited proceedings or special issues on material flows in networks and cooperative dynamics in socio-economic and traffic systems. He has given 220 talks and published more than 200 papers, including several contributions to journals like Nature, Science, or Reviews of Modern Physics, which were discussed by the public media (newspapers, radio, and TV) more than 200 times. He collaborates closely with international scientists. For example, he worked at the Weizmann Institute in Israel, at Xerox PARC in Silicon Valley, at INRETS in Paris and the Collegium Budapest—Institute for Advanced Study in Hungary, where he is now a member of the external faculty. Thanks to various multi-partner research projects, he also maintains good cooperations with internationally operating companies like Volkswagen, SCA Packaging, PTV, Infineon Technologies, and others.

Mott Lecture
Professor Peter Littlewood (Cambridge):
"New Condensates of Matter and Light"

Peter Littlewood took a BA and PhD in physics at Cambridge, with a one-year intermediate sojourn at MIT. In 1980 he moved to Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, returning to Cambridge in 1997. His research interests are in collective phenomena in condensed matter physics.

Wohlfarth Lecture
Professor Caroline Ross (MIT):
"Magnetism in Multilayer Thin Film Rings"

Caroline Ross is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She joined MIT in 1997, after spending six years in research and development at Komag, a hard disk manufacturer in San Jose, California. Her background includes a BA and PhD (1988) in materials science from Cambridge University, UK, and a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University.
Her areas of research are focussed on magnetic materials, especially for data storage applications in hard disks and patterned media; magnetic random access memories; materials for magnetooptical applications; magnetic and electronic devices; thin film technology and film growth, especially by sputtering, evaporation, electrodeposition and pulsed laser deposition, and templated self-assembly processes such as the formation of ordered structures in block copolymers.

Student Day

The Student Day programme is designed for research students as an introduction and background to some of the main topics covered during the conference programme. Speakers have been selected for their expertise in their field and their ability to communicate to a student audience.

The Student Day will be held on the afternoon of Wednesday 11 April and will include a sandwich lunch. The Student Day is free to students who pre-register for the main conference.

Scientific Programme

Please click here to download the Programme Overview

To view the abstract of a plenary presentation or view the programme for a particular symposium, please click on the appropriate green text in the table below:

CMMP 2007 will consist of 16 symposia organised by Institute of Physics groups covering all areas of condensed matter and materials physics:

Complexity in Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics and Beyond
Organiser: R Ball (Warwick)

Invited Speakers:
G Ackland (Edinburgh) - "Oscillations in evolving systems: Selfish individuals and cooperative groups"
K Christensen (Imperial College) - "Emergence of complexity in Nature"

Symmetries and Novel Fluctuations in Superconductivity
Organisers: J Annett (Bristol), A Ardavan (Oxford), M Saxana (Cambridge)

Invited Speakers:
W Metzner (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany) - "Non-Fermi liquid behavior from critical Fermi surface fluctuations"
E Bauer (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) - "Unconventional superconductivity in CePt3Si and materials without inversion symmetry"
K Behnia (Laboratoire de Physique Quantique, France) - "Nernst signal generated by short-lived Cooper pairs in the normal state of a dirty superconductor"

Semiconductor Optics
Organiser: R Murray (Imperial College)

Invited Speaker:
D Bajoni (CNRS, France) - "Thermalisation of polaritons in III-V microcavities: toward Bose-Einstein condensation"
T Kent (Nottingham) - ""Phonon Generation by resonant photo-excitation of a GaAs/AlAs superlattice: an optically pumped SASER"

Synchrotron Radiation Nano Science
Organisers: B Hamilton (Manchester)

Invited Speakers:
J O'Shea (Nottingham) - "Gone in 60 fs: Core-hole clock measurements of charge transfer at molecular solar cell interfaces"
S Dhesi (Diamond) - "X-ray Nanoscience"

Quantum Condensed Matter
Organisers: E McCann (Lancaster) & D Lee (Imperial)

Invited Speakers:
K Novoselov (Manchester) - "QED in a pencil trace"
P Brouwer (Cornell, USA) - "The classical limit of quantum transport"

