Crystallographic studies will be a major focus of this Conference.

Confirmed invited speakers for this exciting event are:

Dr Fulvia Bono, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tuebingen - Germany
Dr Stephen Cusack, EMBL, Grenoble â€" France
Prof Kiyoshi Nagai FRS, MRC-LMB, Cambridge â€" UK
Dr Bruno Klaholz, CNRS, Illkirch - France
Prof Ben Luisi, University of Cambridge â€" UK
Dr Hervé Le Hir, CNRS, Paris â€" France
Prof Achillefs Kapanidis, University of Oxford â€" UK
Prof Nicolas Leulliot, Université Paris Descartes â€" France
Prof Ralf Seidel, University of Leipzig - Germany
Dr Cameron Mackereth, INSERM, Bordeaux â€" France
Prof Nuria Verdaguer Massana, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona - Spain
Dr Emmanuel Margeat, CNRS, Montpellier â€" France

UMC2017 is devoted to the field of Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics at large. It is dedicated to ultrafast dynamical processes in magnetic materials at femtosecond, picosecond, and attosecond time scales

Both engineering and scientific aspects of residual stress are considered, including topics such as:

• Stress evaluation using neutrons, synchrotron radiation and X-rays
• Development of measurement methods and instrumentation
• Material processing with relation to residual stresses
• The influence of residual stresses on physical and mechanical properties of materials and components
• Measurement and assessment of residual microstresses and intergranular stresses
• Residual strains and stresses in complex materials, e.g. multiphase materials and biomaterials
• Residual stresses in thin films and microcomponents
• Industrial applications of residual stress analyses using neutrons, synchrotron radiation and X-rays
• Complementary techniques for residual stress measurements, e.g. mechanical methods versus diffraction.
• Others
  

Microsymposia during MECA SENS 8 covered the topics:

• Techniques & Instruments
• Surface Modification and Coating
• Microstructure characterisation
• Deformation & Modelling
• Fatigue/Creep Plasticity
• Processing & Welding
• 3D/4D characterisation
• Others

Key Topics and Focus of the Conference

The key topics shall be

• the physical and chemical control of spin-architectures at surfaces and interfaces,
• the experimental investigation of spin properties e.g. via local probe and spatially averaging experiments (X-ray magnetic circular dichroism, spin polarized photoemission techniques, spin-resolved scanning tunneling spectroscopy/ microscopy)
• the ab-initio calculation of the spintronic behavior at real and model interfaces, and
• the characterization of exploratory spintronic devices on the basis of single or few atoms or molecules.

SCOPE - Topics included but not limited to:

• Theory, First principle calculations, phase transitions and critical phenomenon;
• Growth of crystals, processing of materials & characterization and structure: property relationships, thin films;
• Domains and boundaries; surfaces and interfaces, imperfections, controlling and exploiting topological defects;
• Dielectric, piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties;
• Ferroelectric polymers, liquid crystals, composites;
• Incommensurate and modulated structures;
• Probing the nanoscale ferroelectric behavior and size effects;
• Order-disorder phenomenon, ferroelectric relaxors;
• Ferroics, bio-ferroics, multiferroics, bio-multiferroics, cross-coupled and secondary ferroics;
• Raman, IR, sub-millimeter, THz, microwave spectroscopy;
• Ferroelectric-semiconductor integration;
• Novelty of perovskites, single phase ferroics, mixed oxides for energy harvesting and superconductor oxides;
• Simulation, modeling and design of novel ferroics and meta-electronic materials;
• Ferroelectrics by design -- beyond serendipity
• Novel applications and device concepts using various ferroics, multiferroics for the applications in bio-components, multifunctional device concepts

Conference topics:

• Fundamentals of Laser-Material Interactions
• Ultrafast Phenomena
• Pulsed Laser Ablation and Deposition
• Laser interaction in bulk materials
• Laser interaction in liquid
• Micro/nano structuring
• Laser direct write
• New trends in laser process development
• Smart beam shaping and manipulation
• Laser for biology and life sciences
• Emerging photon sources and applications
• Laser-based analytical methods
• Lasers in Nanosciences

