The main topic of the Bunsentagung 2014 focuses on cutting-edge research in the field of physico-chemical aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology based on bottom-up approaches. Nanoscience has become one of the largest interdisciplinary fields of research during the last two decades and it is worldwide recognized that it will play a key role in 21^st century technology.Â

The chemistry-based bottom-up nanoscience techniques evolved from colloid chemistry, a key topic in physical chemistry since the late 19^th century. The major difference to classic colloid chemistry is the molecular control with which synthetic nanomaterials can be built up and investigated. This will be discussed in sessions dealing with the tailor-made synthesis of high quality nanostructured materials, the investigation of nucleation and the growth and assembly of nano-objects into complex hybride structures with advanced functionality. A strong boost in nanoscience came from the development of structural and chemical analysis techniques with atomic resolution and from the possibility to perform spectroscopic investigations and transport measurements on single nano-objects. Therefore, special sessions are devoted to topics such as the structural and electronic characterization, spectroscopy on the nanoscale, and the investigation of transport properties. Strongly correlated to these topics is the development of theoretical methods for the descriptions of such large systems with high accuracy. Furthermore, the application of nanoparticles in the life sciences, including the biological response to nanoparticles, the visualization of biological processes using specifically functionalized nanoparticles in combination with modern molecular imaging techniques will be part of the scientific program. Besides fascinating basic science, the conference will cover aspects of applications that arose in nanotechnology including high-tech materials with improved mechanical properties, novel materials for lightning, display technologies, catalysis, energy conversion and storage, as well as contrast agents and drug delivery systems for diagnosis and therapy.

Overall, nanoscience is a true transdiciplinary topic covering physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and engineering. Since physical chemistry plays a central role in all these areas, the Bunsentagung 2014 will highlight these aspects as the main topic. Internationally outstanding scientists will give the opening and plenary lectures and progress reports on the various aspects of nanoscience and technology. Almost all of these topics will intentionally overlap with the more generic topical areas of the Bunsentagung 2014 to foster interdisciplinary discussions and collaborations on a leading edge level of expertise.

The scope of SXNS13 is to bring together scientists from different research areas that are using surface sensitive x-ray and neutron scattering and complementary techniques for the characterization of solid and liquid surfaces, interfaces and nanostructures in order to exchange new exciting scientific results and recent developments of the techniques. Special emphasis will be put on in-situ characterization under processing or operation conditions.

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The following topics will be covered:

• Interfaces during growth
• Electrochemically active interfaces
• Nanostructured surfaces and interfaces
• Interfaces during chemical reactions
• Atomic structure of interfaces
• Dynamics of surfaces, interfaces and nanostructures
• Bio-relevant interfaces
• Magnetism at surfaces and interfaces
• Development of novel techniques, instruments and sources

Ces 5èmes journées nationales porteront sur la technologie et les méthodes de la croissance cristalline. Elles auront pour objectif :Â

• les échanges de savoir-faire dans le domaine de la synthèse de monocristaux et de leur caractérisation.Â
• la présentation des toutes dernières nouveautés technologiques en instrumentation de cristallogenèse.Â
• la présentation de méthodes nouvelles dans le domaine de la caractérisation des monocristaux.Â
• la communication des travaux réalisés au sein du réseau CRISTECH.Â

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Chercheurs, ingénieurs, techniciens, post-docs, doctorants  Nombre de participants : 100Â

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Les journées se dérouleront sur 3 jours (2 nuitées) au Village de l’Escandille à Autrans (38)  Date limite d’inscription : 18 juillet 2014Â

Prise en charge :Â

Le séjour est pris en charge en totalité par le réseau sur le budget ANF des journées CRISTECH 2014 Les frais de déplacement des agents CNRS seront pris en charge par leur administration d’origine (Formation permanente).

