Ce colloque fait le point chaque année dans le domaine de la physico-chimie des surfaces et des interfaces. Sont abordées des thématiques diverses allant de la structure et de la morphologie des surfaces/interfaces jusqu'aux propriétés électriques, magnétiques, mécaniques, optiques en passant par la réactivité à l'échelle micro et nano-métrique. De par l'importance des surfaces et des interfaces dans les nanostructures, les nanosciences trouvent naturellement une place de choix dans ce colloque.

The main objective of the ECS3 is to provide advanced training in both theoretical and practical aspects of crystallography, primarily for end-stage PhD students, postdoc and early state researchers who are already dealing with structure determination from either single crystals or powders or both. School program aims in improving fundamental knowledge which students already possess, and upgrading it regardless of the technique applied. Starting from the symmetry accessing all the way to unitization of contemporary X-ray powder diffraction and macromolecular structure determination, ESC3 will cover a very wide range of topics interesting for both single-crystal and powder community. Also, participants will get the chance to broaden their knowledge in some of advanced topics regarding particular frequently encountered problems, such as disorder or twinning. School also aims in presenting state-of-the-art application of crystallography in various fields of research starting from advanced inorganic (nano)materials, via crystal engineering and drug design, to macromolecules.

65th Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis

SCTE is intended to provide a forum for discussion on fundamental and applied research in the areas of the solid state chemistry, physics and materials science of compounds containing d- and f- elements, and as an informal platform to exchange ideas and promote new collaborations.

On this occasion, SCTE will celebrate its twentieth edition, after previous meetings from Paris (1965) to Genoa (2014).Â

The SCTE conference aims to assess the latest progress in these fields in several invited talks by experts, to foster presentations of on-going research projects by young researchers and PhD students, and to stimulate new collaborative projects.

Memristive phenomena combine the functionalities of electronic resistance and data memory in solid-state elements, which are able to change their resistance as a result of electrical stimulation in a non-volatile fashion. In nanoelectronics, this functionality can be used for information storage and unconventional logic, as well as neuromorphic computing concepts that are aimed at mimicking the operation of the human brain.

A multitude of fascinating memristive phenomena has emerged over the past two decades. These phenomena typically occur in oxides and higher chalcogenides and are one of the hottest topics in current solid-state research, comprising unusual phase transitions, spintronic and multiferroic tunneling effects, as well as nanoscale redox processes by local ion motion. They involve electron correlation, quantum point contact effects and exotic conformation changes at the atomic level.

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.

Topics

• Epitaxial Growth
• Bulk Crystal Growth
• Light Emitting Devices: LEDs and Lasers
• Photovoltaics and Energy Harvesting
• Electronic Devices: RF and Power Applications
• Nanostructures
• Optical and Electrical Properties
• Processing and Fabrication
• Defect Characterization and Engineering
• Structural Analysis
• Theory and Simulation
• New Materials and Device Concepts

The 5th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks & Open Framework Compounds (MOF 2016) is the premier conference on open framework materials, which represent a fast-growing new field of chemistry. This year's Conference will provide a comprehensive overview of the latest research encompassing Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs), and recent additions to the field of nanoporous materials, such as molecular cage compounds.

Fundamental Study and Discovery of MOFs

• Synthesis of new structures and characterization
• Novel synthetic approaches
• Thin film deposition and patterning methods
• Guest-induced properties
• Nanoparticle or nanostructure templating
• Growth kinetics and mechanisms
• Luminescence
• Electrical or ion conductivity
• Mechanical properties
• Magnetic behavior
• Energy transfer
• Spectroscopy characterization of MOFs
• Other unusual phenomena in pores/channels

Functions, Applications, and Commercialization of MOFs

• Gas storage
• Separations
• Catalysis
• Sensing
• Drug delivery
• Imaging
• Electronic devices

Hybridization of MOFs and Organic Networks

• Covalent organic frameworks (COFs)
• Molecular cage-type compounds

Eighth in the series, the American Conference on Neutron Scattering (ACNS 2016) will provide essential information on the breadth and depth of current neutron-related research worldwide. A strong program of plenary, invited and contributed talks showcase recent scientific results in neutron science in a wide range of fields, including sources, instrumentation and software; hard condensed matter; soft matter; biology; materials chemistry and materials for energy; engineering and industrial applications; and neutron physics.

The conference will be held on board the historic Queen Mary in Long Beach, California and is hosted by the Neutron Scattering Society of America.

The 18th International Conference on Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (ICMOVPE-XVIII) will follow the traditions of the previous ICMOVPE, presenting the latest advances in science, technology and applications of MOVPE and related growth techniques. This is the pre-eminent Conference in the field, and the papers presented represent the leading-edge research done worldwide.

