Daejeon Convention Center, Daejeon, Korea

ICNS2017 will be the latest and largest international platform for sharing and exchanging recent advances in neutron scattering science. On behalf of our organizing committee, we cordially invite you to submit your research and join the exciting international conference.

Kiel, Germany

The German Conference on Neutron Scattering 2016 Deutsche Neutronenstreutagung DN2016 – offers a forum for the presentation and critical discussion of recent results obtained with neutron scattering and complementary techniques. The meeting will be held in Kiel from 20th to 22nd September 2016. It is organized on behalf of the German Committee for Research with Neutrons – Komitee Forschung mit Neutronen KFN – by the HZG and University of Kiel.

It offers the vibrant German and international neutron community an opportunity to debate topical issues in a stimulating atmosphere. Originating from “BMBF Verbundtreffen” – meetings for projects funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research – this conference series has a strong tradition of providing a forum for the discussion of collaborative research projects and future developments in the field of research with neutrons in general. Neutron scattering, by its very nature is used as a powerful probe in many different disciplines and areas, from particle and condensed matter physics through to chemistry, biology, materials sciences, engineering sciences, right up to geology and cultural heritage; the German Neutron Scattering Conference thus provides a unique chance for exploring interdisciplinary research opportunities. It also serves as a showcase for recent method and instrument developments and to inform users of new advances at neutron facilities.

The participation of young scientists is particularly welcome. Thanks to financial support from major German neutron centers, we are able to offer students a reduced conference fee and to award the prestigious “Wolfram Prandl Prize” for young investigators. We encourage young academics to submit oral contributions.

The official conference language is English.

Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht and University of Kiel

Grenoble, France

The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers working in different areas covering topics from rheology of complex systems, structure of liquids at solid-liquid interfaces, structure and dynamics of confined fluids and polymers. Particular interest will be devoted to research on transient structural reorientation of complex fluids in conjunction with the transient rheological material functions. Examples are time resolved small- and large-amplitude oscillatory rheology (SAOS and LAOS, respectively), start-up of flow, flow reversal, stress relaxation following steady shear, jump strain.

Important dates

• 01/03/2016 Confirmation of Invited Speakers
• 21/03/2016 Open contributions Submission & Registration
• 21/05/2016 Deadline for contributions submission
• 21/06/2016 Communication of accepted contributions
• 05/07/2016 End of early bird registration
• 01/09/2016 End of registration

ILL, FZ Juelich ICS-3 and ETH-Zurich

Grenoble, France

The 4th International Soft Matter Conference (ISMC 2016) will be held at the Alpexpo Alpes Congrès in Grenoble, France from 12-16th September 2016. Three previous conferences were held in Aachen (2007), Granada (2010) and Rome (2013), and brought together up to 800 experimentalists and theorists working in the Soft Matter field. The conference covers both the fundamental and applied aspects of Soft Matter and Complex Systems. Local organisers of ISMC2016 include scientists from the large-scale facilities ILL and ESRF as well as from the Grenoble University and other research organisations such as CEA, CNRS, and INPG in Grenoble.

Further details are available at URL www.ismc2016.org or can be obtained by e-mail: info@ismc2016.org

Sep 8 in Potsdam and Sep 9 at Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin / Germany

The 7th workshop on Inelastic Neutron Spectrometers WINS 2016 will be held on September 8, 2016 in Potsdam and on the 09.09.2016 at Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin / Germany as a satellite of Quasielastic neutron scattering conference. Workshop series has been launched in 2004 in Tokai by the J-PARC team and was a continuing effort to further innovations in neutron spectrometer design. The workshop will cover innovative aspects of the instrument design as well as reports on progress of spectrometer projects. Special emphasis will be given development of sample characterization such as polarization, magnetic field, pressure. Software for data acquisition, analysis and instrument simulation will be also part of the agenda. Participation of the young scientist is particularly welcome.

Workshop topics:

• Compact Sources
• Status of instrument projects
• Development and design of new instruments, methods and components
• Software

Important dates:

Registration open: 15 January 2016
Deadline for submission: 30 April 2016
Abstract acceptance, Notification to authors: 15 June 2016
Early registration: 30 June 2016

Kutschstall (Le Manège) Potsdam, Am Neuen Markt 9, 14467 Potsdam, GERMANY

Established in Windsor in 1992 the conference series aims to bring together newcomers and experienced scientists to share the latest developments in the investigation of the dynamics phenomena in materials using quasi-elastic neutron scattering. Distinct strength of quasielastic neutron spectroscopy is the ability to deliver direct information in both space and time (10-12 – 10-6 s), while other spectroscopic probes are either local (such as hyperfine field methods) or macroscopic in the spatial dimension (such as light scattering). The high data rates and new instrumental capabilities of modern spectrometers open up new opportunities for systematic, in situ and kinematic investigations. Direct neutron spectroscopic measurements in the space and time domain allow us to benchmark and validate molecular dynamic model calculations forming a very powerful tool in exploring nanoscale dynamics and functionality. Modeling, either to deeper understanding of experimental data, or in the prediction of new materials and phenomena will be, therefore, part of the conference program

The topics of the conference will include dynamics phenomena in:

• Hydrogen and gas storage systems
• Batteries, supercapacitors, fast ionic conductors and electrolytes
• Catalyses
• Semiconductors
• Materials for solar cells
• Thermoelectrics
• Ionic liquids
• Water and liquids
• Ferrielectrics and ferroelectrics
• Quantum magnets
• Highly correlated electron system
• Superconductors

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH

Juelich and Garching/Munich

Juelich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) is happy to announce that application is open for the 20th Laboratory Course Neutron Scattering taking place September 5-16, 2016 in Juelich and Garching/Munich, Germany.

The course will consist of one week of lectures and exercises and one week of practical training at the neutron scattering facilities of Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum MLZ. It is the aim of the course to give a realistic insight into the experimental technique and its scientific power.

Students of physics, chemistry, material science and biosciences are invited to apply for participation. There is no tuition fee. Accommodation and meals during the course will be provided by JCNS.
Travel expenses will be reimbursed within reasonable limits.

Deadline for application is May 29, 2016.

Forschungszentrum Jülich in cooperation with RWTH Aachen and WWU Münster

Garching, Germany

In 1966 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz proposed the idea of neutron backscattering for achieving high energy resolution in neutron spectroscopy. This concept was successfully implemented and continuously developed at many neutron sources worldwide.

On the occasion of its 50th Anniversary a workshop will be held at the research campus of Garching near Munich on 2nd and 3rd September 2016.

The organizers would like to cordially invite you to attend this workshop which will present both a historical overview and perspectives for neutron backscattering spectroscopy in the future.

ILL, ISIS and the MLZ

Basel, Switzerland

ECM-30 will be a four-day vibrant and intensive scientific meeting with many learning opportunities in every current aspect of crystallography. In addition, there will be a Young Crystallographers meeting, workshops and user meetings, lunch meetings, and a social programme, which will allow scientists from all over Europe and the world to meet, connect and exchange.

European Crystallography Association and Swiss Society for Crystallography

Repino, Russia

The novel format of the RACIRI Summer School is driven by scientific frontier themes and challenges in the field of materials sciences with a strong connection to the superb analytical potential at current and future research infrastructures (synchrotron radiation, X-rays and neutrons) in the Baltic region.

The RACIRI Summer School is held every year under a special focus theme. Its venue rotates annually among the three partnering countries.

The first RACIRI Summer School was organized 2013 in Petergof, Russia. Focus theme: “Soft Matter and Nano Composites”.

The second RACIRI Summer School was held from 24-31 August 2014 in the Stockholm area, Sweden, under the focus theme “Imaging with X-rays and Neutrons in Life and Materials Sciences”.

The third RACIRI Summer School was held during 22-29 August 2015 in Sellin, Island of Rügen, Germany. Its focus theme: “Time-resolved and In-situ Studies of Materials: Basics and Applications”.

Currently, the fourth RACIRI Summer School is being prepared. RACIRI 2016 will take place in Repino near Saint Petersburg, during 21-28 August 2016. You will find more information on RACIRI 2016 soon on this website. This year´s focus theme: “Convergent Sciences and Technology for the Society”.

New deadline for application: 15 June 2015 (German institutions).
Call for application for participants from German institutions.

Bielefeld University, Germany

Bunsen Discussion Meeting on

Neutrons in Chemistry

at Bielefeld University 2016

25.07. – 27.07.2016

More on the website.

Bad Reichenhall, Germany

This conference covers major topics of neutron analytics for energy research like energy storage and transformations (including batteries, fuel cells, electrolysis, H2-storage, thermoelectrics, and magnetocalorics), solar energy applications, catalysis, as well as engeneering and industrial applications. In addition methological instrument developments are an important contribution to enhance the energy research with neutrons.

It is addressed to scientists from all fields using neutron scattering as an analytical tool for the characterization, development and optimization of materials for energy applications.

MLZ

Munich (Freising), Germany

PNCMI is the most comprehensive conference on the latest scientific research using polarised neutrons and on related instrumentation development. The topics will include

• Multiferroic and chirality

• Strongly correlated electron systems, including superconductors

• Frustrated and disordered systems

• Magnetic nanomaterials

• Molecular magnetism

• Thin films and multilayers

• Soft matter and biology

• Imaging

• Polarized neutron instrumentation

• Polarized neutron techniques and methods, including nuclear polarisation, Larmor techniques, and depolarisation methods

• Complementary techniques (NMR, XMCD, …)

• Neutron scattering facilities

More detailed information (abstract submission and registration deadlines, conference fee, etc.) will be available soon.

Juelich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS), Forschungszentrum Juelich

Sydney, Australia

ICRS-10 (2016) continues a series of essential conferences on the prediction, evaluation and control of residual stresses in materials. Equal emphasis is given to the measurement, modelling and application of residual stress data.

Both engineering and scientific aspects of residual stress are considered, including: the influence of residuals stress on the physical and mechanical properties of materials; complementary techniques for residual stress measurement; stress-induced damage evaluation; and numerical techniques for the prediction of residual stress development in components.

The key ICRS-10 dates are:
Abstract submission: 1 March 2016
Abstract acceptance: 15 March 2016
Early registration: 1 April 2016
Full registration: 1 June 2016
Manuscript submission: 1 July 2016.

ANSTO

Radisson Blu Resort Split, Croatia

The DSL conference has as its aim to create a binding platform for scientists, researchers, those in industry, laboratories as well as students to network, learn more and share their knowledge. Furthermore, it will provide new insights in overcoming the current challenges which are faced by academics and industrialists related to diffusion in its many areas.

Vacation Centre “Les Bruyères”, Carcans-Maubuisson, Gironde, France

The Bombannes summer school is devoted to the practical «state-of-art» approach to scattering methods, using neutrons, as well as X-ray and light sources – today’s key techniques to study structure and dynamics in systems containing colloids, polymers, surfactants and biological macromolecules. Since 1990 the Bombannes school series introduces, on a fundamental level, the current methodology of static and dynamic scattering techniques and their applicaiton to soft matter systems. It provides with a period of 2 years advanced training for young researchers with a working place in European laboratories at post-graduate and post-doctoral level.

ILL

Bari, Italy

Started in 1991, EPDIC is the only European Conference completely dedicated to all aspects of the analysis of polycrystalline materials by diffraction methods.

The aim of the Conference is to highlight the latest developments and achievements in the methodological, applicative and instrumental fields of powder diffraction.

EPDIC15 will be a great forum that brings together scientists and instrumentation companies to discuss about progress in academic and industrial research related to powder diffraction.

Institute of Crystallography-CNR of Bari

Lund, Sweden

Following the success of the previous meetings in Sydney, Delft and Paris, the fourth Neutrons & Food meeting will be held in Lund, Sweden from 31st May to 2nd June 2016.

The call for abstracts is now open! Please submit your abstracts at http://www.neutronsandfood.org

Important Dates:

• Abstract Submission Deadline : April 29th 2016
• Registration Opens : March 15th 2016
• Registration Closes : May 15th 2016

This biennial series of meetings aims to bring together scientists and technologists from the food science community with those expert in the application of scattering methods. Since the first meeting in Sydney, the subject matter has expanded beyond neutron scattering to include other scattering and radiographic methods. This year we will be incorporating a session dedicated to the final meeting of the project “New X-ray Imaging Modalities for High Quality and Safe Food lead by Robert Karup Feidenhans’l from Copenhagen University.

We welcome participants and contributions from the wider community of food science and product development, food packaging, and nutrition, as well as scattering.

The construction of two new large scale facilities in Lund – namely MaxIV Laboratory and the European Spallation Source – will open new opportunities for application of synchrotron and neutron techniques in food science.

This year’s meeting is also held in conjunction with the Swedish Neutron Scattering Society meeting (30th – 31st May) and we have a joint keynote speaker – Prof. John White from ANU – on the morning of the 31st May.

There will be a tour of the MaxIV Laboratory – due to have first light in June this year – and the ESS construction site on the afternoon of the 31st May.

Nylander, Jackson, Feidenhans’l, Loren, Heyles

Bordeaux, France

The first edition of the Sustainable Energies and Neutron Scattering – SENS2016 – will be organized at Bordeaux from the 30th of May to the 1st of June. SENS2016 conference aims at highlighting topical scientific activities in the investigation of energy relevant systems using neutron scattering and to generate new applications. The SENS conference will give the opportunity for reinforcing the bridges between the neutron experts and the energy communities.

The conference programme will include 5 main topics : Fuel cell and electrolysers, Gas storage, Bioenergy, Solar energy, Batteries.

You are very welcome to submit your abstract via http://sens2016.sciencesconf.org.

DEADLINE: March 14th, 2016

Lund, Sweden

This year’s annual meeting of the Swedish Neutron Scattering Society, SNSS will be held in Lund on 30th – 31st May.

The Swedish Neutron Scattering Society (http://snss.se) is a voluntary, non-profit organization of scientists working with neutron scattering and with the aim to promote and enlarge the community in particular in new areas of science. The ongoing construction of two major research facilities in Lund European Spallation Source (ESS) and the Max IV synchrotron are both central for advancing several scientific fields and also open up new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration.

Speakers & Programme

Confirmed keynote speakers :

• Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, Birmingham University
• Prof. Matt Helgeson, UC Santa Barbara
• Prof. John White, The Australian National University

The preliminary programme can be found here. The sessions in the final programme will reflect the topical areas of the contributed talk submissions received.

Important Dates

Abstract Submission Deadline : April 29th 2016

Registration Opens : March 15th 2016

Registration Closes : May 15th 2016

Registration

The registration fee is 60€ and includes lunch on 30th and 31st and dinner on the 30th.

Neutrons & Food 2016

The meeting is planned as a lunch-to-lunch meeting, organised back-to-back with the Neutrons and Food 2016 Conference. On the afternoon of 31st May the two meetings will be bridged with a tour of the ESS site and a Max IV visit. The goal is to encourage further engagement of the Swedish scattering community with the food science community and we encourage you to join use for the following meeting.

You can find out more about the Neutrons and Food 2016 Conference on the Indico page here.

Andrew Jackson (ESS & Lund University), Tommy Nylander (Lund University)

Istanbul, TURKEY

The purpose of the workshop is to provide a public forum for researchers
from academia, defence, government and industry to present, exchange ideas and discuss developments in Theoretical and Applied Physics.

Institute Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France

Scientific scope:
FPSchool aims to contribute to the training of scientists in treatment of X-ray and neutron diffraction data. The school is based on intensive hands-on sessions using the computer programs of the FullProf Suite. The 9th FPSchool session will take place at the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble from 9 to 14 May 2016(*). The lectures and tutorials will give the essential tools necessary for an efficient use of the FullProf Suite at intermediate level. In addition to the overview of general applications (indexing, Rietveld refinements), magnetic structure determination and refinement will specifically be addressed along the school.

Lectures:
The school lasts 4.5 days: 2 days dedicated to have a general overview of FullProf Suite as well as to general applications, plus 2 days dedicated to the analysis of magnetic diffraction data. For the practical sessions, participants should bring their own computers with FullProf Suite already installed.

Participants:
The school is aimed at PhD students and experienced scientists with a basic knowledge on diffraction techniques and crystallography. As usual, among the participants there will be a mix of different levels of experience in using FullProf. It is recommended, to those who consider themselves as beginners, to read the FullProf manual in advance and even try to follow any of the online tutorials.
The maximum number of participants is limited to 30, which ensures the quality of the given training. The selection of candidates is based on the motivation letter and CV (plus a recommendation letter from the thesis supervisor for PhD students). If necessary, a criterion of balance between laboratories and countries is applied. For information, the acceptance rate is about 1:3.

(*) Note that there is an optional excursion organised on Saturday 14th May, so you may need to do your travel arrangements in order to stay an extra day.

Important deadlines:

• 01/03/2016 Opening online application
• 27/03/2016 Deadline for application
• 04/04/2016 Decision for accepted participants
• 25/04/2016 Deadline for registration

Institute Laue-Langevin

Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK

A 1-day meeting that will focus on state-of-the-art applications of SANS across a range of Soft Matter systems, and the future scientific opportunities that will come from new facilities, new instruments, and technical advances.

The meeting will also celebrate the retirement of Dr Richard K Heenan, principal scientist in SANS at ISIS and author of the FISH model-fitting software.

Society of the Chemical Industry and the Royal Society of Chemistry, with support from the Institute of Physics and the STFC ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source

Lille, France

The symposium aims at presenting and discussing the state of the art materials science investigations at the nanoscale on timely topics with a particular emphasis on the contribution of large scale facilities including synchrotrons, neutron sources and free electron lasers. Studies considering oxides will be particularly welcome. Additional attention will be given to the role of techniques in the study of materials issues in the field of energy and environment.

This meeting will be devoted to recent advances in materials studies realized at large scale facilities. In addition to the invited lectures additional extended oral presentations will be selected from outstanding submitted oral contributions.

We are delighted to invite you to submit your abstract (deadline January 15th) and start planning your venue in France.

DESY, CEA, SRRS

Carqueiranne (Var, France)

The French Neutron Society (SFN) organises with the Institut Laue Langevin and the Laboratoire Léon Brillouin neutron facilities the 24th “Neutron Diffusion Meeting”.

This multidisciplinary workshop (traditionnally entitled “Rencontres Rossat-Mignod”) will be dedicated to new results, obtained using neutron scattering techniques, in various scientific domains representative of the whole neutron users community.

Four sessions will be organised, in Magnetism, Soft Matter and Environment, Condensed Matter, and Biology. Each session will be introduced by an invited talk, which will be followed by a series of shorter oral communications. A Poster session, encompassing all the scientific topics cited above, and an Instrumentation session, will also take place.

Abstracts for oral presentations should be sent by e-mail before March 2nd, 2016.

SFN and ILL

Budapest KFKI Campus of Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Application deadline: 20th March

We are welcoming PhD and master students, post-doc scientists as well as newcomers to the neutron research from the field of structural research in physics, chemistry, biology, material science etc.

The training consists of 5 days of lectures and experimental works.

Available instruments
Small Angle Neutron Scattering (YS)
Reflectometer (GINA)
Triple Axis Spectrometer (TAS)
Neutron Diffractometer (ND)
Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis and Neutron Induced Prompt Gamma-ray Spectroscopy Station (PGAA/NIPS-NORMA)

Grants are available.

Budapest Neutron Centre

Fethiye-Ölüdeniz (Blue Lagoon), Turkey

ICSM2016 is now accepting abstract submissions for oral and poster presentations. The deadline is November 27, 2015.

This is the fifth edition of the international series of foremost and unique conferences. ICSM2016 will be an interdisciplinary forum for fruitful exchange of knowledge on the latest experimental results and theoretical advances in superconductivity. Magnetism, innovative advanced materials, their applications incorporating related technologies.

Very distinctive and high profile invited speakers including potential Nobel laureates will participate at the conference and deliver talks on their most recent research advancements.

ICSM2016 offers a unique traditional hospitality and a renewed enthusiasm for the profession, which will envelope you throughout your stay in a truly world-class scientific event. You may keep updated at the website for further information on the conference.

Paraninfo Building of the University of Zaragoza, Spain

SCTE provides a forum for discussion on fundamental and applied research in the areas of solid state chemistry, physics and materials science of compounds containing d- and f- elements. The SCTE conference has always been promoted by the individuals forming the International Honorary and Advisory Committees.

The proceedings of the SCTE2016 will be published in a special issue of SOLID STATE PHENOMENA by TRANS TECH PUBLICATIONS, commemorating the 20th edition of the SCTE conference. A copy of the proceedings and web access to the papers will be granted to all registered participants.

