Fundamental Aspects of Hydrogen Interaction with Materials and Novel Energy Applications

 Topics include:

• Physisorption
• Reaction mechanisms / pathways in complex hydrides
• Surface phenomena and finite size effects
• Novel high capacity hydrogen storage materials
• Transport phenomena in hydrides
• Hydrogen in energy storage applications
• Recent advances on hydrides based on metals and alloys
• Hydrogenation / dehydrogenation of hydride composites
• Novel methods and new characterization techniques (of hydrogen interaction)

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Hydrogen: From Production to Applications

Bridging the Gap from Free Clusters to Functional Nanostructures

The fundamental properties of small particles, and their potential for groundbreaking applications, are among the most exciting areas of research in modern physics, chemistry, and biology. The 2015 Gordon Conference focuses on the intimate interplay between the properties of clusters over a wide size range and their translation into supported nanoparticles, so bridging the gap from free clusters to functional nanostructures.

The traditional interdisciplinary nature of this Conference will be preserved. Fundamental questions, such as cluster formation, geometric structure, electronic structure, magnetism, optical properties, chemical reactivity, and alloying in the gas phase will complement topics crucial to applications, such as cluster support interactions and functional behavior in catalysis, optical labeling, cluster assembled materials, nano-engineering, etc.

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Advances in Topological Phases of Matter in Crystalline Solids and Cold Atom Systems

The scope of the Conference:

• Molecular inclusion and recognition
• Self-organisation and self-assembly
• New synthetic methods in supramolecular chemistry
• Chemistry of supramolecular systems
• Porous materials
• Sorption/desorption properties
• Nanomaterials
• Applications

The 27th meeting of the Polymer Physics Group provides an opportunity for researchers from both academia and industry to discuss the latest innovations in understanding and manipulating the physical behaviour of a wide range of polymeric systems.

Dr Lorna Dougan, University of Leeds, UK:Â Single molecule studies of proteins from extremophile organisms

Dr Ralf Everaers, ENS de Lyon, France:Â Topologically constrained polymers: From rubber elasticity to chromosome structure

Professor Kohzo Ito, University of Tokyo:Â Slide-ring materials with movable cross-links and entropy of rings

Professor Richard A. L. Jones, FRS, University of Sheffield, Founders' Prize Lecture:Â What drives macromolecules to move?

Over 5 days, you will get introduced to data acquisition, 3D reconstruction, segmentation and meshing and finally, 3D modelling of data to extract physical parameters describing flow or mechanical properties. Teaching and exercises will take place in close interaction with top experts in the field.

Topics

• Experimental methods and applications
  
• Volumetric reconstruction
• Segmentation techniques
• Flow simulation
• Mechanical modelling

Deadline for registration for the summer school is June 30th, 2015

The school will provide a systematic overview of the application of neutrons and synchrotron radiation to the structural analysis in applied materials. All relevant experimental methods will be covered in a three-day course which will be followed by a two-day practical. The practical at GEMS/DESY in Hamburg will cover various diffractometers, SAXS instruments and tomography stations. Neutron data analysis will also be practised.

3rd Edition of the School of Crystallisation and Crystallography for Latin America

The proposed themes involve:

• all material science
• control and description of industrial crystallisation processes
• nanotechnology
• polymorphism
• co-crystallisation of drugs and
• tools for structural determination of solids (including amorphous) from powder diffraction.

Module I on Crystallization: 7-11 December

Module II on Crystallography: 14-18 December

Confirmed speakers:

Dario Braga University of Bologna

Fabrizia Grepioni University of Bologna

Antonella Guagliardi Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Istituto di Cristallografia

Simon J. L. Billinge Professor of Materials Science and Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics at Columbia University and Physicist at Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department of Brookhaven National Laboratory

Richard I. Cooper Head of Chemical Crystallography and Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford.

Silvia L. Cuffini Institute of Science and Technology, UNIFESP

Helvécio Rocha Laboratório de Sistemas Farmacêuticos Avançados, LaSiFA

3rd Edition of the School of Crystallisation and Crystallography for Latin America

The proposed themes involve:

• all material science
• control and description of industrial crystallisation processes
• nanotechnology
• polymorphism
• co-crystallisation of drugs and
• tools for structural determination of solids (including amorphous) from powder diffraction.

