Defining the Next Generation Challenges in Surface Chemistry and Surface Science

• Biological soft matter
  
• Colloids and interface
  
• Dynamics of complex fluids
  
• Functional materials
  
• Gels and hydrogels
• Liquid crystals
• Membranes
• Nano and microfluidics
• Nanomaterials
• Polymers
• Self-Assembly
• Self propelled particles
• Silk and silk-inspired materials
• Soft magnetic materials
• Soft materials
• Soft nanofabrication
• Surfactants & lipids

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Scientific Topics

• Semiconductor Materials and Devices
• Thin Films: Surface and Interface
• Nanofabrication, Nanotubes and Nanowires
• Photonic Devices and Sensors
• Organic Semiconductors and Devices
• Magnetic Semiconductors
• Biological Applications of Semiconductors
• Computational Methods Applied to Semiconductor Materials
• Other Related Topics

The 13th International Conference on Quasicrystals (ICQ13) will be held on 18-23 September 2016 in Kathmandu, Nepal. This is one of the series following the 1st workshop in Les Houches, France, the 2nd in Beijing, China, the 3rd Meeting in Vista-Hermosa, Mexico, the 4th Conference in St. Louis, USA, the 5th in Avignon, France, the 6th in Tokyo, Japan, the 7th in Stuttgart, Germany, the 8th in Bangalore, India, the 9th in Ames, USA, the 10th in Zürich, Switzerland, the 11th in Sapporo, Japan, the 12th in Cracow, Poland.

The ICQ13 offers an opportunity for researchers working on quasicrystals and related topics to exchange ideas and encourage collaborations with other research groups, hence promoting material science and engineering. It brings all the best scientists in the world to talk about the recent developments in the field. Abstracts are invited in all areas of research including (but not limited to) the following topics:

• Formation, growth and phase stability
• Structure and modeling
• Mathematics of quasiperiodic and aperiodic structures
• Physical properties: transport, magnetic, dynamical, mechanical etc.
• Surfaces and overlayers
• Applications and New Frontiers
• Metamaterials: polymer, macro molecules, photonic/phononic crystals, oxide etc.
• Related topics: incommensurate/modulated structures, metallic glass, complex metallic alloys, clathrate compound, clusters etc.

The school will take place July 30-August 13, 2016. The school will start at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN and will continue at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL after roughly one week. Students will be housed and transportation will be provided from lodging to the school. Lodging accommodations will be available starting July 30, 2016. Lectures and hands-on experiments will be held during normal working hours, but some experiments will be conducted during evening sessions. Social events will be arranged for participants.

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 Program

The program of the school focuses on the following areas:

• The fundamentals of the interaction of X-rays and neutrons with matter
• X-ray and neutron production and experimental instrumentation
• Theory and practical application of various X-ray and neutron experimental techniques
• Hands on experience gained through experiments at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR).

Lectures are given by prominent scientists drawn from universities, several national laboratories, and industry. Subjects for lectures include:

• Interactions of X-rays and Neutrons with Matter
• Neutron Generation and Detection
• Neutron Instrumentation
• X-ray Generation and Detection
• X-ray Instrumentation
• Single-Crystal and Surface Diffraction
• Powder Diffraction
• Inelastic Scattering
• Reflectivity
• Magnetic Scattering
• EXAFS
• Small Angle Scattering
• Diffuse Scattering
• Nuclear Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
• Coherent X-ray Scattering
• Amorphous Scattering

Experiments are led by the staff of the beamlines at the APS and the staff of SNS and HFIR. Students will be divided into groups and will do six experiments. Experimental areas include:

• Powder Diffraction
• Small Angle Scattering
• Reflectivity
• Inelastic Scattering
• Quasi-elastic neutron scattering
• Liquids and Amorphous Scattering
• Stress/Strain/Texture
• EXAFS
• Single Crystal Diffraction
• Magnetic Dichroism
• Coherent X-ray Scattering
• X-ray Microprobe

Topics

MASS TRANSFER

• Basics of diffusion
• Carburisation and Nitridation
• Internal precipitation
• Alloy heat treatment
• Particle growth and coarsening
• Microstructural and crystallographic texture evolution
• Reactive diffusion
• Phase transformations
• Multiphase diffusion systems
• Microelectronic and nanoscale systems
• Interfaces
• Diffusion in crystalline and amorphous materials
• Diffusion in porous media
• Surface oxidation and corrosion
• Phase diagrams
• Ad- and ab-sorption
• Diffusion coefficients
• Solute trapping at solid liquid interfaces
• Mathematical modelling
• Numerical methods
  
• Experimental methods
• Industrial applications

HEAT TRANSFER

• Mathematical modelling
• Numerical methods
• Experimental methods
• Industrial applications