Topics

• Fundamental Studies and Modeling of Epitaxial Processes
• Wide-Bandgap Group-III Nitride Materials and Devices (AlN, GaN, InN, BN, etc.)
• III-V Semiconductors and Devices (Arsenides, Phosphides, Antimonides and Dilute Nitrides)
• Narrow Bandgap Materials and Devices (InAs, Antimonides, Bismides)
• II-VI Materials and Devices (CdTe, ZnO, ZnSe, ZnS, MCT, etc.)
• Semiconducting Oxides and Epitaxial Dielectrics (TCO, Ga2O3, SnO2, etc.)
• Epitaxy of 2D Materials and van der Waal Heterostructures
• Heteroepitaxy of Mismatched Alloys and III-Vs on Si
• Growth of Nanowires, Nanostructures and Low-dimensional Structures (Dots, Wires and Quantum Wells)
• Patterned Growth and Selective Area Epitaxy
• Atomic Layer Deposition and Epitaxy
• Pseudo-substrates and Epitaxial Lift-off Processes
• In Situ Monitoring, Process Control and Reactor Modeling
• In Situ Etching
• Nano-scale Characterization and Other Techniques
• Point Defects and Doping
• Growth for Energy Technology (Solid State Lighting, PV, Thermoelectrics, etc.)
• Equipment, Safety, Environmental and Production Issues

The Electronic Materials Conference (EMC) is the premier annual forum on the preparation and characterization of electronic materials. The conference will be held at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware. The conference features a plenary session, parallel topical sessions, a poster session and an industrial exhibition.

Featured topics include enabling technologies, energy conversion and storage materials, nanoscale science and technology in materials, organic materials and thin-film technology, and wide bandgap materials.

The DRC, co-sponsored by the IEEE Electron Device Society, will be coordinated with the 58th Electronic Materials Conference (EMC), which will be held the same week. This recognizes the importance of interaction between device and electronic materials research and will provide for fruitful exchange of information between attendees of both conferences.

Aims

Complementing the Faraday Discussions meeting on Nanoparticle Synthesis and Assembly (Chicago, USA, April 2015) which will focus on ordered superlattice arrays of ligand-passivated inorganic clusters, with applications related to size scalability and processing, this meeting will emphasise the importance of considering both ordered and disordered assemblies, and the translation of fundamental science to applications. The scope of the Discussion will include chemically distinct classes of nanoparticle assemblies - polymer nanocomposites, patchy colloids, ligand-passivated inorganic nanocrystals - and link them with soft matter systems, with a view to understanding some of the basic principles of nanoparticle assembly and how they affect practical applications. The topic is particularly appropriate for the Faraday Discussions format with the possibility of documenting an interesting cross-fertilization of ideas.

Themes

• Synthesis and Assembly of Nanoparticles and their Assemblies
  
  
• Modeling and Theory
  
  
• Nanocomposites
  
  
• Applications to Soft Matter
  

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.

Janelia Research Campus (Ashburn, VA) will run a MicroED workshop February 22-25, 2016, hosted by Tamir Gonen.

MicroED is a technique that uses electron diffraction to facilitate structure determination from sub-micron sized crystals, eliminating the need to grow large crystals. MicroED uses equipment and procedures that are standard on many cryo-TEM:s, and because of this the technique can be easily adopted in labs and facilities around the world. To encourage the widespread use of MicroED we are offering this workshop to teach microscopists how to perform the technique and adopt it at their own institutions.

There is no registration fee for participation, and Janelia will provide on-site housing and meals. Attendees are expected to cover their own travel expenses and must be able to stay for the duration.

Space in the course is limited. Those interested should send a brief statement on why they wish to participate to conference@janelia.hhmi.org by Friday, October 18.

Topics

Plenary Lectures

New Advances in Electron Diffraction: From Ab-initio Structure Solution to Refinement.
Lukas Palatinus (Institute of Physics of the AS CR, Prague)

Ab-initio Modeling in Crystallography
Bartolomeo Civalleri (Universita' di Torino)

Watching Matter in Motion: Time Resolved Studies from Synchrotrons to FELs
Marco Cammarata (CNRS - University of Rennes)

Electron Diffraction and Imaging of Protein and Pharmaceutical 3D Nanocrystals
Jan Pieter Abrahams (Universiteit Leiden)

Microsymposia

MS1. Advanced Theoretical and Experimental Methods in Crystallography

MS2. Investigating Structure-Property Relationships in Complex Molecular Systems by a Multi-Technique Approach

MS3. From Nature to Advanced Materials: Structure Characterization at the Nanoscale

MS4. New Topics in Crystal Growth Research

MS5. Nanostructures and Nanoscale Phenomena

MS6. Crystal Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds for the Understanding of Their Properties and Stability

MS7. Imaging Biomolecular Machines in Action through Cryo-Electron Diffraction and Cryo-Electron Microscopy

Focus Area Contacts

Focus Area 1: Michael Hennig, Basel for SIG 1:

Focus Area 2: Jürg Schefer, Paul Scherrer Institute Villigen, for SIG 5, 11, 12

Focus Area 3: Piero Macchi, Berne, for SIG 2, SIG 3, SIG 4

Focus Area 4: Katharina Fromm, Fribourg, for SIG 7 and SIG 13

Focus Area 5: Radovan Cerny, Geneva, for SIG 6, SIG 8 and SIG 9

The work of Dr Takeshi Egami spans across several fields and disciplines, with a multitude of scientific contributions and achievements. To most, he is best known for his pioneering work in applying the well-known real-space analysis for uncovering underlying disorder in materials i.e. the pair density function (PDF) method. He pioneered the application of this technique in crystals, and awarded the Warren award from the American Crystallographic Association in 2003. The award states that "Prof. Egami is cited for his pioneering use of pair distribution functions from diffraction data to study disorder and defects in imperfect crystals leading to new understanding of the physics of complex materials". Always surrounded by friends, collaborators and students, Takeshi Egami has always been excited about a new discovery or a new result, passing that optimism on with a contagious smile. This gathering is a celebration of his work, but also an opportunity to show the immense progress made in Materials Physics on the nature of Hidden Orders in a Complex World: Past, Present and Future.