The scope of the Conference includes the following Topics:

• Processes and syntheses
• Crystal chemistry
• Phase equilibria and phase transitions
• Thermodynamics
• Magnetic, electrical and optical properties
• Electronic phenomena at the crossover from localized to itinerant electronic behavior in solids
• Theory, “ab initio” methods, electronic structure, chemical bonding
• Physical and chemical properties at the nanometric scale: nanoparticles, films, interfaces
• Synchrotron radiation and neutron scattering in research on transition element compounds
• Materials for industry

and Materials:

• Intermetallic compounds
• Strongly correlated electron systems
• Multiferroic and magnetoelectric systems
• Topological quantum matter
• Magnetocalorics, thermoelectrics
• Multifunctional materials
• Molecular solids: molecular magnetism, MOFs, spin crossover
• Materials for energy storage: compounds for hydrogen storage, batteries and fuel cells
• Novel superconducting materials, ruthenates, iron pnictides and oxide pnictides
• Materials for high frequency applications
• Disordered, inhomogeneous and frustrated materials

SCTE 2016 will present plenary and invited lectures by leading Scientist, keynote and oral talks, and poster presentations.

Abstract submission deadline: January 18th, 2016

CSIC, ICMA, Uni. Zaragoza

UK

Mantid Training Courses April 2016
Following the success of our previous sessions of these training courses we would like to offer them again in April 2016. These courses are open to both facility staff and any interested people from other institutions.

The following courses will be based at ISIS, RAL and are:

Wednesday 6th April 1-5pm: Mantid Introduction

An introduction to the Mantid interface, how to graph and visualize your data, manipulate it with the built in algorithms, together with an introduction to curve fitting and live data analysis.

Thursday 7th April 9-12am: Introduction to Python

This half day course will introduce you to the Python scripting language, no previous experience required, although some understanding of loops and conditional (if .. then) logic will be expected.

Thursday 7th September 1-5pm: Python in Mantid

This course concentrates on using Python to build analysis scripts within Mantid as well as controlling the Mantid GUI from python, and accessing the underlying data within Mantid workspaces.

Friday 8th September 9-5pm: Extending Mantid using Python

For the more adventurous among you this full day course will introduce you to the many ways you can use Python to extend the capabilities within Mantid adding Python Algorithms and curve fitting functions, as well as diving deeper into the structure of workspaces.

Booking a place
If you are interested in any other these courses please send an email to nick.draper@stfc.ac.uk letting me know which courses you wish to attend. For the courses we will supply PCs, so there is no need to bring a laptop unless you really want to. Spaces are limited to 20 people per course so please book early to avoid disappointment. If a course is over booked we will try to arrange another session in the future, so if you cannot make that specific date let me know and I’ll let you know about any subsequent courses.

I’ll send out calendar appointments to you once your place on the course is booked.

Next run of these courses
The specific dates of the next run has not been fixed yet, but we expect to run these courses again in roughly 6 months.

For visitors from UK academic institutions:

We are sometimes able to offer assistance with travel and lodging costs while attending the courses. Let me know when you are booking the courses and I’ll get back to you with details. If we are able to help, then you travel and hotel must be booked through the ISIS user office.

For visitors from elsewhere:

While we can offer this course for free, we cannot unfortunately offer any help with travel or subsistence costs. However please let me know that you will be visiting when you reply so that I can arrange site access.

European XFEL, Hamburg, Germany

The 2nd Meeting of the European User Offices will be held in Hamburg on 5-6 April 2016. The meeting will be co-hosted by the User Offices of DESY Photon Science, EMBL Hamburg and European XFEL. In recent times, the user research administration landscape in Europe has been evolving very quickly, in a very complex funding situation. In addition, new facilities are under construction or coming into operation and a number of established facilities have gone or are going through upgrade programmes. Due to the increasing number of users of large-scale research facilities, all this has potentially a large impact on photon and neutron science output in Europe. In this framework, a strong network among User Offices can be very productive for all participants. After a successful first meeting at ALBA in Barcelona in November 2014, the 2nd Meeting of the European User Offices will be another useful opportunity for exchanging information and experiences on present and upcoming common challenges relevant to user operation at large-scale synchrotron, FEL and neutron facilities.

DESY, EMBL, XFEL

Sheffield, UK

Abstract submission for Magnetism 2016 is now open. Abstracts of up to 200 words and one figure will be accepted until the (extended) deadline of Friday 22nd January 2016.

A mixture of invited talks and submitted contributions will allow the breadth of magnetism research in the UK and RoI to be presented. Participation from outside UK/RoI and from industry is also encouraged. The conference has previously included oral sessions on a range of subjects including spintronics, domain walls, dynamics, vortices, skyrmions and topological systems, spin ice, biological and organic magnetism, superconductors, magnetocalorics and ab initio theory.

We are encouraging abstracts submitted in the areas of Thin films and nanostructures, Correlated electrons, Biological and organic materials, Computational magnetism and General magnetism.

Key dates:
Abstract submission deadline: 22 January 2016
Early registration deadline: 3 March 2016
Accommodation deadline: 21 March 2016
Registration deadline: 24 March 2016

IOP Magnetism Group

Regensburg, Germany

The workshop is designed for motivated PhD students and Post-doc in the field of Colloid and Interface science. The major objective is to discuss modern surface analytical tools that increased our understanding of fluid interfaces. Selected surface analytical tools are presented in tutorial review style by scientists using these techniques in their daily research. The information is then discussed and deepened in small workgroups on the basis of problem sheets. The interaction and active discussion of the participants is a crucial element of our workshop.

University of Regensburg

Erice (Italy)

ERICE School “Neutron Science and Instrumentation” 2nd Course

XIV School of Neutron Scattering (SoNS) “Francesco Paolo Ricci”

Designing and Building a Neutron Instrument

Application is now open for “Designing and Building a Neutron Instrument” – the 2nd Course within the Erice School “Neutron Science and Instrumentation” and the XIV School of Neutron Scattering (SoNS) “Francesco Paolo Ricci”. Application deadline: 1 March 2016

The School is normally highly oversubscribed, so we encourage applicants to apply early, as late applications will not be accepted. The 2016 Course focuses on the design and construction of neutron instruments for large-scale facilities. In addition to lectures on theory, sources, and neutron instrumentation, students will be tutored by world leading experts in the various neutron scattering techniques. Students will be organized into groups which will design and “build” a neutron instrument during the week. The course thus includes instrument design, as well as instrument project management activities, at the end of which each student will have an overview of the process of designing and building a neutron instrument. Students are selected for the course based on their need to utilize neutron instrument design and construction project techniques as part of their present and/or future research activities.

The school is aimed at young instrument and development scientists, engineers, and designers at international and national neutron facilities, although graduate students or postdocs at universities with an interest in neutron instrument projects would also be welcomed.

Ettore Majorana Foundation

Lund, Sweden

On March 7th, a joint communications meeting between the communications officers of BrightnESS and SINE 2020 will take place at ESS in Lund.

Universität Regensburg, Germany

DPG Frühjahrstagung (Spring Meeting) of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM) with the divisions and working groups:

• Biological Physics
• Chemical and Polymer Physics
• Dielectric Solids
• Thin Films
• Dynamics and Statistical Physics
• Semiconductor Physics
• Magnetism
• Metal and Material Physics
• and the working group Metal and Material Physics
• Mikroprobes
• Surface Science
• Physics of Socio-Economic Systems
• Low Temperature Physics
• Environmental Physics
• Vacuum Science and Technology
• Crystallography
• Working Group Equal Opportunities
• Working Group Industry and Business
• Working Group Energy
• Working Group Information
• Working Group young DPG
• Working Group Physics and Disarmament

Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V. (DPG)

Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany

The school program consists of three days of lectures giving a theoretical introduction to the fundamentals of neutron scattering and the principles of various neutron scattering techniques. After the lectures, there will be three and a half days of hands-on experiments on seven different neutron scattering instruments. The students will be divided into groups of four to five people from similar subject areas and will do triple-axis spectroscopy, powder diffraction, small angle scattering, reflectometry, time-of-flight spectroscopy, tomography and residual stress analysis under the guidance of experienced scientists. Furthermore, there will be a students’ poster session which will give the students the opportunity to present their work and discuss with the HZB scientists how neutron scattering could benefit the
ir research. – The school will finish with lectures on how to use neutron scattering as a tool for research in the areas of biology, chemistry, engineering and physics etc. This course is part of the curriculum of the Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences at the Technical University Berlin.

HZB

Jülich, Germany

Memristive phenomena combine the functionalities of electronic resistance and data memory in solid-state elements, which are able to change their resistance as a result of electrical stimulation in a non-volatile fashion. In nanoelectronics, this functionality can be used for information storage and unconventional logic, as well as neuromorphic computing concepts that are aimed at mimicking the operation of the human brain.

A multitude of fascinating memristive phenomena has emerged over the past two decades. These phenomena typically occur in oxides and higher chalcogenides and are one of the hottest topics in current solid-state research, comprising unusual phase transitions, spintronic and multiferroic tunneling effects, as well as nanoscale redox processes by local ion motion. They involve electron correlation, quantum point contact effects and exotic conformation changes at the atomic level.

PGI, JCNS, ICS, IAS

47th IFF Spring School Flyer

Potsdam, Germany

Based on with the successful events held in 2012 and 2014 in Potsdam the scope of this conference is to provide an interdisciplinary platform for the discussion of novel developments and trends in the field of bio-inspired materials research. Accordingly, the whole spectrum of biological materials will be covered. Topics will encompass the formation mechanisms as well as the characterization of complex-shaped and hierarchically structured multifunctional materials present in living nature. Based on this, a further key topic will be the consideration of these architectures as archetypes for the generation of novel functional materials with an expanded property spectrum. We invite you to submit your contributions with regard to materials synthesis and design inspired by biological principles and structures. The conference will address Bio-inspired materials based on organic and/or inorganic phases including their mechanical, optical, electronic and magnetic properties as well as actuated systems. Further discussions will be dedicated to materials, which display their function in contact with biological systems, e.g. tissues. Moreover, theoretical modelling of the formation, structure and properties of biological and bio-inspired materials will play a main role.

FZ Auditorium, Forschungszentrum Jülich

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS), ceremonial addresses and a scientific lecture will be held on Wednesday, 17th February, 2016. Friends and associates of the JCNS are cordially invited to attend this event.

Neutron physics has continued to play an important role in Jülich ever since the foundation of the former nuclear research centre 60 years ago. Prior to the shut-down of the Jülich research reactor FRJ-2 (“DIDO”), the JCNS was founded in February 2006 as a distributed neutron research centre without its own neutron source. For the last ten years, JCNS has successfully developed and operated world-class neutron scattering instruments at the best neutron sources worldwide, thus providing access to state-of-the-art experimental facilities in neutron science for both German and international user communities.

JCNS in-house research focuses on correlated electron systems and nanomagnetism as well as soft matter and biophysics. Neutrons for energy is soon to become a third pillar of research. In these areas of expertise, JCNS offers external users expert support on world-class instruments with a specialized sample environment and ancillary laboratory access.

Forschungszentrum Jülich

Lindner Congress Hotel Düsseldorf and Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

The IKON meetings are a regular forum centered around the design and construction of the ESS neutron instruments and their associated support facilities.

By bringing together current and future partners, the meetings aim to provide an overview on the various activities and fertilise exchange that is vital to our success.
Scientists from ESS member countries currently not engaged in in-kind activities but interested in joining are encouraged to participate.

ESS

Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, CEA Saclay, France

NB: Lectures delivered in French.

Registration opens: 19 September
Registration deadline: 18 October

Laboratoire Léon Brillouin (LLB/Orphée)

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Scandic Hotel, Vester Søgade, Copenhagen

Nordic Conference – European Spallation Source (ESS) Challenges and opportunities for Nordic Research and Innovation

The European Spallation Source (ESS) is presently under construction in Lund, with ESS Data Management and Software Center located in Copenhagen. The facility will provide unprecedented neutron scattering capabilities, promising a great boost in science, technology and innovation within materials and biosystems. Constituting the host region, the Nordic countries are in a position to take maximal advantage of the scientific and industrial possibilities araising in relation to ESS.

The conference invites representatives from the Nordic education and research ministries, research councils and funding agencies, universities as well as industrial organization to discuss long-term scientific and industrial opportunities and collaborative possibilities in relation to ESS.

The conference is organized by The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (DASTI) in collaboration with NordForsk as part of the Danish presidency in the Nordic Council of Ministers 2015. The conference will also celebrate the kick-off for the newly established Nordic Neutron Research Program (NNRP).

DASTI, NordForsk

Bad Honnef, Germany

Soft Matter Science has emerged in recent years as an independent and interdisciplinary research field, bringing together scientists from condensed matter physics, macromolecular and physical chemistry, and molecular and cell biology. The systems investigated in this field include colloidal dispersions, polymer solutions, mixtures and melts, block copolymers, binary and ternary amphiphilic systems (microemulsions), membranes, vesicles and biological macromolecules, and active systems such as synthetic and biological microswimmers. While many of these systems have already been investigated for a long period of time, only recently have their common features and interactions come into focus.

These highly complex materials are characterized by structural units with typical length scales ranging from nanometers to micrometers. The experimental and theoretical investigations involved, as well as the understanding of the properties of these materials pose enormous challenges due to their high complexity, the large number of cooperative degrees of freedom, and the large range of relevant length, time and energy scales.

Therefore, we are organizing the workshop Jülich Soft Matter Days 2015

on the physics and chemistry of mesoscopically structured systems. We hope that this workshop will provide a forum to share and discuss the latest advances for all active researchers in this field.

We intend to focus on:

• Active Matter
• Biological Matter
• Colloids
• Flow and Rheology
• Functional Soft Matter
• Polymers

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Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Scientists are invited to participate in the XVI International Feofilov Symposium (IFS’XVI) on spectroscopy of crystals doped with rare earth and transition metal ions which is to be held in Saint-Petersburg (Russia), from 9th to 13th November 2015, and is organized by the Saint-Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO University).

The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015). Backed by UNESCO, IYL 2015 is a global, cross-educational initiative aiming to raise awareness of the role placed by light and light-based technologies throughout modern society, and potential future developments and applications. Over 80 countries around the world have shown their support for the initiative.

The XVI-th Feofilov symposium continues a sequence of symposia started in 1965. The first nine symposia were held as national meetings. The X-th (St. Petersburg, 1995), XI-th (Kazan, 2001), XII-th (Ekaterinburg, 2004), XIII-th (Lake Baikal, 2007), XIV-th (St. Petersburg, 2010) and XV-th (Kazan, 2013) symposia were held with international participation.

Saint-Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO University)

Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen

The fifth workshop and school on ESS Science will focus on the use of sophisticated data analysis methods along with extensive computational modeling to extract as much information as possible from the experimental observations and thereby gain profound scientific insights from scattering experiments.

The future is now. New intense neutron sources and advanced instrumentation will revolutionize the use of neutrons for a wide range of investigations in materials, macromolecules, surface phenomena, condensed matter, and many other systems of significant interest. Both the improved quality of the data collected and the increasing complexity of the materials under study pose a challenge for the optimum extraction of information from these experiments. To reliably and fully interpret the data will require the use of advanced software in data analysis, modeling and close collaboration between experimentalists and theoreticians.

The goal of this workshop-school is to describe the manner in which static and dynamic processes in materials give rise to their neutron scattering profiles. The school will demonstrate how current data treatment and computational analysis can effectively be used to improve the scientific understanding derived from data obtained on current and next generation of neutron scattering instruments.

Heloisa N. Bordallo (bordallo@nbi.ku.dk), Pascale P. Deen (pascale.deen@esss.se) and Juergen Eckert (juergen@usf.edu).

Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

White biotechnology bridges the gap between sustainable natural ressources and valuable chemical products and, thus, plays a central role in building up a future knowledge-based bioeconomy. In particular, white biotechnology reduces our dependency on fossil fuels and offers large opportunities to synthesize platform chemicals, fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals and proteins using the biocatalytic power of microorganisms or isolated enzymes.
At the Jülich Biotech Day, experts from academia and industry will present current highlights and trends in this exciting field of research and development.

Forschungszentrum Jülich

DESY, Hamburg, Germany

The themes of the workshop are related to questions of sustainability at large-scale research infrastructures and include Energy and sustainability management and strategies, policies and management at research laboratories; Energy efficiency, storage and optimization also within integrated Grid approaches; Sustainable campus and building management, including aspects of mobility; Green IT and large-scale computer centers; novel sustainable technologies and solutions developed and/or embedded at research facilities and their possible scope as demonstrators.

CERN/ERF-AISBL/ESS in cooperation with EuCARD

Grenoble, France

The ILL holds the International Workshop on Liquid-Liquid Interfaces from 21 to 23 October 2015 at the ILL Grenoble, France.

The intended aim of the workshop is to promote the future development of studies at liquid-liquid interfaces using neutron and X-ray scattering techniques. The audience of the workshop will comprise scientists who are interested in catalysis, electrochemistry, transfer, soft matter mixtures and biophysics at liquid-liquid interfaces. The workshop will also appeal to scientists who may consider the extension of their studies conducted in the bulk to liquid interfaces as well as to those who have not used scattering techniques in their research to date. This workshop will also be used as a platform to identify priority areas that can have the greatest impact on the development of scattering techniques in the study of liquid-liquid interfaces in the future.

Important dates

• Registration open: April 10th, 2015
• Abstract submission deadline: June 19th, 2015
• Notification of accepted communications: Mid-July
• Online registration deadline: September 18th, 2015

Sponsors

The Institut Laue – Langevin acknowledges the CEA and the ILLA programme for providing financial support to the Workshop.

Institut Laue-Langevin

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Copenhagen University

Programme
Wednesday 14th October

• WP meetings (WP5, 17, 18, 19, 20)

Thursday 15th October

• General Assembly with invited speakers and WP presentations
• Foresight meeting for the future of I3 projects (Board members only)
• Evening: social dinner

Friday 16th October

• SINE2020 Kick-off meeting
• WP meetings

For further information please go to the event website and download the agenda.

Copenhagen University / NMI3

NMI3 final General Assembly - agenda (updated: 12/10/2015)

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Miskolc-Lillafüred, Hungary

The 2nd International Conference on Rheology and Modeling of Materials is to be held near city Miskolc in mountain Bükk in one of the most beautiful place of Hungary in Hunguest Hotel Palota Lillafüred, October 5-9, 2015.

The aims the conference are the fostering of interdisciplinary collaboration and interaction among scientists, researchers, PhD students as well as product and technology developer engineers. The international conference ic-rmm2 provides a platform among leading international scientists, physicists, chemists, mathematicians, researchers, PhD students and engineers for discussing recent achievements in measurement, modeling and application of rheology in materials technology and materials science of liquids, melts, solids, powders, crystals and amorphous structures.

Among the major fields of interest are the influences of temperature, mechanical stresses, deformation speeds and times on rheological properties, material structures and phase transformation of foams, emulsions, suspensions, liquids, powders, crystals, foods, cosmetics, polymers, plastics, petrochemicals, melted metals, glasses and competitive materials like nanomaterials, pharmaceuticals, medical- and biomaterials, ceramics, films and coatings, advanced metal alloys, glasses, composites, hetero-modulus, hetero-plastic and hetero-viscous complex material systems, hybrid materials, … etc.

Multidisciplinary applications of rheology as well as mechanical and rheological modeling in material science and technology encountered in sectors like foods, bio- and medical materials, ceramics, glasses, thin films, polymers, clays, construction materials, energy, aerospace, automotive and marine industry. Rheology in physics, chemistry, medicine, biosciences, cosmetics, environmental and earth sciences and in engineering and industries are of particular interests.

For further information, particularly regarding registration and program, plese visit the website.

International Comittee of Rheology

Evian Les Bains, France

The 3.5 days school is devoted to a topic related to neutron scattering and includes a presentation session giving the opportunity for the scientists to exchange their latest results and trends.

The School aims at an audience including researchers and academics as well as beginners or advanced graduate students and post-docs in Solid State Physics, Chemistry and Material Science (expected number of participants is 80).

To find out more about this event please visit its website (in French).

C. Dewhurst (ILL), I. Grillo (ILL), C. Loupiac (AgroSup Dijon), L. Michot (Phenix, UPMC), F. Ott (LLB)

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Evangelische Akademie Tutzing, Tutzing, Germany

In the tradition of the annual international JCNS workshops the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) and the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) wil jointly organize the workshop in 2015.
Neutrons are a key probe providing deep insight into the structure and dynamics and thus in the functioning of synthetic and living soft matter. The workshop will discuss the current status, future trends and opportunities of neutron scattering also in combination with simulations.

The topics addressed are:

• Functional Polymers
• Soft Matter out of Equilibrium
• Nano-Composites and Confinement
• Nanostructured Complex Fluids
• Membranes and Proteins
• Soft Matter Materials for Energy Devices

Grenoble, France

The ILL is pleased to invite you to the 4th Neutron Delivery Systems Workshop that will be held in Grenoble, France from the 28th to 30th of September 2015.

