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Over the last half century, the existence of an additional thermal transition in between the glass transition and the Curie/melting transition has been frequently observed on vinylidenefluoride-based ferro-, pyro- and piezoelectric homo- and co-polymers. The transition has also been observed recently in some of the related relaxor-ferroelectric terpolymers. Despite its well-known existence and the rich history of its treatment in the literature, the origin(s) and a more or less complete picture of the mid-temperature transition have remained elusive until now. Over the years, several authors have put forth various explanations for the so-called mid-temperature transition — some complementary and some contradictory to each other. At the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Electrets (ISE-17) in Limerick, Ireland, in September 2019, the mysterious mid-temperature transition and its possible mechanism(s) became the subject of a panel discussion a) to mark the Golden Jubilee of the discovery of piezoelectricity in polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF) by Heiji Kawai of Kobayashi Institute of Physical Research, Japan, as well as the Centennial of the first recognition of ferroelectricity in piezoelectric Seignette's or Rochelle salt. The panel put forward a new hypothesis that the mid-temperature transition is most likely a result of several interrelated processes that take place within the respective temperature range. The relevant processes include an upper glass transition or relaxation, a relaxation related to conformational disorder, possible imperfect/time-dependent structures formed as a result of thermal processing and secondary crystallization, as well as interface polarization effects at crystalline-amorphous boundaries. The article captures the essence of the panel discussion and the perspectives obtained therefrom to elucidate the complex mid-temperature transition in vinylidenefluoride-based ferro-, pyro- and piezoelectric homo-, co- and ter-polymers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A list of committees that responsible for the success of the 8th Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Baltic and Japan Symposium on Ferroelectricity in Tsukuba is presented, including the organizing committee which is headed by J. Kobayashi, Y. Ishibashi and K. S. Aleksandrov, program committee which is led by A. Onodera, and the executive committee which is headed by S. Kojima.

A list of participants at the 8th Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Baltic and Japan Symposium on Ferroelectricity in Tsukuba is presented, including researchers from various countries like Mkam Tchouobiap Serges Eric from Cameroon, Mashiyama Hiroyuki from Japan, and Ter-Oganessian Nikita from Russia.

A list of various committees including organizing committee, program committee and executive committee of the 8th Russia, CIS, Baltic and Japan Symposium on Ferroelectricity, which was held in Tsukuba, Japan, May 15-19, 2006, is presented. The members of the committee include J. Kobayashi, K. S. Aleksandrov and Y. Ishibashi.

A list of participants of the 8th Russia, CIS, Baltic and Japan Symposium on Ferroelectricity which was held in Tsukuba, Japan, May 15-19, 2006, is presented. The list includes Fu Desheng, Liu Xiaoyan and Wang Ruiping from China, Aikawa Yutaka, Akishige Yukikuni and Amano Masakazu from Japan, and Shabbir Ghulam from Pakistan.

The article highlights the 5th Asian Meeting on Ferroelectrics held at the Tokyo University of Science in Noda, Japan on September 3-7, 2006. The meeting program comprises three plenary lectures, three concurrent sessions of oral presentations including invited talks daily and two poster sessions highlighting research areas of current interest. The meeting covered recent advances in the broad and rapidly progressing field of dielectrics, piezoelectrics and ferroelectrics.

The article lists the organizing committees of the 5th Asian Meeting on Ferroelectrics held at the Tokyo University of Science in Noda, Japan from September 3-7, 2006, which include Tadashi Takenaka from the Tokyo University of Science, Zhu Weiguang from Singapore and Sidney Lang from Israel.

The article lists the sponsors of the 5th Asian Meeting on Ferroelectrics held at the Tokyo University of Science in Noda, Japan from September 3-7, 2006, which include the Tokyo University of Science, Taylor & Francis Group LLC, and the Murata Science Foundation.

The article presents the organizers and sponsors of the 8th Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States, Baltic and Japan Symposium on Ferroelectricity in Tsukuba, including the University of Tsukuba in Japan, A. O. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute in Russia, and The Japan Society of Applied Physics.

The article presents information regarding the 8th Russia, CIS, Baltic and Japan Symposium on Ferroelectricity that was held in Tsukuba, Japan, May 15-19, 2006. Various important topics that were discussed in the meeting include ferroelectric phase transitions, relaxors, multiferroics, piezoelectric materials, lead free ferroelectrics and elastic and inelastic scattering, advances in theory and others.

The article presents a speech by J. Kobayashi, chairman of Taylor & Francis Ltd., delivered at the 8th Russia, CIS, Baltic and Japan Symposium on Ferroelectricity. He discusses the importance of the meeting for the researchers of Japan and Russia. He considers the meeting to be a step towards friendly relation between both the countries.

A list of sponsors and organizers of the 8th Russia, CIS, Baltic and Japan Symposium on Ferroelectricity is presented. The list includes University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan A. O. Ioffe Physico-Technical institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, the Physical Society of Japan, and the Japan Society of Applied Physics.

Focuses on the possible symposium on ferroelectricity to be held in Russia and Japan. Organizers of the possible symposium; Participants of the possible symposium.