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Modern Trends in Neutron Scattering from Magnetic Systems & Single-crystal Diffraction with Polarised Neutrons
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In Tutzing, Munich
An international workshop organized by the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science entitled "Modern Trends in Neutron Scattering from Magnetic Systems & Single-crystal Diffraction with Polarised Neutrons" will be held in 3-7 October 2016 at Tutzing in the southern suburbs of Munich, Germany.
In 2016 the annual JCNS-Workshop series is dedicated to neutron scattering from magnetic systems. The JCNS-Workshop will also host the well-established workshop FLIPPER, Single-crystal Diffraction with Polarized Neutrons, which was organized in 2010 and 2013 by the Institut Laue Langevin in Grenoble.
The following scientific topics will be covered in this joint workshop:
- Unconventional superconductors
- Frustrated spin systems
- Functional materials
- Neutron methods
- Nanomagnetism
- Molecular magnets
- Multiferroics/domains
- Chirality
- Actinides
- 4d/5d transition-metal compounds
- Philipp Gegenwart (Universität Augsburg)
- Tatiana Guidi (ISIS, Didcot)
- Karen Friese (JCNS, Jülich)
- Niels van Dijk (TU-Delft)
- Stéphane Raymond (CEA, Grenoble)
- Lieh-Jeng Chang (National Cheng Kung University, Tainan)
- Arsen Goukassov (CEA, Saclay)
- Peter Böni (TUM, Munich)
- Pascale Deen (ESS, Lund)
- Andrew Boothroyd (University of Oxford)
- Rodrigue Lescouëzec (IPCM, Paris)
- J.A. Rodriguez Velamazan (ICMA at ILL, Grenoble)
- Laurent Chapon (ILL, Grenoble)
- Kristiaan Temst (KU Leuven)
Please kindly refer to the following workshop homepage for more details, http://www.fz-juelich.de/jcns/EN/Leistungen/ConferencesAndWorkshops/JCNSWorkshops/2016Workshop/_node.html
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1 August, 2016
We look forward to welcoming you in Tutzing.
9th International Workshop on Sample Environment at Scattering Facilities
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In Gettysburg
The workshop will cover all relevant sample environment topics to address topical science ranging from soft matter to extreme physical parameters. Both sample environment for neutron and synchrotron experiments are highlighted. An exhibition of specialized capabilities and technological innovation by commercial companies will give the opportunity for industrial contacts.
The 9th International Workshop on Sample Environment will bring together scientists, engineers and technicians, as well as leading suppliers, to exchange experience, form collaborations and discuss new ideas around a world class program of seminars and workshops. We welcome your input and look forward to your visit!  Key dates: Abstract submission closes on August 1, 2016 Early registration closes on August 14, 2016 Registration closes on September 1, 2016
14th International Conference on Surface X-ray and Neutron Scattering (SXNS14)
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In Stony Brook, NY
10th LEEM/PEEM workshop
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In Monterey, CA
LEEM-PEEM is a biennial meeting reviewing the status of LEEM, PEEM, SPLEEM, XPEEM and related techniques. The meeting promotes and disseminates applications of cathode lens microscopy to a broad audience of interested scientists.
The workshop highlights the most recent scientific advances as well as instrumental developments. Topics will cover surfaces, thin films, organic films, surface chemistry, magnetism, time resolved methods, instrumental advances and novel applications of LEEM and PEEM to other subject areas.
X-Ray and Neutron Science - International Student Summer Programme
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In Grenoble
VI-th National Crystallographic Symposium (NCS2016)
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In Sofia
We are happy to announce VI-th National Crystallographic Symposium (NCS2016) that will be held on October 05-07, 2016, Sofia, Bulgaria.
As you may have already recognized this is will be the sixth "NCS" of the series started in 2009.
We have already started the preparation of the next issue of the conference (submitted manuscripts will be published in the journal “Bulgarian Chemical Communicationsâ€, a special issues due April 2017).NCS16 papers will also be online available in full text via the present platform.  You are warmly invited to come and join us!
NCS2016 is held under the auspices of BCS and is the major event on Crystallography, crystal growth, structure analyses and related techniques in Bulgaria. The Symposium aims at the applications of different crystallographic techniques in combination with other methods in the fields of materials sciences, mineralogy, biology, environmental engineering, computational methods etc. Bringing together researchers from different areas NCS16 will provide them with a high-qualified platform for them to share their latest studies and to assist further findings and collaboration.
With passionate participants from the world, NCS2016 Â would be perfect for you to present your research and find collaboration for your future work.
