In keeping with the terms of reference of the Commission, the CrysAC workshop on “Provenance Studies in Art and Cultural Heritage” is within the series of one-day workshops organized by the IUCr Commission on Crystallography in Art and Cultural Heritage, aimed to stimulate knowledge exchange between crystallographers, researchers and other experts interested in Cultural Heritage investigations. Different communities are invited to present reviews of established research, recent results and envisaged trends in key areas of Archaeometry and Conservation Science.

The present workshop, organised as a satellite meeting of the 7^th International Congress Chemistry for Cultural heritage (CHemCH 2024, Bratislava, Slovakia), will invite scientists from research institutions, museums, and conservation bodies, in order to illustrate state-of-the-art studies focusing on determining origin of materials (manufacturing method or natural sources) and provenance of art objects (whether in the sense of regional, workshop, or period) using methods of advanced materials analysis. Although only invited contributions are planned, all interested people are invited to exchange ideas and discuss the presented topics.

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There is no fee for participants but because of limited capacity the registration is required.

Please register using this online formular.

The workshop will be streamed thus you can watch it online using the link sent you by e-mail after your registration.

The Polish Crystallographic Meeting, Scientific Workshop and Session of the Young Crystallographers Sections of PCrA will be held at the Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Okólna 2 in Wrocław.

The Workshop is devoted to selected issues and problems of modern crystallography.

The Scientific Session of the Young Crystallographers Section of PCrAÂ is a forum for exchanging experiences addressed primarily to students, PhD students and young doctors (maximum 5 years after defense).

The topics of the Meeting include basic and applied research on the ideal and real structure of crystals carried out with the use of X-ray radiation obtained both with traditional methods and in synchrotrons, research with the use of neutrons and electrons, problems of symmetry, phase transformations and crystal growth, new research and computational methods and all other aspects of crystallography. The conference is an annual meeting place and a forum for exchanging ideas of all Polish crystallographers.

The core topics of the 14th EMAS Regional Workshop are:

• Fundamentals of new EM technology
  • Introduction to SEM
  • Introduction to TEM
  • Introduction to FIB-SEMs
  • Overview of microanalytical techniques
  • Volume analysis by FIB-SEM
  • In-situ experiments in SEM/TEM
• Visits to and programme organised by Tescan and Thermo Fisher Scientific at their development labs
• Applications of new EM technology
  • Sample preparation for SEM, microanalysis and EBSD
    
  • Application of EM in steel research
  • Application of EM in mineralogy/geology
  • Multiscale analysis of materials
  • Combined SEM + AFM studies

The workshop targets MSc students, PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, early career scientists, lab managers, and established scientists from across the globe (EU and beyond).

The annual meeting of the Serbian Crystallographic Society. The Conference will be a live event.

Language

The official language of the Conference is English.

Topics

All fields of crystallography.

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• Plenary lectures
• Oral presentations
• Poster presentations

Awards

“The Best Oral Presentation” and “The Best Poster Presentation” prizes will be awarded at the Conference closing session.

Social activities

On Thursday afternoon, June 27^th, an excursion will be organized.

On Friday evening, June 28^th, SCS will organize a Conference dinner.

The price of the excursion and gala dinner is included in the regular registration fee.

Conference material

At the beginning of the Conference every participant will receive the Book of abstracts in Serbian and English.

• Bulk crystal growth
• 2D-epitaxial growth
• 3D-epitaxial growth
• Relation between optical/electrical properties of crystals and their microstructure
• Crystallization in the semiconductor industry
• Crystallization in biology and medicine
• Crystal characterization methods

The conference is an international forum on scintillator materials spanning  from fundamental aspects to technological applications. Topics include:

• Mechanisms and theory of scintillation
• Characterizations of scintillators
• Crystals: growth and structural control
• Optical ceramics and glasses
• Nano- and metamaterials, hybrids, and other novel materials
• Scintillators for fast timing detection and imaging
• Scintillators for neutron detection and imaging
• Applications of scintillators: fundamental research, health, environment, energy, metrology, industrial controls.

