15th International Conference on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements
to be held in Kraków, Poland
from Saturday 15th to Thursday 20th July 2006.


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Presentations

  • Oral presentations:  The conference will include about 20 plenary lectures and 40 contributed presentations.
  • Posters: Posters will be presented during 2 poster sessions. Poster size should not exceed 80 cm (width) and 110 cm (height).


SCHEDULE of the SCTE 2006

The conference venues are marked on the map (also in pdf format)

15 VII (SATURDAY)

since 9:00 REGISTRATION
12:00  lunch
13:15  opening of the conference accompanied by a short exposé “Cracow’s involvement in historical heritage of Poland” by K. Baran (professor of legal history)

SESSION 1                      chairman: W. Jeitschko
14:00 A. Bansil, Modeling electronic structure and spectroscopy of complex materials: APRES, RIXS and STM (ELS052)
14:40 P. Wachter, Similarities between Cu and Pu containing 'high Tc' superconductors (ELS049)
15:20 B. Chevalier, The new ternary silicides RE6Co1.67Si3 (RE = Ce, Nd, Gd, Tb, Dy) investigated by X-ray diffraction, magnetization and electrical resistivity measurements (MTP015)
15:40 P. Herzig, First-principles investigations of vacancy clusters in lanthanum hydride: Electronic structure and thermodynamics (HDO003)

16:00  coffee break

SESSION 2                      chairman: H. Noel
16:30 P. Rogl, Intermetallic clathrates (SCM018)
17:10 T. Tsuboi, Photophysics and elektroluminescence of solid organo-metallic compounds with d-electrons (APP002)
17:50 B.B. Iversen, The a – b phase transition and dopant atom sitting in thermoelectric Hg0.04Zn3.96Sb3 (MTM008)

18:30 - 20:00 welcome reception (Institute of Physics of the Jagiellonian University, Reymonta 4)


16 VII (SUNDAY)


SESSION 3                    chairmen: D. Fruchart and W. Jeitschko
Special session to commemorate Professor Erwin Felix Bertaut

8:30 D. Fruchart, Erwin Felix Bertaut and solid compounds of transition elements: the works of a master (ORT007)
08:50 H. Boller, Thiocuprates-interesting anisotropic solids (CRS040)
09:20 W. Sikora, Group theory for magnetic structure determination - recent developments and quadrupolar ordering analysis (ELS046)
09:50 W. Suski, The influence of the rare-earth element on the magnetic properties of the R2(Co,Ga)17 alloys (SCM028)
10:10 P. Wolfers, Ytrium Iron Garnet and Lost magnetic moment (computing of spin density) (ELS010)

10:30  coffee break

SESSION 4                      chairman: R. Gladyshevskii
Special session to commemorate Professor Oksana Bodak

11:00 R. Gladyshevskii, Oksana Bodak’s contribution to solid state chemistry (ORT009)
11:30 B. Belan, Professor Oksana Bodak: our teacher, colleague and friend (ORT008)
12:00 W. Suski, Personal impression from contacts with Oksana Bodak – scientist and human being
12:20 H. Noel, Oksana Bodak and the development of research on intermetallics in Rennes
12:40 V. Pecharsky, The R(n+1)(n+2)Nin(n-1)+2Sin(n+1) series - an old playground for a crystallographer, a new playground for a physicist

13:15  lunch
14:00  outing - Old Town guided tour and the Jagiellonian University Museum at Collegium Maius (http://www.uj.edu.pl/muzeum)


17 VII (MONDAY)

SESSION 5                    chairman: D. Mazzone
08:30 E. Talik, 90th anniversary of Czochralski pulling method (ORT006)
09:00 J.-M. Joubert, Crystal chemistry of the sigma phase (CRS042)
09:30 V. Skvortsova, Growth and optical properties of transition metal oxides single crystal solid solutions (SCM015)
09:50 A. Saccone, Isothermal section at 500 °C of the La-Si-Mg system (PHD016)
10:10 G. Dmytriv, The crystal structure of the Li139Ag20-xIn57+x and Li139Au20-xIn57+x (x = 0÷9) ternary indides (CRS004)

10:30  coffee break

SESSION 6                      chairman: K. Yvon
11:00 V. Pecharsky, Some extraordinary effects associated with magnetostructural transitions in R5T4 compounds (MTP059)
11:30 K. Koyama, High field x-ray diffraction studies of novel ferro-magnetic shape memory alloys Ni-Mn-X (X=Sn, In) (MTP066)
12:00 E.K. Hlil, XMCD study of Fe-V magnetic couplings in iron-rich RFe12-xVx, (R = Nd, Y) and Fe1-xVx compounds (ELS031)
12:20 A. Yazdani, DFT calculations on the electronic structure of the Gd3T (T=Ni, Pd) intermetallic compounds (MTP022)
12:40 O. Tougait, New Ternary Compounds of U2Co6Al19-type: Magnetic Properties and Neutron Diffraction Study of Tb2Co6Al19 (MTP014)