Magnetic Structure Determination from Neutron Diffraction
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In Florida State University, Talahassee, Florida
The workshop will consist of lectures and practical hands-on sessions that will cover the Symmetry analysis using representation theory, refinement strategies using Fullprof Suite, magnetic structure determination from powder (constant wavelength and time-of-flight data) and single crystal data, and simulated annealing approach for structure solution. Confirmed list of tutors includes: Juan Rodriguez-Carvajal (ILL), Andrew Wills (UCL-Chemistry), William Ratliff (NCNR), Ovidiu Garlea, Clarina dela Cruz, Stuart Calder and Huibo Cao(ORNL). Registration is free but the number of participants to the workshop is strictly limited to 35 people.
For registration and additional information about location and schedule please visit the website: https://conference.sns.gov/event/22/ or contact the organizers:
* Ovidiu Garlea, ORNL (garleao@ornl.gov) * Michael Shatruk, FSU (shatruk@chem.fsu.edu) * Clarina de la Cruz, ORNL (delacruzcr@ornl.gov) * Bryan Chakoumakos, ORNL (chakoumakobc@ornl.gov)
Magnetic Structure Analysis by Neutron Diffraction Techniques
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In Denver, CO
Magnetic Structure Analysis by Neutron Diffraction Techniques
 The workshop will be structured as a series of lectures in the field of magnetic neutron scattering presented by organizers and invited speakers (including Branton Campbell, Huibo Cao, and Clarina Dela Cruz), and hands-on sessions where attendees will be assisted by the organizers. This workshop is part of this year’s American Crystallographic Association meeting in Denver, Colorado. Materials will be provided electronically to the students. Students will be required to install software on their computers before the workshop and will be required to bring their laptops for the workshop. They will be required to have access to a Windows operating system.  Tentative program:  7:45pm  Bus leaves Sheraton Hotel  8:00 AM Registration/Computer Setup  8:30 AM Intro to Neutron Diffraction/Refinement This lecture will introduce the formalism of neutron diffraction and offer a brief introduction to the Rietveld method.  9:15 AM Intro to Fullprof This lecture will give an overview of the Fullprof package for the refinement of magnetic structures.  9:45 coffee break  10:00 AM Hands on exercise in Fullprof This will introduce the students to the pcr file and how to perform a Rietveld refinement on a crystal structure using powder diffraction data.  11:30 AM Intro to Magnetic Structures Includes a brief talk on the different types of magnetic structures that students may encounter and will introduce FP_Studio for visualizing crystal structures  12 PM Lunch  1:00 PM Intro to Magnetic Structures (hands on) In this brief hands on, the students will use FP_Studio to visualize magnetic structures.  1:30 PM Intro to Representational Analysis This includes a lecture that will introduce the basic concepts of representational analysis and hands on with SARAh software to determine what types of magnetic structures are possible for a material.  2:30 PM Representational Analysis (hands on) In this hands on exercise, the students will use representational analysis to determine the possible magnetic structures for a material of a given wave vector.  3:00 PM Coffee break  3:15 PM Fullprof Magnetic Structure (hands on) In this hands on exercise, the students will use the K-search to determine the propagation vector, and will refine the magnetic structure of a material given powder diffraction data.  4:15 PM Advanced Fullprof Discussion of refinements using single crystals data and combined data sets  4:45 PM Intro to magnetic space groups This introduces the concept of magnetic space group and demonstration in using ISOTROPY software and the Bilbao Crystallographic server.  5:45 PM Wrap Up  Workshop will be held on the campus of the Auraria Higher Education Center. The campus is a dynamic and vibrant higher education community located in the heart of downtown Denver. The 150-acre campus is shared by three separate and distinct institutions of higher learning: Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and University of Colorado Denver.   Round trip bus transportation between the hotel and campus will be provided. The workshop will begin at 8:00am and end at approx. 6:00pm. Lunch will be provided.  Preregistration and payment is required. Registration fee for everyone is $110.  Organizers:  William Ratcliff NIST 100 Bureau Drive, MS 6102, Bldg 235 Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Phone:  301-975-4316, william.ratcliff@nist.gov  Ovidiu Garlea Quantum Condensed Matter Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P O. Box 2008 - 6473 Oak Ridge, TN 37831, Phone: 865-202-7546, garleao@ornl.gov   More information is available at: http://www.amercrystalassn.org/wk.04-magnectic-structure http://www.amercrystalassn.org/2016-meeting-homepage Â24th Journées de la Diffusion Neutronique (JDN)
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In Var
The French Neutron Society (SFN) organises with the Institut Laue Langevin and the Laboratoire Léon Brillouin neutron facilities the 24th "Neutron Diffusion Meeting", in the Vacanciel holiday village of Carqueiranne (Var, France), from May 2nd to May 4th, 2016. Â
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. Â
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.
