WORKSHOP

THERMODYNAMIC AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

Sunday September 9 - Friday September 14, 2001

Palais des Papes Avignon France.

Conference Scope:

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together theorists and experimentalists who work on modeling and characterization of materials properties at various length and time scales. The objective is to bring together an international group of academic and industrial experts to assess the current state of the art in the following topics:

1) ab-initio and semi-empirical methods for modeling the energetics of
phase transitions at the atomistic scale:

        Chemical order/disorder;
        Phonon driven structural ordering, e.g. ferroelectrics
        Systems in which chemical- and phonon-driven ordering are coupled
        Extended defects (dislocations, grain boundaries, interfaces...);
        Surfaces;
        Applications: phase stability, phase diagrams...

2) methods for coupling atomistic and mesoscopic space scales;

3) phase transformation and structural evolution in alloys:
        Phase separation, ordering, grain growth...;
        Pattern formation;
        Computational methods: Phase Field, Monte Carlo with elastic relaxation
        Role of defects (dislocations, grain boundaries, interfaces...)
        Link with macroscopic properties;

Program and Abstracts

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Location:

Palais des Papes Avignon France

A wonderful very old palace in the middle of the city Palais des Papes was the papal palace during the 14th-century, when Avignon replaced Rome as capital of the Catholic Church.

Two popes are buried in the Notre-Dame des Doms Cathedral. Pont St-Bénézet, which extends from the ramparts of Palais des Popes to an abrupt end in the middle of the Rhone River, is the one mentioned in the song "Sur le pont d'Avignon"

Avignon is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with charming churches, cafés, and museums, and beautiful views from the park of Rocher des Doms.

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City Statistics Location: Department of the Vaucluse, Provence region, southern France. Population: 85,935 (city); 187,577 (metropolitan area). Religion: Catholic majority; important Protestant and Jewish communities. Time zone: GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Sunday in March to Saturday before last Sunday in October). Electricity: 220 volts AC, 50Hz; two-pin plugs are standard. Average January temp: 6°C (43°F). Average July temp: 25°C (77°F). Annual rainfall: 700mm (27.6 inches).

Conference Fee: 2500 FF (~$350) Includes Welcoming Reception and Conference Dinner How to Pay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Confirmed Invited Speakers: B. Appolaire A. Ardell, M. Asta, L. Boyer, V. Bugaev, B. Burton, G. Ceder, L.Q. Chen, E. Cockayne, C. Colinet, E. Clouet, D. de Fontaine, R. Drautz, H. Dreysse, F. Ducastelle, A. Filippetti, A. Finel, S.G. Fries, P. Ghosez, X. Gonze, J.F. Gouyet, M. Haataja, J. Iniguez, J.J. Hoyt, D. Johnson, H. Krakauer, Y. Le Bouar, F. Leonard, I. Levin, A. Loiseau, K. Masuda-Jindo, M. Mehl, V. Milman, T. Mohri, M. Nastar, B. Nestler, B. Noheda, V. Ozolins, A. Pasturel, M. Plapp, A. Quong, A. Rappe, H. Reichert, R. Resta, D. Rodney, D. Singh, M. Sluiter, D. Teter, R. Tetot, P. Turchi, U. Wagmare, F. Willaime, C. Wolverton, A. Zunger --------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZERS: Alphonse Finel [email protected] tel: 33 - 1 46 73 44 52 fax: 33 - 1 46 73 41 55 Benjamin Burton [email protected] phone: (301)-975-6043 fax: (301)-975-5334 Duane D. Johnson [email protected] (217)-265-0319

*********************************************************************** HOTEL INFORMATION Avignon is VERY popular with tourists SO Please Book ASAP! ***********************************************************************        Frantour Primotel
       Place de l'Horloge
       tel: 33-4-90-16-42-00
       fax: 33-4-90-82-17-32
       web-site: [email protected]
       Price: 400-650 FF (3*)
       (A 15% reduction which will be given if you tell them that
       you are attending the conference organized by Alphonse Finel of ONERA)

