Dear Participants of Asia-Pacific PFM 2019,

I hope you had a pleasant and safe trip back home.

It was my great pleasure and honor for me to have you at the 2019 Asia-Pacific Workshop on Piezoresponse Force Microscopy and Nanoscale Electromechanics of Functional Materials and Electrochemical Systems (Asia-Pacific PFM 2019) from August 11 to 14, 2019 in Seoul, Korea. On behalf of the committee members, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your active participation and involvement during the workshop.

This year’s PFM was an overwhelming success, attracting about 170 delegates, speakers, and sponsors from around 15 countries, and provided great intellectual and social interaction for the participants. I hope that you had enjoyed the workshop with fruitful discussions on various topics in the field of PFM, ESM and nanoscale electromechanics with the experts from all around the world. I also hope that the workshop offered a good opportunity to build up ever-lasting friendships with many participants.

It was your support and participation that made the workshop successful. I sincerely wish that you found your involvement in the workshop both valuable and rewarding. The photographs taken during the conference is now available for download on the website, and you can enjoy and share the memories about Asia-Pacific PFM 2019, Seoul, Korea.

Once again, I would like to convey my deepest appreciation for your contribution.

With best regards,

Seungbum Hong, Ph. D.
General Chair, Asia-Pacific PFM 2019
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST, Korea