Fundamentals of Chemical and Physical Change at Surfaces and Interfaces

NanoSPD7 will provide a platform for the NanoSPD community to present new results and exchange research ideas. Your participation in NanoSPD7 and your scientific contributions are essential for its success. We look forward to welcoming you to the beautiful city of Sydney that will be hosting NanoSPD7.

The 2017 E-MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit will be held in Warsaw University of Technology, from September 18 to 20 (exhibition) and September 18 to 21 (technical sessions).

The conference will consist of 23 parallel symposia with invited speakers, oral and poster presentations and a plenary session to provide an international forum for discussing recent advances in the field of materials science.

The conference will be augmented by an exhibition of products and services of interest to the conference participants.

This will be an exciting event which should not be missed! We look forward to welcoming you to Warsaw and your active contribution and participation in the conference.

Deadline for abstract submission: 17 May 2017.

XOPT covers the recent progress of X-ray science and technology and developments with topics including the following fields:

X-ray optical components

High-resolution monochromators
High-resolution spectrometers/analyzers
Beamline monochromators/mirrors
Focusing optics (reflective, refractive, diffractive)
Phase retarders and polarization optics
Diagnostics tools
New optics for DLSR

Methods

X-ray imaging/microscopy
X-ray inelastic scattering
Time resolved analysis
X-ray correlation spectroscopy
Nonlinear X-ray optics
New Methods/applications for DLSR

Others

X-ray sources
X-ray detectors

A. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

• A.1 Making Materials from The Bottom-Up: from Nuclei and Clusters to Application
• A.2 Nano-Alloys: Theory, Synthesis & Characterization
• A.3 Nano/Meso-Structured Carbon Materials: Theory and Experiments
• A.4 Fundamentals, Characterization and Application of Atomic-Layer Deposited Materials
• A.5 Inorganic Analogues to Graphene
• A.6 Micro-Nanofabrication of Biomedical Devices: Biomems-Nems, Labs-On-A-Chip and Organ-on-a-Chip
• A.7 Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology

B. Materials for Energy Applications

• B.1 Materials for Hydrogen Production, Storage, and Fuel Cells
• B.2 Advances on Biofuels: Materials, Characterization, Processing and Testing
• B.3 Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion, Saving and Storage (MATECSS)
• B.4 Hybrid Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion
• B.5 Advanced Polymer Photochemistry: from Fundamental Science to Material Technology
• B.6 Photovoltaics, Solar Energy Materials and Technologies
• B.7 Advances in Electrochemical Energy Storage

C. Soft Matter and Biomaterials

• C.1 Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces for Medical Applications and Health
• C.2 Biomedical Applications of Nanoparticles
• C.3 Biomaterials for Tissue Regeneration
• C.4 Materials and Interfaces Based on Biomolecular Self-Assembly
• C.5 New Trends in Polymer Chemistry and Characterization
• C.6 Soft and Biological Matter
• C.7 Structure-Property Relationships in Biological and Bioinspired Hybrid Materials

D. Structural Materials

• D.1 Advanced Structural Materials: Synthesis, Mechanics, Properties and Applications
• D.2 Effect on Concrete of Supplementary Cementitious Materials and Smart Additives
• D.3 Aeronautical and Aerospace Processes, Materials and Industrial Applications
• D.4 Materials in Nuclear Science and Technology
• D.5 High Entropy Alloys: Synthesis, Characterization and Potentials Applications
• D.6 NACE: Corrosion and Metallurgy
• D.7 Materials and Advanced Coatings for Harsh Environments and Cutting-Edge Applications

E. Material Characterization

• E.1 Advances in Scanning Probe Microscopy for Functional Imaging of Material
• E.2 Microscopy of Materials and Nanomaterials
• E.3 In Situ/Operando and Computational Studies of Electrochemical Energy Materials
• E.4 Structural and Chemical Characterization of Metals and Alloys
• E.5 Materials Characterization in The Stem: Applications, Insights and New Methods
• E.6 Particle Accelerators for Science & Engineering of Materials

