The scope of the conference
The aim of the LAM conferences is to attract scientists working in the field of liquid and amorphous metals in order to discuss new advances and future directions in this intriguing field of condensed matter physics, chemistry and materials sciences. Although mainly devoted to discuss the hottest topics in liquid and amorphous metals including semiconductors, molten salts, quasicrystals, complex systems, some non-metallic systems such as molecular glasses, polymers and colloids have in the past found their place in the conference, with the aim of stimulating discussions and brainstorming.
The 18th edition of the LAM will be hosted by Hiroshima University in Japan. This new edition will be the opportunity for broadening the purposes of the conference series to materials relevant to nanotechnology, telecommunications, thermoelectric and transport, thus encouraging the interdisciplinary among different disordered materials fields, exploring universality of the observed properties, and stimulating novel discussions and collaborations among scientists from different communities. An accent will be given to breakthroughs and advances from cutting-edge large facilities as synchrotron radiation, neutrons and free-electron lasers facilities, for encouraging the community in exploring the potential of these advanced techniques for progressing in the understanding of liquid and amorphous materials.
The LAM conference will cover the following 12 topics
1. Extreme conditions and metastability
2. Local and medium range order in liquids and amorphous
3. Novel experimental and theoretical approaches
4. Diffusion and relaxation processes in liquids and glasses
5. Jamming, avalanches and aging phenomena in out-of-equilibrium systems
6. Crystallization and glass transition
7. Thermal, transport properties and dynamics
8. Plasticity, mechanical behaviour, tribology and surface properties
9. Thin amorphous materials
10. Phase transitions
11. Metal specific or universal behaviours in disordered systems
12. New functional materials, comparison BMG-HEA