DyProSo is an international biannual research meeting on functional properties of condensed matter resulting from elementary excitations, molecular motions, transport processes and other dynamic phenomena occurring in many body systems. Of special concern is always a scientific dialogue between young and experienced researchers working on the dynamics of materials

The scientific programme of DyProSo XXXVI will contain the subjects: -

• Amorphous and soft matter
• Multiferroics and ferroelectrics
• Electrons and spins
• Diffusive dynamics
• Phonons and magnons
• Theoretical and experimental methods
• Excitations of strongly correlated electron systems
• Low-dimensional systems
• Materials under high pressure
• Applications and interdisciplinary subjects

Topical Sessions

The following parallel sessions will be held in the afternoons:

• Applied Physics and Plasma Physics
• Astronomy und Astrophysics **
• Atomic Physics and Quantum Photonics
• Biophysics, Medical Physics and Soft Matter
• Condensed Matter Physics (KOND) (incl. NESY)
• Correlated-Electron Physics in Transition-Metal Oxides *
• Earth, Atmosphere and Environmental Physics
• Emergent phenomena in novel low-dimensional materials *
• History of Physics
• Magnetism and Spintronics at the Nanoscale
• Nuclear, Particle- & Astrophysics (TASK-FAKT)
• Physics in Startups
• Scientific Opportunities with SwissFEL
• Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films
• Theoretical Physics

The Low Temperature Physics Conference is an international event held every three years, under the auspices of the IUPAP through its Commission C5 on Low Temperature Physics. The aim of these conferences is to exchange information and views among the members of the international scientific community in the general field of Low Temperature Physics. It is a tradition that LT offers updates on the various topics, provided by the highest representatives of the field, as well as oral and poster contributions in the different areas. As usual the conference covers five subtopics:

• Quantum fluids and solids
• Superconductivity
• Cryogenic techniques and applications
• Magnetism and quantum phase transitions
• Quantum transport and quantum information in condensed matter

Magnonics 2017 is the latest conference in the biennial series focussing on fundamental and applied aspects of magnon and spin-wave dynamics and nanomagnetism.

The 2017 Joint Nanoscience and Neutron Scattering User Meeting is to be held August 1-2 with the topical workshops to be held July 31 and August 3-4.

Monday, July 31

• Workshop 1: Synthesis and Collective Phenomena in 2D and Layered Materials
• Workshop 2: Active Matter at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
• Workshop 3: Sample Environment and You: How to prepare for your experiment
• Workshop 4: High Performance Computing Resources for Neutron and Nano Users
• Tutorial 1: Single Crystal Tutorial: Slicing single crystal inelastic and diffuse data w/Mantid
• Tutorial 2: SaSView Tutorial

Thursday, August 3

• Workshop 5: Materials Informatics â€" Accelerating atomistic design and discovery of new materials and concepts via big-data analytics
• Workshop 6: Live Lab Demo and Tutorial on Atom Probe Tomography and Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy
• Workshop 7: Polarized Neutron Capabilities at ORNL
• Workshop 8: Liquids Reflectometry and Large Scale Structures
• Workshop 9: Upcoming New Tools for Structure and Dynamics
• Tutorial 1: Single Crystal Tutorial: Slicing single crystal inelastic and diffuse data w/Mantid
• Tutorial 2: SaSView Tutorial

The main topics that will be featured in SCES 2017 are:

• Heavy fermion systems
• Kondo effect and valence fluctuations
• Quantum phase transitions and related phenomena
• Unconventional superconductivity
• Metal insulator transitions
• Strong spin-orbit interaction in correlated systems
• CEF effects and multipolar ordering in SCES
• Theoretical methods for strong correlations
• Correlated topological phases
• Kondo physics at nanoscale
• Quantum magnetism and frustration
• New materials; bulk, thin films and artificial structures
• Strong correlations in actinides
• Non-equilibrium phenomena in strongly correlated systems
• Ferroics and multiferroics
• Strong correlations in optical lattices
• Strongly correlated materials in applications
• Large research infrastructures for SCES investigations
• Novel techniques