13:00  lunch

SESSION 7                    chairman: H. Boller
14:30 D. Fruchart, Hydrogen-induced martensitic transformation in TiV0.8Cr1.2 studied by in situ neutron diffraction (HYD008)
15:00 K. Yvon, Transition Metal-Hydrogen Complexes in Novel Metal Hydrides (HYD006)
15:20 B. Kotur, The Er-{Fe,Co}-{Ti,V} ternary systems and hydrogenation properties of the ErFe2-xMx (M=Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Mo) alloys (PHD009)
15:40 N. Skryabina, Suppression of the martensitic transformation in Ti-Ni-Cu alloys with shape memory properties: a specific impact of hydrogenation (HYD015)
16:00 Dilson S. dos Santos, Interaction of hydrogen with defects and microstructure in Pd alloys systems (HYD009)

16:30  coffee break

POSTER SESSION I      chairmen: H. Noel, K. Yvon
17:00  Posters with codes starting with CRS, PHD, SCM, ORT, HYD and APP will be presented.


18 VII (TUESDAY)


SESSION 8                    chairman: W. Suski

08:30 F. Steglich, Superconductivity and Magnetism in Strongly Correlated f-Electron Metals (PHD023)
09:00 E. Bauer, REPt3Si compounds: a playground of challenging physical properties (MTP062)
09:30 C. Geibel, YbRh2Si2, YbIr2Si2 and YbRu2Ge2: a challenge for the crystal grower, a fascinating playground for physics of strongly correlated systems (MTP065)
09:50 V.A. Stephanovich, The peculiarities of the phase diagram of Heavy Fermion metal CeCoIn5 (PHD003)

10:10  coffee break

SESSION 9                      chairman: P. Rogl
11:00 R. Troć, The possibility of the mixed valence state in uranium intermetallic compounds (ELS027)
11:30 V.R. Shaginyan, Asymmetrical tunneling in Heavy Fermion Metals as a possible probe for their non-Fermi liquid peculiarities (ELS001)
12:00 P. Gaczyński, 119Sn Mössbauer effect study of DyxFe6Sn6 (x = 0.3, 0.6, 1) compounds (MTP017)
12:30 A. Bentien, Structure and transport properties of new rare-earth containing YbGa6Te10 (MTM010)

13:15  lunch

SESSION 10                    chairman: T. Mori
14:30 A. Mar, Bonding and electronic structure of binary and ternary phosphides by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ELS002)
15:00 M. Hiroi, Magnetic order in Heusler compounds Ru2-xFexCrSi (MTP012)
15:20 A. Leithe-Jasper, Itinerant magnetism in filled skutterudites (MTP044)
15:40 J. Toboła, Electronic structure of disordered Fe3-xCrxSi by KKR-CPA method (ELS051)
16:10 I.Yu. Zavaliy, Hydrogen-oxygen interplay in hydrides of oxygen-stabilized Zr/Ti-based intermetallic compounds: a review (HYD002)

16:30  coffee break

SESSION 11                    chairman: A. Mar
17:00 J. Bartolomé, Magnetic phase diagrams of the R3(Co:Ni)15B2, R=Y and Nd intermetallic compounds (PHD019)
17:30 T. Mori, Magnetism of higher borides (MTM012)
17:50 N. Frage, How does the composition of quasi-stoichiometric titanium diboride affects its wetting by molten Cu, Ag, Au and Sn ? (ORT005)
18:10 A. Baranovskiy, Electronic structure, bulk and magnetic properties of MB6 and MB12 borides (ELS014)
18:30 V. Tomashik, The quasiternary systems Cu2(Ag2)S–ZnS–CdS and Cu2(Ag2)Se–ZnSe–CdSe (PHD001)


19 VII (WEDNESDAY)


SESSION 12                    chairman: F. Steglich
08:30 W. Jeitschko, Polyanions in intermetallic solids (CRS003)
09:00 K. Parliński, Ab initio phonon calculations in materials containing d- and f- elements (CRS001)
09:30 E. Gaudin, Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of α-AgCuPO4, and of the new compounds RbMnPO4 and AgMnPO4 (CRS009)
09:50 T. Zandt, Quadratic temperature dependence of the resistivity up to 50 K of metallic MoTe2 (MTP006)
10:10 A. Kołodziejczyk, Photoemission electronic state and magnetic properties of Dy(Co1-xFex)2 (ELS038)

