IV LACA School (Latin American Crystallogaphic Association): Phase identification and Microstructural Characterization of Materials using X-Ray powder Diffraction Techniques

Preliminary list of Invited Instructors:

• Claudio Aguilar (UFSM, Valparaíso, Chile)

• Tom Blanton (ICDD, USA)

• Raúl Cardoso-Gil (MPI-CPFS, Dresden, Germany)

• Miguel Delgado (ULA, Venezuela)

• Graciela Díaz de Delgado (ULA, Venezuela)

• David Rafaja (TUB, Freiberg, Germany)

• Diego G. Lamas (UNSM, Argentina)

• Karen Tellez (UFSM, Valparaíso, Chile)

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Main Topics:

- Symmetry in Crystals / The International Tables for Crystallography

- Fundamentals of X-Ray Diffraction

- The Diffraction phenomenon. The Structure Factor

- Fundamentals of XRPD / Data Collection (Practical session)

- Fundamentals of Phase-ID / (Hands-on sessions)

- Microstructural characterization using the Rietveld Method

- Microstructural characterization using LPA & WPPM / (Hands-on sessions)

- Other Techniques for the Characterization of the Microstructure.

30 participants will be selected, prioritizing graduate students and young scientists.

Based on the progress of the Covid-19 vaccination achieved in Chile, the school is

being planned to be an in-person event. However, plans for remote transmission

have been implemented for participants who cannot travel to Chile.

Additional participants could be accommodated to attend the lectures only.

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Applications

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