REXS 2013 - Workshop on Resonant Elastic X-ray Scattering in Condensed Matter

15-19 July 2013, Oxford, UK

This workshop aims to bring together experts in experimental and theoretical aspects of this vibrant science area, along with researchers who are new to the field, to discuss important recent results and the fundamentals of the techniques.

Building on the success of REXS11 (Aussois) the workshop will include an introduction to techniques, software for data analysis and modelling, the fundamental physics of resonant X-ray scattering and future directions, and its application to a broad range of science. Â The conference will start with a special student day at Diamond, and will provide introductory talks, a description of the terminology used for the meeting, and tutorials on the use of software for data visualization and modelling. Following the Student Day, a welcome reception and early registration will be held at Diamond Light Source with the option to take a tour of the facility. The main conference commences on Tuesday 16th July at the Medical Sciences Teaching Centre in Oxford.

The workshop will cover the study of light-induced processes in crystalline solids on timescales of hours to femtoseconds.

Topics

• Chemical reactions, linkage isomers, and photoinduced molecular excited states
• Experimental techniques used for in-house experiments at high intensity sources, at synchrotron beamlines, and at Free-Electron Laser sources
• New computational techniques for processing time-resolved data
• Interpretation of the results

The program will consist of lectures, software exercises, a poster session, and demonstrations. The workshop will open with a welcoming reception on the evening of Sunday, June 16th and close in the morning of June 20th.
Class size is limited to 45 participants. Registration deadline is April 1st or until the workshop is filled.

Organizing Committee

• Philip Coppens, general organization
• Elzbieta Trzop and Bertrand Fournier, software exercises
• Lisa Zimmerman, organization and facilities

International Advisory Committee

• Eric Collet, Professor, University of Rennes, France
• Masaki Takata, Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan

Resonant Elastic X-ray Scattering 2011

The proceedings of the REXS 2011 conference are now available as open access articles in European Physical Journal Special Topics 208.
The REXS 2011 conference is now over ! We hope you had a great time in Aussois!
The first conference dedicated to Anomalous or Resonant X-ray Scattering took place in Madrid in 1974, followed in 1992 by Malente conference (Hamburg, Germany, published as: "Resonant Anomalous X-Ray Scattering", by G. Materlik, C.J. Sparks & K. Fischer,North-Holland,1994). The aim was to bring together scientists using this novel technique specific to synchrotron radiation in a variety of fields.
20 years or so later, scientists of third generation synchrotrons intensively use this technique that opened to a broad range of applications such as magnetism and nanoscience. A need emerges of a school / conference with published synthesis that would set a similar milestone in condensed matter research. In order to favor scientific exchanges, we restrict the topics to elastic resonant scattering in condensed matter.
Aim of the conference: bring together young and experienced scientists from different fields in condensed matter to share their experience on the application of Elastic Anomalous/Resonant Small, or/and Wide Angle Scattering (including diffraction and reflectivity).
The conference will cover the following topics:

• Fundamentals of elastic resonant scattering
• Electronic correlations
• Magnetism
• Nanostructures
• Soft condensed matter, polymers and glasses
• Materials science and chemistry
• Instrumentation

3rd International School of Crystallisation

Granada, Spain, May 21st-25th, 2012

Introduction

The Laboratory of Crystallographic Studies (CSIC-UGR) organised the 3rd International School of Crystallization (ISC2012, http://www.iscgranada.org/) under the auspices of the International Union of Crystallography through the Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials Commission. The event took place in the Centre of the beautiful City of Granada, an ideal place to promote close scientific and social interactions between the attendees.Â
The School was aimed for postgraduate/postdoctoral students as well as research scientists from industry and academia that deal routinely with crystallisation processes but seek fundamental knowledge on the crystallisation phenomena and the behaviour of crystallising solutions. Students from all over the world were invited to learn from top quality international speakers, to hear case study presentations, to watch practical hands-on demonstrations, to participate in round table discussions and to present their research results in the purposely dedicated poster sessions.
ISC2012 covered five days of lectures and practical demonstrations related to the field of the crystallization of foods, drugs and agrochemical compounds, including dedicated sessions on polymorphism and mineral growth.