10:30  coffee break

SESSION 13                      chairman: Yu. Seropegin
11:00 R. Berger, Magnetic structures and magnetic interactions in layered transition metal chalcogenides (MTP067)
11:30 W. Bensch, Influencing the structural and magnetic properties of chromium tellurides by anion and cation substitution (MTP040)
12:00 V. Eremenko, Magnetoelastic phenomena in the mixed state of niobium dichalcogenide (MTM003)
12:30 Ł. Gondek, Complex magnetic properties of Ho3Cu4Sn4 (MTP067)

13:15  lunch

SESSION 14                     chairman: B. Idzikowski
MAG – El – MAT SESSION

14:30 G. Venturini, Crystallographic and magnetic properties of MFe6X6 and MFe6X6-xX’x compounds (M = lanthanides; X=Ge,Sn; X’=Ga,Ge,In) (CRS033)
15:00 Z. Śniadecki, Structural and magnetic properties of DyMn6-xFexGe6 (0 < x < 6) alloys (SCM025)
15:20 O. Isnard, Relation between crystal structure and physical properties of Rn+mCo5m+3nB2n phases (MTP061)
15:50 J. Szade, Eu mixed valence in the EuCo2(Si1-xGex)2 compounds (ELS056)
16:10 T. Toliński, Mixed-valence and magnetic structure in RNi4M (R = lanthanides; M = B, Al, Cu, Ga) compounds (ELS059). Abstract is not present in the book of abstracts and is available here

16:30  coffee break

POSTER SESSION II       chairmen: D. Fruchart, D. Kaczorowski
17:00 - 18:30  Posters with codes starting with MTP, ELS and MTM will be presented.

19:30 - 22:00  CONFERENCE DINNER, Dom Polonii, Rynek Główny 14


20 VII (THURSDAY)

SESSION 15                    chairman: A. Jezierski
08:30 Yu. Grin, Chemical Bonding and Crystal Structures of Intermetallic Compounds (CRS002)
09:00 S.M. Dubiel, Investigation of single-crystals of chromium implanted with 119Sn – ions of various energies (ELS037)
09:20 R. Zach, Giant magnetocaloric effect in Mn1-tTitAs and Mn1-x(Ti0.5V0.5)xAs (MTP055)
09:50 H. Rosner, Collapse of strong ferromagnetism in YCo5 – a pressure induced electronic topological transition (ELS058)
10:10 R.J. Radwański, Magnetic properties and the electronic structure of LiCoO2 (ELS036)

10:30  coffee break

SESSION 16                      chairman: Yu. Grin
11:00 A. Ślebarski, Electron-correlation effects in a disordered Fe2VAl and Fe2TiSn (ELS033)
11:30 U.D. Wdowik, Lattice dynamics and electronic structure of CoO (ELS004)
11:50 W. Borgieł, Influence of the short range order (SRO) on electrical resistivity of the magnetic Rare Earth alloys in the paramagnetic region (MTP036)
12:10 B. Idzikowski, ICSCTE2006 Organizers and their activity in MAG-EL-MAT Scientific Network

12:30  closing ceremony
13:15 - 14:30 lunch

ACCOMPANYING PERSONS’ PROGRAM


15 VII (SATURDAY)

18:30 p.m. welcome reception (Institute of Physics of the Jagiellonian University, Reymonta 4)

16 VII (SUNDAY)


Old Town of Cracow: in the afternoon (start about 2:30 p.m.) walking guided sightseeing of the famous places in the Old Town (1.5–2 hours) then a guided visit to the Jagiellonian University Museum in Collegium Maius

17 VII (MONDAY)

Spirit of Cracow: meeting with the guide at the Conference Office; walking sightseeing to feel the spirit of the Old Town (some special secret places), lunch, then passing to Kazimierz to visit the most precious monuments of Jewish culture in Cracow: the Old Synagogue (now the Judaic Department of the Historical Museum of the City of Cracow), the Remuh Synagogue and the Remuh Cementery

18 VII (TUESDAY)

Excursion (The wooden Architecture Route or Częstochowa Black Madonna and Pieskowa Skała Castle or John Paul II & Wadowice- one of them on your choice; see www.cracowtours.pl); lunch not included

19 VII (WEDNESDAY)

Wawel Hill: meeting with the guide at the Conference Office; passing to the Wawel Hill and visiting the Castle, the Cathedral and museums there
7:30 p.m. Conference Dinner (Dom Polonii, the corner of Rynek Główny and Grodzka Street); please have with you the Conference Dinner invitation

20 VII (THURSDAY)

Thursday, July 20: Time to enjoy the city of Cracow on your own- no organized events