Module I on Crystallization: 7-11 December

Module II on Crystallography: 14-18 December

Confirmed speakers:

Dario Braga University of Bologna

Fabrizia Grepioni University of Bologna

Antonella Guagliardi Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Istituto di Cristallografia

Simon J. L. Billinge Professor of Materials Science and Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics at Columbia University and Physicist at Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department of Brookhaven National Laboratory

Richard I. Cooper Head of Chemical Crystallography and Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford.

Silvia L. Cuffini Institute of Science and Technology, UNIFESP

Helvécio Rocha Laboratório de Sistemas Farmacêuticos Avançados, LaSiFA

Serependipity vs Prediction

The next Indaba, the eighth in a series of interdisciplinary workshops is organized by the South African Crystallographic Society in conjunction with the Structural Chemistry Commission of the International Union of Crystallography.

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The discovery of processes, novel molecular compounds and materials with exciting properties is often to a large extent based on serendipity but in other cases on the careful observation and interpretation of experimental data. In the latter, classical models and approaches derived from qualitative molecular orbital theory, methods based on parameters related to donor-acceptor strengths or empirical concepts based on geometric and steric effects may be employed. Following these discoveries, it is then quite general that a subsequent thorough analysis of experimental data such as state-of-the-art spectroscopy, magnetism, thermodynamic properties and/or detailed mechanistic information and electronic structure calculations is performed to 'fully' understand as many aspects thereof as possible.

As a result, new models and theories may emerge, possibly leading to rules concerning how the relevant properties of the process or the new class of compounds may be predicted and be improved. There are also examples where novel types of compounds or novel mechanistic ideas have emerged from theoretical studies or from a close collaboration between theoretically oriented individuals with experimentalists.

This has often led to the development of efficient models for the design and interpretation of experiments, based on some understanding of intra- and intermolecular interactions or processes.

Indaba 8 is dedicated to the discussion of Serendipity vs (first-principle) Prediction of scientific phenomena related to structure, dynamics, activity and function of molecular and other materials and processes. The scientific sessions will include invited keynote lectures, a small number contributed oral presentations as well as poster sessions spanning Theory and Molecular Modeling, Crystallography, Crystal Engineering, Materials, Supramolecular Chemistry, Organometallics, Biochemistry, Biology and other relevant fields. In the Poster sessions, a number of poster presenters will also be invited to present their work orally in 'Flash' presentations of 2-3 min each.

Participation is unrestricted except for a limitation on the numbers due to the nature of the venue which can accommodate only 120 delegates. Preference will be given to presenters of original research and to students and postdoctoral associates.

A limited number of IUCr-sponsored bursaries will be available for students and other young scientists, who are invited to apply for support, preferably by e-mail, with the recommendation of a supervisor or a senior colleague, to the Secretariat (thereza@technoscene.co.za). A preliminary Registration including a presentation title and abstract must first be submitted and your invoice number should be quoted on all correspondence. Any support granted will be conditional on the acceptance by the Organising Committee of the abstract submitted by the delegate (see Submission of Abstracts). The cut-off date for applications is 30 April 2015, but early application and submission of abstracts are encouraged for those delegates seeking support.

SERC-School

SSN College of Engineering, Chennai will conduct the Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi sponsored school for imparting training in basic and cutting edge areas in functional materials. For those interested in understanding crystal growth and thin film preparation of functional materials and feel its applications, the school will offer a rare opportunity to learn from eminent scientists in the field.

Tentative Topics:

A. Courses

(1) Crystallographic aspects of Materials and their functionalities
(2) Growth of single crystalline materials in different forms including thin films
  (a) Bulk growth Solution growth including Low Temparature and High Temperature Melt growth including Bridgman â€" Stockbarger, Cz, Float - Zone etc.,
    (b) Thin films - LPE, VPE, MOCVD, MBE, Sputtering, PLD etc.
(3) Introduction to Phase diagrams and phase transitions
    (i) Characterisation
    (ii) Structural (X-ray, synchrotron, surface etc.,)
    (iii) Optical (Linear and Nonlinear)
    (iv) Crystal Defects
(4) Growth Kinetics Theoretical and experimental aspects of crystal growth
(5) Nucleation and growth of thin films
(6) Applications

• Importance and challenge associated with selected functional materials
• Hetero structures of functional semiconductors
  
• Materials for white light emitting devices( including demonstration)
• Quantum wells and super lattices
  
• Magnetic and superconducting thin films
  
• Piezo, pyro and ferro electric based devices
• Thermoelectric based devices

B Laboratory

Hands on training of growing single crystals and realisation of devices
(1) Crystal Growth Training on Crystal Growth of single crystals by Solution growth, Melt grown crystals by Bridgeman method, Chokrolski method and Top Seeded solution growth method.
(2) Thin film Training on thin film preparation by PECVD, Sputtering etc.,
(3) Characterisation of the grown crystals
(4) Device fabrication of grown crystals

**This is a tentative program guide. Content may change slightly.

        Applications are invited from research scholars, post-doctoral fellows and young faculty with research interests in related areas, for participation in this school. Few final year students of M.Sc. and M.Tech. with strong motivation to pursue research in these areas will be selected.

