We are honored to organize this memorial session in tribute to the late Professor Ekhard Salje, whose remarkable contributions to science and academic life continue to inspire our community. This session celebrates his legacy as an internationally renowned Earth scientist, a leader in mineral physics, and a visionary former President of Clare Hall.
Professor Salje was a pioneering mineralogist, Fellow of multiple national academies, and a decorated scholar whose leadership fostered international collaboration and lasting impact in Earth Sciences and beyond.
Schedule:
14:00-14:15
Raman spectroscopy of ferroelectric and ferroelastic domain walls
Guillaume Nataf, Université de Tours, CNRS, GREMAN Laboratory, INSA Centre Val de Loire, France
14:15-14:30
Polar domain boundaries in ferroelastics using a second harmonic generation microscopy
Hiroko Yokota, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan
14:30-15:00
Size-Effects in Ferroelastic Domains: A Study by in Situ Microscopy Techniques
Miryam Arredondo, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
15:00-15:15
The supersonic kink and other gems from Salje’s simulation vault
Jorge Iniguez, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology and University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Session Co-Organizers:
- Guillaume Nataf, Université de Tours, CNRS, GREMAN Laboratory, INSA Centre Val de Loire
- Neus Domingo, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences / Oak Ridge National Laboratory