F. Functional MaterialsÂ

• F.1 Chalcogenide Semiconductor Research and Applications
• F.2 Functional Materials Based on Perovskite-Type Oxides and Mixed Oxide-Anion Solids: Ferroics, Superconductors and Related Materials
• F.3 Advanced Catalytic Materials
• F.4 Shape-Memory and Self-Repairing Materials
• F.5 Sensing Materials
• F.6 Smart Synthesis, Emergent Properties and Advanced Characterization of Multifunctional Oxides
• F.7 Phase Transitions in Functional Materials: from Fundamentals to Applications
• F.8 Advances in Functional Semiconducting Materials
• F.9 Materials and the Environment

G. General

• G.1 Active Matter and Processes out of Equilibrium
• G.2 Materials Science and Engineering Education: The General Public to Future Scientists and Engineers
• G.3 Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Issues in Materials Science
• G.4 Strategies for Fostering Academy-Industry Relationships
• G.5 Low Cost Instrumentation - Empowering Science in Developing Countries

H. Materials for Electronic, Magnetic and Optical Devices

• H.1 Advances in Organic and Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Electronics and Photonics
• H.2 Memristive Devices - from Fundamentals to Applications

I. Workshop

• WMC 3rd NANOMXCN: Mexico-China Workshop on Nano Materials / Science / Technology: Renewable Energy and Environment Remediation

This workshop aims to build on the understanding and uses of a special class of crystal polymorphs which only exist in the vicinity of a solid substrate and are denoted as (metastable) surface-mediated polymorphs (SMPs). These polymorph are of importance for organic semiconducting conjugated molecules used in novel opto-electronic devices, where thin film structure is crucial for device performance, and also for phamaceutical systems, where utilising the enhanced properties of some SMPs is an emerging field of research.

The following aspects will be covered in the workshop:

• Self-assembly of molecules at surfaces
• Nucleation of molecular crystals at surfaces
• Organic thin film processing
• Thin film polymorphs of conjugated molecules
• Thin film polymorphs of active pharmaceutical ingredients
• Crystal structure solution from thin films
• Theoretical crystal structure prediction

Invited speakers:

Ulrich Griesser (University of Innsbruck, Austria), Lynn Loo (Princeton University, USA), Isaac Sugden (Imperial College London, UK)

Michael Ward (New York University, USA), Milica Todorovic (Aalto University, Finland), Allan Myerson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

Alexandre Tkatchenko (Université du Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Ben Ocko (Brookhaven National Lab, USA), Roman Forker (University of Jena, Germany)

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The abstract deadline for contributed talks and posters is the 15th of June, 2017.

The programme traditionally includes wide scope of modern crystallography and structure analysis and the 12th student symposium.
Main topics -experimental methods (X-ray sources, detectors, X-ray optics, diffractometers, techniques).

The workshop, to be held at the University of Cardiff, will focus on the work of the CCP-SAS Project and the SASSIE software suite in the form of seminars and poster/presentation sessions. Â Past and current projects will be reviewed; there will also be a planning session for future projects. Â On Wednesday 21st June a tutorial session will take place to provide a learning platform for beginner users of the SASSIE software.

Attendees are encouraged to bring posters showcasing their modelling work of biological and soft matter systems or illustrating their need for modelling capability. Registration, limited to an attendance of around 100 for the main event on Monday 19th June, is mandatory and must be completed by 5th June.

Registration is also required for the tutorial session on 21st June. Â

Trends and Perspectives in Neutron Instrumentation: Probing Structure and Dynamics at Interfaces and Surface

This workshop will aim to highlight the recent approaches and developing ideas on the adaption of neutron reflectometry, small angle neutron scattering, neutron imaging and depth profiling and neutron spin echo spectroscopy, in the context of using such techniques to probe the interfacial kinetics and dynamics of materials. Â

Participants are welcome to contribute to the meeting in the form of an oral or poster presentation - the abstracts must be submitted by 15th June 2017.

Successful applicants will be notified by 15th July 2017.

Synthetic and Biologically-Derived Polymers

Uniting NMR and Computational Approaches to Push the Frontiers of Dynamic Structure and Conformational Transitions Critical to Function and Dysfunction