Vortex Matter and Applications of Superconductivity
Organiser: I Sosnin (RHUL) & A Zhukov (Manchester)

Invited Speakers:
T. T. Heikkila (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland) - "Nonequilibrium and thermoelectric effects in normal-superconducting heterostructures"
I Grigorieva (Manchester) - "Vortex configurations in mesoscopic superconductors: direct observation by Bitter decoration"
D Cardwell (Cambridge) - "Recent Developments in the Processing of Bulk Superconductors for Engineering Applications"

Spintronics
Organiser: K de Groot (Southampton) & YB Xu (York)

Invited Speakers:
V Korenivski (KTH-Albanova, Sweden) - "Direct demonstration of decoupling of spin and charge currents in nanostructures"
B. N. Murdin (Surrey) - "Spin relaxation by transient monopolar and bipolar optical orientation"

Nano Materials
Organisers: P Dunstan (Swansea) & T Melvin (Southampton)

Invited Speakers:
U Sivan (Technion IIT, Israel) - "Recognition of electronic surfaces by biomolecules"
P Paolo Pompa (University of Lecce, Italy) - "FRET- and MEF-based strategies for imaging and sensing applications"

Computational Physics of Metamaterials
Organisers: I Morrison & A Boardman (Salford)

Invited Speakers:
N Zheludev (Southampton) - "Focusing of light by a single nano-hole and nano-hole arrays"
O Hess (Surrey) - Title To Be Advised

Nano-Magnetism
Organiser: Q Pankhurst (UCL)

Invited Speakers:
To Be Advised

Semiconductor Transport and Devices
Organisers: P Buckle & G Nash (QinetiQ)

Invited Speakers:
K Barnham (Imperial College) - "Nanostructures in photovoltaics"
I Thayne (Glasgow) - "Recent developments in III-V MOSFETs"

High Pressure Physics
Organisers: R Nelmes & M McMahon (CSEC, Edinburgh)

Invited Speakers:
S Scandolo (ICTP, Italy) - "Ab-initio molecular dynamics: a virtual window into matter at extreme conditions"
K Syassen (MPI fuer Festkoerperforschung, Germany) – “Novel behaviour of metals and oxides at high pressures”
N Holmes (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) – “Off the locus: Optical properties at extremes for dynamic compression”

Ferroelectrics and Multiferroics
Organisers: D Keeble (Dundee) & R Bowman (Belfast)

Invited Speakers:
A Bell et al. (Leeds) - "BiFeO₃-PbTiO₃: A Multifunctional Multiferroic"
M Dawber (Universite de Geneve, Switzerland) - "Artificially layered ferroelectric superlattices: Tailored properties and exotic transitions"

Quantum Magnetism
Organiser: M Long (Birmingham)

Invited Speakers:
B Lake (Hahn-Meitner Institute, Germany) - “Neutron Scattering Investigation of Excitations Spectrum in Doped and Undoped Spin-ladders”
F Pratt (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK) - “MuSR studies of spin fluctuations in molecular magnets”
F Bert (Universite Paris-Sud Orsay, France) - "Frustrated magnetism in the ZnxCu3-x(OH)6Cl2 paratacamite compounds"

Quantum Fluids and Solids
Organiser: A Golov (Manchester)

Invited Speakers:
H Fukuyama (University of Tokyo, Japan) - "A possible quantum fluid of atomic vacancies"
S Balibar (Ecole Normale Superieure, France) - "Supersolidity"

Structure and Dynamics at Surfaces
Organisers: P Weightman (Liverpool) & M McCoustra (Heriot-Watt)

Invited Speakers:
H Arnolds (Cambridge) - “Femtosecond vibrational spectroscopy of nonadiabatic surface dynamics”
P Woodruff (Warwick) -“Understanding the interfaces of classic self-assembled monolayers: alkanethiols on coinage metal surfaces”

Social Programme

Welcome Reception
An informal welcome reception will be held in Beaumont Hall on the evening of Wednesday 11 April 2007.  One complimentary drink per person will be served with a choice of bottled beer, wine or soft drink. Attendance at this reception is incorporated into the registration fee and all delegates are encouraged to attend.

