AT THE FRONTIERS OF CONDENSED MATTER V Current Trends and Novel Materials Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 6-10, 2010

First Announcement


Dear Colleagues:

The fifth edition of the Workshop "At the Frontiers of Condensed Matter" (FCM2010) will be held at the Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Buenos Aires from 6 to 10 December 2010. The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers and students working at the frontiers of Condensed Matter Physics to discuss new advances and trends in the field.

The scientific program covers recent developments in fundamental and applied Condensed Matter Physics and consists on plenary, invited, and poster sessions. The conference spans the following topics:

· Multifunctional materials.
· Mesoscopic and nanoscopic devices.
· Magnetic oxides and related topics.
· Dilute magnetic semiconductors and semiconducting heterostructures.
· Intermetallic compounds.
· General field theory applications, and experimental and computational
techniques in condensed matter.

Bicentennial Symposium:
During 2010, Argentina celebrates the bicentennial of the May Revolution, an event that paved the way for its Declaration of Independence. To celebrate this anniversary, we are organizing a symposium covering the history of Condensed Matter Physics in Argentina and neighbouring countries. This symposium will take place on December 8th

Preliminary List of Invited speakers:
· Christian Batista, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos
· Stefan Bluegel, IFF Forschungszentrum, Jülich
· Francisco de la Cruz, Centro Atómico Bariloche.
· Victor Etgens, Institut des Nanoscience de Paris, Paris
· Josep Fontcuberta, Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona
· Verónica Ganduglia Pirovano, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid
· Gastón Garbarino, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, CNRS, Grenoble
· Luis Hueso, Nanogune, San Sebastián *
· Miguel Kiwi, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
· Daniel Lopez, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne
· Ernesto Marinero, Hitachi San Jose Research Center, USA.
· Nicola Marzari, MIT, Cambridge
· Igor Mazin, NIST, Washington
· Jagadeesh Moodera Francis Bitter Magnet Lab., MIT, Cambridge
· Adriana Moreo, University of Tennessee,
· Claudine Noguera, Institut des Nanosciences de Paris, Paris
· Manuel Nuñez Regueiro, Institut Néel, CNRS, Grenoble.
· Nicola Spaldin, University of California at Santa Barbara
· Henrique E. Toma, Instituto de Química, Universidade de Sao Paulo *
· Sergio Ulloa, Ohio University, Athens
· María Varela del Arco, Oak Ridge National Laborarory, Oak Ridge
· Patricio Vargas, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso

* to be confirmed


Registration:
All participants must register to the Workshop. To pre-register, please fill in the on-line registration form as soon as possible. Information on registration fees will soon appear on the web page. For further details, please keep on checking updated information at Conference's web-site: http://www.tandar.cnea.gov.ar/eventos/FCM2010.php


Manuscript submission:
The proceedings of the Workshop will be published in Physica B. Detailed instructions for the preparation of the manuscript will be available at the above-mentioned webpage.


Visa requirements:
Delegates are advised to contact the nearest embassy, consulate, or travel agency for information about the passport and visa requirements from their country for entry to Argentina. Participants requiring visas must initiate the application process well in advance of their departure date. If you need a personal letter of invitation to attend the Workshop please contact
us at fcm2010@tandar.cnea.gov.ar.

Deadlines:
Pre-registration: May 30th - September 1st
Abstracts submission: October 4th
Abstracts' acceptance: October 18th
Manuscript submission: October 20th-November 20th
Early fees' payment: November 1st


Scientific Committee:
- Enrique Anda, PUC-Rio do Janeiro
- Carlos Balseiro, Centro Atómico Bariloche-CNEA, Bariloche
- Alfredo Levy Yeyati, Univerdidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Konrad Samwer, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- Andrés Saúl, CINAM-CNRS, Marseille
- Nicola Spaldin, University of California at Santa Barbara
- Sergio Ulloa, Ohio University, Athens
- Mariana Weissmann, Centro Atómico Constituyentes-CNEA, Buenos Aires
- Roberto Zysler, Centro Atómico Bariloche-CNEA, Bariloche

Organizing Committee:
- Javier Guevara, Universidad de San Martin
- Valeria Ferrari, Centro Atomico Constituyentes
- Gustavo Lozano, Universidad de Buenos Aires
- Ana Maria Llois , Centro Atomico Constituyentes
- Hugo Mosca, Centro Atómico Constituyentes
- Francisco Parisi, Universidad de San Martin
- Joaquín Sacanell, Centro Atómico Constituyentes
- Laura Steren, Centro Atómico Constituyentes