Aim of the workshop Surfaces and interfaces are some of the most important topics in condensed matter research, chemistry, materials research and life sciences: e.g. all catalytic reactions occur at surfaces, thin film nucleation and growth start at a given surface and the resulting microstructure and morphology of the deposited layers can be correlated to surface or interfacial effects. Further, effects like adhesion, adsorption, wetting, strain, corrosion, flow patterns or lubrication are equally influenced by the interfaces. The universality of interfacial influences is further evident in the energy transfer processes in solar cell devices, the charge transfer processes in batteries and essentially all electronic devices. Heterostructures involving magnetic materials are widely used for information technology and as magnetic sensors in industrial applications such as the automotive industry. Here, the performance of the magnetic devices relies on the magnetic and elastic properties of the individual layers and on the coupling between them which are both influenced by the interfacial quality.
Today, a large variety of complementary analytical techniques are routinely employed to determine and analyze surface structures and interfaces in situ. Electron microscopy, AFM/MFM, STM, LEED, photo electron spectroscopy, ellipsometry as well as classical x-ray and neutron diffraction/reflectometry and grazing incidence surface scattering give a wealth of information from the Ã...ngström to the micrometer length scale. However, classically, electron or ion based surface science techniques are limited to the vacuum environment. To determine structural or magnetic parameters of surfaces in ambient environmental conditions, like a surface submerged in a liquid, surface x-ray diffraction (SXRD) is used. Likewise, to access buried interfacial or magnetic properties within a heterostructure of layers, reflectometry with polarized neutrons has proven to be a very powerful tool, which allows a non-destructive depth profile vector magnetometry, to be carried out.
Structural in situ characterization of heteroepitaxial growth with x-rays can be used to track details and quantify parameters generally inaccessible to other non-destructive methods applied during growth. A variety of instrumental developments allow for optimum growth conditions during x-ray scattering experiments and for an in-depth analysis of the complete epitaxial process showing the different growth phases and a quantification of a variety of parameters involved in such processes. Coherent x-ray diffraction is capable to provide not only the structure but also dynamic information on atomic monolayer deposition on surfaces.
More recent developments allow the magnetic characterization during thin film growth to be carried out using magnetic x-ray scattering techniques. Further, currently the experimental capabilities for polarized neutron reflectometry during thin film growth are being developed to allow the understanding of the evolution of magnetic domains and the movement of domain walls in the nanometer regime.
In the past, neutrons have been applied to study surface and interface structures mainly using specular neutron reflectometry, which is an established method today and available at all major neutron sources world-wide. Within the last decade also off-specular neutron reflectometry and grazing incidence small angle neutron scattering (GISANS), either monochromatic or using time-of-flight, have moved into the focus of interest with significant developments in measurement techniques and data analysis. These methods are hence very powerful for the determination of structured surfaces in the Ã...ngström to micrometer length scale (see the ESS Workshop on Off-Specular neutron Scattering, Brussels 2012).Â
Nevertheless, grazing incidence surface diffraction with neutrons is still often unknown to the potential user base, mainly due to the general understanding that due to the low available neutron flux and the large sample sizes required, these experiments would be rendered impossible. Some unique properties of neutron scattering like the isotopic con­trast variation to label specific molecular structures or atoms in e.g. soft matter systems are hence unexploited.
Undoubtedly, the current trend in research with neutrons is to decrease the sample sizes. Therefore, it is very important to adapt the experimental techniques to cope with small scattering cross sections and little sample material. Higher flux neutron instruments and focusing on small sample areas are, hence, the pre-requisite to enter this field of research. The option for more intense neutron beams at new spallation neutron sources (SNS, J-PARC, ESS) and the development of novel neutron optical concepts open completely new and challenging possi­bi­lities for the structural analysis of surfaces and interfaces with the vision to perform structural and magnetic surface reconstruction by neutron scattering.

The 2014 International Biophysics Congress main themes are

Theme 1: Protein Structure

Theme 2: Membranes and Membrane Proteins

Theme 3: Cell and Muscle Biophysics

Theme 4: Ion Channels and Electrophysiology

Theme 5: Imaging

Theme 6: Bioenergetics

Theme 7: Single Molecule

Theme 8: Systems Biophysics

in addition there are several satellite meetings Bicontinuous Cubic Phases Conference (30 July-2 August 2014) and Molecular Modelling (MM2014) (31 July-2 August 2014).

Molecular Modelling 2014: From biomolecules to materials is the next conference of the Association of Molecular Modellers of Australasia (AMMA). The conference will be held in the Gold Coast hinterland in South-East Queensland in the lush rainforest of Lamington National Park, at the O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat.

The themes of the conference will include molecular dynamics and quantum chemistry simulations of materials, methodological developments in hierarchical modelling, computer-aided drug design and cheminformatics.

The meeting will organised similarly to a Gordon Conference with presentations in the morning, late afternoon and evening but time in the middle of the day to interact with other delegates and enjoy the unique location.

The main conference will be on 31 Julyâ€"2 August 2014. The conference will be preceded by a forum for PhD students and Early-Career Researchers (ECRs) on 30 July and 31 July 2014.

This is a satellite conference to, and precedes, the IUPAB International Biophysics Congress, Brisbane, 3-7 August 2014. The conference is particularly accessible to students and early career researchers as the presentation format is a series of workshop and tutorial-style sessions.

The main conference organising institutes are CSIRO and Imperial College London, UK.

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The theme of the Fall 2014 American Chemical Society National Meeting is Chemistry & Global Stewardship.

Started in 1950, the ICCC is the most established international conference in the field of coordination chemistry. It provides the major forum to discuss the latest developments in a major area of chemistry and fosters collaboration between inorganic chemists and other scientists.

There will be a featured session entitled Celebrating Year of Crystallography.

