The International Conference on Complex Orders in Condensed Matter brings together researchers interested in how complexity in atomic structure—periodic, aperiodic, and disordered—emerges and governs the physical properties of materials. The conference focuses on systems in which local structure, disorder, and non-periodic order play a central role in determining electronic, magnetic, dynamical, and functional behavior.
A central goal of the meeting is to bridge communities working on various systems, such as aperiodic crystals, disordered and amorphous materials, correlated electron systems, and complex functional materials. Particular attention is given to highlighting the interdisciplinary approach and the common concepts, experimental methods, and theoretical frameworks used across these different fields.
Conference Sessions Will Cover the Following Topics
- Aperiodic Crystals and beyond
Incommensurately modulated structures, incommensurate composites, quasicrystals and approximants. Synthesis of new compounds, atomic structure, chemical and physical properties, atomic scale simulations. - Disorder, Local Structure, and Glassy Materials
Disordered crystals, amorphous and glassy systems, High Entropy Alloys, local structural motifs, total scattering, real-space analysis, and structure–property relationships. - Advanced Experimental Probes for the study of Complex Materials
This covers both atomic structure and chemical/physical properties determination. X-ray, neutron and electron scattering, including diffuse scattering. X-ray fluorescence holography. Novel imaging techniques for complex materials. X-ray and neutron spectroscopy. Physical properties measurements. - Electronic, Magnetic, and Superconducting Orders
Strongly correlated electrons, charge and spin order, superconductivity, topology, and emergent electronic phases in complex materials. - Dynamics, Transport, and Excitations in Complex Matter
Phonons, phasons, diffusion, thermal transport, relaxation processes, and dynamical signatures of disorder and complexity. - Theory, Simulation, and Machine Learning for Complex Materials
New theoretical frameworks for the study of complex materials. Structure modelling, atomistic scale simulations, first-principles calculations, data-driven approaches, and machine learning methods for understanding complexity and its influence on physical/chemical properties.. - Functional and Applied Complex Materials
Catalysis, energy materials, ferroelectrics, thin films, heterostructures, and materials where structural complexity enables novel functionalities.
ORAL presentations :
All schedules in the programme include a 5-minute discussion. Since participants attending the conference come from quite different fields, we recommend adjusting your talk for a broad audience.
Before your session, please download your oral presentation to the conference PC, which has OpenOffice, PowerPoint and Acrobat Reader installed.
POSTERS sessions :
The conference will promote interaction between participants through two poster sessions, each lasting more than two hours, which will be organised in different rooms of the centre. The poster sessions are scheduled for Monday and Thursday. Posters will be on display from Monday until Thursday evening. Grids for displaying A0 posters will be available.
The conference will begin on Monday 28 September at 7 p.m. and conclude on Friday 2 October at 2 p.m., following lunch.
On Sunday 27 September, there will be a welcome party and dinner at 7.30 pm.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES :
The programme of social activities, particularly the excursion scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, will be announced shortly.
If you do not wish to attend the excursion, please send us an email as soon as possible.