The Latin American Seminar of Analysis by X-ray techniques (SARX) is a meeting that takes place in the countries of Latin America, bringing together the best researchers in the world to promote the exchange of experiences in the development of science and technology, using X-ray techniques. Since 1997, SARX has taken place in many countries throughout Latin America, with researchers from around the world. The seminar is held every two years and the next will be in 2010, in Mexico. This year SARX 2010 will be organized by the Autonomous University of Puebla. The seminar will be held at the University Cultural Complex of the UAP in the city of Puebla, Pue., Mexico. SARX The 2010 organizing committee is pleased to invite you to participate in the event and join our group.

The symposium intends to bridge the gap between the available modern X-ray techniques and innovative materials research and it aims to foster the dialogue between the two communities. The active participation of many scientists and the high number of contributions to the previous edition of the symposium have demonstrated the great demand for such a forum within materials sciences.

Scope:

Great progress is currently being made in the application of X-ray methods to materials science due to an improved control of the space-time structure of the probing X-ray photons and the development of sophisticated experimental set-ups and data analysis schemes. Ever decreasing small areas like single grains from a polycrystal sample may be investigated by beam sizes in the µm range and below. Also studies on thin film growth, chemical reaction kinetics and other dynamical processes have become possible thanks to the availability of time-resolved radiation facilities. Great progress in source characteristics and X-ray instrumentation has enabled a new level in the quality of research.
Materials microstructure: X-ray diffraction and subsequent line profile analysis is the only non-destructive technique giving estimates of crystallite size, size distribution function, defects and microstrains; these all have a large impact on materials functionality. Moreover, X-ray diffraction has become one of the most powerful tools to study the structural properties of nanocomposites, which nowadays receive a great interest for their numerous potential applications.
Texture and residual stress both introduce pronounced anisotropy in the properties of polycrystals. The physical causes for these phenomena are intensively under discussion in the community and offer a pathway to improve our understanding of materials processing.
The availability of micron and sub-micron beams makes possible micro-diffraction and nano-spectroscopy with unprecedented resolution, which is important in nano and surface science as well as in many industrial and environmental issues. Furthermore, such small beams allow one to probe very small sample volumes under extreme conditions of pressure and temperature.
The coherence of synchrotron X-ray beams enables use of phase sensitive techniques. Phase imaging is providing new insight in structures which have limited, or similar, absorption contrast. The development of fast 3D imaging techniques with synchrotron radiation allows real time experiments for example in the field of metal solidification. Diffraction based imaging gives access to 3D crystallographic arrangements of grains in undeformed materials opening vast avenues of research.
Established techniques such as photoemission, absorption and diffraction are taking advantage of the properties of advanced synchrotron radiation sources by improving resolution and detection limits (e.g. in fluorescence X-ray absorption or trace element analysis applied to impurities, defects and dopants or surfaces).
X-ray Free Electron Laser sources are currently in construction in a number of laboratories world-wide. These sources will provide unprecedented possibilities in x-ray science and this symposium aims at discussing their application to materials science.
The proceedings of the symposium will be published in a special issue of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms by Elsevier.

The purpose of this symposium is to bring together materials scientists and specialists in x-ray and synchrotron radiation (SR) techniques to discuss new opportunities and recent developments. Emphasis will be put on advanced materials, nanostructures and thin films, new techniques, and cross-disciplinary studies. Attention will be given to the role of techniques in the study of materials’ issues in the field of energy and environment.

Scope:

