For the past three decades high pressure research has made breakthrough progress in many fields of science mainly due to the significant improvements in the high-pressure apparatus and developments of advanced static and dynamic probes. Most of the experiments at extreme conditions are very challenging and require dedicated techniques to collect crystallographic data with unprecedented speed and resolution to quantitatively characterize pressure/temperature induced transformations in the crystalline lattice. The tunability, brilliance, and collimation of synchrotron X-ray sources provides scientists with unique capabilities for probing the structural, chemical, and physical properties of various types of materials in-situ at extreme pressure, temperature, and strain with ultra-high spatial, temporal and energy resolution. However, in many cases the complex energy landscapes of multicomponent chemical systems require the use of the predictive power of computational methods that play an essential role in extreme-conditions crystallography coupled with physical experiments.

The purpose of the 2022 workshop of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) Commission on High Pressure is to bring together researchers who apply extreme-conditions crystallography in combination with other experimental and computational methods to study a wide range of material properties covering various fields of science, including condensed-matter physics, solid-state chemistry, geophysics, materials science, biology, nanotechnology etc. The workshop aims to facilitate extensive discussion and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Students, postdocs and early carrier scientists in particular will find this workshop helpful in gaining improved familiarity with available state-of-the-art methods and how they can be applied to their research.

We plan to organize a tour to the relevant APS beamlines for workshop attendees (pandemic permits) and a half-day tutorial with hands on examples.

Dear Colleagues,

It is our great pleasure to announce the 'IEEE Around-the-Clock Around-the-Globe (AtC-AtG) Magnetics Conference 2022', a virtual event hosted by the IEEE Magnetics Society covering the vast field of magnetism. Following the great success of the previous editions, this unique 24-hour non-stop virtual conference will take place on August 31st, 2022, with contributions from speakers spanning six continents.

The AtC-AtG Magnetics Conference offers a diverse and inclusive virtual environment that foments collaboration between junior and senior researchers across the many subfields of magnetism. The invited speaker lineup includes both junior and senior scientists with outstanding research contributions. More information can be found on the dedicated conference website.

Join us by registering through our website before 24th August!Â

Highlights:

 - Invited talks from leading experts in magnetism

 - Covers all continents and time zones

 - Interactive online broadcasting with questions and discussions

 - Student presentation and poster awards

 - NO REGISTRATION FEE

Call for Abstracts:

Abstract submission for the contributed talks at AtC-AtG Conference is now open! Young researchers are encouraged to submit abstracts (oral and poster) and join us on this fantastic platform to meet researchers worldwide!

The abstract template and submission form are available on our website. Submissions close on June 12th!

Looking forward to seeing you all connected!

Best Regards,

On behalf of the AtC-AtG Organization Committee (2022)

Subjecting matter to extreme conditions reveals a multitude of fascinating phenomena, and is applicable to a wide range of disciplines. From the extremophiles that exist in the deepest depths of our oceans to the exotic new materials that are made when atoms are pushed ever closer together, understanding the structure of materials at extreme conditions affects Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geoscience and Material Science. In order to achieve its goals, high pressure research has been always at the vanguard of technical progress. It is a discipline in which equipment plays a particularly important role. State-of-the-art diamond anvil cells can now achieve megabar ranges of pressure, millions of times atmospheric pressure, with this beaten by an order of magnitude in dynamic compression experiments. In this manner, scientists are able to mimic the conditions in the interiors of giant planets. Nature is even more ambitious, as in the stars petapascal pressures (the order of tens to hundreds billion atmospheres) are reached. In the laboratory, we can even create conditions of pressure, temperature and magnetic fields that are not found naturally, allowing us to complement nature to explore more exotic phases of matter.

Therefore, the course will cover broad ground in the application of extreme conditions crystallography. The topics will span from fundamentals of high-pressure single crystal and powder diffraction, to presenting the many flavors of static and dynamic compression, to reviews of sources for extreme conditions work (synchrotrons, neutrons and free electron lasers). Complementary experimental (Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray magnetic circular dichroism, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, inelastic scattering) and computational methods will also be discussed. Diffraction analysis on the structure of liquids, glasses and nanocrystalline materials as well as multigrain crystallography will also be introduced. The lectures will be harmonized with the related sessions of interactive tutorials, providing hands-on experience to the attendees. These workshops will be focused on basic laboratory skills and the elements of data processing software related to the high pressure.