The 41st International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC41), will convene in Singapore from 21 to 25 July 2014. This is a historical moment as the Conference has never been held in Singapore or ASEAN.

E-MRS 2014 FALL MEETING

September 15-19, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
The 2014 Fall Meeting includes 24 parallel symposia, one plenary session, one exhibition and much more.

The First Latin American Crystallography Meeting is being organized as a joint event with the IXth Annual Meeting of the Argentinean Crystallographic Association in Córdoba, Argentina. It will be hosted by the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba - www.unc.edu.ar , coinciding with the celebration of the 400th anniversary of its foundation in 1613. UNC is the oldest university in Argentina and number 4 among the oldest in Latin America. Its original pavilions and buildings have been declared by UNESCO as World Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The scientific program will include plenary lectures, oral presentations and poster sessions. Full details and information can be found at the homepage of the event: www.cristalografia2013.com.ar. Satellite meetings include a "Workshop on neutron techniques for the characterization of materials" and a "School on crystal structure analysis and microcrystalline characterization using powder diffraction data".

The Workshop of "New Materials of Novel Properties at Extended Pressures & Forum to Celebrate International Cystallography Year" is at the auspices of IUCr to celebrate the 100 years anniversary initiated by the General Assembly of the United Nations (IYCr) since Max von Laue received the Nobel Prize for his discovery on X-ray diffraction by crystals. The Workshop is proposed through the IUCr Commission on Crystallography of Materials with the support of Commission on High Pressure. The workshop is supported by China Center of Advanced Science and Technology (CCAST). According to IUCr policy, young scientists with maximum age 30 (exception 35) are encouraged to attend the workshop. We have limited financial support to cover the local expenses for those young participants. The Workshop will aim at views exchange on the update progress on new materials, the correlation of properties with crystal structures, new synthesis & characterizations methods of crystal materials, to foster interdisciplinary discussions and international scientific collaboration.

This meeting, which is to be one of the first official events of the International Year of Crystallography, 2014, as declared by UNESCO and the IUCr, provides a forum in which the greater Southern African scientific community can get exposure to recent developments in powder diffraction, as presented by internationally recognized leaders. And secondly, an opportunity for the African researchers, to present their own work in these areas to their national and international peers.

Powder diffraction along with its affiliated techniques; have evolved greatly in recent decades. Its domain is no longer primarily limited to qualitative and quantitative analysis of mineralogical and industrial samples, and advances in instrumentation and the development of new methodologies have seen it increasing being used in studies that address contemporary scientific and socially important challenges. Significant fields of activity now include the study of energy and other functional materials, polymorphism, various catalytic systems and mechanistic details of phase changes, gas solid reactions and interactions, using some powder diffraction related technique. The latter including; structure determination, Rietveld refinement, non-ambient studies, as well as total scattering based methods which have extended the reach of powder diffraction to include short range order phenomena, normally associated with amorphous or nano materials. Furthermore, reflectometry, small angle scattering, neutron based methods and electron crystallography, all important to materials science should all be well represented.

IUCrHP2012/QuBS2012

IUCr Commission on High Pressure 2012 Meeting "Advances in Crystallography at High Pressures"
International Symposium of the Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency

September 23-27, 2012 HOTEL LAKE VIEW MITO Mito, Japan

IUCr Commission on High Pressure 2012 Meeting

The International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) Commission on High Pressure was establised in 1996 and a series of international workshops were held at the ESRF(97), APS(98), SPring-8(00), and in Orsay(01), Berkeley(03), Saskatoon(04), Dubna(06), Oxford(07), Harbin(09) and Gatlinburg(10). This year, to coincide with the opening of a high-pressure beamline at the spallation neutron source in J-PARC, the meeting will be held in Mito with a tour to J-PARC. It will be organized as a joint meeting of the Commission on High Pressure and the Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency.

Scope

This conference will cover the whole range of activities of the IUCr Commission on High Pressure. Contributions in all areas within or closely related to the broad area of high-pressure crystallography will be welcome.

Invitation

On behalf of the organizing committee of the International Conference on Structural Genomics 2013 â€" Structural Life Science â€" (ICSG2013-SLS), I cordially welcome you to the conference, to be held in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, July 29th â€" August 1st, 2013. ICSG2013-SLS is intended to provide an overview for the most recent developments in Structural Genomics and its impact on research in biology, medicine and disease, and to foster international collaboration among researchers regardless of the borders.Â

The scientific topics covered in ICSG2013-SLS include wider life science research fields with particular attentions to drug discovery (small molecules and biopharmaceuticals), biotechnology and industrial issues while keeping its strength in the highthroughput technologies and integration of hybrid methods. These technologies are now leading to the new field of “Structural Life Science”.Â