Topics

• Nanoscale optical materials and single nano-objects
• Thin films and low-dimensional systems
• Optical control and detection of quantum systems
• Phosphors: recent progress, new materials, and applications
• Radioluminescence, optically and thermally stimulated luminescence in solids
• Luminescent sensors
• Hybrid and organic optical materials
• Novel fluorophores, optical materials, devices for biosensing, biomedical and environmental applications
• Characterization techniques for optical materials
• Photovoltaic and photocatalytic materials
• Theory and modeling

Organized by the Korean Association of Crystal Growth

The XVIII^th International Conference on Electron Microscopy is jointly organized by the Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Microscopy Society. The conference is to be held in southern part of Poland in the picturesque Zakopane resort.

The conference will bring together researchers from different fields of science and engineering including materials science, chemistry, physics, life science (biology and medicine), whose focal point is on application of electron microscopy to study of materials and materials related properties. The broad spectrum of topics comprises analytical electron microscopy, imaging in SEM/STEM, crystallography and HRTEM techniques, 3D imaging, in-situ electron microscopy, cryomicroscopy, as well as applications of electron microscopy to study materials spanning from traditional engineering materials to highly advanced functional materials, nanomaterials and biological materials.

The conference also welcomes scientists, engineers and representatives of electron microscopes manufacturers, whose focus is on instrumentational developments to showcase and review the latest technical advances. It will provide a forum for the exchange of thoughts and ideas, news on the latest trends in the field of electron microscopy as well as to promote cooperation between the participants from science and industry.

Hope to see you in Zakopane!

Lecture 33:Â "Dipolar group polarizability as a multipurpose tool for predicting molecular and bulk properties" by Anna Krawczuk (Univ. of Gottingen, Germany)

Lecture 34: "Reliable predictions of crystal structures entirely from quantum mechanics" by Krzysztof Szalewicz (Univ. of Delaware, Newark, USA)

The ACA Summer Course in Chemical Crystallography is a program that is now into its third decade of instruction here in the United States. The current incarnation of the course is directed towards Single-Crystal Chemical Crystallography and Powder Diffraction techniques, as applicable to small molecule studies. The course is designed to instruct attendees in the theory and practice of these two aspects of crystallography.

The course is held every summer, in even years now at Purdue University, and in odd years at Northwestern University. For updates on the course, click here.

No prior knowledge of crystallography is expected from attendees. However, a good understanding of undergraduate level chemistry, physics and mathematics is desirable. While the course is geared towards graduate level attendees, applications from strong undergraduate students will be considered. Â Past course attendees have included faculty members and industrial researchers.

The EPDIC Conference is the biennial meeting dedicated to all aspects of the analysis of polycrystalline materials by diffraction methods. It brings together experts from universities, research institutes and instrumentation companies to share their knowledge and discuss the current trends and challenges in powder diffraction.
In agreement with the traditional character of this Conference, EPDIC18 will yield an exciting scientific program that will cover a broad range of hot traditional and new topics interesting to the powder community.

The Conference will be held in Padova, at the Padova Congress Centre on behalf of AIC. It will be organized in synergy with ECM34, which will precede EPDIC18 in the same location.

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM GMT

Anticipating the physical characteristics and surface properties of a structure by analysing its chemical attributes can save significant costs and time within the pharmaceutical industry. CSD-Particle software allows formulation scientists to gain insights into particle behavior, rapidly analyse the mechanical and chemical properties of a crystal particle, and address potential manufacturing issues with its visual and statistical tools.

During the webinar, Andy Maloney (Particle Science Team Leader) will demonstrate:

• Different approaches to morphology prediction.
• Rapid particle description and analysis using CSD-Particle and the CSD Python API.

Who should attend:

• Crystallization scientists
• Formulation scientists
• Chemical engineers
• Crystallographers
• Solid form scientists
• Materials scientists

7th CrysAC workshop on "Bio-apatite, humans, archaeology, and environment"

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The workshop is the 7th in the series of very successful events organized by the IUCr commission on "Crystallography in Art and Cultural Heritage" (CrysAC), aiming to increase the interaction between crystallographers and different communities working in the area of Cultural Heritage.

This specific workshop focuses on several aspects of apatite crystal structure, crystal chemistry, and microstructure in materials of different nature. Apatite is an incredibly important compound for the geochemistry of phosphorus and for the biochemistry of modern and ancient bones. Its importance in medicine, archaeology, mineralogy, palaeoanthropology, environmental sciences can not be underestimated. The workshop gathers several of the leading experts in apatite investigation from very different research areas: it is expected that such a multi-disciplinary approch will critically present the state-of-the-art of apatite research, with benefit of all participants.