Online lectures on materials science with scattering and diffraction

Start: 30/10/2020 03:30 PM End: 30/10/2020 04:30 PM

Location

Zoom online
see meeting join link below

Organized by: Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung and Diamond Light Source, UK

Please note the given time above is CET (UTC + 1).

Topic

Nanoscale magnetization distribution in nanoparticles

Presenter

Dr Sabrina Disch, University of Cologne, DE

Summary

Magnetic nanoparticles reveal unique magnetic properties which make them relevant for biomedical applications such as magnetic hyperthermia. Being intrinsic to nanomaterials, disorder effects crucially determine the magnetization properties and can thus also affect the heating performance of magnetic nanoparticles. In view of the technological relevance, it is therefore important to understand the nanoscale distribution of order and disorder within nanoparticles.

We use magnetic SANS to investigate the magnetization distribution and spin disorder within magnetic nanoparticles. In this talk I will give an introduction to the technique and present our most recent work on ferrite nanoparticles.

Registration fee

These lectures are free and can be attended via Zoom by to up to 100 attendees.

The lectures will be recorded as well, and (with permission of the presenter) will be made available online afterwards for a broader educational reach.

To participate, use the meeting join link here.

For further questions, please contact [email protected].

It is a great pleasure and honour to invite colleagues from academia and business, as well as young researchers and students from all parts of the world to attend the Materials Science Conference. The conference, scheduled from October 11-14, 2021 is organized by Prism Scientific Services in collaboration with The University of Queensland.

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The conference will underpin the need and importance of collaboration and cooperation by individuals from a wide range of professional backgrounds. Materials Oceania will bring together a multidisciplinary group of scientists and engineers from all over the world to present latest findings and to exchange their ideas. This in turn paves the way for further discoveries, which most often happen where disciplines and specialists meet and congregate. In fact the development of materials was, is and will be fundamental for all technological applications, and in the entire field of applied science targeting the improvement of quality of life for humanity. At the end of the materials conference, we hope that attendees will feel they have generated the most up-to-date information available.

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We hope that you will join us for a symphony of outstanding science, and to also take a little extra time to enjoy the spectacular and unique beauty of Brisbane City.

CNL's first Virtual Neutron Scattering School (VNSS)

November 30 until December 4, 2020

The curriculum covers a broad range of neutron scattering methods applicable to a variety of scientific areas, including magnetism, thin films, structural materials, and soft materials. The school is aimed at graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and early-career researchers with backgrounds in physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, biology, or mineralogy, with little or no prior knowledge of neutron scattering techniques.

Program

The School consists of morning lectures and afternoon interactive experimental simulation sessions.

Draft Program

Lectures

Lectures will be presented by national and international experts and will provide in-depth coverage of neutron scattering theory, methods, and applications. Several lectures will also illustrate applications of neutrons beyond neutron scattering, including materials irradiation and testing, isotope production, and boron neutron capture therapy.

Lecture topics will include:

• Properties of neutrons

• Basic theory of neutron scattering (elastic and inelastic)

• Powder diffraction

• Strain measurement and stress determination

• Crystallographic texture measurements and analysis

• Triple-Axis Spectroscopy (TAS)

• Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS)

• Neutron reflectometry

• Neutron imaging

• Advances in neutron instrumentation

• Application of neutron scattering (industrial, biological, surface sciences, and quantum materials)

• Other applications of neutrons beyond scattering (irradiation, nuclear forensics, isotope production and boron neutron capture therapy)

• Neutron sources (research reactors, spallation, and compact accelerator based)Â
  

Experimental Simulations

The afternoon experimental simulation sessions will cover several thermal-neutron scattering techniques to reinforce the concepts presented in the morning lectures. There will be ample opportunity to interact with experts and to learn first-hand how data are acquired and analyzed.

Simulation sessions will include:

• Powder diffraction (Monday)

• Reflectometry (Tuesday)

• Stress/strain/texture measurements and analysis (Wednesday)

• Inelastic scattering (Thursday)
  

Students will be able to attend all or only a selection of the lectures and simulations based on their interests and availability. We recommend the students to attend all the experimental simulation sessions to gain experience in these important neutron scattering methods.

Certificate of Attendance

A Certificate of Attendance will be issued to participants who attend ALL sessions. Course credit may be offered to students at the discretion of their educational institution. CNL staff will be able to register this training in CNL's online Learning Management System (LMS) using the Self-Reported Training feature.