ICSG2-13-SLS is partially supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas; “Structural Cell Biology”, “Intrinsically Disordered Protein” and “Transient Macromolecular Complexes”, from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).Â

In order to widen the opportunity to young and enthusiastic fellows to study more, we organize several satellite workshops before the ICSG2013- SLS. The topics will include “Small molecule screening”, “Automation of X-ray Structure Determination”, “Cell-free Protein Production”, “ Eukaryote expression”, “Automated NMR methods”, “Interaction analyses" and "Bioinformatics”. We hope you also find the satellite workshops are informative and productive.Â

The conference will be held in Keio Plaza Hotel Sapporo, in walking distance to Hokkaido University main campus and Sapporo station. Also the summer in Sapporo is the best season to stay and enjoy the cool summer night of Japan.Â

I am looking forward to welcoming you to Sapporo in the summer of 2013.
Sincerely yours,
Katsumi Maenaka, Ph.D.
Chair, International Conference on Structural Genomics 2013 -Structural Life Science- (ICSG2013-SLS)
Laboratory of Biomolecular Science and Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan

The 17th Sagamore Conference will take place in Kitayuzawa at the Hokkai-do, Japan from Sunday July 15th through Friday July 20th 2012. The Sagamore conference, which is held every three years, showcases the most significant developments in Charge , Spin and Momentum Density Studies to date.
Sagamore will celebrate the centennial of Max von Laue's discovery of the X-ray diffraction by crystal, and W. H. and W. L. Bragg's demonstration of the crystal structure determination by X-ray in 1913 relating to a major theme of the conference. These groundbreaking experiments mark the birth of modern crystallography. The International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) is marking the centennial of these events by declaring 2014 the International Year of Crystallography (IYCr2014). In addition, Sagamore XVII would also like to celebrate the birth of crystallography in Japan by Terada's demonstration of X-ray diffraction (X-Rays and Crystals, T. Terada, Nature, 91, 135-136 (10 April, 1913)) and Nishikawa's report on X-ray patterns of fibrous, lamellar and granular substances (S. Nishikawa and S. Ono, Proc. Tokyo Math-Phys. Soc., II-7, 131-138 (1913)).
Japan and Asia Oceania area has various light source and neutron facilities in addition to electron microscopy which are powerful tools for the charge, spin momentum density study. Therefore, the Role of the Advanced Probes for Next-generation Science on Charge, Spin and Momentum Density will be specially discussed in Sagamore XVII.
The location of Sagamore XVII allows visitors to experience lovely landscapes of Lake Toya, Mt. Ezo-Fuji, Volcanoes, etc. as well as various type of hot-springs. Conference venue and Hotels locate along hot-spring street, forest and mountain stream, where one can explore and enjoy one of Japanese modern hot-spring resorts and natural beauty by foot.
Theme of Sagamore XV・II - Great Potentials from Advanced Probes

12th International Symposium on Radiation Physics

The meeting will be held in Rio de Janeiro at Instituto Militar de Engenharia - IME. The venue of the event is situated on Praia Vermelha, Urca. The place is well served by public transportation within the city and offers convenient access to the International Airport. Transportation by bus from and to the main hotels and strategic points of the city will be provided by the organizationÂ

The aim of ISRP-12 is to provide a forum for the discussion of developments and applications encompassing, but not limited to:

• Fundamental processes in radiation physics
• Quantitative photon and particle analytical techniques
• Absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy (XAFS, XANES, XRF, Raman…)
• Radiation Sources and detectors
• Simulation codes and radiation transport
• Application to material science
• Medical and biomedical applications
• Applications to space, earth and environmental sciences
• Cultural heritage and art
• New technologies and industrial applications
• Radiation physics and Nuclear fuel cycle

The ISRP12 shall include a Joint Session with the International Commission on XAFS (CXAFS) from the International Union of Crystallography which links up to both XAFS and development and applications together with the fundamental physics and chemistry underlying XAFS and XANES. It will deal also with contributions from Crystallography, Data Deposition, and other areas of interest to the radiation Physics Community and IUCr.

APERIODIC 2012Â

CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA 2nd - 7th September 2012
We were delighted to have hosted the seventh International Conference on Aperiodic Crystals, Aperiodic 2012 in Cairns from September 2 to 7, 2012. We thank all the participants for their contributions and their support.
Aperiodic 2012 was the seventh International Conference on Aperiodic Crystals, organized under the auspices of the Commission on Aperiodic Crystals of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr). It followed Aperiodic'94 (Les Diablerets), Aperiodic'97 (Alpe d'Huez), Aperiodic'2000 (Nijmegen), Aperiodic'03 (Belo Horizonte), Aperiodic'06 (Zao) and Aperiodic '09 (Liverpool). The next conference in this series will be held in Prague in 2015, organised by Lukas Palatinus and colleagues.
Ray Withers, Conference Chair