To.Sca.Lat 1.0 (Total Scattering Analysis for NanoScience in Latin America)

The Latin America Summer School on Crystallography, Diffraction and Total Scattering Analysis for Advanced Materials and NanoScience.

Topics will cover ab initio structure solution by powder diffraction, quali- and quantitative phase analysis, microstructural analysis, total scattering techniques for nanomaterial characterization (structure, defects, size, morphology) by combining small- and wide-angle methods in reciprocal (Debye scattering equation) and real (Pair Distribution Function) space. Cases of applications to pharma and biomimetic materials, porous metal organic frameworks, nanosized metal, oxide, semi- and super-conductors will be presented.

Lectures on fundamentals, experimental, modelling and analytical aspects of the technique (2 days) will be combined with tutorial sessions (3 days) on data analysis, with the aid of the following programs: TOPAS, QUANTO, PDFGUI, DebUsSy,  PM2K e DIFFax+.

Advanced aspects of Synchrotron Radiation and its application to powder diffraction of functional materials will be introduced by Alexandre Gomes Carvalho, from the Brazilian Synchrotron in Campinas. Well renowned experts in the field of powder diffraction and programs, with high scientific reputation in the different topics and experience at European and Swiss Large Scale Faclities, will join the To.Sca.Lat, deliver lectures and take care of the tutorial sessions.