ABOUT

About the Conference

Barcelona

History

HPSP is a biennial meeting with a long-standing tradition. The first two meetings took place in Poland (1985) and Montpellier (1986) as a Polish-French Meeting on High Pressure Applications in Semiconductors. The success of these early conferences made it clear that the topic of high-pressure semiconductor physics attracted a great interest. Consequently, in 1988 the series was convened under its present name, being organized as a satellite of the traditional International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS series). HPSP conferences were held in:
  • HPSP3, Tomazów, Poland (1988)
  • HPSP4, Porto Caras, Greece (1990)
  • HPSP5, Kyoto, Japan (1992)
  • HPSP6, Vancouver, Canada (1994)
  • HPSP7, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany (1996)
  • HPSP8, Thessaloniki, Greece (1998)
  • HPSP9, Sapporo, Japan (2000)
  • HPSP10, Guildford, UK (2002)
  • HPSP11, Berkeley, USA (2004)
  • HPSP12, Barcelona, Spain (2006)
  • HPSP13, Fortaleza, Brazil (2008)
  • HPSP14, Changchun, China (2010)
  • HPSP15, Montpellier, France (2012)
  • HPSP16, Mexico City, Mexico (2014)
  • HPSP17&WHS, Tokyo, Japan (2016)
  • HPSH18&WHS2, Barcelona, Spain (2018)

Eighteenth International Conference on High Pressure Semiconductor Physics (HPSP18)

The Eighteenth International Conference on High Pressure Semiconductor Physics (HPSP18) is a satellite of the International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS 2018) to be held in Montpellier, France, during the first week of August. The International Workshop on High Pressure Study of Superconductors (WHS2) will merge with HPSP series for the second time in Barcelona, after the success of the first joint meeting in Tokyo in 2016. The aim of HPSP18&WHS2 is to bring together young and experienced researchers from different fields to meet during a single-session conference for the exchange of ideas, dissemination and discussion of their latest results in research areas dealing with the application of high pressure and other forms of stress to study both semiconductors and superconductors.

The HPSP18&WHS2 conference will review the latest advances and developments of both bulk and nanostructured semiconductor and/or superconductor materials and devices using high pressure techniques, including advances in pressure-induced superconductivity, novel materials, design of high pressure apparatus, and other related topics. Finally, by bringing together scientists in semiconductor and superconductor high pressure physics, we expect to create new synergies, strengthening activities in both research areas.
Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
Casa Batllò, Barcelona

Scope

Submissions of original work on topics including, but not limited to the following list, are solicited:
  1. Electronic structure
  2. Mechanical properties including vibrational, elastic and piezoelectric properties
  3. Optical properties
  4. Electrical transport phenomena in semiconductors & superconductors
  5. Impurity and defect states
  6. Structural studies including phase transitions
  7. Magnetic diluted semiconductors & spin dependent properties
  8. Thermoelectricity and thermal properties
  9. Carbon-related semiconductors
  10. Low-dimensional, layered & nanostructured materials
  11. Superconducting materials & pressure-induced metallization and superconductivity
  12. Organic & hybrid materials
  13. Strongly correlated electron systems
  14. Novel materials, structures and devices
  15. New experimental or computational techniques