Topics

• Materials for catalysis, energy generation and storage
• Nano-medicines, diagnostics and biomaterials
• Functional and engineered interfaces, surfaces, films, membranes and composites
• Advanced polymers, surfactants, gels, biocolloids and soft matter systems
• New theory, novel phenomena and experimental techniques

The conference will be dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Â A special session of the conference will also be dedicated to correlation Fourier diffractometry, marking the 25th anniversary of the start of operation of the Fourier diffractometer at the IBR-2 pulsed neutron reactor.

Online registration and abstract submission must be completed before 30th June 2017.

Equilibrated and Non-Equilibrated Systems for Anomalous Structures and Properties

International Forum on Ceramics and Inorganic Materials

Topics:

• Solar Technologies;
• Solar and Bio-Fuels;
• Hydrogen Production and Storage;
• Thermal Storage Materials;
• Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers;
• Energy Saving and Efficiency Materials;
• Additive Manufacturing;
• 2D Materials;
• Thermoelectrics and Piezoelectrics;
• Batteries and Supercapacitors;
• Fossil Fuels and Gas Separation Membranes;
• Smart Mobility

Making and Measuring in 4-Dimensions (M²4D)

Workshops

Monday 15th

• Workshop 1. Multi-dimensional and multi-modal X-ray imaging and analysis
• Workshop 2. Spectro-microscopy at the Nanoscale: Exploring Chemical, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Novel Materials
• Workshop 3. Synchrotron Techniques in Support of DOE's Subsurface R&D Effort
• Workshop 4. Measurement and Interpretation of Diffuse Scattering in X-Ray Diffraction for Macromolecular Crystallography

Wednesday 17th

• Workshop 5. Bringing Big Science into the Classroom
• Workshop 6. Polarized Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering at the NSLS-II
• Workshop 7. Prospects in Imaging Materials and their Dynamics by Coherent X-ray Scattering
• Workshop 8. Data Acquisition Cookbook: A Tutorial on NSLS-II's Python DAQ Software
• Workshop 9. Nano-mechanics: From Material Fabrication to In-Operando Characterization

Instrumentation and Methods (IM)

• IM 1: Advances in instrumentation and methods
• IM 2: Environmental, in-situ and time-resolved microscopy
• IM 3: Image analysis and handling of big data sets
• IM 4:Quantification and modeling
• IM 5: Spectroscopy in microscopy
• IM 6: Tomography
• IM 7: Phase-related techniques
  
  

Life Sciences (LS)

• LS 1: Single particle EM, microscopy of membrane assemblies
• LS 2: From cells to tissues: cellular electron tomography and imaging of large volumes
• LS 3: Microorganisms, pathogens and EM in diagnostics
• LS 4: Subcellular processes in plants and animal cells
• LS 5: Cytoskeleton, cellular traffic and membrane dynamics
• LS 6: Imaging techniques: X-ray microscopy, live/in vivo imaging and correlative approaches
• LS 7: Advances in sample preparation and analysis
  
  

Materials Science (MS)

• MS 1: Functional materials and semiconductors
• MS 2: Interfaces and surfaces, coatings and thin films
• MS 3: Energy-related materials
• MS 4: Metals, alloys and intermetallics
• MS 5: Carbon-based materials, soft matter and polymers
• MS 6: Nanoparticles, 2D materials, nanocomposites and catalysts
• MS 7: Ceramics, oxides and minerals

This school is aimed at introducing total scattering data and modelling methods, demonstrating their use in understanding complex functional materials, and reviewing recent developments and future directions in the technique.

Most of the school will be focused on providing hands-on training with total scattering analysis software, with the balance focused on providing a technical foundation and highlighting exemplary work in the community.

The conference will be hosted at Ramachandra College of Engineering, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India.

UXSS is an annual event jointly organized by the Center for
Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) at DESY and the PULSE institute at
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. As you can see from the list of
speakers below, the program will be highly interdisciplinary, with
topics ranging from accelerator physics to molecular biology. There
will also be a coursework exercise involving a mock proposal for the
European XFEL, with the help of experienced mentors.

Registration will open on the 31st January 2017. Please
note that the number of summer school participants will be limited. In
order to facilitate the selection of participants, we ask applicants to
provide a short description of their educational and scientific
background and their motivation for applying for participation in UXSS
2017. The registration deadline will be the 31 March 2017.

Financial support for UXSS 2017 is very kindly provided by the Joachim
Herz Stiftung, meaning that participants will be asked to pay a
registration fee of only 100 EUR. Accepted applicants will receive
a financial contribution towards travel and accommodation expenses.

List of lecturers:
Rasmus Ischebeck (PSI), FEL diagnostics
Hae Ja Lee (SLAC), matter in extreme conditions
Filipe Maia (Uppsala University), coherent diffractive imaging
Giorgio Margaritondo (EPFL), fundamentals of X-ray sources
Arwen Pearson (CUI & University of Hamburg), structural biology
Robin Santra (DESY, University of Hamburg), X-ray - matter interactions
Joachim Stohr (SLAC, Stanford University), condensed matter and magnetism
Simone Techert (DESY & Göttingen Campus), structural dynamics
Linda Young (Argonne/UChicago), atomic and molecular physics

Molecular frontiers & global challenges

Programme themes

• Chemistry in the life sciences
• Materials, interfaces and devices
• Catalysis (including industry)
• Energy, environment and sustainability
• Inorganic chemistry advances
• Organic chemistry advances
• Physical and analytical chemistry advances

hemes

• Electroactuators: from understanding to micro-robotics and energy conversion
  This session will deal with the conversion of the applied voltage to mechanical motion and the reverse processes of electrical energy harvesting from mechanical motion. The focus of the session will be on the search of new micro and nano structured electrodes and membrane materials for enhancement of the electroactuation effect. Applications in micro- and nano-robotics as well electrical energy generators will also be considered, particularly in view of maximizing their efficiency. In terms of systems to be considered at the session, we will focus on polymer-electrolyte composite membranes and nanostructured carbon electrodes, but the goal of the session will also be to reveal emerging systems.
• Electrotunable wetting, and micro-and nanofluidics
  This session will deal with electrical control of fluids on micro and nano scales, for instance in opto-fluidics, electroactive desalination, and liquid flow capacitors. We will also cover inverse electrowetting, in which mechanical pressure and deformation of liquid droplets generate voltage.
• Nanotribology and voltage-controlled friction
  In this session, we will discuss the possibilities of controlling friction in electroactive systems, such as interfaces with thin lubricant layers consisting of electrolyte solutions or ionic liquids.
• Electrovariable nanoplasmonic
  This session will deal with the tuning of surface plasmons in nanostructures, which can be used to electrically control optical properties. These may be used for future creation of switchable mirror-windows, or SERS based detection of hazardous molecules for security and environmental control. The main focus of the session will be on systems based on self-assembled nanoparticle arrays at liquid-liquid or liquid-solid electrochemical interfaces.