The Tenth International (15th in a series) Seminar on Ferroelastic Physics [ISFP-10(15)], which was held in Voronezh, Russia, from September 18–21, 2022 was organized by the Ferroelectric Laboratory of the Voronezh State Technical University in cooperation with Russian Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation. The aim of the ISFP series of seminars is to allow the exchange of knowledge and cooperation between specialists in the ferroelastic field and across different related topics, and to realize new trends and problems.
There were 61 attendees from 15 cities of Russia: Belgorod, Blagoveshchensk, Voronezh, Grozny, Dubna, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Kursk, Makhachkala, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Rostov–on–Don, S.-Petersburg, Tver, Cherepovetsk. During the conference, 67 papers were presented in the form of plenary talks (7), oral (43) and poster presentations (17).
Despite the relatively small total number of participants, new papers were presented at the seminar in almost all areas of ferroelastic physics. Researchers paid much attention to the problem of new spin-induced ferroelastics with pyrochlore lattices, new ferroelastic phase transitions in crystals, disordered ferroelastics, relaxor ferroelectrics, and micro- and nanostructured composite materials. A considerable number of experimental and theoretical works are presented, devoted to the study of the physical properties of disordered ferroics and various heterogeneous media with a micro- and nanoscale inhomogeneity scale, etc. Of particular interest to such structures is associated with their unusual physical properties, the nature of which was the subject of discussion.
A number of reports presented the results of joint research carried out by scientists from different research centers. A very encouraging fact was the participation in the seminar of 22 graduate students and students who presented original and interesting reports. This gives reason for optimism and allows us to believe that the science of ferroelastics will develop further. A large number of works by domestic authors were carried out with the support of Russian scientific funds and programs.
In general, ISFP-10(15) has made an important contribution to establishing and developing scientific cooperation between scientists. The interesting reports presented at the seminar, their active discussion by the participants, the increasing trend toward cooperation in conducting scientific research by various scientific centers, the involvement of young researchers in science - all this makes it possible to think that fruitful research in the field of ferroelastic physics will be successfully developed.
I hope that the ISFP series will continue in the future and will lead to advancement in the ferroelastic and related science materials.
I should like to thank all who helped in the organization of the Seminar and all the participants for their great contributions to the success of this Seminar.
By tradition, one part of all papers after reviewing is published in this issue of the journal Ferroelectrics and the other part will be published in the Russian journal Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Physics (vol. 87, № 9, 2023).
Lab of Ferroelectrics
Voronezh State Technical University