MICROSTRUCTURE & PROPERTIES

• Mathematical modelling
• Numerical methods
• Experimental methods
• Industrial applications

NANODIFFUSION & NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS

• Nanomaterials
  
• Nanocomposites
• Biomaterials
  
• Industrial applications

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

• Solar
  
• Bio
  
• Hybrid
  
• Hydro
  
• Hydrogen
  
• Geothermal
  
• Wind

From November 16 to November 18, 2016, the international workshop GISAXS2016 will be held in Hamburg, Germany http://gisaxs2016.desy.de). It is a continuation of the very successful series of several international GISAXS workshops at DESY (in 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013) and the satellite conferences to the SAS conference series in Oxford (in 2009), in Kyoto (in 2012) and in Nice (in 2015). This workshop brings together different communities working in the field of thin films, nanostructures, surfaces and interfaces, to gain insights to the very powerful method of grazing incidence small angle X-ray scattering and related techniques. In keynote and invited lectures the possibilities and new trends in GISAXS and GISANS will be highlighted with a special emphasis on real-time investigations and data analysis. As in all the years, we expect about 100 participants from all over the world.

Keynote and invited lectures will highlight the possibilities and new trends in GISAXS and GISANS.

Poster sessions will allow for a profound discussion among the participants.

This workshop addresses students, experienced researchers, senior scientists working in the field of and exploiting the potentials of GISAXS and GISANS in the area of thin film technology.

The program is divided in two parts: Introductory lectures will be combined with expert lectures by leading expert's scientists of grazing incidence technology and application. In the second part of the workshop we will on hands-on GISAXS, namely on-line treatment and simulation of GISAXS data. Additionally, we will offer a visit to the new micro-and nano-focus beamline dedicated to GISAXS at the 3rd generation synchrotron radiation source PETRA III.

LEEM-PEEM is a biennial meeting reviewing the status of LEEM, PEEM, SPLEEM, XPEEM and related techniques. The meeting promotes and disseminates applications of cathode lens microscopy to a broad audience of interested scientists.

The workshop highlights the most recent scientific advances as well as instrumental developments. Topics will cover surfaces, thin films, organic films, surface chemistry, magnetism, time resolved methods, instrumental advances and novel applications of LEEM and PEEM to other subject areas.

VUVX2016 is the third conference following a merger of two long standing conference series â€" the International Conference on Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation Physics (last meeting was the 15th in that series, VUV-15 in Berlin, Germany in July 2007) and the International Conference on X-ray and Inner-shell Processes (last meeting was the 21st in that series, X-08 held in Paris in June 2008).Â

This international conference will bring together scientists from all over the world, working in fields involving electromagnetic radiation in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV), soft X-ray and hard X-ray spectral regions generated by synchrotron, laser, or plasma based sources. Topics to be covered range from instrumentation and methods development to applications in a variety of fields.

Topics

• New Sources: diffraction limited storage rings, free electron lasers, ultrashort pulse XUV lasers and X-ray tabletop sources
• Resonant elastic and inelastic X-ray scattering
• X-ray absorption spectroscopy incl. linear, circular and magnetic dichroism spectroscopy
• Photoemission (angle/spin/time resolved, soft X-ray, hard X-ray, resonant, etc.)
• Imaging with nanoscale resolution: X-ray microscopy, coherent diffraction imaging, scanning small-angle X-ray scattering etc.
• Coincidence spectroscopy
• Theory of X-ray spectroscopy and diffraction
• Advanced data analysis methods
• Time-resolved spectroscopy
• In situ and operando applications

Scientific Insights from Small-Scale Mechanical Behavior: From Nano-Materials to Nano-Mediated Bulk Response

Emerging Topics in the Behavior of Neat and Hybrid Polymer Materials

We are happy to announce VI-th National Crystallographic Symposium (NCS2016) that will be held on October 05-07, 2016, Sofia, Bulgaria.

As you may have already recognized this is will be the sixth "NCS" of the series started in 2009.

We have already started the preparation of the next issue of the conference (submitted manuscripts will be published in the journal “Bulgarian Chemical Communications”, a special issues due April 2017).NCS16 papers will also be online available in full text via the present platform.  You are warmly invited to come and join us!

NCS2016 is held under the auspices of BCS and is the major event on Crystallography, crystal growth, structure analyses and related techniques in Bulgaria. The Symposium aims at the applications of different crystallographic techniques in combination with other methods in the fields of materials sciences, mineralogy, biology, environmental engineering, computational methods etc. Bringing together researchers from different areas NCS16 will provide them with a high-qualified platform for them to share their latest studies and to assist further findings and collaboration.

With passionate participants from the world, NCS2016 Â would be perfect for you to present your research and find collaboration for your future work.