Following the success of previous workshops this meeting presents a unique opportunity to share knowledge and feedback on the state of the art in neutron transport, optics and moderation technologies.

This workshop will cover the following topics:

• Progress in neutron guide design, innovative concepts and materials
• Review of newly installed neutron guide systems worldwide
• Neutron guide ageing
• Advances in mirror and super-mirror science and technology
• Moderation of neutrons for the production of cold and ultra-cold neutrons
• Simulation of neutron sources and neutron transport
• Neutron optical devices.

This workshop is intended for engineers and scientists involved in the use, design and manufacturing of neutron delivery systems and their components.

An industrial exhibition will be organised for Tuesday 29th September. Companies involved in the manufacturing of neutron delivery systems will have the opportunity to present their products and capabilities.

For further information, registration and abstract submission please visit: http://www.ill.eu/nds2015

Important dates
31st May: Abstract title submission deadline.
31st July: Abstract submission deadline.
1st September: Online registration deadline.

The NDS-2015 organising committee (nds2015@ill.eu)

Ammersbek (near Hamburg) and at GEMS/DESY in Hamburg, Germany

The Summer School will provide a systematic overview of the application of neutrons and synchrotron radiation to the structural analysis of engineering materials. Students and young scientists from research and industry from all of Europe interested in this field are welcome to participate.

The school will take place from September 21 to 25, 2015 in Ammersbek (near Hamburg) and at GEMS/DESY in Hamburg. The focus of the practical training will be on synchrotron experiments. Neutron data analysis will also be practised. Therefore the participants will spend two days doing experiments at GEMS/DESY.

The Summer School is significantly funded by German and Swedish authorities for their respective students. Therefore, the participation fee amounts to 50 €. Students from other European countries can request reimbursement of their travel expenses from a NMI3 grant applicable for this school.

The fee includes accomodation and food for the duration of the school as well as the book “Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation in Engineering Materials Science” which has resulted from previous summer schools with the same title.

A registration form will be provided within short. Please use this form to register and send in parallel an e-mail with a short CV (pdf document, maximum one page, including the status of your education, if applicable the topic of your thesis) to:

summerschool@hzg.de

Registration deadline: 31 May 2015
Decision about participation: end of June 2015
Payment deadline: mid July 2015

Payment details will be sent to you when a decision about the participation has been made.

Prof. Dr. A. Schreyer (Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany)

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ISIS, RAL

Following the success of our previous sessions of these training courses we would like to offer them again in September 2015. These courses are open to both facility staff and any interested people from other institutions.

The following courses will be based at ISIS, RAL and are:

Monday 21st September 1-5pm: Mantid Introduction

An introduction to the Mantid interface, how to graph and visualize your data, manipulate it with the built in algorithms, together with an introduction to curve fitting and live data analysis.

Tuesday 22nd September 9-12am: Introduction to Python

This half day course will introduce you to the Python scripting language, no previous experience required, although some understanding of loops and conditional (if .. then) logic will be expected.

Tuesday 22nd September 1-5pm: Python in Mantid

This course concentrates on using Python to build analysis scripts within Mantid as well as controlling the Mantid GUI from python, and accessing the underlying data within Mantid workspaces.

Wednesday 23rd September 9-5pm: Extending Mantid using Python

For the more adventurous among you this full day course will introduce you to the many ways you can use Python to extend the capabilities within Mantid adding Python Algorithms and curve fitting functions, as well as diving deeper into the structure of workspaces.

Booking a place

If you are interested in any other these courses please send an email to nick.draper@stfc.ac.uk letting us know which courses you wish to attend. For the courses we will supply PCs, so there is no need to bring a laptop unless you really want to. Spaces are limited to 13 people per course so please book early to avoid disappointment. If a course is over booked we will try to arrange another session in the future, so if you cannot make that specific date let us know and we’ll let you know about any subsequent courses.

We’ll send out calendar appointments to you once your place on the course is booked.

Next run of these courses

The specific dates of the next run has not been fixed yet, but we expect to run these courses again in Jan-Mar 2016

For visitors from UK academic institutions:

We are sometimes able to offer assistance with travel and lodging costs while attending the courses. Let me know when you are booking the courses and we’ll get back to you with details. If we are able to help, then your travel and hotel must be booked through the ISIS user office.

For visitors from elsewhere:

While we can offer this course for free, we cannot unfortunately offer any help with travel or subsistence costs. However please let us know that you will be visiting when you reply so that we can arrange site access.

ISIS

Grenoble, France

Scope of the course:

Intense synchrotron X-ray and neutron beams are unique quantum probes that are key tools to the understanding of electronic and magnetic properties of materials.

The present school is addressed to all young scientists wishing to know and use the capabilities of neutrons and synchrotron radiation in the field of magnetism.

It includes two days of introduction to the theory and applications of X-ray and neutron techniques for magnetism, two days of ‘hands on’ experiments on X-ray and neutron instruments used for this research, and finally one day of lectures on current trends and topics.

Deadlines:
There will be a selection of candidates due to a limited number of participants.

• Application deadline: 15 June 2015 – PLEASE PRE-REGISTER HERE!
• Notification of acceptance: 30 June 2015
• Final registration deadline: 16 August 2015

Organisers:

Laurent Chapon (ILL), Luigi Paolasini (ESRF), Béatrice Grenier (UJF-CEA), Guillaume Beutier (SIMAP)
Secretariat: Brigitte Dubouloz (ILL) and Claudine Roméro (ESRF)

Contact: the organisers of HSC18

Laurent Chapon (ILL), Luigi Paolasini (ESRF), Béatrice Grenier (UJF-CEA), Guillaume Beutier (SIMAP)

Berlin, Germany

Berlin offers a rich variety of scientific institutions and universities. No wonder that a large number of research groups is actively using small-angle scattering and a vast number of complemetary methods. This pairs with sample preparation techniques, projects in nearly the whole width of fields to which small-angle scattering can contribute and notably the user program of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin that has a long tradition in the supply of neutrons and X-rays to a world wide community of small-angle scatterers.

SAS 2015 will be held in the main building of the Technische Universität Berlin (Straße des 17. Juni 135) in the nice period of late summer, 13. -18. September 2015. The historic and modern structures of Berlin are well represented in the venue site, the rest of the university and the western centre of the city, where the campus is situated. It is surrounded by numerous guest houses and hotels of all categories, restaurants, cultural places as well as the commercial area of the Kurfürstendamm. The international airport, frequent connections via trains, inter-European busses, in combination with the local public transport make it easy to travel to and from Berlin.

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces

Freising (near Munich), Germany

Welcome to the 35th International Symposium on Dynamical Properties of Solids – DyProSo XXXV – which is held from 13 to 17 September 2015 at Bildungszentrum Freising near Munich. The conference will be hosted by the the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) for neutron research (www.mlz-garching.de).

DyProSo is a 4-day research meeting aiming at the promotion of new ideas and concepts concerning functional properties of condensed matter by stimulating scientific discussions between young and experienced scientists actively working on dynamic properties of materials. The programme will cover current and upcoming topics from theory (ab-initio calculations, Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations, new formulations and phenomenological models, etc.) to experiment (optical spectroscopies, inelastic neutron and X-ray scattering, novel techniques, etc.) with a focus on functional materials.

The scientific programme of DyProSoXXXV focuses on:

• Phonons, magnons and electromagnons
• Diffusive dynamics
• Multiferroics, relaxors, thermoelectrica, shape memory alloys
• Domains and domain wall properties
• Excitations in superconductors
• Carbon-based materials
• Amorphous, liquid and soft matter
• Advances in experimental techniques and theory
• Dynamics at extreme conditions (pressure, temperature, magnetic field)

The symposium format assumes a limited number of participants, without proceedings and without parallel sessions.

There will be invited talks, contributed talks and posters.

The speakers are encouraged to present their latest results and discuss open problems, and they are asked to include a tutorial introduction for non specialists.

Bildungszentrum Freising is a pleasant place located in the premises of a former Prince Bishops’ residence. It combines both retreat character and smooth accessibility from Munich airport or main station.
The registration fee includes accommodation and all meals from Sunday evening to Thursday afternoon at Bildungszentrum Freising. It also covers the conference dinner on Wednesday evening and the social events offered on Tuesday afternoon.

A visit of the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) will complete our programme.

Preliminary time schedule

• Opening of registration and abstract submission: 15 January 2015
• Deadline for abstract submission: 8 May 2015 (except for invited speakers)

Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) for neutron research

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Aachen, Germany

The 26^th International Conference on Amorphous and Nano-crystalline Semiconductors continues a series of biennial conferences starting in Prague in 1965 with a focus in those days on the fundamental physics of amorphous semiconductors, principally formed from chalcogenides and group IV elements.

Today the scope of the conference covers a wider range of amorphous, organic and nanocrystalline semiconductors together with the effects of disorder in semiconductors and dielectrics in the bulk and at interfaces. Preparation, characterization and theory across the different material classes are the heart of the conference. As these materials are used in electronics and other technologies, sessions on devices and applications form another significant part of the meeting. In addition focused sessions on recent developments in photovoltaics where nanocrystalline or disordered materials play an essential role, i.e. silicon heterojunction solar cells, perovskites and organic solar cells.

Papers are welcome on all aspects of amorphous and nano-crystalline semiconductors and the role of disorder in semiconductors and dielectrics in the bulk and at interfaces.

Topics include the fundamental physics and chemistry governing electronic and physical structure, preparation and characterization of materials, measurements and modeling of electronic, optical and physical properties, stability and metastability and applications including photovoltaics, sensors, TFTs, LEDs, optical storage, and electrical storage.

Material systems include amorphous and nano-crystalline group IV elements as well as alloys, chalcogenide glasses, oxide semiconductors, and organic semiconductors in the form of thin films, bulk, multilayers, or nano-structures.

The conference location Aachen is situated in an area, where the three countries of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands meet. The source of the city’s fame are the hot springs known since the days of the Roman empire. The City of Charles the Great is a popular travel destination, offering not only unique sights, such as the Aachen Dom (Cathedral) and the Gothic Town Hall where many German kings were crowned, but also a large variety of art and culture, elegant shops and pubs.

Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

Nice, France

The 3rd International GISAS Conference (GISAS 2015) focused on GISAXS and GISANS techniques will be held in Nice (French Riviera) from September 8 to 11, 2015, as a satellite meeting of the SAS conference in Berlin.

This conference aims to gather scientists from all over the world who are interested in studying nanomaterials at surfaces by using grazing incidence techniques. They will be given state of the art conferences by internationally recognized speakers. The scientific committee will select best contributions of young scientists to promote the development of this technique in Nanoscience.

The conference is now opened for registration and abstract submission (early-bird fees until April 1st). You are encouraged to send your abstract for an oral (20 min talk) or a poster contribution to:
submissiongisas2015@univ-lemans.fr

For further information please visit the conference website

Prof. Alain Gibaud, Université du Maine

Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic

Diffraction is a standard technique to study arrangements of atoms (crystal structure), alignment, texture and grain structure in hard matter. Similar issues arise in soft matter, where material properties (e.g. mechanical functioning, transport properties, internal surface, optical properties etc) are highly influenced by analogues to these quantities formed by the arrangements of ensembles of molecules, often in a solvent, such as amphilipilic molecules or polymers rather than atoms. The structures formed consequentially occur at longer length-scales, and the role of thermal motions is quite different.

This meeting brings together those working in highly ordered forms of soft matter from biology, polymer science and the colloidal domain with the following objectives:

• Bringing together a community working in this science field.
• Discussing instrumentation, and in particular the specific characteristics which are peculiar to these investigations.
• Defining specific requirements for neutron instruments to enable such research.

Dr. Garvey, Christopher

Garching near Munich, Germany

The course will consist of one week of lectures and exercises and one week of practical training at the neutron scattering facilities of Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum MLZ. It is the aim of the course to give a realistic insight into the experimental technique and its scientific power.

Students of physics, chemistry, material science and biosciences are invited to apply for participation. There is no tuition fee. Accommodation and meals during the course will be provided by JCNS. Travel expenses will be reimbursed within reasonable limits.

For further information and to apply for participation please visit our
website.

Deadline for application is May 25, 2015.

Forschungszentrum Jülich in cooperation with RWTH Aachen and WWU Münster

Budapest, Hungary

Neutron research always did and continues to benefit from the best engineering practice at the state of the art level and beyond. The fourth event of the itinerant series of meetings DENIM will be held in 2015 in Budapest. The community of engineers involved in neutron instrumentation design and operation meets to share experiences of success and failure, determine the most promising directions of development and cultivate the common wisdom emerged from lessons learned during an essentially pioneering activity.

Budapest Neutron Centre invites all interested parties to the Design and Engineering of Neutron Instruments Meeting to be held in Budapest from 7th to 9th of September, 2015.

All necessary information, abstract submission, registration and deadlines can be found on the web-site: www.bnc.hu/denim2015

Budapest Neutron Centre

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Madrid, Spain

After the successful conference on Synchrotron Radiation in Polymer Science (SRPS) in San Francisco (USA) in 2012, we are now looking forward to the next meeting in this topical series started in 1995 by H.G. Zachmann. Earlier meetings were held in Hamburg (1995), Sheffield (2002), Kyoto (2006), Rolduc (2009) and San Francisco (2012).
The International Union of Cristallography is now organising the Synchrotron Radiation in Polymer Science VI conference in 2015. The meeting will take place in Madrid, Spain from Sept. 7-10, 2015. The conference is expected to accommodate a significant amount of oral contributions as well as extended poster sessions.

International Union of Cristallography

Bad Gögging, Germany

The 11th International Symposium on Crystalline Organic Metals, Superconductors and Magnets will be held in Bad Gögging, Germany on September 6-11, 2015.

ISCOM 2015 continues the series of biennial ISCOM meetings starting in Mittelberg, Austria in 1995. ISCOM 2015 will be a forum of interdisciplinary discussion on all aspects (Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science and Technology) of crystalline molecular solids. The symposium is planned to discuss latest advances and new avenues of research on the following topics:

• Synthesis of new molecules and molecular materials
• Physics of low dimensional metals and superconductors
• Electron correlations in molecular materials
• Molecular magnetism, spin liquids
• Molecular dielectrics
• Novel functional materials
• Organic molecular nanoscience
• Organic thin films and devices
• Field- and photo-induced phenomena
• Theory, modeling and computation

Michael Lang (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)

University of Oxford

We are pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 14th Oxford School on Neutron Scattering, which will take place in St Anne’s College Oxford between the 6th and 18th September 2015.

Come join us for an introduction to neutron theory and techniques!

6th September -18th September 2015, University of Oxford

Application deadline: 1st May 2015

About the School: The school is intended primarily for scientists, student and postdoctoral researchers, who are new to the field of neutron scattering. It provides an excellent introduction to the field, which is developed through to its application in contemporary research. Lectures and tutorials covering all aspects of the theory and practice of a variety of neutron scattering techniques will be given by international experts. Students will gain a comprehensive grounding in modern techniques and applications at both steady state and pulsed neutron sources and have the opportunity to hear about the latest research being carried out with the technique.

Programme: The first week of the school introduces students to the core concepts of the theory of neutron scattering, neutron sources and instrumentation, and neutron diffraction. By the end of the first week, the school moves to more specialised neutron scattering techniques and applications to scientific fields of interest. Among the techniques covered are: inelastic scattering, imaging techniques, small-angle scattering, reflectometry, neutron-spin-echo and quasi-elastic neutron scattering. In the final two days of the course, students can choose to follow three of the following six scientific subject areas; magnetism, soft matter, biology, engineering, chemical applications and amorphous materials. The students will also be asked to make short presentations to their peers about their current research projects and work in pairs to write a beamtime proposal. The students will also have the opportunity to visit the ISIS pulsed neutron and muon facility in Didcot.

Application: To apply for the school you will need to submit a personal statement and a statement from your academic supervisor that will be used in the selection process. Applications should arrive no later than the 1st May 2015. The course is normally highly oversubscribed, so we encourage applicants to apply in plenty of time, as late applications will not be accepted. Students are selected for the course, based on their requirements for neutron scattering techniques as part of their present and future research activities. Students will be notified shortly after of the outcome of their application. The school is open to all applicants worldwide.

To apply please visit http://wwwisis2.isis.rl.ac.uk/useroffice/OSNS2015/Application.asp

Fees: School fees for 2015 are £420 (~ €560) per residential student which includes the cost of a bedroom during the school, breakfast and evening meals, teaching materials, drinks reception and the gala dinner. There are 50 residential places available. There are also 10 non-residential places for students who do not require local accommodation, at a school fee of £100 (~ €140), which includes teaching materials, drinks reception and gala dinner. Fees will be payable once the names of successful applicants have been announced.

For further information, visit: http://www.oxfordneutronschool.org

Victoria Garcia Sakai, Ross Stewart, Luke Clifton and Sean Langridge (ISIS); Andrew Boothroyd (Oxford University).

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Grenoble, France

Scope
The ILL/ESRF International Student Summer Programme on X-Ray and Neutron Science is aimed at undergraduate students. It will consist in a 4-week experimental project embedded in a research g roup of ESRF or ILL, together with a series of introductory lectures on the principles and applications of X-ray and neutron science (magnetism, materials science, soft matter, structural biology, imaging, etc.).

Programme
During the first days of your stay, a series of introductory lectures will make you familiar with the basic principles of neutrons and x-rays :

• Fundamental principles
• Techniques used for their production (nuclear reactor, synchrotron)
• Instrumentation and measurement techniques
• Interaction with matter

Further on during your stay, various scientists from the ILL and the ESRF will give you insight into some more specific aspects of the application of neutrons and x-rays in a number different scientific fields, such as:

• Diffraction and structure of materials
• Imaging
• Nuclear and particle phyiscs
• Structural biology
• Magnetism
• Spectroscopy and inelastic scattering
• Soft matter studies
• and other examples of today’s scientific questions

In general, the content and the difficulty of the presentations will be adapted such that they are accessible for a third-year student who is interested in these subjects.

In addition to the series of lectures and your work on a project with one of our research groups, some activities will be organized in the evenings or on weekends, like excursions into town or into the mountains which are surrounding Grenoble.

Patrick Bruno (ESRF), Paul Steffens (ILL), Laurence Tellier (ILL)

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Frauenwörth Island, Chiemsee, Germany

manuSciences ’15 is a Franco-German Summer School covering Interdisciplinary approaches to manuscript studies combining philology, materials studies, computer science and digital humanities.

Topic will be interdisciplinary approaches to manuscript studies combining lectures in history and philology with materials analysis, imaging techniques, digital humanities and computer science, complemented with practical courses on mobile instruments (XRF, RTI) and on computer programs.

This is an offer to up to 40 (max.) young researchers, from master and Ph.D. students to researchers and university lecturers. Active participation is expected (including poster presentation). The lectures and courses will be in English.

The final Programme is still subject to change. For more information please visit the events website.

Prof. Dr. Daniel Stoekl Ben Ezra, Director of the digital humanities programme of the EPHE, Paris

Zaragoza, Spain

ECNS 2015 will present plenary lectures by leading scientists, plus invited talks and poster presentations. There will be parallel symposia covering frontier scientific areas.

The city and the meeting venue will provide an ideal backdrop for scientific discussion, and the organizers are working to organize an event optimized for interaction and interchange.

SETN

Hotel Skt Petri, Copenhagen, Denmark

With the 61st Benzon Symposium: ”Structural Biology on the Move” we wish to highlight a collection of the most intriguing analytical challenges in the light of selected splendid achievements within structural biology. Notably, we will cover magnitudes of length-scales, from high-resolution analysis to whole-cell imaging, promoting current important development within hybrid structural analysis, where methods across boundaries between established and emerging disciplines are applied. With the 61st Benzon Symposium, we aim to envision the grand opportunities that are to come in structural biology.

The Symposium is a full 4-day scientific meeting. The format will be a combination of state-of-the-art lectures by invited speakers, by selected oral-poster presentations, and poster presentations.

Sessions:

• Impact of Large-scale Facilities on Biological Sciences
• Structural Studies of Functional Complexes
• Structure and Function of/in Biological Membranes
• Biomedical Applications
• Imaging: from Molecule to Cell
• Protein Dynamics and Kinetics

Deadlines:

• Abstracts round opens: March 15, 2015
• Abstract round closes: May 1, 2015
• Registration: (provided acceptance of abstract) June 1, 2015
• Fee: DKK 4,500 (covers registration fee, hotel accommodation, food, and social events)

Bente Vestergaard, Lise Arleth, Dmitri I. Svergun, Joe Zaccai, Egon Bech Hansen, Andreas Kjær, Sven Frøkjær and Niels Borregaard

Geneva International Conference Center, Geneva, Switzerland

The International Conference M2S HTSC 2015 will take place from Sunday, August 23 until Friday, August 28 in Geneva, Switzerland.

