TIDS 2007
August 6th, 2007 - August 10th, 2007
Event date:
August 6, 2007 9:00 AM to August 10, 2007 6:00 PM
Transport in Interacting Disordered Systems
This conference is a continuation of the biennial HRP-meetings (short for Hopping and Related Phenomena), now named TIDS "Transport in Interacting and Disordered Systems". Previous conferences took place in Trieste (1985), Bratislava (1987), Chapel Hill (1989), Marburg (1991), Glasgow (1993), Jerusalem (1995), Rackeve (1997), Murcia (1999), Shefayim (2001), Trieste (2003), and Egmond aan Zee (2005).
Central to these conferences are systems lacking translational symmetry. In such systems interactions are often important. Dramatic differences in the behavior of crystalline solids and the "disordered" systems are possible. Some examples of the latter are amorphous materials, polymer aggregates, materials whose properties are governed by impurities and, last but not least biological systems. Already Schroedinger attributed some functions of the latter to a lack of translational symmetry. His "aperiodic solid" model for genetic coding and extremely slow relaxation are examples of his deep insight into the subject.
Specific topics in this series of conferences include glassy relaxation behavior of electronic systems, metal-insulator transition and glassy state in two-dimensional systems, noise, Coulomb glass, transport in biological systems and hopping transport. Following the outline of TIDS11, organized by Hans Brom, TIDS12 will focus on three main areas: semiconductors, polymers & organic solids, and biological systems, all linked by the common theme of the peculiarities of transport processes and many-particle effects in non-crystalline systems.
Previous conferences were notable for the pleasant atmosphere needed for a fruitful exchange of ideas between theoreticians and experimentalists in these areas. With your contributions we hope to achieve the same at the forthcoming conference in Marburg.
Event location:
Marburg (Germany)
More information: www.physik.uni-marburg.de/de/tids12/home.html