Ultrafast Phenomena in Cooperative Systems. Gordon Research Conference
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In Lucca (Barga)
11th SOLEIL Users' Meeting
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In Polytechnique (Palaiseau) and at SOLEIL
Plenary speakers
- Susumu Yamamoto - Inst. for Solid State Phys. - Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
"Probing carriers and molecules on oxide surfaces by X-ray" - Emmanuelle Schmitt - Polytechnique (France)
"Structural and functional studies of the translation initiation factor e/alF2" - Serena DeBeer - Max Planck Institute (Germany)
"X-ray spectroscopic studies of Biological Dinitrogen Reduction"
Topics
- Biology / Health
- Chemistry and Physico-chemistry â€" in situ reactivity â€" Soft matter
- Electronic and magnetic property of matter â€" Surfaces and Interfaces
- Diluted Matter
- Matter & material properties: Structure, Organisation Characterisation, Elaboration
- Cultural heritage, archaeology, environment, geosciences
- Temporal resolution and dynamics
- Spatial resolution
- Multi beamline Measurements
A satellite workshop will be held on Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th of January, 2016 at SOLEIL:
HI-SPEARÂ (HIgh resolution SPEctroscopies for Applied Research)
Joint European Magnetic Symposia (JEMS)
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In Glasgow
ICSM2016: 5th International Conference on Superconductivity and Magnetism
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In Fethiye/Blue Lagoon
Members of the international scientific and engineering communities interested in recent developments in superconductivity, magnetism, magnetic materials and enabling technologies are all welcome to attend the ICSM2016 and contribute to its technical sessions. ICSM2016 provides a fruitful platform with a driving force for solid state physicists, chemists, material scientists, engineers, technologists, decision makers and other professionals in the related fields of superconductivity, magnetism and cryogenics technology and engineering.
Frontiers in Unconventional Superconductivity, Superfluidity and Magnetism
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In Bristol
80th Annual Meeting and Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG)
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In Regensburg
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
NACMP 2016: 3rd Conference on New Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
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In Beijing
Condensed Matter Research at the IBR-2
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In Dubna (Moscow Region)
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.
HERCULES 2016 - European School. 26 Years of Neutron & Synchrotron Radiation Science
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In Grenoble
HERCULES is a European course for PhD students and young researchers using Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation for applications in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Hard & Soft Condensed Matter.
   The 1-month school includes lectures (60%), hands-on practicals and tutorials at partner institutes (DESY and European XFEL in Hamburg, Ellettra and FERMI in Trieste, ESRF, ILL in Grenoble, Soleil and LLB near Paris, SLS in Switzerland) and Grenoble Laboratories (CEA, CNRS, EMBL, IBS).
   The school includes a common part and two parallel sessions:
- Biomolecular, soft condensed matter structure & dynamics
- Physics and chemistry of condensed matter
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   Why join Hercules ?
- to learn new techniques using neutron and synchrotron radiation
- to expand your theoretical and practical knowledge, not only for your present research but for your scientific career
- to experiment these techniques on world-class instruments & beamlines
- to build a network of relations with fellow young researchers and experienced teachers from all around the World
Deadline for application:Â Â 31 October 2015
Bursaries/reduced costs: a limited number of bursaries will be available either to reduce registration fees or cover travel costs.
Common Lectures:
- Interaction of X-rays and neutrons with matter (absorption, elastic and inelastic interactions, ...)
- Sources (neutron, synchrotron, XFEL)
- Detectors
- Optics &instrumentation
- Diffraction (single crystal, powder..)
- Scattering (elastic, inelastic..)
- Spectroscopy
- Imaging (Absorption, coherent,..)
- etc.
Session A: Applications to Biomolecular, Soft Condensed matter, Structure and Dynamics
- Protein structure and dynamics
- Studies in solutions
- Partially ordered systems
- Membranes, fibres and muscles
- Crystallography of viruses and ribosomes
- Structural genomics
- Biomedical applications (imaging, therapy)
- Time-resolved and ultra-fast X-ray science
- Biology with 4th generation sources
- etc.
Session B: Applications to Physics and Chemistry of Condensed Matter
- Neutron and X-ray (and UV and IR) spectroscopies
- X-ray reflectivity and diffraction of nano systems
- Single crystal and powder diffraction
- Coherent imaging and tomography
- Neutron and X-ray magnetic scattering
- Polarized X-rays and neutrons
- FEL and ultra fast X-ray science
- etc.
High-Pressure Crystallography: Status Artis and Emerging Opportunities. 49th Erice Course
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In Erice, Sicily