The M2S2015 conference is the 11th conference in the successful series of tri-annual conferences on materials and mechanisms of superconductivity. The first one took place in 1988 in Interlaken in the wake of the discovery of high superconductivity by the Nobel Prize winners Johannes Georg Bednorz and Karl Alexander Müller.

The meeting has since then taken place in Palo Alto, Kanazawa, Grenoble, Beijing, Houston, Rio de Janeiro, Dresden, Tokyo, Washington and now will return to Switzerland in the summer of 2015.

Superconductivity is the phenomenon of electrical current flow without any loss of energy due to resistance. This extremely useful phenomenon is nowadays routinely applied in medical applications of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in large scale magnetic guiding systems such as CERN, the presently constructed nuclear fusion energy plant ITER, in high throughput electrical power cables, as well as the maglev train presently in construction by Japanese Railways.

The field of superconductivity is heavily driven by experimental progress using the most advanced technology available. Consequently the participants of M2S are actively involved in materials science, experimental techniques, theoretical research and/or applications of superconductivity.

The experimental techniques involve materials processing, crystal growth and characterization, low temperature techniques, ultra high vacuum, various kinds of neutron-, electron-, optical-, X-ray, and scanning probe techniques.

Superconductivity is also the subject of intense theoretical research, and has spurred novel ground breaking theoretical approaches to the mechanisms of superconductivity and more generally of emergent properties of strongly interacting electrons.

Registration and abstract submission is open. Abstracts for poster presentations can be submitted until june 30th, 2015.

Dirk van der Marel – Université de Genève (Chair)

Sellin, Island of Rügen, Germany

The RACIRI Summer School is a joint initiative by Russia, Sweden and Germany in the collaborative framework of the Röntgen-Angström-Cluster (RAC) and the Ioffe-Röntgen-Institute (IRI).

The novel format of the RACIRI Summer School is driven by scientific frontier themes and challenges in the field of materials sciences with a strong connection to the superb analytical potential at current and future research infrastructures (synchrotron radiation, X-rays and neutrons) in the Baltic region.

The RACIRI Summer School is held every year under a special focus theme. Its venue rotates annually among the three partnering countries.

The first RACIRI Summer School was organized 2013 in Petergof, Russia. Focus theme: “Soft Matter and Nano Composites”.

The second RACIRI Summer School was held from 24-31 August 2014 in the Stockholm area, Sweden, under the focus theme “Imaging with X-rays and Neutrons in Life and Materials Sciences”.

The third RACIRI Summer School will be held during 22-29 August 2015 in Sellin, Island of Rügen, Germany. Its focus theme: “Time-resolved and In-situ Studies of Materials: Basics and Applications”.

The call for applications for RACIRI Summer School 2015 can be found here.

DESY

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Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Energy research is an important scientific area today and hydrogen is one of the most promising sources of energy due to its highest energy density by weight. The efficient hydrogen storage depends on development of the new materials. Neutron scattering and -diffraction are powerful, non-destructive tool for the analysis of structure and dynamics in matter in a broad space and time domain. High sensitivity to hydrogen makes neutron scattering techniques ideally suitable to study the process in hydrogen storage systems. The goal of this school is to introduce participants to basics of neutron scattering techniques and show how these techniques can be applied for exploration of hydrogen storage materials.

The school is organized jointly by University of Potsdam, Germany and University of Tartu, Estonia. It will be held from 17th – 26th of August 2015 at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Berlin, Germany.

The lectures and practical exercises will give basics to:

• Hydrogen economy and hydrogen storage technologies
• Fundamentals of the gas storage
• Basics of the neutron scattering and in particular in-situ neutron diffraction
• Characterizing sorption behavior of porous materials by ab-initio and crystal structure refinements

Lectures:

• M. Russina (HZB),
• H. Kurig (University of Tartu, Estonia),
• D. Többens (HZB),
• D. Wallacher (HZB),
• M.C. Schlegel and
• Roman Svetogorov (NRC, Mocsow)

Target group

The course is primarily aimed at early stage researchers with basics knowledge in Thermodynamics and Solid State Physics. It is part of the curriculum of the Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences at the University of Potsdam, Modul 741A and is credited with 4 credit points.

Registration

If you are interested in attending the school, please follow this link and register until May, 25th 2015:
www.helmholtz-berlin.de/events/hydrogen-school

University of Potsdam, Germany and University of Tartu, Estonia

Zuoz, Switzerland

The PSI summer schools on condensed matter physics have a long standing tradition. Based on the previous schools on neutron scattering starting back in 1992 the PSI summer schools aim to train young researchers in the methods being used at large scale facilities such as neutron and muon sources or synchrotron photon sources.

International experts and PSI staff members will introduce and deepen your knowledge not only on methods but also on those phenomena, which are presently at the forefront of modern solid state physics and chemistry.

Following the school a practical training is offered at PSI. It will allow a limited number of participants to get hands-on experience with state-of-the-art instrumentation using photons, neutrons, and muons.

Paul Scherrer Institut

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Sicily, Italy

The International School of Neutron Science and Instrumentation is a specialized course within the School of Neutron Science and Instrumentation (Directors: Ian S Anderson and Carla Andreani). The school will be held at the ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE, Erice (Sicily, IT) between the 28th July and the 4th of August 2015

The School is normally highly oversubscribed, so we encourage applicants to apply early, as late applications will not be accepted. The School focuses on neutron instrumentation, mainly for large-scale facilities, though a session will be devoted to instrumentation at compact neutron facilities. Students are selected for the course based on their need to utilize neutron instrument design techniques as part of their present and/or future research activities.

The school is aimed at young instrument and development scientists, engineers, and designers at international and national neutron facilities, although graduate students or postdocs at universities would also be welcomed. In addition to lectures on theory, sources, and neutron instrumentation, students will be tutored by world leading experts in the various scattering techniques including diffraction, quasi-elastic and inelastic scattering, imaging, small-angle scattering, reflectometry, and neutron-spin-echo.

Accommodation of participants is organized by the Ettore Majorana Foundation (EMFCSC) either in their premises or in local hotels on the basis of the indications provided by the Organizing Committee and by participants in the Travel Form. Special requests should be addressed to the School Scientific Secretary.

Registration
To apply, click here. Places at the school are in high demand. To register you will need to fill out the travel form, submit a personal statement and, in the case of students, a statement from your supervisor. Travel forms must be returned to roberto.caciuffo@ec.europa.eu and ken.andersen@esss.se with copy to school_fpricci@its.me.cnr.it. Applications should arrive no later than April 15th, 2015.

The Registration Fee is €900 per student. School fees include the cost of lodging during the school, breakfast, lunch, evening meal, teaching and all course materials. There are 25 residential places available.

A web site for on-line payment will be available in the near future.

Directors: Ken Andersen (ESS) and Roberto Caciuffo (JRC Karlsruhe)

For further information, visit: http://www.sonsfpricci.org/sons-school-2015

Ken Andersen (ESS) and Roberto Caciuffo (JRC Karlsruhe)

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Novotel Manly Pacific, Sydney, Australia

The Conference, the second in the series, will provide delegates with an opportunity to share related knowledge, understanding, examine research findings and discuss the latest developments in neutron scattering.

The Conference is aimed at those who use (or would like to use) neutron scattering facilities in the Asia-Oceania region.

The meeting will bring together physicists, chemists, biologists, earth scientists and engineers together with specialist facilities-based neutron scatterers from throughout the Asia-Oceania region and beyond.

AONSA

Hong Kong, China

The field of topological matter is developing rapidly both in experiments on new materials and in the theoretical understanding of new topological phases of matter. The connection to strong correlation physics is also just beginning. The meeting plans to bring together active participants in these research areas to report their recent findings. The topics covered include new experimental results in topological insulators and topological superconductors, proximity and edge effects; the interplay between topology and strong correlation, in particular the possibility of new topological states which are not covered by the classification scheme of non-interacting fermions; and new materials and topological states, including Dirac and Weyl fermions.

Furthermore, cold atom system is now recognized as an attractive platform to realize many of the topology based ideas mentioned above. We plan to bring the cold atom and condensed matter physics community together to investigate issues pertaining to topology and strong correlation. The topics include progress in different approaches of constructing synthetic gauge fields and spin-orbit couplings in cold atoms, and the properties of bosons and fermions in these “topological” environments.

Application Deadline

Applications for this meeting must be submitted by May 31, 2015. Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed (full) before this deadline. If the meeting is oversubscribed, it will be stated here. Note: Applications for oversubscribed meetings will only be considered by the Conference Chair if more seats become available due to cancellations.

Gordon Research Conferences

Munich, Germany

The DSL conference has as its aim to create a binding platform for scientists, researchers, those in industry, laboratories as well as students to network, learn more and share their knowledge. Furthermore, it will provide new insights in overcoming the current challenges which are faced by academics and industrialists related to diffusion in its many areas.

Professor Dr.-Ing. Andreas Öchsner, D.Sc.

Montpellier, France

This workshop will be held at Hotel Mercure in downtown Montpellier. It will bring together about 50 scientists from academia and industry. It will focus on polymer nanocomposites, from synthesis to physical characterization, modeling and applications, with a mix of top-level invited speakers and contributed talks.

Organization
A.-C. Genix, J. Oberdisse, C. Eve,
M. Meireles (Toulouse), J. Jestin (Saclay)

List of invited speakers

• BOURGEAT-LAMI Elodie, C2P2, CNRS-CPE-Univ. Lyon1
• CASALINI Riccardo, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington
• CERVENY Silvina, CSIC, San Sebastian
• CLARKE Nigel, University of Sheffield
• COMPOSTO Russell, University of Pennsylvania
• CONZATTI Lucia, CNR, Genova
• DALMAS Florent, INSA, Lyon
• DUCROT Etienne, CSMR, New-York University
• KLÜPPEL Manfred, DIK, Hannover
• KRUTYEVA Margarita, Forschungszentrum, Jülich
• PAPON Aurélie, Solvay – Silica, Collonges
• PEUVREL-DISDIER Edith, MINES ParisTech, Sophia Antipolis
• SHINOHARA Yuya, University of Tokyo
• SOKOLOV Alexei, University of Tennessee
• WINEY Karen, University of Pennsylvania

Abstracts for oral communications and PhD soundbites can be submitted by email. Deadline : 31/03/2015

Registration open now: SDPN2015

Registration (including lunch & social dinner):
Students and scientists from sponsors : 160 €, Normal : 200 €

Deadline : 30/04/2015

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Hong Kong, China

Neutron Scattering: A Powerful Tool for Materials Research and Industrial Development

This new Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Neutron Scattering, to be held in Hong Kong in 2015, will feature world-leading neutron scattering scientists who will share and discuss their latest discoveries in the GRC (interactive) style. As it is impossible to capture all new activities over a very diverse field of neutron scattering studies, the conference will instead focus on selected topics that have seen rapid developments over the last few years. Innovative instrumentation is the backbone of scientific discoveries, and thus one of the nine sessions will be devoted to discussions of the performance of innovative instruments. A diverse and vibrant user community is vital for the success of the neutron scattering facilities. We thus particularly encourage the participation of young scientists, to learn and profit from interactions with leading scientists in neutron scattering in the casual environment provided by the conference.

Application deadline: May 24, 2015

Garching bei München, Germany

- Expectations – Experiences – Examples –

Scope of the workshop

A common task at large scale facilities is to present to their funding bodies as well to the national scientific organisation the research they conduct with their considerable budget. A similar expectation on public relations (PR) and dissemination concerns large EU funded projects as I3s or bigger consortia. Even though a consensus exists, that good communication is a fundamental part of innovation, the expectations from the funding bodies with regards to science communication activities are unclear, and a well-defined work programme is often missing.

The aim of the workshop is to bring together representatives of funding agencies (European and national) with facility and project managers to discuss what should be expected from scientific dissemination activities. Furthermore it should be a forum for PR and information officers to share experience of their work and gain insights into the expectations of funding bodies as well as from the general public.

Who should attend?

• Representatives of funding agencies (European and national organisations) and managers of large scale facilities, research organisations, EU projects, and consortia to express their expectations on science communication activities.
• Press officers and information managers of large scale facilities and research projects to share their experience on the cross-cutting area between meeting expectations on the impact of PR activities and the difficulties to raise European public awareness of science.
• Experts from academia dealing with the topics of communication and public understanding of science.
• Journalists involved in science policy and dissemination.

Venue

European Southern Observatory
Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2
85748 Garching bei München
Germany

Registration fee
150€ (including access to workshop and social dinner)

ERF-AISBL, MLZ, ESO

ISIS Neutron Spallation Source, Rutherford Appleton Lab, Oxfordshire,UK

The ISIS Practical Neutron Training Course is aimed at PhD and post-doctoral researchers who have little or no experience of neutron scattering, but whose future research program aims to make use of neutron scattering techniques.

Due to the long ISIS shutdown currently in progress, the next ISIS neutron training course will be held later than usual: 16-25 June.

Registration for the course will open on the 5th of Jan 2015 and will close on the 5th of Mar 2015.

Please see the following link for more information about the course and how to apply:
ISIS Neutron Training Course 2015

Outline of Course

• Basic Principles: Neutron Time-of-flight, Detectors, Neutron materials and interations, Instrument Components, Neutron Scattering Theory
• Soft Matter: Sample preperation and deuteration, Small-angle neutron scattering, Neutron reflectometry
• Physics: Neutron diffraction, magnetic Rietveld refinement (Fullprof), inelastic scattering – polycrystals and single crystals
• Chemistry and Materials: Powder and single crystal diffraction, Rietveld refinement (GSAS), Molecular Spectroscopy, Diffuse scattering, Non-crystalline materials scattering
• Optional Modules: Computational methods (DFT), Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Quasi-elastic Scattering, Biological SANS data reduction, Polarized reflectometry, Strain in Materials

Course includes accommodation at Cosener’s House in Abingdon, and travel expenses (within the UK) – and is free to participating students.

Course Organizers:
Helen Walker
Alex Hannon
Christy Kinane

Helen Walker, Alex Hannon, Christy Kinane

S. Giovanni Valle Aurina in Italy and ILL in Grenoble, France

Learning Days of the Italian Society of Neutron Spectroscopy (SISN) 2015
(Giornate Didattiche della SISN 2015)

Introduction to neutron techniques for condensed matter studies, with applications to Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Earth sciences

The Learning Days organized by the Italian Society of Neutron Spectroscopy are addressed to degree and specializing students, PhD students, post-doc and young researchers interested in acquiring the basic principles of neutron spectroscopy, in understanding the advantages and potentialities of this technique, and in exploiting it for their research.

The Learning Days are characterized by two sessions. The first session provides the students with the fundamentals of neutron spectroscopy and the basic principles of data analysis. The lectures (in Italian) on the basic theoretical and experimental tools will be paralleled by tutorials about data analysis.

During the second experimental session the students will carry out real neutron scattering measurements at the most important facility for neutron research: the high flux reactor of the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France (http://www.ill.eu). Depending on the tutors’ nationality the language spoken during the experiments might also be English.

Deadline for applications: 10 April 2015

SISN

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Taranto, Italy

The Italian Association for the Study of Clays (AISA) and the Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA) are pleased to invite you to AMAM 2015, the International Conference on Applied Mineralogy & Advanced Materials. Scientists in mineralogy, materials science, physics, biology, chemistry, cultural heritage are invited to share ideas and knowledge on the boundless world of the crystalline and no-crystalline solid state. AMAM 2015 will provide a truly global platform for researchers and engineers coming from academia and industry.

Please visit the website for detailed information.

Saverio Fiore

Pskov, Russia

About the Workshop

The International Workshop on Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction and Exotic Spin Structures (DMI 2015) will take place in Pskov, Russia on May 26 – 29, 2015. The III International Workshop DMI 2015, hosted by the Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI), follows two previous meetings held in Saint Petersburg (2011) and Veliky Novgorod (2013). DMI 2015 is intended for researchers working in the field of the structural and magnetic properties of noncentrosymmetric crystals and artificial nanostructures. The objective of the workshop is to serve as a platform for scientific discussion and exchange of ideas among the scientists willing to share their research findings as well as to review and discuss the recent progress, developments and advances in DMI and chiral magnetism.

Scientific scope

The workshop will include the application of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction (DMI) to the following areas:

• cubic ferromagnets without center of symmetry;
• antiferromagnets without center of symmetry;
• nanostructures at the surfaces and interfaces;
• weak ferromagnetism.

DMI 2015 will present invited talks, oral reports and poster presentations.

The participation fee

The maximum number of participants is limited to ~60, which ensures the quality of interaction and interchange between scientists. The workshop fee applies to all participants taking part in DMI 2015. The participation fee (450 Euro) includes accommodation, admission to all sessions of the workshop, workshop materials, coffee breaks, lunches, welcome and closing parties and a social program.

Further information can be found at:
http://oiks.pnpi.spb.ru/events/dmi-2015/about

Sergey Grigoriev (Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Russia)

Lampedusa, Italy

The event is structured in four phases:

20th – 22nd of May International School Spectroscopic Techniques Applied to Life Sciences

22nd of May International Workshop Science and Society: Diseases, Treatments and Ethical Questions

23th – 24th of May International Workshop BIONEUTRON 2015: Neutron Scattering Highlights in Life Sciences

24th – 25h of May International Workshop Good News for Life Sciences: Progresses in Advanced Methods, Disease Understanding and Drug Discoveries

Such event, with a strong symbolic meaning, will mark the “baptism” of Lampedusa as Capital of Science and Peace and will represent the foundation stone for the building of the International Center for Interdisciplinary Studies “Science for Life”, a place devoted to the meeting among cultures, sciences and worlds in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea.

“Science for Life” will be a meeting where, in addition to scientific sessions, relevant and topical issues of social interest in the context of “Science and Society” will be addressed.

The third edition of the Third International Workshop “BIONEUTRON 2015: Neutron Scattering Highlights in Life Sciences” will be held in the framework of the “Science for Life” event.

The main scope of this workshop is to provide an up-to-date insight into neutron scattering and complementary techniques and to furnish a representative sampling of some experimental findings which, in the broad area of research under the general heading of “life sciences”, have recently been object of considerable scientific scrutiny. More than ever before, the scientific community is interested in using the strength and capabilities of different facilities and new techniques and approaches to their best advantage and the large neutron fluxes produced in next-generation spallation facilities such as the European Spallation Source (ESS) are likely to soon find expanded application in life sciences.

“Science for Life” will strongly encourage the participation of young researchers, being held in connection with the First International School “Spectroscopic Techniques Applied to Life Sciences”, which will be held from 20th to 22nd of May 2015 and will be devoted to education of students and young researchers in complementary techniques, including light and neutron scattering, IR absorption and synchrotron radiation spectroscopy, applied to the investigation of the structural, dynamical and functional properties of biosystems, and to their biotechnological applications.
The students will attend the whole event, held from 20th to 25th of May 2015, including all the workshop sessions as an integral part of the school. Students are strongly invited to submit their abstracts for oral or poster contributions which will be published in a volume with ISBN code. The related papers will be published in a special issue of an international journal.

The event aims to attract researchers from completely different horizons providing a forum to bring together scientists from academia, industry and other research organizations, so reinforcing a community at a time where the field is progressing rapidly.

Salvatore Magazù (University of Messina, Italy) and Federica Migliardo (University of Messina, Italy)

Evian les Bains

A Workshop on Neutron Imaging and Tomography will be organized before the Rossat-Mignot days on the 5 and 6th of October at Evian les Bains. Neutron imaging and tomography is one of the topic for which there has never been a dedicated discussion within the French neutron community.

The focus of this workshop is to present the state of the art of neutron imaging and tomography techniques to image large objects (10-100mm) with spatial resolutions in the range 10-100µm.

The complementarity of the different imaging techniques such as X-ray, NMR and neutron will also be discussed. A wide range of topics will be covered: liquid flows in porous materials, agrofood applications, metallurgy, cultural heritage and archeology….

Invited speakers

• J. Baruchel (ESRF)
• P. Boillat (PSI)
• E. Lehmann (PSI)
• P. Levitz (UPMC)
• D. Sakellariou (CEA)
• M. Strobl (ESS)

More detailed information can be found on the Website:
http://www.sfn.asso.fr/jdn/site-jdn-23/imaging-workshop/

French Neutron Community

Csillebérc Campus, Budapest, Hungary

CETS provides insight into neutron scattering techniques and their application for studies on structure and dynamics of condensed matter. Comprehensive experimental skills and guidance in result interpretation are going to be conveyed. The school will be a forum for the presentation and discussion of actual research works of young scientists.

Anticipated attendance

We are welcoming PhD students and post-doc scientists as well as newcomers to the neutron research from the field of structural research in physics, chemistry, biology, material science etc. The number of participants is limited to 30 (because of the training facilities available). There is no limit for the tutorial lectures.

