Satellite event the Second European School on Crystal Growth, for young researchers and PhD students.

Drugs, Food, Agrichemicals, Minerals and New Materials

Topics of the School

• Solution properties
• Nucleation: classical and non-classical approaches
• Crystal growth kinetics and mechanisms
• Crystallization routes
• Crystallization techniques
• Crystal morphology
• Mineral textures
• Polymorphism
• Hydrates and solvates
• Crystallization screening
• Industrial (mass) crystallization
• Chirality
• Biomineralization
• Co-crystals

You are cordially invited to participate to the 6th TUNISIAN CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC MEETING (TCM6) by submitting a paper and actively assisting in its work.

TCM6 is intended to provide an excellent opportunity for National, Maghreb and International researchers to make their own work known to a wider audience and to have discussions with other participants. This conference will also be an opportunity to exchange experiences, create and consolidate cooperation between different research structures.

This outstanding conference, organized by the “Tunisian Crystallographic Association”, will take place from 1â€"5 November 2017 in a beautiful and exotic Hotel: El Mouradi Djerba Menzel 4* on Djerba Island, an ecological place, very popular by its palm groves, its beaches and its wetlands populated by various species of migratory birds.

The conference will expand to cover a broad set of research topics about:

• Crystal Structure of Materials, Nanoparticles and Minerals
• Chemical Crystallography
• Cements
• Thin films
• Magnetic order and its consequences
• Dielectrics and multiferroics
• Crystal structure relationships and their applications
• Semiconductor devices and their applications

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Important Dates :

Abstract submission deadline: September 15, 2017

Acceptance notification:Â October 1, 2017

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More information is available on the conference web site: http://tcm6.org/

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Abstracts for consideration as oral and poster presentations can be submitted online via:

·         The conference’s official website:http://tcm6.org/

·         Email: tcm6.Djerba2017@gmail.com

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Please feel free to forward this invitation to any of your colleagues who may be interested.

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We are really looking forward to welcoming you in DJERBA.Â

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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

Thèmes abordés :

• croissance cristalline et caractérisation des défauts
• mise en forme des matériaux
• spectroscopie des ions de transition
• tests laser et qualification des matériaux
• optique non linéaire et thermo-optique
• propriétés électro-optiques
• endommagement laser des cristaux
• micro- et nanostructuration
• intégration dans les dispositifs

Given by Dr Fabric Gorrec, LMB, Cambridge, UK

Advances in macromolecular X-ray crystallography depends upon solving structures from samples containing purified and concentrated protein, DNA, RNA, and their complexes. Novel samples are however increasingly challenging to produce and crystallize hence innovations which enhance the process of structure determination are urgently required, especially to increase the yield of quality diffraction crystals.

Experienced researchers from related fields, students and non-experts alike will find this webinar essential as it provides both theoretical and experimental evidence-based aspects of macromolecular X-ray crystallography. Delegates will leave with a better understanding about the underlying reasons why it is necessary to formulate novel crystallization screens with relatively complex conditions, such as the ones found in the MORPHEUS screens.

Topics

Koichi Kakimoto: Methods of Crystal Growth in bulk and thin layers

Antony Dabkowski: Crystal Growth from High Temperature Liquids

Daniel Vizman: Magnetic fields in crystal growth of silicon crystals

Elias Vlieg: Predicting the growth morphology of crystals

Peter Vekilov: Classical and non-classical mechanisms of nucleation of crystals in solutionÂ

Thomas Kuech: Epitaxial growth, fundamentals and applications Â

Joseph Greene: Nucleation and Growth of Self-assembled and Self-organized Nanostructures (the materials science of small things)

Chennupati Jagadish: Growth and Characterization of Semiconductor Nanostructure for Energy Application

Stefan Antohe: Fundamental of organic semiconductor in photovoltaic

Andreas Schoenhals: Broadband dielectric spectroscopy in comparison to other spectroscopic methods applied to functional materials like liquid crystals

Manuel Ricardo Ibarra García: Electrons, spins, magnons and surfaces

Masahiko Tani: Nonlinear optics and materials for generation and detection of THz radiation

Dan Brett: Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells and their Materials

Philipp Adelhelm: Materials aspects of lithium-ion batteries

Robin Jeremy: White Energy and Chemistry in the context of Sustainability

The workshop â€" the seventh of a series initiated by Hans Scheel in 1998 â€" is devoted to Crystal Growth Technology, industrial crystal growth technologies and equipment. The focus lies on preparation of bulk and substrate crystals.

Topics of the workshop will include:

• Industrial growth technology of silicon and III-Vs (for electronics and photovoltaics)
• Growth technology for oxide and dielectric crystals (for piezoelectrics, lasers, scintillators, etc.)
• Wide band gap semiconductor substrates (sapphire, GaN, AlN, oxide electronics, etc.)
• Emerging fields and technologies in crystal growth
• Crucible and equipment technologies
• Raw materials, recycling, and efficiency issues

The workshop links R&D to the actual production, bridging science and practice. International experts will present topical lectures with enough additional time for discussions and debate. The workshop will also comprise a panel discussion and poster sessions, including a DGKK poster prize.

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 workshop will be held for the first time at the Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry of Bordeaux (ICMCB), and is organized by the CNRS network under the aegis of the French Association of Crystallography and the German Society of Crystal Growth. Â The workshop will bring together scientists and scholars from industry, research labs, and universities to present and discuss the recent advances in the field of oxide crystals, dielectric materials, laser and non-linear optical crystals, solid-state lasers, and related topics.