Registration

There is no registration fee and the School is open to all. Space is limited and will be allotted on a first come-first served basis.

Registration is now open until October 30, 2020. Â

Contact us

Address further inquiries to school organizer Dr. Zahra Yamani ([email protected]).

Looking forward to (virtually) seeing you at CNL’s First Virtual Neutron Scattering School!

We introduce MIEZE, a variant of the spin-echo technique optimized for the study of dynamic processes in magnetic materials. We show how MIEZE can be applied to these materials with the help of several examples: fluctuations around the Curie point in iron, spin dynamics in paramagnetic Ho₂Ti₂O₇ and weak crystallization of fluctuating skyrmion textures in MnSi.

Presenter: Dr Johanna Jochum from Technical University Munich, Germany

Organized by Bundesanstalt fur Materialforschung und -prufung and Diamond Light Source, UK.

Each in this series of online lectures on scattering and diffraction is free and can be attended via Zoom by to up to 100 attendees.

The lectures will be recorded and (with permission of the presenter) will be made available online afterwards for a broader educational reach.

To participate, use the meeting join link here.

Topics

• Biomagnetism
• Carbon-based Materials and Molecular Magnetism
• Computational and Theoretical Magnetism
• Correlated Electron Systems
• Hard Magnetic Magnets
• High Frequency Spin Dynamics
• Nanoparticles
• Thin Films and Nanostructures
• Topological Materials for Spintronics
• Spintronics

• Condensed Matter Section (SKM)
  
  • Biological Physics
  • Chemical and Polymer Physics
  • Thin Films
  • Dynamics and Statistical Physics
  • Semiconductor Physics
  • Crystalline Solids and their Microstructure
  • Magnetism
  • with working group Magnetism
  • Metal and Material Physics
  • with working group Metal and Material Physics
  • Surface Science
  • Physics of Socio-Economic Systems
  • Low Temperature Physics
  • Vacuum Science and Technology
• Environmental Physics
• Working Group on Accelerator Physics
• Working Group on Equal Opportunities
• Working Group on Energy
• Working Group on Industry and Business
• Working Group "Young DPG"
• Working Group on Physics, Modern IT and Artificial Intelligence

The objective of this workshop is to bring together leading experts from the fields of topology and magnetism, to discuss recent and future developments as well as encourage interdisciplinary communication and boost the participation of young researchers.

Focus will also be given on synthesis and experimental characterisation (including neutron scattering).

Registration deadline: 30th September 2019

The European High Pressure Research Group (EHPRG) was established in the sixties of the last century to support a development of both the basic as well as the applied high pressure research by the annual meetings. To create a close contact of all the workers in scientific and technological high pressure disciplines, the wide scope of the EHPRG conferences is traditional and characteristic feature of these meetings. A relatively rapid increase of high pressure activities in almost all areas of Physics, Geosciences, Material Research, Chemistry and namely in Biosciences during the last decades demands a similarly rapid exchange of knowledge in high pressure research and technology.

The 2019 Advanced School of the Italian Society of Neutron Scattering (SISN), will be held at the campus of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra, Italy. The School, co-organized by SISN and JRC, is addressed at PhD students, post-doctoral research associates and early-career scientists interested in the study of magnetic correlations in condensed matter systems.

The Reimei workshop "New excitations in Spintronics 2019" is designed to bring together an international group of specialists, experimentalists and theoreticians, to explore recent results in the field. To remain at the forefront of the field, we will discuss possible future international collaborations involving researchers in universities and laboratories interested in both fundamental issues and industrial applications, with particular attention to opportunities at neutron sources.

The European Powder Diffraction Conference, EPDIC, is a biannual conference dedicated to all aspects of the analysis of polycrystalline materials by diffraction methods. Each EPDIC has the aim to highlight the latest developments in powder diffraction including methodology, data analysis and instrumental advances. EPDICs traditionally bring together scientists from institutes, universities and instrumentation companies to discuss the progress in academic and industrial research related to powder diffraction. The 17th edition of EPDIC (EPDIC17) will take place in the town of Šibenik, an emerging star of the Croatian Adriatic coast.

Shanghai International School on Crystallographic Groups and Representations, and Their Application in Magnetic-structure Descriptions and Topological-insulator Studies