Grants

For young scientists/students grants are available in limited number to cover travel (on reduced rates) and/or accommodation (maximum 6 nights), local transport and lunches. Don’t forget to notify your grant request on the Application form. Presenting a poster will be highly appreciated in the selection of attendees and grant awards!

Budapest Neutron Centre

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London, United Kingdom

The meeting is designed and aimed particularly for PhD students and Post-docs in the field of Colloid and Interface Science, it will also include advanced neutron and X-ray scattering as well as AFM characterisation techniques for interfacial studies. The major objective is to discuss modern surface analytical tools that increase our understanding of interfaces. Selected surface analytical tools are presented in tutorial review style by scientists using these techniques in their daily research. The information is then discussed further in small workgroups on the basis of problem solving sessions. The interaction and active discussion of the participants is a crucial element of our workshop.

There are limited number of grants of 600 Euro offered by the COST office to promote attendance at the School by PhD students working in Europe. To apply for these a CV and a letter of recommendation from PhD Supervisors are required (please see the Conference web pages).

Department of Chemistry, Queen mary University of London

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Dubna, Russia

Seminar information

On April 6, 2015 it will be 100 years since the birth of the outstanding Soviet physicist Fyodor L. Shapiro (1915 – 1973), one of the founders of the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics (FLNP) of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR).

The FLNP and JINR are organizing the Memorial Seminar dedicated to the centenary of the birth of the Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences Fyodor L. Shapiro to be held on April 6-7, 2015 in Dubna. The expected number of participants is about 100.

The scientific and memorial reports of the FLNP leading physicists about the contribution of F.L.Shapiro to the formation and development of the scientific program of the Laboratory will be presented as well as reports of the world’s leading experts about the current state of the art in the research areas that F.L.Shapiro pioneered and worked on.

The Seminar language is English.

A poster session will be included in the program of the Seminar and we invite young scientists as well as F.L.Shapiro fellowship winners of the previous years to present their recent works in the field of neutron physics. The Seminar proceedings (twelve pages for invited talks and eight pages for poster presentations) will be published by the JINR Publishing Department.
The excursion to FLNP and visit to F.L.Shapiro’s burial place in the Donskoy cemetery will be organized during the second day of the Seminar.
An exhibition dedicated to the memory of F.L.Shapiro will take place during the Seminar.

Registration
The registration of participants will be open via internet from December 15. The participants are kindly requested to fill out the registration form as soon as possible for reservation of accommodation and other arrangements.

Registration fee
There is no Registration fee.

Transportation
We kindly ask you to inform us about your arrival and departure details. The information should be sent to the Seminar coordinator Mrs. Tatiana Donskova not later than April 1 to organize your transfer from Moscow airport to Dubna.

Organizing Committee
V.L.Aksenov – Co-chairman
V.A.Matveev – Co-chairman
E.V.Lychagin – Scientific Secretary
T.S.Donskova – Seminar Coordinator
A.M.Balagurov
I.A.Bobrikov
D.Chudoba
O.Culicov
V.I.Furman
S.V.Kozenkov
N.Kucerka
E.P.Shabalin
V.N.Shvetsov
A.V.Strelkov

Secretariat
N.A.Malysheva
E.S.Kopach

V.L.Aksenov, V.A.Matveev

Birmingham, UK

The conference covers all experimental and theoretical aspects of
surfaces, interfaces, and nanoscale physics and chemistry.

Invited Speakers

• Roger Bennett, University of Reading (UK)
• Harald Brune, EPFL (Switzerland)
• Richard Catlow, University College London (UK)
• Hans-Joachim Freund, Fritz-Haber Institute (Germany)
• Leo Gross, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory (Switzerland)
• David Jesson, Cardiff University (UK)
• Laurence Marks, Northwestern University (USA)
• Quentin Ramasse, SuperSTEM, Daresbury (UK)
• Petra Rudolf, University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
• Peter Sloan, University of Bath (UK)
• Stefan Tautz, Peter Grünberg Institute (Germany)
• Qikun Xue, Tsinghua University (China)

For further information please visit the website.

University of Birmingham

Technische Universität Berlin

DPG Frühjahrstagung (Spring Meeting) of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM) with the divisions and working groups:

• Biological Physics
• Chemical and Polymer Physics
• Dielectric Solids
• Thin Films
• Dynamics and Statistical Physics
• Semiconductor Physics (and the working group Semiconductor)
• Magnetism (and the working group Magnetism)
• Metal and Material Physics (and the working group Metal and Material Physics)
• Mikroprobes
• Surface Science
• Physics of Socio-Economic Systems
• Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
• Vacuum Science and Technology
• Gravitation and Relativity, in cooperation with the Astronomical Society
• Low Temperature Physics
• Crystallography
• Working Group Equal Opportunities
• Working Group Energy
• Working Group Information
• Working Group young DPG
• Working Group Philosophy of Physics
• Working Group Physics and Disarmament

For further information, also regarding venue and registration process, please visit the meetings website.

TU Berlin

LLB, Saclay, France

Fan du LLB is an annual school delivered in French and offering young French-speaking researchers a first contact with real experimental neutron scattering. The school is aimed at students and post-docs working in all scientific areas where neutrons can provide valuable insights, although priority is given to those having never had any contact with neutrons scattering.

After an introduction to neutron sources and neutron scattering, ten different thematic subjects based on different scientific problems that can be addressed by neutron scattering, are proposed to the students. In groups of four to five, the students are then introduced to two different neutrons scattering technique, during three days devoted to experiments and data analysis. One of the distinguishing features of our school is that the students often come with their own samples, which are tested during the training together with our demonstration samples. This ensures a good and efficient participation of the students. The course lasts for 3.5 days.

Registration opens: September 19
Deadline for registration: October 19

Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, LLB

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Grenoble, France

Have your attention drawn to the 7th ILL Annual School on Neutron Diffraction Data Treatment using the FULLPROF suite, to be held in Grenoble at the Institute Laue-Langevin from 2 to 6 March 2015 (*).

Please visit the website http://www.ill.eu/FPSchool2015/ for more information (applications can be submitted starting from 1st November 2014).

Scientific scope:

FPSchool aims to contribute to the training of scientists in treatment of X-ray and neutron diffraction data.

The school is based on intensive hands-on sessions using the computer programs of the FullProf Suite. The lectures and tutorials will provide the essential tools necessary for an efficient use of the FullProf Suite at an intermediate level. In addition to general applications, magnetic structure determination and refinement will be given particular attention.

Lectures:

The school lasts 4.5 days: 2 days dedicated to general applications plus 2.5 days dedicated to the analysis of magnetic diffraction data.

There are 6 theoretical modules plus 10 hands-on sessions for which each participant should bring his/her own laptop with the FullProf Suite already installed.

Participants:

The school is intended for PhD students and experienced scientists with a basic knowledge of diffraction techniques and crystallography. As usual, among the participants there will be a mix of different levels of experience in using FullProf. It is recommended, to those who consider themselves as beginners, to read the FullProf manual in advance and even to try to follow a few of the online tutorials (for which some videos will be available soon).

The maximum number of participants is limited to 30, which ensures the quality of the training provided. The selection of candidates is based on his/her motivation letter and CV (plus a recommendation letter from the thesis supervisor for PhD students). If necessary, balance between laboratories and nationalities will be taken into account. For information, about 1 out of 3 candidates is accepted.

(*) Note that there is an optional excursion Saturday 7 March that you should consider when making travel arrangements.

Institute Laue-Langevin

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Grenoble, France

FPSchool aims to contribute to the training of scientists in treatment of X-ray and neutron diffraction data.The school is based on intensive hands-on sessions using the computer programs of the FullProf Suite.

The lectures and tutorials will provide the essential tools necessary for an efficient use of the FullProf Suite at an intermediate level. In addition to general applications, magnetic structure determination and refinement will be given particular attention.

The 7th FPSchool will take place at the Institut Laue-Langevin, in Grenoble, from 2 to 6 March 2015.

Lectures
The school lasts 4.5 days: 2 days dedicated to general applications plus 2.5 days dedicated to the analysis of magnetic diffraction data.
There are 6 theoretical modules plus 10 hands-on sessions for which each participant should bring his/her own laptop with the FullProf Suite already installed.

Participants
The school is intended for PhD students and experienced scientists with a basic knowledge on diffraction techniques and crystallography. As usual, among the participants there will be a mix of different levels of experience in using FullProf. It is recommended, to those who consider themselves as beginners, to read the FullProf manual in advance and even try to follow a few of the online tutorials (for which some videos will be available soon).

The maximum number of participants is limited to 30, which ensures the quality of the training provided. The selection of candidates is based on his/her motivation letter and CV (plus a recommendation letter from the thesis supervisor for PhD students). If necessary, balance between laboratories and nationalities will be taken into account. For information, about 1 out of 3 candidates is accepted.

See here a report about the FullProf School on the NMI3 website.

For detailed information please also visit the schools website.

Prof. Juan Rodríguez-Carvajal

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Grenoble, France

Neutrons & Synchrotron Radiation for Science:

This school provides training for students, postdoctoral and senior scientists from European and non-European universities and laboratories, in the field of Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation for condensed matter studies (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Geosciences, Industrial applications).

It includes lectures, practicals, tutorials, and visits of Large Facilities.

The ~4-week school is a yearly event, established in 1991.

The next HERCULES session will take place from March 1st to April 1st, 2015.

The registration is opened between August 31st and October 31st, 2014 (new: EXTENDED deadline)

Université Joseph Fourier and Grenoble INP

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Berlin, Germany

The Berlin Neutron School is one of the oldest established neutron schools. It was founded in 1980 by Prof Hans Dachs and is organised by the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB). The aim of the school is to provide an introduction to neutron scattering with an emphasis on hands-on, practical experience using the instruments at the BERII reactor.

The first three days of the school consist of detailed lectures on the principles and techniques of neutron scattering followed by a tour of the instruments and an introduction to sample environment. As well as the course lectures given by members of HZB, external guest lecturers will be invited to review current issues in the field of neutron research. Previously Prof Michael Steiner (ENSA) has discussed the future of neutron sources in Europe and Dr Dimitri Argyriou (ESS) has discussed the planned European Spallation Neutron Source.

After attending the lectures the students begin the hands-on experiments. They are divided into groups of four to five people from similar subject areas and do triple-axis spectroscopy, powder diffraction, small angle scattering, reflectometry, time-of-flight spectroscopy, tomography and residual stress analysis under the guidance of the instrument scientists. The experiments last three hours each and take place over three and a half days. On the penultimate day we will hold a students’ poster session which will give the students the opportunity to present their work and discuss how neutron scattering could benefit their research with the HZB scientists. The poster session will be followed by the Neutron School dinner. Finally, on the last day of the school the students will attend lectures on how to use neutron scattering as a tool for research in various subject areas e.g. biology, chemistry, engineering, energy and physics.

Closing date for application is 15th October 2014.

This Event is supported by NMI3 and the IAEA.

Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin

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Madrid, Spain

You are cordially invited to participate in The Energy & Materials Research Conference – EMR2015, which will be held in Madrid (Spain) from 25 to 27 February 2015.

EMR2015 will bring together researchers and professionals from a broad set of science and engineering disciplines with the aim of sharing on the latest developments and advances in materials and processes involved in the energy generation, transmission-distribution and storage. The connection is clear between research into novel materials and new technological solutions or improvements in materials, and the development of cleaner, cheaper safer and more efficient energy technologies.

This conference will provide an excellent opportunity for everyone involved to learn and discuss about materials, processes and systems applied to the following areas:

• Biomass – Biofuels
• Nuclear Energy and Materials
• Solar Energy
• Energy Production from Fossil Fuels
• Solar Energy
• Energy Harvesting Materials
• Fuel Cells
• Energy Transmission, Distribution and Storage
• Hydrogen
• Advances in Lighting Materials
• Wind Power
• Energy-Efficient Buildings
• Geothermal Energy
• Materials, Processes and Systems for Energy Saving and Sustainability
• Hydropower. Wave and Tidal Power

Please, take some time to read the detailed list of Topics proposed for the conference.

Please also visit the Conferences website to obtain detailed information.

Formatex Research Center

Jülich, Germany

This year’s Spring School aims to give both an introduction to and an overview of current research topics of soft matter systems with the emphasis on biological and technological functionality.

Synthetic and biological polymers, polyelectrolytes, amphiphiles and colloids are the building blocks of many different materials. An understanding of their structural and dynamical properties is important for the rational design of structures with predescribed functionality, in itself a challenging task due to the enormous complexity of these systems.

The goal of this Spring School is not only to teach selected topics from soft matter science and biophysics to students and postdocs in physics, chemistry and biology, but also to establish the interdisciplinary connection between these fields. This includes, in particular, introducing biologists and chemists to physical experimental methods and theoretical modelling, and acquainting physicists with the large variety of fascinating chemical and biological phenomena.

Introductory lectures will present the basics of soft matter science and biophysics. These lectures aim at establishing a common level of basic interdisciplinary knowledge. Subsequent lectures will then treat more advanced topics within both disciplines and emphasize interdisciplinary aspects. In addition, experimental and computer simulation techniques will be presented and explained, and examples of applications will be given.

Peter Grünberg Institute (PGI)

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Ismaning, Germany

On February 23rd and 24th the MLZ User Meeting 2015 focussing on future perspectives of neutron science will take place. We would like to discuss the expected evolution in the major fields of science, where neutrons play an important role within the community. The goal of this meeting will be to create a science roadmap becoming a guide for future methods and instrument development at MLZ. This workshop will be very important because it will set the scene for our instrumentation development efforts.

The meeting will feature scientific presentations of keynote speakers that shall elucidate perspectives on their field for the coming decade and relate them to specific needs on the method side. In cooperation with the MLZ Science Groups, four plenary speakers in the fields of soft matter and biology, quantum phenomena and magnetism, structure research in chemistry and energy, and material science are invited. Their talks lay the basis for an in depth discussion on the future development of the respective fields. MLZ users are warmly invited to contribute to these discussions and to present their work in a poster session.

The MLZ User Meeting 2015 will take place at the Commundo Tagungshotel, Ismaning (near Munich) and last two half days to allow the attendees to arrive on Monday morning at Ismaning and head back home on Tuesday afternoon.

MLZ covers subsistence and accommodation at the Commundo Hotel for external users.

Please complete the registration form first before submitting your abstract!

Plenary Talks by:

• Winfried Petry (Munich, Germany)
• Peter Boeni (Munich, Germany)
• Hartmut Abele (Vienna, Austria)
• Olwyn Byron (Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Invited Talks by:

Soft Matter/ Biology

• Leighton Coates (Oak Ridge, USA)
• Tommy Nylander (Lund, Sweden)
• Walter Richtering (Aachen, Germany)
• Peter Schurtenberger (Lund, Sweden)

Quantum Phenomena/ Magnetism

• Bernhard Keimer (Stuttgart, Germany)
• Bella Lake (Berlin, Germany)
• Christian Pfleiderer (Munich, Germany)
• Christian Rüegg (Villigen, Switzerland)
• Kristiaan Temst (Leuven, Belgium)

Structural Research in Chemistry and Energy

• Richard Dronskowski (Aachen, Germany)
• Helmut Ehrenberg (Karlsruhe, Germany)
• Andreas Magerl (Erlangen, Germany)
• Werner Paulus (Montpellier, France)

Material Science

• Eberhard Lehmann (Villigen, Switzerland)
• Andreas Meyer (Cologne, Germany)
• Andreas Schreyer (Geesthacht, Germany)
• Pavel Strunz (Rez, Czech Republic)

MLZ

Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Berlin-Adlershof, Germany

Innovation requires best analytical methods to study structure and function of novel materials. Synchrotron radiation and neutron scattering a complementary analytical methods to investigate any kind of matter to probe structure, composition and interaction in order to improve and understand materials. Application of synchrotron and neutron methods for industrial research include the analysis of chemical compositions by diffraction and spectroscopy, non-invasive measurement of stress and strain in mechanical components, high resolution imaging of working systems and many other topics.

To present and discuss current state of the art usage of synchrotron and neutron methods in industrial research an international workshop is organized by the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie operating and offering access to the synchrotron source BESSY II and the neutron source BER II. Presentations are given by industrial users and researchers. A tour into the experimental hall of the synchrotron is possible if wanted.

The one day workshop is free of charge to the participants. Please find the registration here.

The workshop is kindly supported by the FP7 EU Access Program Calipso.

Dr. Britta Höpfner

University of Huddersfield, George Buckley Lecture Theatre

A workshop will be held at the University of Huddersfield to discuss the development and application of future Muon sources.

Organised with the support of the European Union 7th Framework Programme, this will be a joint meeting between the Accelerator Applications Network of EuCARD2 (http://eucard2.web.cern.ch and the Muon Joint Research Activity within the Neutron and Muon Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (http://nmi3.eu).

The aim of the meeting is to bring together scientists and engineers involved in the development and application of accelerator-based muon sources to discuss and exchange ideas about the requirements for future facilities.
The meeting will consider new technologies required for the production of novel muon beams, such as Ultra Slow beams and the Muon Microscopes, while taking a forward look to new applications of muon techniques in academia and industry.

The meeting will start with lunch on Monday 12^th January, finishing early afternoon the following day.
Registration is free and is available before 1^st December, 2014.

Delegates are asked to make their own accommodation arrangements – local hotels include Premier Inn (where a few rooms have been reserved for this meeting) and Travelodge (both located close to the University campus). The Campus is within easy reach of the motorway network, Leeds Bradford and Manchester airports and main rail links.

For more information about the meeting contact either Jamie Peck (jamie.peck@stfc.ac.uk), Rob Edgecock (t.r.edgecock@hud.ac.uk)) or Stephen Cottrell (stephen.cottrell@stfc.ac.uk).

Accelerator Applications Network of EuCARD2 and the NMI3 Muon JRA

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28 Portland Place, London

A one-day meeting will be held on the 15th December 2014 at 28 Portland Place, London to discuss the complementarity of muon techniques with well-established magnetic resonance methods. Presentations will cover many aspects of condensed matter physics and chemistry, with a particular focus on highlighting the unique insight muon measurements bring to this area of science. Further details and on-line registration can be found on the meeting website.

The meeting is being organised by the British Radio Frequency Spectroscopy Group, a group within the Institute of Physics concerned with the development of magnetic resonance techniques and their application to the study of all states of matter.

British Radio Frequency Spectroscopy Group

St George Lycabettus Hotel, Athens, Greece

The second joint Industry Advisory Board and Facility Industry Office Meeting will be held on 19-21 November (12 noon to 12 noon), in Athens, Greece.

CALIPSO and NMI3 are currently preparing a first draft agenda for the meeting, which will be circulated soon.

This second meeting will be aimed at looking deeper at how to exploit additional ways for industry and the facilities to work together, probably structured around breakout sessions on specific topics, such as legal frameworks and application of standards.

NMI3 and CALIPSO

Second IAB meeting - agenda

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Vila Lanna, Prague, Czech Republic

The symposium is organised by Czech-German team collaborating on the design and construction of new engineering beamline for European
Spallation Source in Lund, Sweden.
The program can be found here.

Niels Bohr International Academy in Copenhagen

The main focus of the 2014 workshop-school will be the combination of elastic and inelastic scattering methods, such as reflectometry, quasielastic and inelastic neutron scattering ( QENS and INS) to gain detailed understanding of relationships between structural and dynamic properties and thus ultimately the function of diverse materials. The needs and interests of students with a background in the hard-condensed matter sciences will be addressed with discussion on the use of these experimental methods in magnetism. Results of studies using polarized neutron reflectometry (PNR), INS and inelastic X-rays scattering (INX) will be at the core of those tutorials.

Following the successful formula from the last years, the students will be given a small project and will be guided by the lecturers to a solution. In parallel with, and following the school we plan to hold a small but intensive scientific meeting on carefully selected topics of relevance to the school and of current interest with extensive discussion between experimental and computational scientists.

This workshop is sponsored by the Niels Bohr International Academy, by the PhD School of the University of Copenhagen, by the Institut Français du Danemark and by the European Spallation Source (ESS) . There is no fee for the participants, but attendance will be limited.

The school is limited to 20 students to be selected from the applications received.

ALBA Synchrotron near Barcelona

User Offices play a key role in large scale synchrotron, FEL and neutron facilities. Lately, European projects like PaNData, Calipso, NMI3 or EuroFEL between such facilities seems to point towards the harmonization of workflows, software or procedures employed by User Offices. However, each facility has its own national constrains.

The present meeting is a first discussion forum of European User Offices. It was initially proposed after some discussions during European projects meetings like PaNData and it will become an opportunity to know each facility workflows and achievements as well as common worries and future developments.

Inmaculada Ramos (ALBA) and Thomas Gutberlet (HZB)

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Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Lise-Meitner-Campus in Berlin-Wannsee.