Wednesday Dinner
Following the welcome reception on Wednesday evening, a dinner will take place in Beaumont Hall. Please be advised that there are very limited dining facilities in and around the Conference venue. Therefore, delegates intending to stay overnight on Wednesday are best advised to book this optional dinner using the registration form. Please be advised that spaces are limited and will be booked on a first come, first served basis.

Exhibitors Reception
A drinks reception will be held in the New Hall on the afternoon of Thursday 12 April 2007.This will provide networking opportunities for academics and industry representatives. This reception has been kindly sponsored by the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.

Conference Dinner
The Conference Dinner will be held at the Athena Centre following the Exhibitors Reception on Thursday evening. The Athena is a landmark building situated within the cultural quarter of Leicester's city centre. It is a beautifully restored building that retains all of its art deco splendor and has a reputation for being one of the leading venues in the region. Dinner will include a delicious three course menu with red and white wine. Transport to and from the venue will be provided and a band will play for your enjoyment. The Conference Dinner is not included within the registration fee and must be pre-booked separately. All delegates are encouraged to attend with numerous awards from the conference being awarded throughout the evening.

Link to Athena Centre

Exhibition

CMMP 2007 will feature an associated exhibition of research equipment and materials as well as scientific publications.

The exhibition will be housed in the Dining Room of the “New Hall” building. It will open at 10:30 on Thursday 12 April and run until 14:00 on Friday 13 April

Confirmed exhibitors to date include:
(Please click on the company name to be directed to their website)

Cambridge University Press
Claridge Scientific Ltd
Cryogenic Ltd
Elliot Scientific Ltd
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Kurt J Lesker Company Ltd
LOT-Oriel
Scanwel
Scientific Magnetics Ltd
Oxford Instruments
Wisepress Online Bookshop
Cambridge Magnetic Refrigeration & Dryogenic Limited

For full details about the exhibition please contact Jasmina Bolfek-Radovani on +44 (0)20 7470 4800 or e-mail jasmina.bolfek-radovani@iop.org

The Roy Prize

This is the second year that the Condensed Matter Division of the Institute of Physics is awarding the Roy prize, for the best PhD thesis submitted in the previous year in the field of condensed matter or material physics. On the basis of the nominations received, the prize of £500 will be presented to Tim Munt at CMMP07.

Tim did his PhD at Heriot-Watt University, on "Modelling the Evolution and Stability of Quantum Dot Arrays", supervised by Dr D.E. Jesson, now Professor of Physics at Monash (Australia). Eleven published papers resulted from this work, including two published in the very prestigious American journal, Physical Review Letters.

Tim recently completed a postdoctoral research position at Imperial College London.

The award will be presented at the CMMP Conference Dinner.

Sponsors

CMMP is happy to acknowledge the generous sponsorship received from the following companies (listed in alphabetical order). Please click on the company name to be directed to their website:

Cryogenic Limited

Diamond Light Source

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter

ICE Oxford

Scientific Magnetics

Registration and General Information

Conference Fees
The Full Conference Fee covers attendance at all sessions, refreshments, lunch, evening receptions and conference material (including the conference abstract book).

The One Day Fee includes all the above, but for the chosen day of attendance only.

Evening Meals and Accommodation are not included in the registration fee and must be pre-booked separately.

On or before 14 March 2007:

From 15 March 2007 onwards:

* Members of the Institute of Physics
The Members rate is available to:

• All members of the Institute of Physics including those with applications pending
• Staff at Institute Affiliated Plus Schools
• Members of co-sponsoring Institutes and Societies
• Members of other Physics societies which have a Companion Society or other collaboration agreement with the Institute of Physics
• Members of the BAN (Business Affiliates Network)

Membership of the Institute of Physics is open to all those with an interest in Physics. For further information, please visit http://www.iop.org/Membership/index.html  or e-mail membership@iop.org

** Concessionary Rate - Institute members
The Concessionary rate is available to student and retired members and those on a career break or a low income. (Please submit proof of status together with your registration form).