Attendants are encouraged to provide an oral presentation or a poster at the workshop.Â

The deadline for abstract notification: 2nd June 2017

The deadline for registration: 25th August 2017Â

Crystal Growth and Assembly

From Atomic to Hierarchical Assemblies in Crystal Growth

June 25-30, 2017
University of New England Biddeford, ME

Organizers

Chair: Elias Vlieg Vice Chair: Jeffrey D. Rimer
The Crystal Growth and Assembly Gordon Research Conference (previously known as "Thin Film and Crystal Growth Mechanisms GRC") is dedicated to the knowledge and understanding of the fundamental atomic and nanoscale physics and chemistry that are central to the nucleation and growth of crystals for a wide array of technologies. This well-established conference draws researchers from around the world in the fields of physics, chemistry, materials science, biology, and beyond. Historically, the conference has emphasized concepts rather than specific materials, technologies or growth methods. This focus has attracted scientists with a broad range of specializations, from semiconductor nanowires to biomineralization and from in situ microscopy to multi-scale computer simulations, who find common inspiration in seeing how the general principles of crystal thermodynamics and growth kinetics are applicable to many fields.Â
The 2017 Crystal Growth and Assembly GRC will continue the tradition of a highly interdisciplinary program, highlighting the most recent developments in the field. It will cover topics like nucleation, low-dimensional crystals, surface kinetics, bulk crystallization, nanocrystals and biomineralization. This year a particular focus will be on the assembly of meta-materials that show a hierarchy of ordering.Â
All attendees are encouraged to present posters, from which some will be selected for short oral presentations. The collegial atmosphere of this Conference, with exciting invited lectures, which are complemented by lively poster sessions, as well as opportunities for informal gatherings in the afternoons and evenings, provides an avenue for scientists from different disciplines to brainstorm and promotes cross-disciplinary collaborations in the various research areas represented. An informal power hour focusing on the career development of women in science will be included as well.Â
We are excited that this year we can again offer the corresponding Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) that will highlight graduate student and postdoctoral research in a meeting preceding the GRC and with the same broad scope of topics.

From Atomic to Hierarchical Assemblies in Crystal Growth

Chairs: Abby Goldman and Wenhao Sun
We are very excited to be bringing back the Gordon Research Seminar on Crystal Growth and Assembly! The GRS on Crystal Growth and Assembly is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.Â
This meeting will bring together young scientists across various disciplines to present and discuss topics ranging from the fundamentals of nucleation and crystal growth, to the formation of thin films, hierarchical structures, biominerals, and beyond.Â
In particular, this year at the GRS we will highlight a historical perspective, starting with classical crystal growth concepts initiated by Gibbs and Ostwald, among others, and explore how these concepts have evolved into the present and future of crystal growth research. Another important focus at this GRS will be networking and professional development, including academic and non-academic career paths (industry, policy, management, etc).Â
We invite students from all sub-disciplines of Crystal Growth and Assembly to submit abstracts for poster and oral presentations.

In 2017, the annual meeting of the British Association of Crystal Growth (BACG) will take place in Manchester, from 27th to 30th of June.

An exciting programme comprising the latest developments in the areas of crystal growth, nucleation, crystallisation engineering and characterisation of crystalline materials is being prepared.

The BACG 2017 will include keynote lectures, contributed lectures and posters as well as the BACG annual lecture and young scientist of the year award.

In addition to these, a new type of session in which senior crystallisation experts will discuss their chosen best career article with the younger generations together with the challenges for the future will be hosted.

ISBC2017 will provide five days of lectures and practical demonstrations related to the crystallization of biological macromolecules, biominerals and biomimetic materials, with one full day devoted to case studies on the crystallization of membrane proteins, viruses and large macromolecular complexes.

ISBC Granada 2017 will focus on the fundamentals of crystallization from solution and its applications for the crystallization of biological materials.

• Nucleation: Classical and non-classical approaches
• Crystal growth kinetics and mechanisms
• Properties of macromolecular solutions (DLS/SAXS)
• Screening: The search for crystallization conditions
• Crystallization techniques: Batch, Vapour and Counter Diffusion, How do they work?
• Crystallization and diffusion transport: gels, microfluidics and microgravity
• Crystallization of large crystals for Neutron diffraction
• In vivo crystallization of tiny crystals for XFEL
• Polymorphism in protein crystals
• Robotics and crystallization
• Case studies in Membrane Protein Crystallization
  
• Lipid cubic phase, bicelles and detergents
• Case studies in crystallization of Large Macromolecular Complexes
• In vitro and in vivo studies of Biomineralization processes

The conference will focus on current topics of research and development in the field of crystal growth and epitaxy.Â

The topics of the conference include:

• Silicon and Germanium
• Compound semiconductor materials
• Oxides and intermetallics
• Novel materials
• Bioinspired materials
• Nucleation of nanoparticles
• Mesocrystals and Protein Crystallization

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Topics

• Nano materials and nano composites.
• Nanobiomaterials/ Drug delivery.
• Thin films and surface science.
  
• Amorphous and liquid crystalline materials.
• Semiconductor & electronic materials and devices.
• Sensor technology.
• Crystal growth and its application.
• Advance materials.
• Energy materials.
• Polymers, polymer composites and their applications.
• Natural products.
• Modelling & simulation of material phenomenon.
• Other emerging areas of material science.

The purpose of the workshop is to bring together the best scientists from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and synchrotron experts and see how the most strategic fields for the UAEÂ can be addressed through synchrotron science. UAE scientists will include both national and non-national speakers. International top synchrotron experts will give a talk at the event.

One of the main points will be to understand what the requirements of the UAE scientists are in terms of synchrotron research (what types of beamlines, techniques, etc.). Once these are defined, we will try to understand what would be the best option in terms of costs and benefits for the UAE.