Scope

The scope of the workshop is to bring together experts doing research in high magnetic fields above 15 T with the focus on neutron scattering. We want to provide an information platform for researchers regarding the future use of the high?field facility capable to generate magnetic fields as high as 25+ T at HZB. Identification of possible future experiments using this facility is one of the main workshop topics. The workshop covers a broad field of topics ranging from the neutron diffraction and scattering in high magnetic fields and sample environment for neutron sciences up to fundamental physics problems in high magnetic fields.

Practical information on how to apply for experimental beamtime will be provided.

The Registration Fee is 100 Euro. This fee includes the workshop material and covers the coffee breaks, lunches and workshop dinner.

Topics covered will be

• present status of neutron scattering in high magnetic fields
• sample environment for neutron sciences in magnetic fields
• fundamental physics problems in high magnetic fields
• low-dimensional systems and frustrated systems
• oxides and related systems
• superconductivity and high magnetic fields
• quantum critical phenomena
• strongly correlated and heavy-fermion system

Venue

• The workshop will take place from 29-30 October 2014 at Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Lise-Meitner-Campus in Berlin-Wannsee.
• The workshop will start at 9.00 am on Wednesday, 29th October 2014, and will finish around 16.00 pm on Thursday, 30th October 2014.

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie

ISIS, Oxford, United Kingdom

A workshop will be held at ISIS on 22nd to 23rd October 2014 on the use of the Horace software package. The workshop will be aimed at anyone who uses Horace to visualise and analyse data from time-of-flight INS experiments.

The course will cover all aspects of Horace, from using it to plan an experiment, to how to view data, perform corrections, simulations, fitting, and more. It is expected that participants will have encountered Horace in their work already. There will be an “ask the expert” session at the end of the course where the developers will be available to provide advice on participants’ particular data analysis issues.

The workshop will be free to attend for all, and one night’s accommodation at RAL will be provided free of charge. Participants are expected to cover their own transport costs. Places are limited to 20 participants.

More details about the workshop (timetable, accommodation, etc.) are available at http://horace.isis.rl.ac.uk/Horace_Workshop_Details

To apply to attend please visit http://wwwisis2.isis.rl.ac.uk/useroffice/HoraceWorkshop/Register.asp

The closing date for applications is 16:00 BST on 15th September 2014. Participants will be notified of their place on the course by 21st September. Application to attend will be handled entirely by the website above, however if you have any questions about the workshop please feel free to contact us at Horace Help

ISIS

Tutzing near Munich, Germany

From spallation to continuous neutron sources: a positive feedback on neutron instrumentation

After several years of high intensity efforts to design a suite of modern instruments for the ESS the neutron community is looking forward to the start of its construction. The design studies have demonstrated that a tremendous increase of flux can be expected at the instruments.

Thus, at a first glance a migration of the user community to the European flagship source can be expected. However, the scientist and engineers at the existing continuous sources will intensify their efforts to improve their instrumentation considerably and make it even more attractive.

The JCNS-Workshop 2014 will be devoted to this expected challenge. It will bring neutron scientists working at spallation and continuous neutron sources together to consider the recent developments for the ESS through the prism of their use for instrumentation at continuous sources. There is an obvious need to discuss on how the stockpile of knowledge and new ideas can be fruitfully used for the improvement of the existing instrumentation.

Jülich Centre for Neutron Science at MLZ

Eynsham Hall North Leigh, Oxfordshire, UK

Sample environment equipment and support are vital elements in the success of neutron scattering experiments. The 8th International Workshop on SE@NSF will bring together scientists, engineers and technicians to exchange experience and discuss new ideas. The workshop will begin with a reception on the evening of Sunday 12th October and end after lunch on Thursday 16th October 2014.

STFC

Stirin, Czech Republic

The physics and application prospects of relaxor ferroelectrics are subject of continuously growing interest. The need for a world-wide discussion forum focused on this subject has led to several ad-hoc meetings organized in the past. The recent positive and useful experience of participants of the International Workshop on Structure–Property Relations in Relaxor Ferroelectrics organized in Xi’an, China, 2011; the Workshop on Relaxor Ferroelectrics organized in Schloss Edesheim, Germany, 2012; and the International Workshop on Relaxor Ferroelectrics held in St. Petersburg, 2013 has motivated the advisory board of the last one to establish a regular biennial chain of focused workshops as a platform aimed to enhance the communication, exchange and collaboration among the researchers working in relaxor ferroelectric physics and materials science.

We are proud to host the first regular International Workshop on Relaxor Ferroelectrics in Stirin, Czech Republic, on 12–16 October 2014. The event will be held at the Stirin Chateau, Ringhofferova 711, Stirin, 251 68 Kamenice, located 25 km south-east from the Prague city centre. The chateau surrounded by a well-kept park will provide a great venue for the Workshop, period accommodation as well as fascinating landscape.

Thematic areas

• Basic principles of relaxor ferroelectrics
• Polar nanoregions, nanodomains, thin films
• Progress in theory; relaxor vs. spin glass
• Application of relaxor ferroelectrics
• Structure of relaxors
• Dielectric and piezoelectric properties
• Dielectric, optic and neutron spectroscopy
• Magnetic, polymeric and exotic relaxors

For more information, a more detailed programm and registrations visit the events website

Department of Dielectrics, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

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Hunguest Hotel Palota Lillafüred in Miskolc-Lillafüred, Hungary

The event based more to academia than to industry and all papers will be peer reviewed before publication in IOP Conference Series Materials Sciences and Engineering, which is refereed by SCOPUS and many others. The international conference ic-cmtp3 provides a platform among leading international scientists, researchers, engineers, students and PhD students for discussing recent achievements in research and development of material structures and properties of competitive materials like nanomaterials, ceramics, glasses, films and coatings, metals, alloys, biomaterials, composites, hetero-modulus and hybrid-materials, … etc.

Among the major fields of interest are materials with extreme physical, chemical, thermal, mechanical properties and dynamic strengths; including their crystalline and nano-structures, phase-transformations as well as methods of their technological processes, tests and measurements.

Promote new methods and results of scientific researches and multidisciplinary applications of material science and technological problems encountered in sectors like ceramics, glasses, metal alloys, thin films, aerospace, automotive and marine industry, electronics, energy, security, safety and construction materials, chemistry, medicine, cosmetics, biosciences, environmental sciences are of particular interests.

Grindelwald, Switzerland

The 10th World Conference on Neutron Radiography (WCNR-10) will attract scientist active in the field of neutron imaging either as designers and/or operators of facilities or as users of such installations. During the conference the latest methodical developments, instrumentation layout and improvements and new applications will be presented and discussed.
WCNR-10 continues a series of meetings that was initiated and started in San Diego (USA) in 1986. In intervals of about four years the conference moved between USA, Japan and Europe until the most recent one (WCNR-9) that took place in South Africa in 2010.

Given by the progress of the detector development the method of neutron imaging has become much more efficient than in the past and new techniques (tomography, real-time imaging, etc.) have become common tools for different research applications. A world-wide active community of both method and application oriented members has grown within the network organized within ISNR. Many powerful neutron imaging beam lines now operate as user facilities and the systems are shared among very different research teams. The access to neutron imaging at user facilities has also resulted in a growing user community that benefit from the latest developments at the instruments.

The main tracks of the conference are Beamlines, Instrumentation, Methods, Data processing, Applications.

Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)

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Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

International Collaboration on Advanced Neutron Sources

ICANS is a network of laboratories whose scientists are involved in developing pulsed neutron sources and accelerator based spallation neutron sources.

Brief History of ICANS

The first ICANS meetings was held in 1977 at Argonne National Laboratory to formulate the goals and structure of the Collaboration. There have been twenty major ICANS meetings up to 2012. The next ICANS meeting, the 21st, will be held at J-PARC.

J-PARC

Zaragoza, Spain

24.09.2014
The first day will be dedicated to NMI3 Internal business such as parallel WP meetings, the NaMES training activities supported by NMI3, e-learning, and Networking activity results.

25.09.2014

• General Assembly
• Board Meeting
• Welcome drink and dinner

Note: Lunch on the 24th and 25th of September as well as the evening meal on the 25th of September will be covered by the host organisation.

Programme
For a detailed programme please refer to the link available below.

Venue
Sala De Grados
Facultad de Ciencias A Físicas San Francisco Campus,
University of Zaragoza
C/ Pedro Cerbuna 12
50009
Spain

NMI3 General Assembly - Zaragoza 2014 - AgendaAgenda as of September 18.

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Munich, Germany

The ESS Science Symposium: “Surface and Interface Reconstruction: A Challenge for Neutron Reflectometry” will take place from 24. to 26. September 2014 at the Hotel Seeblick Bernried, which is located at the waterfront of the scenic Lake Starnberg South of Munich, Germany.

The workshop will discuss challenges in neutron reflectometry to study Bragg rods and surface reconstruction, porous interfaces, wetting and de-wetting, solid-liquid interfaces, soft interfaces, lateral structured systems, instrumentation and techniques, magnetic structures and interfaces.

Invited speakers include

• Tilo Baumbach (KIT)
• Stuart Clarke (Cambridge University)
• Björgvin Hjörvarsson (Uppsala Universitet)
• Sean Langridge (ISIS)
• Dieter Lott (HZG)
• Stefan Mattauch (JCNS)
• Peter Müller Buschbaum (Technische Universität München)
• Ullrich Pietsch (Universität Siegen)
• Oliver Seek (DESY)
• Jochen Stahn (PSI)
• Hanna Wacklin (ESS)
• Hartmut Zabel (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

The start of the workshop is scheduled such that also participants of the SNI conference can easily reach the venue on time.

Wolfgang Kreuzpaintner (TUM), Peter Böni (TUM), Thomas Gutberlet (HZB)

World Conference Center Bonn, Germany

German Conference for Research with Synchrotron Radiation, Neutrons and Ion Beams at Large Facilities 2014

A wealth of excellent research results have been obtained in the last years through the use of large facilities for the investigation of condensed matter. Experiments with neutrons, synchrotron and ion radiation offer complementary poss ibilities to illuminate the properties of matter in all its facets. For the third time (following the conferences 2006 and 2010), scientists from a variety of disciplines will gather at a SNI for presenting results and exchanging ideas at this showcase of joint research at research centres and universities. A special open session will be devoted to presenting research highlights tailored to the general public.

German Committee “Condensed Matter Research at Large Facilities” (KEKM)

Ile d’Oléron, France

Since more than 20 years, the French Neutron Scattering Society (SFN) organizes a neutron school during its annual meeting. In 2014, “les 22èmes Journées de la Diffusion Neutronique” (JDN22) will be held from September 21-26 at the “ile d’Oléron” (France). The 3.5 days school will be devoted to “Neutron and Crystallography” (September 21-24) and will be followed by the “Rencontres Rossat-Mignod” (Sept. 24-26), giving the opportunity for the scientists to exchange their latest results and trends.

The School aims at an audience including researchers and academics as well as beginners or advanced graduate students or post-docs in Solid State Physics, Chemistry and Material Science (expected number of participants is 80). The training objectives of the school are:

• to highlight the specific contribution of neutron scattering for studying the wide variety of crystalline materials with respect to other techniques,
• to present the different neutron techniques (diffraction, reflectometry, 3-axes spectroscopy, … ) with their most relevant limitations and their application fields,
• to promote exchanges between the participants and the senior researchers and well-trained users working on large scale facilities.
  Introductory lectures (crystallography, properties of neutrons and neutron sources) will be given at the beginning of school before detailing more specific techniques for neutron measurements applied to the various problems (nuclear structure / dynamics / magnetism) and studied materials (powder / single crystal / thin film) as well as the main technical characteristics associated with spectrometers.
  Practicals on data analysis will be organized to complete the theoretical training.

The whole training will be published in a volume of the “collection SFN” (EDP sciences). All previous published books can be dowloaded via http://www.neutron-sciences.org/ (free access).

J.M. Kiat, P.E. Janolin (SPMS, Ecole Centrale Paris), F. Porcher, B. Gillon (LLB, CEA/Saclay), M.T. Fernandez-Diaz (ILL, Grenoble)

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Ismaning, Germany

First held in 2012, the annual Design and Engineering of Neutron Instruments Meeting (DENIM) has already established itself as a regular engineering workshop in the field of neutron scattering instruments.

The meeting offers engineers from all over the world the chance to network with colleagues from other neutron scattering centres to foster the exchange of ideas and experiences. Engineers from ISIS (UK), Delft University (The Netherlands), CSNS (China), ESS (Sweden), ANSTO (Australia), NIST (USA), SNS (USA), PSI (Switzerland), Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany) and the MLZ (Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum, Germany) have already taken advantage of this opportunity and took part in DENIM 2012 at ISIS and DENIM 2013 at the SNS. Eighty attendees came together to discuss engineering challenges and solutions, shared ideas and instrument designs, as well as presenting current projects they were working on.

The MLZ, together with its cooperation partners Technische Universität München, Forschungszentrum Jülich and Forschungszentrum Geesthacht, is pleased to announce that it has been chosen to host DENIM 2014 at the Research Reactor Munich (FRM II) in Garching, and looks forward to playing its own part in this success story.

The organizers hope that the synergy effects already established will be further strengthened and the different disciplines in the technical world of science brought closer together.

MLZ, TUM, Forschungszentrum Jülich and Forschungszentrum Geesthacht

Sydney, NSW, Australia

The 2014 PNCMI (Polarised Neutrons for Condensed-Matter Investigations) International Conference will be held in Sydney, NSW, Australia, on 15 – 19 September 2014. The conference will cover the latest condensed-matter investigations using polarised neutrons and state-of-the-art methodologies and techniques of polarised-neutron production and utilisation for novel instrumentation and experiments, with emphasis on prospects for new science and new instrument concepts.

The conference will include a tour of the polarised-neutron facilities at the OPAL Research Reactor at ANSTO.

Topics

• Multiferroics and chirality
• Strongly correlated electron systems, including superconductors
• Frustrated and disordered systems
• Magnetic nanomaterials
• Molecular magnetism
• Thin films and multilayers
• Soft matter and biology
• Imaging
• Instrumentation and methods, including nuclear polarisation, Larmor techniques, and depolarisation
• Complementary techniques (NMR, XMCD, …)
• Facility reports

ANSTO

EPS Campus, Grenoble, France

This HERCULES Specialized Course will address non-crystallographic X-ray and neutron scattering techniques for structural biology and soft matter with a focus on small angle scattering, reflectometry and fibre diffraction. An introduction to the theory as well as recent state-of-the-art examples from a multitude of systems (proteins, polymers, membranes, fibres, colloids etc.) will be presented as well as recent developments in sample environment and data analysis. Furthermore, two practical days on two ILL instruments (D17 and D33) and two ESRF beamlines (BM02 and BM29) will be proposed. The course is aimed at PhD students, postdocs and scientists in the field of physics, chemistry and biology who want to learn more on the theoretical background, practical aspects and applications of these techniques.

You can download the programme here

Application deadline: 1 June

Frank Gabel (IBS and ILL), Anne Martel (ILL), Petra Pernot (ESRF), Adam Round (EMBL Grenoble)

Valle Aurina (Bolzano), Italy and Institut Laue Langevin Grenoble, France

Giornate Didattiche della SISN 2014

Introduction to neutron techniques for condensed matter studies, with applications to Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Earth sciences

The Learning Days organized by the Italian Society of Neutron Spectroscopy are addressed to degree and specializing students, PhD students, post-doc and young researchers interested in acquiring the basic principles of neutron spectroscopy, in understanding the advantages and potentialities of this technique, and in exploiting it for their research.

The Learning Days are characterized by two sessions. The first session provides the students with the fundamentals of neutron spectroscopy and the basic principles of data analysis. The lectures on the basic theoretical and experimental tools will be paralleled by tutorials about data analysis.
During the second experimental session the students will carry out real neutron scattering measurements at the most important facility for neutron research: the high flux reactor of the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France.

Deadline for applications: 30 April 2014

Further information will soon be provided on the website of Società Italiana di Spettroscopia Neutronica under the link “Scuole SISN”. Please also consult the document attached.

Italian Society of Neutron Spectroscopy

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Haifa, Israel

Israel Institute of Technology warmly invites you to join in at ECIS2014 – the 28th Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society to take place at the Dan Carmel Hotel and the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, 7-12 September, 2014. The meeting is organized as a joint effort of representatives from the 6 major Israeli universities.

ECIS2014 aims to bring fundamental and emerging trends in all aspects of colloid science, and to provide opportunities for chemists, physicists, biologists and engineers to exchange knowledge and promote collaborations. We especially encourage young scientists to attend and present their work, and to benefit from the vibrant scientific environment.

The program will begin on Sunday evening with a reception, and will continue until midday on Friday. Prior to the meeting we will hold a 2.5-day training course on electron microscopy (EM) and cryo-electron microscopy (CryoEM) methods. The meeting further hosts a COST action workshop on Colloidal Aspects of Nanoscience for Innovative Processes and Materials.

In the updated site kindly find detailed information on the venue, topics, invited speakers, ECIS training course, presenting opportunities, prizes, important dates, sightseeing, and more. Please note that the site is now open for registration and abstract submission.

The meeting is organized as a joint effort of representatives from the 6 major Israeli universities.

Jülich and Garching, Germany

The course consists of two parts: a series of lectures, combined with the opportunity to take part in neutron scattering experiments. The lectures encompass an introduction to neutron sources, along with scattering theory and instrumentation. Furthermore, selected topics of condensed matter research are be presented.

Lectures are held at Forschungszentrum Jülich and the experiments take place at the neutron facilities of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum in Garching near Munich.

The aim of the course is to give a realistic insight into the experimental technique of neutron scattering and its scientific potential. Forschungszentrum Jülich supports students from out of the area with free accommodation and half-board. Travel stipendia for foreign students are also available.

Forschungszentrum Jülich in cooperation with RWTH Aachen and WWU Münster

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Paris, France

Welcome to Condensed Matter in Paris!

“Condensed Matter in Paris” is an international conference covering all aspects of condensed matter physics, including soft condensed matter, liquid physics, biophysics, materials science, quantum physics and quantum simulators, low temperature physics, quantum fluids, strongly correlated materials, semiconductor physics, magnetism, surface and interface physics, electronic, optical, structural, and mechanical properties of materials, acoustics, and disordered media. An important place will be granted to interdisciplinary topics as well as to the development of research infrastructure in Europe.

The scientific program will consist of a series of plenary and semi-plenary presentations and mini-colloquia. Within each mini-colloquium, there will be invited lectures, oral contributions and posters.

“Condensed Matter in Paris” is jointly organised by the Condensed Matter Divisions of the French Physical Society SFP and of the European Physical Society EPS, and will unite the 14th Journées de la Matière Condensée (JMC14) and the 25th Conference of the Condensed Matter Division of the EPS (CMD25) in a single event.

“Condensed Matter in Paris” is the next in the series of biyearly JMC and CMD conferences, the last of which were held in Montpellier and Edinburgh, respectively. It will also host the biyearly French-Singaporean workshop on physics, which, this year, will have “Graphene” as its main theme.

The meeting will be held from August 24th through August 29th, 2014, between the Luxembourg gardens and Port Royal in the heart of Paris.

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Condensed Matter Divisions of the French Physical Society SFP and European Physical Society EPS

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB), Berlin, Germany

The third international school on Neutron Scattering Applications to Hydrogen Storage Materials will be held in August 20 – 29, 2014 at the HZB.

The school will introduce you to the basics of hydrogen storage and show what kind of information can be provided by neutron scattering techniques.

HZB

Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research at McMaster University, Canada

What: A three-day workshop on the “The Role of Magnetic Symmetry in the Description and Determination of Magnetic Structures”. Hands-on tutorials on the exploitation of magnetic symmetry in ISODISTORT, FullProf, JANA and the Bilbao Crystallograpic Server. Lectures will address both theory and practice. See http://magcryst.org/meetings/cmsworkshop2014/ for details.

When: August 14-16, 2014

Where: Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research at McMaster University. An outstanding summer venue with many scenic attractions nearby (e.g. Toronto and Niagra Falls).

Why: A great deal of new infrastructure (software, data and standards) is evolving rapidly in support of the use of magnetic symmetry to solve/refine magnetic structures. Don’t miss this opportunity to catch up.

Who: Presenters include

• Mois Aroyo (Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain)
• Stuart Calder (Oak Ridge National Lab, USA)
• Branton Campbell (Brigham Young University, USA)
• John Greedan (McMaster University, Canada)
• J. Manuel Perez-Mato (Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain)
• Vaclav Petricek (Institute of Physics, ASCR, Czech Republic)
• Vladimir Pomjakushin (Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland)
• Juan Rodriquez-Carvajal (Institut Laue Langevin, France)
• Wieslawa Sikora (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)

How much: Student residence-hall accommodations. Low registration fees. Young-scientist travel bursary awards still available.