X-ray techniques have increasing impact on the characterization of advanced materials, nanostructures, and thin films. In both laboratory-based instrumentation and synchrotron radiation, the sophistication and resolution of these methods has flourished. The sheer speed of progress and the present and future availability of advanced facilities make this an appropriate time to hold a workshop, the objective of which is to promote and encourage the interaction between scientists working on different aspects of X-ray characterisation and materials development, in order to address common challenges and to improve existing and novel techniques.
The topics covered include the materials microstructure; a field in which x-ray diffraction and subsequent line profile analysis is the only non-destructive technique, giving estimates of crystallite size, size distribution function, defects and microstrains. All these factors have a large impact on materials functionality. Moreover, x-ray diffraction has become one of the most powerful tools to study the structural properties of nanocomposites, which nowadays receive a great interest for their numerous potential applications. Texture and residual stress both introduce a pronounced anisotropy in the properties of polycrystals. The physical causes for these phenomena are intensively under discussion in the community, and offer a pathway to improve our understanding of materials processing.
The availability of micron and sub-micron beams makes both micro-diffraction and nano-spectroscopy with unprecedented resolution possible, important in many industrial and environmental issues. Furthermore, such small beams allow one to probe very small sample volumes under extreme conditions of pressure and temperature. The coherence of synchrotron x-ray beams enables an easy use of phase sensitive techniques. Phase contrast imaging is providing new insight in structures which have limited, or similar, absorption contrast. The development of fast 3D imaging techniques allows real time experiments for example in the field of metal solidification. Diffraction based imaging gives access to 3D crystallographic arrangements of grains in undeformed materials opening vast avenues of research. Full control of photon beam polarization has allowed the development of dichroism techniques, which are providing new information on magnetic materials. Established techniques such as photoemission, absorption, and diffraction are taking advantage of the properties of third generation sources, by improving resolution and detection limits (e.g. in fluorescence X-ray absorption or trace element analysis applied to impurities, defects, dopants and surfaces).Â
The proceedings of the symposium will be published in a special issue of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms.

Foreword

Following the success of the first African School and Workshop on X-rays in Materials, held in Dakar, in December 2005, we are organizing the second edition of the school-workshop.

Aims

The second conference aims at:

• Promoting the scientific cooperation between African researchers in the materials science area;
• Introducing the principal techniques of structural investigation of materials using X-rays, with particular attention to X-ray diffraction from powders and X-ray scattering from non-crystalline materials;
• Training young researchers on new investigation techniques of the materials structure, by means of practical exercises of X-ray data analysis on computer;
• Presenting the actual research advances on materials characterization using X-ray techniques.

Topics

• Radiation
• Matter interaction;
• Radiation sources;
• X-ray Scattering;
• Powder Diffraction;
• Rietveld method;
• Applications of XRD to Materials Science;
• Other techniques: X-ray Diffusion; X-ray absorption and photoemission spectroscopies and their applications to Materials Science.

Format

Besides the School program, participants will be given the opportunity to hold oral presentations as well as to contribute to a poster session. Special care will be taken to ensure time for questions and discussions, as well as to organize round tables on topics which will share a particular interest for the participants. The Conference will finish with a conclusive discussion amongst all attendees.

Participation

Scientists and students from African Countries that are members of the UN, UNESCO and IAEA can attend the School and Workshop. The official language of the School is English. Travel and subsistence expenses of the participants are borne by the home institutions. However, limited funds are available for some participants from the developing countries, who will be selected by the organizers on the basis of their curriculum vitae et studiorum. Such financial support is available only for those who attend the entire activity.

Purpose of the Course

The course main aim is to revise the state-of-the-art in design of new materials with properties of technological interest, to allow a faster progress towards the rational design of these materials in academia and industry. Besides, The course will attempt to establish a common language between disciplines that are not traditionally in close contact (materials chemistry, solid state reactivity, nanotechnology and biotechnology). The scientific programme is focused on the modelling, design, synthesis and applications of crystalline solids and on the methods to understand and to exploit the resulting collective properties. Top notch scientists will cover the most relevant aspects on molecule-based materials, and discuss frontier problems for applications in magnetism, conductivity and superconductivity, non-linear optics, drug delivery, bio- and nano-technology. The course aims mainly at showing the potential developments of molecule-based materials (magnetic, conducting, superconduction, non-linear optical, bioltechnological…) and to foster new lines of research aimed at the rational synthesis of these materials. An example is the increasing amount of structural research on fullerenes and their elongated (nanotube) derivatives, as they promise to play a major role in several areas of modern technology from medicine to molecular electronics and civil engineering; new molecule-based materials can also play a key role in electronics and computers; another example is lithium batteries and the importance of structure in their design, to satisfy the demand for reliable and safe high energy-high power tools by the medical, transportation, space and defense sectors.

The theme for the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Society For Biomaterials is “Pioneering the Future of Biomaterials”, a nod to the historical significance of our host city, Denver, Colorado, and a recognition of the pioneering spirit required to advance the scientific frontier.