        All the selected participants will be provided to and fro train fare and local hospitality. Interested persons should send the following to the school director through email or post,

(i) curriculum vitae including full postal and email address
(ii) brief write up of current research areas
(iii) list of publications, if any
iv) letter of recommendation from head of the department
(v) a short write up on how the candidate is expected to benefit from the school to enhance his research activities.

The ICTMS 2015 is the biannual conference of the IntACT (International Association of Computed Tomography).

This four full day congress is dedicated to CT-Scanning for non-medical applications. The 2nd International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures will bring together an international group of scientists to discuss a broad range of issues related to the use of computed tomography in materials and structures and all its related topics.

• X-ray and neutron tomography acquisition hardware, software and set-ups.
• Recent advances in CT imaging.
• Case studies including applications on miscellaneous materials and structures.

Presentations will be made within 2 parallel oral sessions. Contributions from universities, government and industry are welcome.

Themes

Themes of the congress encompass, but are not limited to, the following topics:

1Â X-Ray and Neutron Tomography, acquisition hardware, software and set-up.

• 1.1 â€" Synchrotron. (Chairmen: Robert Winarski & Jan Carmeliet)
  
• 1.2 â€" Micro-CT. (Chairmen: Matthieu Boone, Jan Van den Bulcke & Adrian Sheppard)
  
• 1.3 â€" Interferometry. (Chairmen: Leslie Butler & Francesco De Carlo)
• 1.4 -Physics of X-Ray. (Chairmen: Philippe Després & Giovani Grasselli)
  

2 â€" Recent Advance in CT & Synchrotron Imaging

• 2.1 â€" Advance in reconstruction algorithms. (Chairman: Andrew Kingston) Â
  
• 2.2 â€" Geotechnic. (Chairmen : Jacques Desrues & Stephen Hall)
  
• 2.3 â€" Multi-tissue quantitative Imaging technique. (Chairmen : Eric Landis & Sabine Rolland de Roscoat)
  
• 2.4 â€" 3D imaging. (Chairmen : Dominique Bernard & Khalid Alshibi)Â
  
• 2.5 â€" Developing image analysis tools for synchrotron imaging and microscopy. (Chairmen : Xianghui Xiao & Ross Harder)

3 â€" Case studies

• 3.1 â€" Hydraulics and sediment transport. (Chairmen : William Arnott & Bernard Long)
  
• 3.2 â€" Geomaterial, Materials, Structures and Mineralogy. (Chairmen : Jean-Yves Buffière & Yosuke Higo)
  
• 3.3 â€" Wood. (Chairmen : Dominique Derome, Jan Van den Bulke & Gabor Szathmary)
  
• 3.4 â€" Sedimentology and Palaeontology. (Chairmen : Richard Ketcham & Patric Jacobs)
• 3.5 â€" Quaternary Deposits. (Chairmen : Pierre Francus & Mathieu Duchesne)Â
• 3.6 â€" Innovative ;Geotechnical Applications. (Chairmen : Jun Otani, Gioacchino Viggiani & Didier Perret)
• 3.7 â€" Rock porosity and gas sequestration. (Chairmen : Patrick Selvadurai & Michel Malo)
• 3.8 â€" Concrete & building rocks. (Chairmen : Jacques Marchand & Veerle Cnudde)
• 3.9 â€" Porous Material. (Chairmen : Nicolas Lenoir & Takafumi Sugiyama)
  
• 3.10 â€" Hydrogeology, water infiltration and pollution. (Chairmen: Richard Martel, Subhasis Ghoshal)
• 3.11 â€" Archaeology. (Chairmen : Réginald Auger & Geneviève Treyvaud)
• 3.12 â€" Biogenic sedimentary structure and dynamics: marine, fresh water, and terrestrial systems. (Chairmen : Robert Aller & Emma Michaud)
• 3.13 â€" Petroleum core analysis. (Chairmen : Mike London & Caliskan Sinan)