Institut Montana, Zug, Switzerland

The PSI summer school 2014 is dedicated to the topic: Exploring time, energy and length scales in condensed matter. International experts and PSI staff members will introduce and deepen your knowledge not only about these scientific topics but also about the main methods applied at PSI large-scale facilities to understand the phenomena, which are presently at the forefront of modern solid state physics and chemistry.

Large-scale facilities such as neutron, muon and synchrotron sources offer a wide variety of techniques to reveal the secrets of condensed matter. Scattering, spectroscopy and imaging experiments enable to study a topic from different scientific points of view and to contribute to fundamental and applied research projects. In this school the focus is on the study of dynamic processes at different time and length scales looking at the electronic, magnetic and structural properties of condensed matter using the capabilities of the large-scale facilities. Evening lectures will draw the attention to the importance of time, energy and length scales in other scientific fields.

Following the school a practical training is offered at PSI. It will allow a limited number of participants to get hands-on experience with state-of-the-art instrumentation using photons, neutrons, and muons.

Deadlines:

• Early registration: April 30, 2014
• Grant application: April 30, 2014
• Regular registration: June 30, 2014

Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)

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Montreal, Canada

The Scientific Program has been defined and we anticipate an extremely robust offering of presentations not only by Plenary, Keynote and Invited speakers, but also by authors from around the world who are submitting their abstracts for oral and poster presentation.

Important dates

• Abstract Submission Deadline: February 11
• Early Bird Registration Deadline: Before and until May 1
• Speaker / Poster Presenter Registration Deadline: May 1

University of Lisbon, Portugal

The 9th Liquid Matter Conference will take place at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, 21-25 July 2014. The conference will start on the morning of Monday 21 July 2014, and finish around lunchtime on Friday, 25 July 2014. The purpose of this conference is to bring together scientists working on the liquid state of matter and closely related topics, such as soft matter and biophysics. The rapidly growing field covered by this conference series therefore includes the physics, chemistry, biology, and chemical engineering of liquid matter as well as several areas of applied research.

The conference will consist of plenary lectures, topical symposia with keynote lectures and contributed oral presentations, as well as poster sessions. The highlights of the conference will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.

Topics

• Ionic Liquids and Liquid Metals
• Water and Solutions
• Liquid Crystals
• Polymers, Polyelectrolytes, Biopolymers
• Colloids
• Films, Foams, Surfactants, Emulsions
• Confined Fluids, Interfacial Phenomena
• Supercooled Liquids, Glasses, Gels
• Driven Systems, Rheology and Nanofluidics
• Active Matter
• Biological and Biomimetic Fluids

Important dates

• The deadline for abstract submission is 1 February 2014.
• Notifications of acceptance will be sent by 31 March 2014.

University of Lisbon (UL) and the School of Engineering of the Lisbon Polytechnic Institute (ISEL), on behalf of the European Physical Society

University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

The International Conference on the Structure of Surfaces series provides a forum to assess the status of atomic-scale and nanoscale structure determination of surfaces, interfaces and nanostructures, and the relationships between such structure and physical and chemical properties.

Topics include atomic positions, bond lengths and bond angles of clean and adsorbate surfaces, interfaces and nanostructures; nanoscale morphology; their roles in determining electronic, optical, vibrational, chemical and dynamic properties; applications to phase transitions, disordering, defect formation, crystal growth, interface diffusion, segregation and chemical reactivity.

IOP Thin Films and Surfaces Group

Nordita, Stockholm, Sweden

In a frustrated system, competition between interactions hinders the tendency towards forming an ordered state, allowing for the emergence of new physical phenomena. This programme will bring together experts in the field of frustrated and critical magnetism as well as younger researchers, to discuss recent developments, explore connections between different areas of research, and generate new ideas.

Topics of interest include:

• Quantum spin liquids in theory and experiment
• Spin ice, classical and quantum: monopoles, dynamics, and topological order
• Criticality in magnetic and constrained systems
• Frustration in context: multiferroicity, charge degrees of freedom, and disorder

Application deadline: 28 February 2014

There is no fee for participation in the program. A limited number of travel grants will be available to PhD students and postdocs for participation in the program.

NORDITA

Paris, France

After the two first Neutrons and Food conferences in Sydney (2010) and in Delft (2012), “Neutrons and Food 3” will be held inside Paris at “La Maison du Lait” from Wednesday 9th to Friday 11th of July 2014, and is co-organized by AgroSup Dijon and Laboratoire Léon Brillouin. It will be preceded by an introduction to Neutron Scattering and a visit of the reactor Orphée at the French National Center for Neutron Scattering (Laboratoire Léon Brillouin) at Saclay, nearly 30km from Paris, for interested attendees.

Neutron Imaging

A satellite meeting on “Neutron Imaging” is organized
from Monday 7th afternoon to Wednesday 9th
morning at Saclay. A common session between
the “neutron imaging workshop” and the “neutrons
& food 3” conference will happen the Wednesday
9th morning.

Important dates

• 10-February 2014: Opening of the registration
• 16-May-2014: Abstract submission deadline – EXTENDED
• 16-May-2014: Early registration deadline
• 15- June- 2014: Registration deadline

AgroSup Dijon and Laboratoire Léon Brillouin

DESY, Hamburg (Germany)

The 13^th Surface X-ray and Neutron Scattering conference will take place in 2014 from the 7^th to the 11^th of July in Hamburg (Germany) on the DESY site.

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.

The following topics will be covered:

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

Important dates

• Deadline for abstract submission: 7th March 2014
• Confirmation of talks: April 2014
• Deadline for registration: 15th May 2014

DESY

Campus Saint Martin d’Hères Grenoble, France

Following the long history and continuity of SCES the conference in Grenoble will cover a wide range of subjects in the diverse field of strongly correlated electron systems. SCES emphasizes the fundamental physics of strongly correlated electron systems that span from bulk materials including f-electron based heavy fermions, d-electron based compounds, and organic materials to artificial materials such as nanoscale structures as well as cold atoms in optical lattices.

Topics

• Heavy fermion physics (including valence and/or charge fluctuations)
• Quantum phase transitions and quantum criticality
• Non-Fermi liquid phenomena
• Unconventional superconductivity
• Kondo physics in bulk materials and nanoscale structures
• Metal-insulator transitions
• Quantum magnetism and physics of frustration
• Ferroics and multiferroics
• Correlated atoms in optical lattices
• Topological aspects of strongly correlated systems

Important dates

• Registration: 15 May
• Abstract submission: 27 February

Cambridge University in Cambridge, UK

This international conference will focus on recent developments in the study of the phenomenon of frustration in magnets. It will feature presentations reporting on experimental and theoretical studies of magnetic frustration, in all of its manifestations.

This conference follows in the series of HFM 2012 (Hamilton, Canada), HFM 2010 (Baltimore, USA), HFM 2008 (Braunschweig, Germany), HFM 2006 (Osaka, Japan), HFM 2003 (Grenoble, France) and HFM 2000 (Waterloo, Canada).

Steve Blundell, Steve Bramwell, Claudio Castelnovo (chair), John Chalker, Oleg Petrenko

Dubna, Moscow region, Russia

The topics of the Conference will highlight results of interdisciplinary research and development of neutron instruments and techniques, including:

• Functional and nanostructured materials;
• Magnetic colloid systems;
• Layered magnetic nanostructures;
• Carbon nanostructures;
• Materials under extreme conditions;
• Soft condensed matter (biological nanosystems, lipid membranes, polymers);
• Lattice and molecular dynamics of materials;
• Texture and properties of rocks and minerals;
• Residual stresses in materials and products;
• Neutron imaging;
• Development of IBR-2 instruments;
• Development of neutron scattering techniques;
• Development of neutron detectors.

Programme of the Conference includes plenary reports (40 min), topic reports (20 min) and poster presentations.

The Working languages – Russian and English.

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)

ILL, Grenoble, France

The final meeting of the NMI3-II Data Analysis workpackage (WP6) will take place on the June 17th 2014 afternoon, at the ILL, Grenoble, France. This meeting will be held in the Seminar Room of the brand new Science building, in collaboration with the Integrated User Access workpackage (WP5, 17th in the morning).

The tentative WP5 meeting topics are (June 17th 9am, Science Building, Seminar room ground floor) :

• welcome (9 am)
• final report on cross facility beam time access (K. Pranzas, F. Casurghi)
• first version of software package prototype on integrated user registration and proposal submission (N. Leidel)
• discussion on requirements for software prototypes

The tentative WP6 programme is the following (June 17th 2pm, Science Building, Seminar room ground floor) :

• Welcome (2 pm)
• Presentation of Task 2 report (D6.2)
• Task 3/4 (D6.3/4) pre-report: status of prototypes and their evaluation
• Outcome of the WP6
• end of the meeting (6 pm)

ILL / WPs

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Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

The workshop is designed for graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and faculty with knowledge of protein function and structure but no or limited experience of neutron sciences.

Subjects include:

• Crystallography
• Small Angle Scattering
• Reflectometry
• Spectroscopy
• Imaging
• Labeling techniques

Course Objectives

1. Educate participants in neutron scattering techniques, instrumentation and data collection, analysis and interpretation.
2. Expose participants to cutting-edge research in neutron structural biology.
3. Build interactions between participants, their university groups, and ORNL neutron scattering experts to develop new research projects.

Course Information

• Fellowships: Travel and accommodation costs are reimbursed for participants from U.S. institutions. There are no registration fees for any participant.
• Application Deadline: Currently open and will end April 18, 2014.

ORNL

Grenoble, France

The Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France, is organizing, for the third consecutive year, a bachelor summer program to attract more undergraduate students in Science especially in subjects related to large scale facilities.

It is a 6 weeks program with a 45 hours French course including cultural visits and a 60 hours scientific course taught in English.
Three scientific courses are available among which ‘Introduction to large scale facilities: probing matter with synchrotron and neutron radiation’.

This course will consist of lectures, tutorials and practicals, as well as visits of ILL and ESRF. Students are welcome to participate.
For partner universities, there are no tuition fees.
Grants associated with a research institute in Grenoble may also be available for the best students willing to spend a couple of weeks until the end of July in a research environment.

Application deadline: 22nd of March

Université Joseph Fourier

UJF school programme

Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

The availability of highly efficient, large-area, position-sensitive neutron detectors is of the highest importance in current and future research with neutrons. This Workshop will focus on the development of a wide range of neutron detectors covering many applications. Of particular interest at the present time is the development of detectors for existing and future spallation neutron sources. The Workshop will offer an outstanding opportunity for scientists and engineers, interested in neutron detection methods and technologies to meet and discuss their ideas with colleagues from around the world.

Deadline for paper submission: April 15th

Ralf Engels (FZ Juelich), Nigel Rhodes (STFC), Thomas Wilpert (HZB), Karl Zeitelhack (FRM II)

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Sunstar Hotel, Grindelwald, Switzerland

The 13th International Conference on Muon Spin Rotation, Relaxation and Resonance (μSR2014) will be held in Grindelwald, Switzerland, from Monday, June 1st to Friday, June 6th, 2014. It is organized by the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), the University of Zurich and the University of Fribourg. The conference provides a forum to researchers from around the world with interests in the applications of μSR to study a wide range of topics including condensed matter physics, materials and molecular sciences, chemistry and biology. The Conference will consist of invited and contributed talks as well as poster sessions.

Registration deadline: February 15, 2014

Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)

Crowne Plaza Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee

Hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and sponsored by the Neutron Scattering Society of America, this 7th conference in the series will feature a combination of invited and contributed talks, posters sessions, tutorials and an industrial exhibit.

Topics

• Plenary & Prize Sessions (Invited speakers only)
• Sources, Instrumentation and Software
• Hard Condensed Matter
• Soft Matter
• Biology
• Materials Chemistry and Materials for Energy
• Engineering and Industrial Applications
• Neutron Physics

IMPORTANT DATES
Nomination for Invited Speakers Ends November 20, 2013
Abstract Submission Opens January 6, 2014
Abstract Submission Ends March 10, 2014

Sponsored by the Neutron Scattering Society of America (NSSA) and hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Ettore Majorana Centre, Erice, Italy

Diseases, from bacterial and viral infections to cancer to chronic maladies, are still among the greatest problems for mankind, in spite of tremendous progress in genetics, biology, and chemistry. Approaches to developing new treatments have changed over time, and so have the methodologies used, in order to solve the varied, new, challenging problems that may happen on the path to drug discovery. Together with ever-evolving experimental techniques, a variety of computational approaches have been applied at the various stages of the drug design process, and in the past two decades structure-based drug design has become one of the mainstream approaches. This method can be used to target protein-ligand and protein-protein interactions and nowadays is applicable to all aspects of drug discovery, including lead identification, lead optimization, ADMET prediction, and drug repurposing.

The scientific plan includes a session on High Resolution Protein-Ligand Interactions by X-rays and Neutrons.

FIAP Paris

Workshop on “Magnetic Diffraction from Single Crystals at the ESS”

The LLB is engaged by in-kind contribution in the design of neutron instrumentation at the European Spallation Source (ESS) Sweden, specifically for magnetic diffraction from single crystals . A strong potential is anticipated for single crystal diffraction by neutron time-of-flight Laue techniques benefiting best from the ESS pulse structure and providing new opportunities to study microscopic samples under extreme conditions, temperature, magnetic field and pressure.

The meeting is organized by the LLB and aims to evaluate the new perspectives for magnetic single crystal diffraction at the ESS. We intend to join neutron experts and potential users in the field to gather the most important scientific community needs.

The meeting (limited to 30 participants) will start at 11:00 on Monday May 26th and end at 17:00 on Tuesday May 27th. Organizers will provide lunches and coffee breaks.

Participants will have a possibility to present a 10-20 minutes talk. Considerable part of time will be reserved for an informal discussion.

No registration fees are required, however for organization purpose, you have to register before March 31st by e-mail to rsen.goukassov@cea.fr .

Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, LLB

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Budapest, Hungary

8th Central European Training School on Neutron Scattering:
Insight into neutron scattering techniques and their application for studies on structure and dynamics of condensed matter.

CETS provides insight into neutron scattering techniques and their application for studies on structure and dynamics of condensed matter. Comprehensive experimental skills and guidance in result interpretation are going to be conveyed. The school will be a forum for the presentation and discussion of actual research works of young scientists.

Registration deadline
11th April 2014

Budapest Neutron Centre

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EMBL Heidelberg, Germany

Summary

The conference programme is designed for biochemists, molecular and structural biologists who are interested in molecular machines. It should provide an overview of how structural biology, and more generally biophysical techniques can be applied to different biological problems. The techniques covered in the programme include classical high resolution structural biology techniques such as electron microscopy, crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, as well as fluorescence, mass spectrometry, small angle scattering and chemical biology.

Aims
The aim of the conference is to show the interdisciplinary nature of the diverse experimental approaches and promote a modern way of thinking, where barriers between specific expertises are crossed. The sessions are organised according to the biological questions, ranging from gene expression to cell division. Experts in the different techniques will present their work back to back, showing the multiplicity of routes that can be followed to understand molecular machines in the cell.

Deadlines

Registration deadline: 27 March 2014
Abstract deadline: 9 March 2014 (10.00 pm C.E.T.)

T. Carlomagno, J. Chin, J. Puglisi

Vacation Centre “Les Bruyères”, Carcans-Maubuisson, Gironde, France

The Bombannes summer school is devoted to the practical «state-of-art» approach to scattering methods, using neutrons, as well as X-ray and light sources – today’s key techniques to study structure and dynamics in systems containing colloids, polymers, surfactants and biological macromolecules. Since 1990 the Bombannes school series introduces, on a fundamental level, the current methodology of static and dynamic scattering techniques and their applicaiton to soft matter systems. It provides with a period of 2 years advanced training for young researchers with a working place in European laboratories at post-graduate and post-doctoral level.

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ISIS facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

• An introduction to muon techniques
• Applications of the muon technique in magnetism, superconductivity, semiconductors, and organic materials
• Lectures, practical aspects and hands-on experience of muon experiments

Registration opening
31^st January 2014

Deadline for applications
28^th February 2014

ISIS

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L’Escandille, Auntrans (30km from Grenoble)

QENS 2014

QENS2014 aims to highlight topical scientific activities in the investigation of the dynamics of matter using quasi-elastic neutron scattering and to envision new applications. For neutron users it is the ideal showcase for their research. Newcomers will get a good overview over the scientific potential via contact with experts in the field. The conference program will take account of the increasing need for computer simulation and for theory support in data interpretation and will place QENS in the context of complementary techniques.

WINS 2014

The aim of the workshop is to overview recent developments, forthcoming projects and practice of inelastic & quasi-elastic neutron spectrometers. Related issues such as development of data analysis software, auxiliary devices and outlook for future scientific efforts will be also of concern. We’ll put a particular focus on comparison of dynamics in single crystals investigated using TAS and T-o-F.

ILL

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Grenoble (France)

The purpose of this school is to train students and scientists in the use of atomistic simulation tools to analyze and interpret neutron scattering data. Lectures on simulation and analysis methods will be followed by examples adapted to the fields of interest of the participants. The school will focus mainly on practical training using a range of simulation and analysis codes on personal computers and the cluster at ILL, so the number of participants will be limited to 30.

ILL

Tartu, Estonia

BNS 2014 primarily addresses graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and scientists who are new to the field of neutron scattering. A series of lectures and “hands on”- tutorials by experienced scientists will introduce different neutron scattering techniques for investigations of structure and dynamics of condensed matter in various scientific fields
like e.g. nanotechnology, magnetism or biology. The neutron scattering methods covered include quasi- and inelastic scattering, triple axis spectroscopy, small angle scattering, reflectometry, high-pressure experiments or diffraction. Students and young scientists will be given the opportunity to present their own research in short talks and poster sessions.

Limited support for attending BNS will be available for students upon request.

Important dates

• Abstract submission: February 28
• Application for student support: February 28
• Registration and payment of participation fee: March 31

Institute of Physics, University of Tartu

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Ettore Majorana Foundation and centre for Scientific Culture, Erice (Sicily, Italy)

Introduction to the theory and techniques of neutron scattering and applications to Cultural Heritage

Application is now open for the XII School of Neutron Scattering (SoNS) “Francesco Paolo Ricci”: Introduction to the theory and techniques of neutron scattering and applications to Cultural Heritage.

The school will be held at the ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE, Erice (Sicily, Italy) as a specialized course within the International School of Solid State Physics (Director: Giorgio Benedek), between the 30th April and the 9th of May 2014.

Application deadline: 1st April 2014

CNR

San Francisco, California

The 2014 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting will be held April 21-25 in San Francisco, California. The MRS Spring Meeting has grown considerably in recent years, and this meeting looks to be the largest yet. The scientific sessions include many emergent areas of materials research as well as some well-established ones.

Fifty-seven symposia will comprise the technical core of the meeting. The symposia are grouped into the following topical clusters:

• Materials for Energy
• Soft Materials and Biomaterials
• Electronic and Photonic Materials
• Nanomaterials
• General Materials Science, Theory and Characterization
• Symposium X

Materials Research Society (MRS)

Homerton College, Cambridge, UK

This conference will bring together the broad and diverse community interested in the physics of soft and biological matter, which includes liquids, liquid crystals, polymers, colloids, membranes, interfaces, cellular biophysics, and biological macromolecules.

The programme will span a number of key cross-cutting themes, including self-assembly and patterning, rheology, biomimetics, non-equilibrium phenomena, as well as molecular imaging, optical methods and spectroscopies, which are all relevant to the wide range of length- and time-scales present in these fascinating systems.

Key dates

• Abstract submission deadline: 20 January 2014
• Early registration deadline: 10 March 2014
• Registration deadline: 4 April 2014

IOP Biological Physics Group, IOP Liquids and Complex Fluids Group, IOP Molecular Physics Group and IOP Polymer Physics Group

University of Warwick, UK

NMUM is an opportunity for UK neutron and muon users to get together to hear about the latest neutron and muon science, ISIS and ILL facility developments, and other matters that affect you, and to discuss and provide feedback on these matters.

Programme and online registration will be available shortly.

FRM II, Garching, Germany

The European Neutron & Muon Press Officers’ network will meet once again in Garching.

