A symposium with international participation – “Topical issues in the physics of ferroelectrics and related materials” – was held at RTU MIREA

From February 29 to March 1, a symposium with international participation – “Current issues in the physics of ferroelectrics and related materials” – was held at RTU MIREA, dedicated to the centenary of the birth of the famous Soviet and Russian physicist, specialist in the field of crystallography and physically active dielectrics Lev Aleksandrovich Shuvalov.

From 1956 to 1974, he carried out fundamental research that played a decisive role in the development of the symmetry approach and crystal physics of ferroelectrics. At the same time, he conducted the first studies of pulsed switching of ferroelectrics, which were important for assessing the prospects for their use in memory devices. L.A. Shuvalov carried out work to establish the general laws of the domain structure of ferroelectrics and its connection with the macroscopic properties of such crystals, and made a great contribution to the creation of a crystal-physical classification of ferroelectrics. The results of the work of L.A. Shuvalov are widely cited and included in monographs and textbooks. He is the author of more than 700 scientific papers and 20 inventions.

More than 50 reports on the topics of the symposium were delivered, and in the evening a round table “L.A. Shuvalov – a man, a scientist, a teacher.”