Topics list
• Properties and Characterizations of Surfaces and Interfaces
• Nanostructured Thin Films
• Functional Nanostructured Coatings
• Plasma and Ions for Surface Engineering. Radiations Effects
• Nanoparticle and Nanodevice Production Technology
• Measurement and Analysis of Nanoscale
• Magnetic Fine Particles and Multilayers
• Nanopolymers and Nanocomposites: Synthesis and Applications
• Carbon Based Nanoscale Materials
• Nanomaterials for Energy Applications
• Nanomaterials Applications in Biotechnologies and Medicine
• Nanomaterials Applications in Electronics, Spintronics and Photonics

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 Speaker Information

• Cyril Aymonier
  Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry of Bordeaux,
  Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, France

• Marie-Paule Pileni
  Laboratoire des Matériaux Mésoscopiques et Nanométriques,
  University Pierre & Marie Curie, France

• Shaowei Chen
  Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
  University of California, United States

• Jindrich Musil
  Department of Physics,
  University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic

• Yury Gogotsi
  Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and A. J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute
  Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Won Ho Jo
  Department of Material Science and Engineering,
  Seoul National University, South Korea

• Reshef Tenne
  Department of Materials and Interfaces,
  Weizmann Institute, Israel

• Paulo J. Ferreira
  Materials Science and Engineering Program,
  The University of Texas at Austin
  , United States

• Jean Roncali
  Group Linear Conjugated Systems,
  Universite d'Angers, France

This three-day workshop will bring together experimentalists and theorists studying atomic and molecular scales structures on surfaces. The central theme of the workshop is the investigation of molecules on surfaces, and key topics are expected to include:

• Individual atoms and molecules â€" and structures engineered from these â€" on metals, semiconductors, insulators, and 2D materials
• Manipulation of the electronic and magnetic states of individual atoms and molecules through interactions with surfaces
• Molecular self assembly and molecular surface functionalization
• Molecule-based devices
• Novel imaging techniques (including tunnelling and force microscopies), spectroscopies and time resolved measurements.

One of the central objectives of the meeting is to promote cross-boundary discussions, especially at the experiment/theory and fundamental/applied interfaces. Time will be allocated to facilitate such discussions, including poster sessions and a social event.

Invited speakers

• Harald Brune (EPFL, Switzerland)
• Andrew Fisher (University College London, UK)
• Katharina Franke (Free University of Berlin, Germany)
• Robert Hamers (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
• Lev Kantorovich (Kings College London, UK)
• Mats Persson (University of Liverpool, UK)
• Damien Riedel (University of Paris-Sud, France)
• François Rochet (Pierre and Marie Curie University, France)
• Tamar Seideman (Northwestern University, USA)
• Roberta Sessoli (University of Florence, Italy)
• Latha Venkataraman (Columbia University, USA)
• Ayelet Vilan (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
• Jörg Zegenhagen (Diamond Light Source, UK)

DyProSo is a 4-day research meeting aiming at the promotion of new ideas and concepts concerning functional properties of condensed matter by stimulating scientific discussions between young and experienced scientists actively working on dynamic properties of materials. The programme will cover current and upcoming topics from theory (ab initio calculations, Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations, new formulations and phenomenological models, etc.) to experiment (optical spectroscopies, inelastic neutron and X-ray scattering, novel techniques, etc.) with a focus on functional materials.

Scientific programme focus of DyProSoXXXV:

• Phonons, magnons and electromagnons
• Diffusive dynamics
• Multiferroics, relaxors, thermoelectrica, shape memory alloys
• Domains and domain wall properties
• Excitations in superconductors
• Carbon-based materials
• Amorphous, liquid and soft matter
• Advances in experimental techniques and theory
• Dynamics at extreme conditions (pressure, temperature, magnetic field)

The scientific program will cover all important issues related to Crystal Engineering.

In particular, the topics of the workshop will be organized around
the following themes:

• Computational Crystallography
• 2D CrystalEngineering
• Pharmaceutical Co-crystals
• Functional Crystals
• Supramolecular Crystallography
  
• Biomacromolecules
  
• Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
  
• Organic Crystals
  
• Inorganic Crystals
• Functional Crystals
• Industrial Crystallization
  
• Porous Crystals
• Liquid Crystals