*** Non-Members
Registrants paying this fee will automatically become affiliate members of the Institute of Physics for 12 months and will receive copies of Physics World. As an affiliate member you will be entitled to attend all conferences at the member’s rate for the year and to join one technical or professional group at no extra charge.

Accommodation

Please Note: Standard accommodation has been reserved for those paying the concessionary fee. It is recommended that all other delegates utilise the En-suite facilities.

Standard Accommodation
The Gilbert Murray Accommodation Buildings have been reserved for standard accommodation. Standard rooms all feature a washbasin but toilets and showers will be shared (1 bathroom for every 3 delegates). 
Cost - £30.00 per night

En-Suite Accommodation
Rooms have been reserved in the “New Hall” complex. All rooms feature a separate toilet, shower and washbasin. Delegates also share a kitchen area on their corridor, where an iron & ironing board is located.
Cost - £40.00 per night

A bath towel, hand towel and bath mat will be provided in all rooms. Complimentary soap, shower gel and shampoo will also be supplied, along with tea & coffee making facilities. Room rates include a full English or Continental Breakfast that will be served in the near-by Beaumont Hall.

On-line Registration

Please click here for on-line registration  
Those registering at the member or concessionary rate will be required to submit their membership number. For members of other societies, please indicate from the drop down list to which society you belong. Note on-line registrations will be accepted only if accompanied by a valid credit of debit card; all payments will be processed securely using WorldPay. Confirmation of payment will be sent to you by e-mail once the transaction has been completed.

Please click here to download the PDF registration form

You are strongly advised to register as soon as possible.

Value Added Tax
Charges shown in this document are exempt from VAT unless otherwise indicated. Where VAT is applicable it is shown and calculated at the current standard rate of 17.5%. If the rate is altered as a result of government legislation charges may be adjusted accordingly. A tax invoice/receipt will be issued to those indicating that this is required on the registration form.
The Institute's VAT registration number is 461-6000-84.

Methods of payment for postal registrations

Cheque, Bank Draft - Payable to the Institute of Physics in either Pound Sterling, Euros (rate of 1.46) or US Dollar (rate of 1.80).

Bank Transfer - Payable to the Institute of Physics, Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, 9-13 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London SE3 1DD:
UK £ Sterling payments to account number 0253575 sort code 30-94-81
€ Euro payments (exchange rate 1.46 to account number 86000359, Sort Code 30-94-81
$ US Dollar payment (exchange rate of 1.80) to account number 11306596, Sort Code 30-94-81. A copy of the instructions to the bank should be enclosed with the Conference Registration Form
Credit Card: Master/Visa/American Express

Confirmation of Booking, Registration Enquiries Online
Details of your bookings will appear on screen prior to entering credit card details. Please print this page for your records. Registration via hard copy - You should receive confirmation of your booking within ten days of registering. If payment is not enclosed with your registration form, you will be sent a pro-forma invoice which must be paid prior to the conference.

For enquiries about your booking or payment please e-mail registrations@iop.org

Cancellations 
No payment can be refunded to those cancelling after 30 March 2007. All cancellations must be made in writing (please note that we are unable to accept cancellations made over the telephone).

Organising Committee

Chair: C Binns (University of Leicester)
Programme chair: P Maksym (University of Leicester)
Programme committee: M Roy, S J Gurman, K von Haeften (University of Leicester)
Student day organiser: M Roy (University of Leicester)

Conference Organiser:    
Andrew Martin
The Institute of Physics
76 Portland Place
London
W1B 1NT
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7470 4800
Fax: +44 (0)20 7470 4900
E-mail: andrew.martin@iop.org

Programme Organiser:
Dawn Stewart
The Institute of Physics
76 Portland Place
London
W1B 1NT
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7470 4800
Fax: +44 (0)20 7470 4900
E-mail: dawn.stewart@iop.org

Exhibition Organiser:
Jasmina Bolfek-Radovani
The Institute of Physics
76 Portland Place
London
W1B 1NT
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7470 4800
Fax: +44 (0)20 7470 4900
E-mail: jasmina.bolfek-radovani@iop.org

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