MERCURE Citi des Papes
1, rue Jean Vilar
e-mail: [email protected] tel: 33 - 4 90 86 22 45
fax: 33 - 4 9 027 39 21
fare: 550 F - 600 F (3*)
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MERCURE Palais des Papes
Rue Ferruce - Quartier de
la Balance
e-mail: [email protected] tel: 33 - 4 90 85 91 23
fax: 33 - 4 90 85 32 40
fare: 550 F - 600 F (3*)
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CLOITRE ST LOUIS 20, rue du Portail Boquier
(CONFERENCE HOTEL)
e-mail: [email protected] web: www.cloitre-saint-louis.com
tel: 33 - 4 90 27 55 55
fax: 33 - 4 90 82 24 01
fare: 550F - 990F (4*)
(Recommended by Alphonse Finel)
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HOTEL D'EUROPE 12, place Crillon
e-mail: [email protected] web: www.hotel-d-europe.fr
tel: 33 - 4 90 14 76 76
fax: 33 - 4 90 14 76 71
fare: 690F - 3300F (4*)
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LA MIRANDE 4, place de l'Amirande
e-mail: [email protected] web: www.la-mirande.fr
tel: 33 - 4 90 85 93 93
fax: 33 - 4 90 86 26 85
fare: 1700F - 3700F (4*)
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BRISTOL Best Western
44, cours Jean Jaurhs
e-mail: [email protected] tel: 33 - 4 90 16 48 48
fax: 33 - 4 90 86 22 72
fare: 380 F - 1000 F (3*)
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FRANTOUR PRIMOTEL (3*)
Horloge
1-3 ,rue Félicien David
e-mail: [email protected]
tel: 04 90 16 42 00
fax: 04 90 82 17 32

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DANIELI (2*)
17, rue de la République
tel: 04 90 86 46 82
fax: 04 90 27 09 24

Hotel Book

(Note: Prices indicated on the "Office du Tourisme" website
may not be precise)

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Links:

Effective Hamiltonian Working Group

Avignon Festival

Avignon Popes

Avignon City Guide

Confirmed Email List:

Alan Ardell: [email protected],
Mark Asta: [email protected],
Volker Blum: [email protected],
Larry Boyer: [email protected],
Vladimir Bugaev: [email protected],
Benjamin Burton: [email protected],
Gerd Ceder: [email protected],
Long-Qing Chen: [email protected],
Eric Cockayne: [email protected],
Emmanuel Clouet [email protected],
Didier de Fontaine: [email protected],
R. Drautz: [email protected]
Huges Dressey: [email protected],
Francois Ducastelle: [email protected],
Alessio Filippetti: [email protected],
Alphonse Finel: [email protected],
Suzanna Fries: [email protected],
Philippe Ghosez: [email protected],
Xavier Gonze: [email protected],
Jean-Francois Gouyet: [email protected],
Mikko Haataja: [email protected],
J.J. Hoyt: [email protected],
J. Iniguez: [email protected],
Duane Johnson: [email protected],
Henry Krakauer: [email protected],
Yann Le Bouar: [email protected],
Francois Leonard: [email protected],
Igor Levin: [email protected],
Annik Loiseau: [email protected],
K. Masuda-Jindo: [email protected],
Mike Mehl: [email protected],
Victor Milman: [email protected],
Tetsuo Mohri: [email protected],
Maylise Nastar: [email protected] ,
Britta Nestler: [email protected],
Beatriz Noheda: [email protected],
Vidvuds Ozolins: [email protected],
Alain Pasturel: [email protected],
Mathis Plapp: [email protected],
Andrew Putnis: [email protected],
Andrew Quong: [email protected],
Andrew Rappe: [email protected],
Harald Reichert: [email protected],
Raffaele Resta: [email protected],
Juan Sanchez: [email protected],
David Singh: [email protected],
Marcel Sluiter: [email protected],
David Teter: [email protected],
Robert Tetot: [email protected],
Patrice Turchi: [email protected],
Umesh Wagmare: [email protected],
Francois Willaime: [email protected],
Chris Wolverton: [email protected],
Alex Zunger: [email protected],