Abstract
We are pleased to introduce the Proceedings of the 21st International School on Condensed Matter Physics “Progress and Perspectives in Functional Materials” (21st ISCMP). This traditional bi-annual School organized by the Institute of Solid State Physics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (ISSP-BAS) took place from August 31st - September 4th, 2020 at one of the finest resorts on the Bulgarian Black Sea “Saints Constantine and Helena”.The aim of the School is to bring together outstanding researchers (experimentalists as well as theoreticians) with the younger generation of scientists in order to discuss current research topics and to exchange new forefront ideas in broad interdisciplinary areas. This year special focus was driven towards discussions on fundamental studies and application of functional materials in addition to traditionally covered areas, such as characterization of nanostructured materials, soft matter physics, graphene-based materials and applications. Participants from 13 countries presented 21 invited lectures, 13 short oral talks and 63 posters. Due to the worldwide pandemic situation during 2020, this year the school (21st ISCMP) offered opportunities for both onsite and remote online attendance. The Local Organising Committee put a lot of effort to overcome all difficulties and to ensure the successful organisation and holding of 21st ISCMP. The organizing committee believes that the 21st ISCMP provided enough opportunities for personal scientific contacts, interesting discussions and interactive exchange of ideas among the participants. The Editors would like to thank all authors for their high-quality contributions and the members of the International Programme Committee for their strong commitment.The papers submitted for publication in the Proceedings were refereed according to the publishing standards of the Journal of Physics: Conference Series. The Editorial Committee members are very grateful to the Journal’s staff for the continuous fruitful collaboration and for providing the opportunity to publish scientific contributions from the 21st ISCMP.Prof. DSc Hassan Chamati, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Julia Genova, Assoc. Prof. Dsc Albena Paskaleva, Assist. Prof. Dr. Albert Varonov
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