Program: Annual retreat 24-25 September 2026
Thursday, 24 September 2026
| 12:00 - 13:30 | (90) | Lunch | |
| 13:30 - 13:40 | (10) | Roser Valentí: Opening Remarks | |
| Chair: Jörg Schmalian | |||
| 13:40 - 13:50 | (7+3) | A02 | Uniaxial- and biaxial-strain-induced phase tuning of correlated metals |
| 13:50 - 14:00 | (7+3) | A03 | Single crystal growth of correlated intermetallic compounds with strong electron-lattice coupling |
| 14:00 - 14:10 | (7+3) | A04 | Strain effects in thin films of correlated intermetallic compounds |
| 14:10 - 14:20 | (7+3) | A05 | Interplay of lattice, charge and spin degrees of freedom from first principles |
| 14:20 - 14:30 | (7+3) | A07 | Theoretical approaches to electron-phonon coupling in strongly correlated systems |
| 14:30 - 14:40 | (7+3) | A09 | Anomalous magnetoelasticity in altermagnets and antiferromagnets |
| 14:40 - 14:50 | (7+3) | A10 | Stress-strain measurements and development of a thermodynamic elastoscope |
| 14:50 - 15:15 | (25) | Coffee break | |
| Chair: Jairo Sinova | |||
| 15:15 - 15:25 | (7+3) | A11 | Quantum materials with strong elastic coupling |
| 15:25 - 15:35 | (7+3) | A12 | Strain control of altermagnetic devices |
| 15:35 - 15:45 | (7+3) | A13 | Elastically-tunable electronic orders in correlated electron systems under a.c. uniaxial pressures |
| 15:45 - 15:55 | (7+3) | B01 | Dynamics and noise of disordered strain-coupled electronic order |
| 15:55 - 16:05 | (7+3) | B02 | Interplay of slow charge carrier dynamics and elastic effects in correlated multi-phase systems via noise spectroscopy |
| 16:05 - 16:15 | (7+3) | B03 | Elastic tuning of competing orders in quantum materials |
| 16:15 - 16:25 | (7+3) | B04 | Momentum microscopy of strongly correlated systems under strain |
| 16:25 - 16:50 | (25) | Coffee break | |
| Chair: Matthieu Le Tacon | |||
| 16:50 - 17:00 | (7+3) | B05 | Correlations and altermagnetism in elastic tunable electronic systems |
| 17:00 - 17:10 | (7+3) | B06 | Static and dynamic coupling of lattice and magnetic properties in low-symmetry two-dimensional materials |
| 17:10 - 17:20 | (7+3) | B08 | Ultrafast spectroscopy and manipulation of coupled electronic/lattice orders |
| 17:20 - 17:30 | (7+3) | B09 | Dynamics of strongly coupled electron-phonon systems |
| 17:30 - 17:40 | (7+3) | B10 | Tuning dimensionality in low-dimensional systems by strain |
| 17:40 - 17:55 | (10+5) | N01 | Talk by Elena Hassinger |
| 17:55 - 18:10 | (10+5) | N02 | Talk by Pietro Bonetti |
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| 18:10 - 19:30 | (80) | Dinner (alcoholic drinks at own expense) | |
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| 19:30 - 20:00 | (30) | Mentoring (PhD students and PIs) | |
| 20:00 - 22:00 | (120) | Poster Session |
Friday, 25 September 2026
| Group discussions (PIs, Postdocs & students) | |||
| 09:00 - 09:30 | (30) | Identification of main topics for discussion and moderators | |
| 09:30 - 10:45 | (75) | Discussion within groups (with a dedicated group moderator): Development of new ideas and new directions for a possible third funding period |
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| 10:45 - 11:15 | (30) | Coffee break | |
| 11:15 - 12:30 | (75) | Discussion within groups (with a dedicated group moderator): Further discussion and summary on at least one slide |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 | (90) | Lunch | |
| Joint discussions (PIs) | |||
| 14:00 - 16:00 | (120) | Joint discussion and presentation of ideas developed in the morning sessions | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | (30) | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | (60) | General Assembly of PIs and representatives | |
| 17:30 - 17:50 | (20) | Coffee break (Snacks and farewell) |