The agenda includes:

• Discussion on Neutronsources.org (including a presentation on Lightsources.org by Sara Fletcher and on the Neutron Pathfinder by Karin Griewatsch)
• Discussion on a Conference on PR activities in large scale facilities
• Press Officers’ mailing list

And in the afternoon we will have a:

• Science Communication session (talks by Sara Fletcher, Ina Helms, and Andrea Voit)

Inês Crespo, FRM II / NMI3

Press Officers' meeting 2014 - AGENDA

The University of Manchester, UK

Magnetism 2014 will include three main themes of thin films & nanostructures, correlated electrons and soft matter magnetism. However, the umbrella nature of the conference means we welcome all aspects of magnetic and spintronic related research. In future years the conference will adapt to reflect contemporary trends in magnetism

IOP Magnetism Group

TU Dresden, Hörsaalzentrum

DPG Frühjahrstagung (Spring Meeting) of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM) with the divisions and working groups:

• Biological Physics
• Chemical and Polymer Physics
• Dielectric Solids
• Thin Films
• Dynamics and Statistical Physics
• Semiconductor Physics
• and the working group Semiconductor
• Magnetism
• and the working group Magnetism
• Metal and Material Physics
• and the working group Metal and Material Physics
• Mikroprobes
• Surface Science
• Physics of Socio-Economic Systems
• Low Temperature Physics
• Vacuum Science and Technology
• Crystallography
• Working Group Industry and Business
• Working Group young DPG
• together with the Accelerator Physics

Deutsche Physikaalische Gesellschaft e.V.

Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble, France

Studying Kinetics with Neutrons

The meeting will focus on results, new applications and future prospects for time-resolved Small Angle Neutron Scattering and Neutron Reflectometry with typical time scales from micro-second to seconds. The scope of the symposium is to bring together scientists from different fields of physics, chemistry, biology, materials with neutron experts.

Invited speakers
P. Bender (Germany), M. Cárdenas (Denmark), M. Hollamby (United Kingdom), K. Huber (Germany),U. Keiderling (Germany), T. P. Lodge (United States), S. Mühlbauer (Germany), M. Nakano (Japan), T. Sottmann (Germany), F. Testard (France), L. Willner (Germany)

Important dates
Abstract deadline: January 28, 2014
Notification of acceptance: February 7, 2014
Registration dead line: February 21, 2014
Opening Session: March 24, 2014

Please register through the link below.

R. Campbell, I. Grillo, L. Porcar, R. Schweins, A.Wiedenmann (Chair)

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Bad Honnef, Germany

Efficient energy conversion and storage are the enabling technologies towards a safe and reliable energy solution employing fuel cells and batteries in a wide range of applications such as stationary, automotive, and grid storage. Their commercial success, however, requires drastic cost reduction and further performance improvement.

The development of innovative fuel cell and battery materials relies on our ever-expanding knowledge about the electrochemical reaction and degradation mechanisms. This is made possible by advanced analytical tools including novel imaging and spectroscopic techniques. These analytical tools are particularly useful if they are applied in-situ, when the material is “at work”. This seminar will highlight recent advances in this area, bringing the fuel cell and battery communities together to discuss strategies for future success.

There is a session on “Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation, X-Ray Diffraction.

Deadline for submission of contributions: December 20, 2013

Helmholtz-Institut Ulm

Henry-Ford-Bau Berlin, Germany

The scope of this 22nd DGK annual meeting is to show the diversity of crystallography as an interdisciplinary science. We are very glad that a number of renowned scientists, representing all different fields of crystallography, have accepted our invitation for a plenary lecture.

Conference Topics
Crystallography in materials sciences

• Crystallography of modulated and aperiodic structures
• Crystallography in health and life sciences
• Advanced methods in crystallography
• Crystallography in earth sciences and environment
• Crystallography in cultural heritage/museum

Berlin, Germany

The Berlin Neutron School is one of the oldest established neutron schools. It was founded in 1980 by Prof Hans Dachs and is organised by the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB). The aim of the school is to provide an introduction to neutron scattering with an emphasis on hands-on, practical experience using the instruments at the BERII reactor.

The first three days of the school consist of detailed lectures on the principles and techniques of neutron scattering followed by a tour of the instruments and an introduction to sample environment. As well as the course lectures given by members of HZB, external guest lecturers will be invited to review current issues in the field of neutron research. Previously Prof Michael Steiner (ENSA) has discussed the future of neutron sources in Europe and Dr Dimitri Argyriou (ESS) has discussed the planned European Spallation Neutron Source.

After attending the lectures the students begin the hands-on experiments. They are divided into groups of four to five people from similar subject areas and do triple-axis spectroscopy, powder diffraction, small angle scattering, reflectometry, time-of-flight spectroscopy, tomography and residual stress analysis under the guidance of the instrument scientists. The experiments last three hours each and take place over three and a half days. On the penultimate day we will hold a students’ poster session which will give the students the opportunity to present their work and discuss how neutron scattering could benefit their research with the HZB scientists. The poster session will be followed by the Neutron School dinner. Finally, on the last day of the school the students will attend lectures on how to use neutron scattering as a tool for research in various subject areas e.g. biology, chemistry, engineering and physics.

Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin

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Jülich, Germany

Computational materials physics is concerned with the complex interplay of the myriad electrons and atoms in a solid, thereby producing a continuous stream of new and unexpected phenomena and forms of matter. An extreme range of length, time, energy and entropy scales gives rise to the complexity of an extremely broad range of solids and associated properties.

There are literally hundreds of thousands of solids. Some solids exhibit useful or exotic phases, such as ferroelectricity, magnetism, superconductivity, or take on exotic states of matter such as the heavy fermion state. Other solids exhibit interesting metal to insulator transitions or show transversal, quantum and non-equilibrium transport processes, to mention but a few.

Every day, new solids are synthesised or grown and novel properties are discovered. These solids find applications as present and emergent materials with specially-designed functionalities on which technological advances in fields such as information technology, energy harvesting, storage and conversion, material science, chemistry and even biology depend.

It sounds rather miraculous, but the formation and stability of all solids and their properties are encoded in the statistical physics and quantum theory of the many electrons in the solid interacting via the Coulomb potential. Therefore, the Schrödinger equation of many electrons provides a fundamental theoretical concept for the understanding of a large variety of quantum phenomena that could be exploited in future technological devices.

The exact solution for this type of Schrödinger equation in a solid is not yet in sight. Instead, over the past decades, powerful theoretical concepts have been developed that allow effective approximations, aimed at reducing complexity while retaining those ingredients necessary for a reliable description of the physical effects in the system.

The approximations of the quantum many-body problem may be roughly divided into three different classes: wave function based methods, ab-initio density functional approaches, and realistic model Hamiltonians, that are solved in part with sophisticated and highly specialized many-body methods such as renormalization techniques or quantum Monte Carlo.

Jülich Centre for Neutron Science

Poster 45th IFF Spring School

Rutherford Appleton Lab

The ISIS Practical Neutron Training Course is aimed at PhD and post-doctoral researchers who have little or no experience of neutron scattering, but whose future research program aims to make use of neutron scattering techniques.

ISIS

Grenoble, France

Neutrons & Synchrotron Radiation for Science

This school provides training for students, postdoctoral and senior scientists from European and non-European universities and laboratories, in the field of Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation for condensed matter studies (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Geosciences, Industrial applications).

It includes lectures, practicals, tutorials, and visits of Large Facilities.

The ~4-week school is a yearly event, established in 1991.

The next HERCULES session will take place from February 23rd to March 26th, 2014.

Universite’ Joseph Fourier and Grenoble INP

HERCULES 2014 - poster

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Chadwick Amphitheatre, ILL

The use of neutrons in structural biology has become increasingly powerful and sophisticated in recent years. In particular, over the last decade, improvements in sources, instrumentation and sample preparation have revolutionized the scope of neutron scattering studies of biological systems. Furthermore the use of complementary techniques (such as synchrotron radiation, NMR, EM) now makes neutron scattering one of the most powerful approach in obtaining structural and dynamical information over a wide range of length scales and timescales.

This meeting will focus on highlighting recent results in fundamental biology and biotechnology. The meeting will also consider the future of the field and the implications for the type of science that can be considered as well as for the instruments required.

Abstract submission deadline : 10th January 2014
Registration deadline : 31st January 2014

ILL

NIBB 2014 flyer

ILL, Grenoble, France

The fourteenth Reimei International Workshop on “Spin Current and Related Phenomena” will be held at the ILL, Grenoble, France, on February 10-13, 2014.

“Reimei” means “Dawn” in Japanese, and it is the name of a collaborative research program run by the Advance Science Research Center of the JAEA.

In this workshop, specialists in spintronics, as well as in a few related fields of magnetism, such as actinide physics and neutron scattering, will get together and discuss recent results and future collaborations.

In the evening of February 9 (Sunday), an informal dinner will be arranged by the ILL. In addition to the formal program from February 10-12, Thursday, February 13, is devoted to free discussions.

ILL and Advanced Science Research Center, JAEA

Poster - REIMEI2014

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune

All important aspects of neutron scattering including facilities, science and applications will be covered. There will be contributed poster sessions and invited talks by experts within and outside India. A Pre-Conference School on Neutron Scattering that includes hands-on experiments is also being organized.

The conference would include the application of neutron scattering to the following topics:

• Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
• Functional Materials
• Critical Phenomena and Phase Transitions
• Energy and Green Materials
• Soft Matter and Biological Systems
• Nanomaterials
• Thin Films and Multilayers
• Neutron Instrumentation

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai; UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Mumbai Centre; Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune; Neutron Scattering Society of India

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Telephone call

NMI3 members will discuss possibilities for the European Commission H2020.

NMI3

Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.S.R.), 1 rue Descartes – 75231 Paris

The European Spallation Source (ESS) – the future world-leading neutron source, which is being built in Sweden and Denmark – is getting ready for construction. France has been a strong supporter of this project from the very beginning and has significantly contributed to the pre-construction phase and to the Technical Design Report. ESS is a greenfield European project and will rely on the expertise and know-how of French institutes and industry to be successful.

In advance of the ESS breaking ground in mid 2014, the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (M.E.S.R.) and the European Spallation Source will present the status of the project, the collaboration possibilities for French organisations, in addition to business opportunities for French companies.

ESS, CEA, CNRS, Irfu

Federal Ministry of Environment, Bonn, Germany

he European Spallation Source (ESS) – the future world-leading neutron source, which is being built in Sweden and Denmark – is getting ready for construction. Germany has been a strong supporter of this project from the very beginning and has significantly contributed to the pre-construction phase and to the Technical Design Report. ESS is a greenfield European project and will rely on the expertise and know-how of German institutes and industry to be successful.

In advance of the ESS breaking ground in mid 2014, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the European Spallation Source will present the status of the project, the collaboration possibilities for German organisations, in addition to business opportunities for German companies. German partner organisations, including Research Center Jülich (FZJ), Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, Helmholtz Center Geesthacht (HZG), Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT), FRM II (the Neutron Reactor Heinz Maier Leibnitz in Munich) and the Committee for Neutron Research (the representation of the German Universities working in the Neutron Research area) will present areas of competence, which are relevant for building the ESS accelerator, target station, and scientific instruments.

Frankfurt, Germany

NMI3 will join forces with the synchrotron I3, CALIPSO , to create a combined Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) composed of 7 experts from each project. The IAB will help define future, optimal use of neutron, muon and X-ray facilities by industry considering issues like:

• opportunities for industry to engage in research at central European facilities;

• promoting new opportunities and provision of appropriate training;

• industry-specific issues related to proprietary and pre-competitive R&D;

• the operational strategy of the European facilities concerning, for example, suitable instrumentation, access methods and efficient production of results.

Registration
To register please click here.

Programme update – 27/11/2013
Please download below

NMI3 and CALIPSO

First IAB Meeting Programme

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HZB, Berlin-Adlershof

To present and discuss current state of the art usage of synchrotron and neutron methods in industrial research an international workshop is organized by the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH operating and offering access to the synchrotron source BESSY II and the neutron source BER II. A number of invited presentations are given by industrial users and researchers highlighting state of the art investigations with synchrotrons and neutrons in important areas as e-mobility, smart materials or photovoltaics. The presentations are given in English and german.

The one day workshop is a satellite workshop to the 5th Joint BER II and BESSY II User Meeting on Dec. 4-6 at HZB and is free of charge to the participants. The organizers acknowledge kindly the financial supported by the FP7 EU Access Programs Calipso and NMI3-II to the workshop.

Registration is free of charge via the workshop webpage:
http://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/events/industrie-workshop/registration/index_en.html

Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB)

Workshop on Industrial Research Using Synchrotron and Neutron Methods - flyer

Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, CEA Saclay, France

The LLB organises, from December 2 to 5, 2013, the “Annual School on Neutronics” addressed to researchers who would like to initiate or become acquainted with experimental techniques used on neutron scattering in condensed matter.

Deadline for registration : October 13th 2013

!! Be careful these trainings are fully delivered in French language !!

Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, LLB

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Thermec 2013 in Las Vegas (USA)

Modern and upcoming neutron- and synchrotron radiation facilities bear the potential of novel characterization and analysis methods for the un-precedented understanding of materials as they have been developed very recently or will show up in the future.
The Topic Symposium builds on the success at Thermec’2011 in Québec seeking contributions from the following list, relevant to applied or fundamental materials analysis:

• novel and potential instrumentation, including sources, beamlines and devices, and their pioneering applications to materials

• novelties from synchrotron, free-electron-laser, energy-recovery linac, nuclear reactor and spallation sources

• emerging techniques, such as comprehensive data analysis into multiple dimensions

• exotic methods, such as coherent beam scattering, nuclear resonance, correlations spectroscopy

• inelastic scattering emerging into applied materials

• time resolved investigations on all scales, according to the forefront in the field

• pump-probe and relaxation processes

• in-situ studies on materials to increase productivity or to obtain information under extreme conditions

• high resolution in space and reciprocal space

• combination of methods such as imaging, diffraction, microscopy, electron diffraction

• applications to exotic materials, such as amorphous, nano-crystalline, disordered or unstable structures

• state-of-the-art applications in engineering and materials modeling, supported by such as strain scanning and texture analysis

K.D. Liss (Australia) , B. Clausen (USA), S. Harjo (Japan), M. Drakopoulos (UK)

AINSE, Lucas Heights

The AANSS conference is the annual get-together of the Australian neutron scattering community. It is attended by scientists working in physics, chemistry, biology, crystallography, instrumentation, engineering and applied materials, software, medical imaging and therapy, from a range of institutions including Australia’s and New Zealand’s largest universities and government laboratories.

The conference will consist of invited talks, short oral presentations from the submitted abstracts and informal poster session. The AANSS meetings are oriented towards presentations from students and ECRs, although all attendees are encouraged to submit abstracts.

Important Dates
Deadline for ‘Early bird’ registrations – discounts apply: 25 October 2013
Deadline for all registrations: 20 November 2013

AINSE

AINSE-ANBUG Program

Technical University of Munich, Garching campus, Germany

The Business meeting has the aim of giving a very brief feedback on the progress of each workpackage. In case workpackage leaders can not attend, they are requested to either send a short (!) presentation with their statements to the coordinator or to delegate the report to a WP colleague. This specific meeting will mainly be used for discussion on a potential of future proposal under H2020.
Therefore the Board and Advisory Committee are invited.
The resp document (draft workprogram) has been circulated.

Registration
Please register to the meeting through this link.

For useful information regarding accommodation, transportation and restaurants in the area, please download the pdf file below.

Inês Crespo, FRM II / NMI3

04.10.2013 - Agenda-BuM-Garching & Useful Information

Technical University of Munich, Garching campus, Germany

Members of the NMI3’s Integrated User Access collaboration will meet in November 28 afternoon (from about 2PM to 6PM). Please register if you plan to attend the meeting.

WP5 Meeting Agenda - 28/11/2013 Garching

Technical University of Munich, Garching campus, Germany

Members of the NMI3 Advanced Neutron Tools for Soft and Bio-Materials JRA will meet in Garching to discuss developments within the project.
The meeting will be held in the 27th afternoon and 28th whole day.

WP20 Meeting Agenda - 27-28/11/2013 Garching

ILL, Grenoble, France

Scientific scope :
FPSchool aims to contribute to the training of scientists in treatment of X-ray and neutron diffraction data. The school is based on intensive hands-on sessions using the computer programs of the FullProf Suite.

The 6th FPSchool will take place the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble from 18th to 22nd November 2013(*). The lectures and tutorials will give the essential tools necessary for an efficient use of the FullProf Suite at an average level. In addition to general applications, magnetic structure determination and refinement will be specifically addressed.

Lectures :

The school lasts 4 full-days: three days dedicated to general applications plus one day dedicated to the analysis of magnetic diffraction data.
There are 6 theoretical modules plus 10 practical hands-on sessions. For the practical sessions, participants should bring their own computers with FullProf Suite already installed.

Participants :

The school is aimed at PhD students and experienced scientists with a basic knowledge on diffraction techniques and crystallography. As usual, among the participants there will be a mix of different levels of experience in using FullProf. It is recommended, to those who consider themselves beginners, to read the FullProf manual in advance and even try to follow any of the online tutorials.

The maximum number of participants is limited to 30, which ensures the quality of the given training. The selection of candidates is based on the motivation letter and CV (plus a recommendation letter from the thesis supervisor for PhD students). If necessary, a criterion of balance between laboratories and countries is applied. For information, the acceptance rate is about 1:3.

(*) Note there is an optional excursion organised Saturday 23rd November, so you may need to do your travel in order to stay an extra day.

Institut Laue-Langevin, ILL

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Zaragoza, Spain

Members of the European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA) will meet in November 5-6 in Zaragoza, Spain.

• November 5: meeting from 16h00 to 20h00
• November 6: meeting from 8h00 to 12h00

ENSA

CERN

In the framework of the future RD51 activities, we agreed to organize series of specialized topical workshops helping to disseminate MPGD applications beyond fundamental physics, where potential users and industry could meet together.

We would like to bring to your attention that the next RD51 Collaboration Meeting at CERN in October will take place in conjuction with the Special workshop “Detecting Neutrons with MPGDs”.

RD51 Collaboration

DCC, Daejeon, Korea

The IGORR Conference (IGORR 15th) organised in cooperation with the IAEA will be in October 2013 (13th to 18th) and will be host by KAERI in Daejeon (South-Korea).

It will be combined with an Embedded IAEA technical meeting on Research Reactors Ageing Management and Operation & Maintenance.

IGORR and IAEA

Murnau, Germany

An international workshop organized by the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science entitled

Single Crystal Spectroscopy:
Multi-TAS or TOF?

will be held at the Hotel Ludwig in Murnau, Germany. The workshop will start in the afternoon of 10th October and will end on 11th October.

The workshop is a satellite workshop to the JCNS-Workshop on magnetism and correl ated electron systems (7 – 10 October, 2013, Tutzing, Germany).

Three-axis spectrometers are recognized as the instruments of choice for single crystal spectroscopy. Permanent improvements and upgrades using modern neutron optics and technology guarantee their success.
With recent upgrades several three-axis spectrometers install or develop optional multiplexing secondary spectrometers. Getting more information in one scan it is expected to measure faster and more efficient.
Also single crystal TOF technique is improved and gives hope to be a powerful complement – or alternative – to TAS spectroscopy.

In this workshop we would like to discuss necessities, possibilities and constraints of existing and upcoming multi-TAS systems. As they will bridge the gap between standard TAS-technique and large detector instruments we would like to distinguish from single crystal TOF methods and learn from their experiences. One major objective will be the status and request on software for planning measurements and analyzing data and their directions.

Important dates

- Deadline for submission of abstracts: July 1, 2013

- Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2013

Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) and MLZ

TAS Workshop 2013 Flyer

Tutzing, Germany

This international workshop organized by the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science will be held at the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing, Germany. The workshop will begin after lunchbreak on October 7 and will end on October 10, 2013.

Neutron scattering has proven to be a key method for achieving a deep insight into the physics associated with magnetic phenomena and correlated electrons. Our basic understanding of crucially important topics such as the magnetic structure of complex materials in bulk, thin films or nanoparticles, the mechanism behind magnetic phenomena and superconductivity, spin dynamics in highly correlated electron systems etc. depend on and benefit immense from research with neutrons.

The aim of the international workshop jointly organized by the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science is to bring together experts in neutron scattering, materials synthesis, the application of complementary methods and theory in order to discuss the current status of the field and identify future trends and challenges for the application of neutron scattering.

For more information please see the attached pdf.

Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS)

JCNS 2013 workshop

Ammersbek (near Hamburg) and Hamburg, Germany

The Autumn School will provide a systematic overview of application of neutrons and synchrotron radiation to the structural analysis of engineering materials. Students and young scientists from research and industry from all of Europe interested in this field are welcome to participate.

The school will take place from 7 to 11 October 2013 in Ammersbek (near Hamburg) and Hamburg. The focus of the practical training will be this time on synchrotron experiments. Therefore the participants will spend two days doing experiments at HASYLAB/DESY.

The participation fee includes accomodation and food for the duration of the school as well as the book “Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation in Engineering Materials Science” which has resulted from previous autumn schools with the same title.

HZG, University of Göttingen, CAU Kiel, TU Berlin, HZB and TU Leoben