The Annual Meeting focuses on fostering development of new implant materials and devices for improvement of the human condition. The meeting program will include the latest innovations in materials science, molecular and cell biology and engineering, new opportunities and mechanisms for translation of these findings to new or improved medical treatments, and engagement of attendees from industry and academia to accelerate the translation of research to clinical applications.Â

The meeting format will include Symposia, General Sessions, Workshops, Panel Discussions, and Tutorials, covering all aspects of basic, applied, and translational biomaterials science.

Programme

Outils de base : cours de mise à niveau facultatifs

• 1h : Brigitte Leridon : Â La seconde quantification
• 3h : Benjamin Canals :  Notions de base de théorie des groupes
• 3h : Marie-Bernadette Lepetit : Calculs ab initio pour les nuls (TP sur un code)

Concepts fondamentaux

• 2h : Marie-Bernadette Lepetit : De l’atome à la structure de bande en passant par les interactions magnétiques
• 2h : Marc Gabay : Des transitions de phases aux phénomènes critiques (aspets fondamentaux)
• 2h : Brigite Leridon : Supraconductivité conventionnelle (théorie BCS)
• 3h : Fabrice Bert : Magnétisme : états fondamentaux (FM, Ferri, AFM, PM), excitations élémentaires (ondes de spin)
• 2h : Béatrice Grenier : Cristallographie et techniques expérimentales associées
• 2h : Laurent Cario : Grandes classes de composés à propriétés électroniques remarquables

Cours avancés : Focuss

• 1h : Marc Gabay : Des transitions de phases aux phénomènes critiques (concepts avancés)
• 2h : Yann Gallais : Supraconductivité non conventionnelle
• 2h : Werner Paulus : Non stÅ"chiométrie, désordre et substittutions
• 1h : Julien Robert : Magnétisme avancé (liquide, verre, glaces de spin, frustration versus désordre)
• 2h : Ricardo Lobo : Les multiferroïques

Techniques d’investigation de la matière

• 1h00 : Pierre Bordet : Quelle technique expérimentale pour quelle information ?
• 1h30 : Marino Marsi : Dynamique ultrarapide étudiée par ARPES
• 1h30 : Sylvain Petit : Neutrons Inélastiques
• 1h30 : Vinh TaPhuoc : Conductivité optique (statique + résolue en temps)
• 1h30 : Andrei Rogalev : Sondes locales (Xanes Exafs XMCD)

Exposés d’ouverture

• 1h : David Carpentier : Isolants topologiques
• 1h : Nathalie Viart : Les méthodes de synthèse ou élaboration de matériaux.

AMN-7 is the seventh in our biennial series of meetings that focus on the latest research on advanced materials and nanotechnology. This event will continue the best traditions of previous events, which include a range of high-impact plenary presentations, cutting-edge invited and contributed talks, interactive poster presentations and convivial social events. The intimate scale of AMN conferences and the broad interests of fellow delegates offer many opportunities for networking and interdisciplinary discussions.

The venue of AMN-7 â€" the city of Nelson â€" has special significance for New Zealand science as it is the birthplace of Ernest Rutherford, the Nobel Prize winner for chemistry in 1908. The Rutherford Hotel will serve as the main conference venue.

The symposium aims at promoting the fundamental and applied studies on microporous, mesoporous, and layered materials. The scientific program will consist of plenary and keynote lectures, and oral and poster presentations. The Japan Association of Zeolite (JAZ) has organized a series of symposia as CMPC (Chemistry of Microporous Crystal) in 1990 (Tokyo), ZMPC1993 (Nagoya), ZMPC1997 (Tokyo), ZMPC2000 (Sendai), ZMPC2009 (Tokyo) and ZMPC2012 (Hiroshima)

Topics & Scope

The symposium aims at promoting the fundamental and applied studies on microporous, mesoporous, and layered materials. The major topics of the symposium will be:

• Mineralogy and Crystallography
• Synthesis
• Post-synthetic Treatment
• Characterization
• Ion Exchange
• Catalysis
• Adsorption and Diffusion
• Membranes and Films
• Computational Chemistry
• Layered Materials
• New Porous Materials
• Novel Applications
• Industrial Applications