Neutron scattering

Inelastic neutron scattering school

Nov 22 2015 | 12am - Nov 27 2015 | 12am

In ANSTO, Lucas Heights NSW

http://www.ansto.gov.au/Events/Neutronschool/index.htm

The Bragg Institute hosts 13 neutron scattering instruments. The four spectrometers: Taipan, Pelican, Sika and Emu provide the capability to observe energy transfers between 1ÂµeV â€" 60meV encapsulating science in fields as diverse as protein dynamics to phonon dispersion, from magnetic dynamics to observation of the hyperfine structure of the nucleus

During a one week intensive study course you will have the opportunity to perform cutting edge science on some of the worldâ€™s top neutron spectrometers. Scientists, engineers and technicians will be on hand to assist your learning experience, providing you with skills that you can utilise at neutron sources across the world.

Contact:

Herma Buttner

hbu@ansto.gov.au

Fifth Annual Niels Bohr International Academy Workshop on ESS Science: Condensed Matter Theory and Advanced Software

Nov 9 2015 | 12am - Nov 13 2015 | 12am

In Copenhagen

https://indico.nbi.ku.dk/conferenceDisplay.py?ovw=True&confId=815

The fifth workshop and school on ESS Science will focus on the use of sophisticated data analysis methods along with extensive computational modeling to extract as much information as possible from the experimental observations and thereby gain profound scientific insights from scattering experiments.

The future is now. New intense neutron sources and advanced instrumentation will revolutionize the use of neutrons for a wide range of investigations in materials, macromolecules, surface phenomena, condensed matter, and many other systems of significant interest. Both the improved quality of the data collected and the increasing complexity of the materials under study pose a challenge for the optimum extraction of information from these experiments. To reliably and fully interpret the dataÂ will require the use of advanced software in data analysis, modeling and close collaboration between experimentalists and theoreticians.

The goal of this workshop-school is to describe the manner in which static and dynamic processes in materials give rise to their neutron scattering profiles. The school will demonstrate how current data treatment and computational analysis can effectively be used to improve the scientific understanding derived from data obtained on current and next generation of neutron scattering instruments.

Contact:

Heloisa Nunes Bordallo

bordallo@nbi.ku.dk

Materials Neutron scattering Synchrotron radiation

Application of Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation in Engineering Materials Science

Sep 21 2015 | 12am - Sep 25 2015 | 12am

In Hamburg

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.

http://www.hzg.de/matrac

Contact:

Prof. Dr. Andreas Schreyer

andreas.schreyer@hzg.de

Neutron scattering Synchrotron radiation

2015 PSI Summer School on Condensed Matter Research

Aug 15 2015 | 12am - Aug 21 2015 | 12am

In Zuoz

The PSI summer schools on condensed matter physics have a long standing tradition. Based on the previous schools on neutron scattering starting back in 1992 the PSI summer schools aim to train young researchers in the methods being used at large scale facilities such as neutron and muon sources or synchrotron photon sources.

http://indico.psi.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=3407

Contact:

Renate Bercher

renate.bercher@psi.ch

Neutron scattering Structural chemistry

Neutron Scattering Applications to Hydrogen Storage Materials

Aug 17 2015 | 12am - Aug 26 2015 | 12am

In Berlin

Neutron Scattering Applications to Hydrogen Storage Materials

SCOPE Energy research is an important scientific area today and hydrogen is one of the most promising sources of energy due to its highest energy density by weight. The efficient hydrogen storage depends on development of the new materials. Neutron scattering and -diffraction are powerful, non-destructive tool for the analysis of structure and dynamics in matter in a broad space and time domain. High sensitivity to hydrogen makes neutron scattering techniques ideally suitable to study the process in hydrogen storage systems. The goal of this school is to introduce participants to basics of neutron scattering techniques and show how these techniques can be applied for exploration of hydrogen storage materials.Â
The school is organized jointly by University of Potsdam, Germany and University of Tartu, Estonia. It will be held from 17th â€" 26th of August 2014 at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Berlin, Germany. Â The lectures and practical exercises will give basics to:
- Hydrogen economy and hydrogen storage technologies - Fundamentals of the gas storage Â - Basics of the neutron scattering and in particular in-situ neutron diffractionÂ - Characterizing sorption behavior of porous materials by ab-initio and crystal structure refinements
Lectures: M. Russina (HZB), H. Kurig (University of Tartu, Estonia), D. TÃ¶bbens (HZB), D. Wallacher (HZB), M.C. Schlegel Â and Roman Svetogorov (NRC, Mocsow) Â
TARGET GROUP The course is primarily aimed at early stage researchers with basics knowledge in Thermodynamics and Solid State Physics. It is part of the curriculum of the Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences at the University of Potsdam, Modul 741A and is credited with 4 credit points.Â

http://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/events/hydrogen-school

Contact:

Dr. Moritz-Caspar Schlegel

moritz-caspar.schlegel@bam.de

Training courses

Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation for Magnetism. Hercules Specialized Course HSC18

Sep 14 2015 | 12am - Sep 18 2015 | 12am

In Grenoble

General Magnetism Neutron scattering Synchrotron radiation

The objective of the Hercules Specialized Course is to combine theoretical courses with practical lessons performed using neutrons and synchrotron radiation on state-of-the-art instruments/beamlines.

Â Â Â Practicals will take place at the European neutron (ILL) and synchrotron radiation (ESRF) facilities located in Grenoble.

Â Â Â The attendance will be limited to 24 participants (mainly PhD students and post-doctoral researchers) to allow an active participation in the practicals, a strong interaction between the participants and the lecturers, as well as among the participants themselves.

http://www.esrf.fr/events/conferences/HSC/HSC18

hsc18@esrf.fr

High pressure Neutron scattering Solid-state chemistry

5th School on Representational Analysis and Magnetic Structures (RAMS)

May 3 2015 | 12am - May 6 2015 | 12am

In University of Maryland College Park

The school is targeted towards researchers interested in applying representational analysis for solving magnetic structures with neutron diffraction. Â The school will cover representational analysis and the theory of magnetic structures. Â The program will include both lectures and labs working with software such as SaraH and FULLPROF. Â This year, we will also cover magnetic symmetry tools developed on the Bilbao crystallographic server. Â Invited lecturers include Andrew Wills (U. College, London), Â V. Ovidiu Garlea (ORNL), Â Clarina Dela Cruz (ORNL), Â and Juan Manuel Perez-Mato (Universidad del Pais Vasco). Â Â Â

The school will be hosted at the University of Maryland College Park campus and participants can stay on campus at discounted prices. Â The school will begin Monday morning, August 3rd, and end Thursday late afternoon, August 6th. Â Â

The deadline for early registration is May 31, 2015. Â Attendance will be limited to 30 participants, so please apply soon. Â

http://magnetism-school.org/static/2015

Contact:

William Ratcliff

William.Ratcliff@nist.gov

Materials Neutron scattering

International Workshop on Liquid-Liquid Interfaces

Oct 21 2015 | 12am

In Grenoble

The intended aim of the workshop is to promote the future development of studies at liquid-liquid interfaces using neutron and X-ray scattering techniques. The audience of the workshop will comprise scientists who are interested in catalysis, electrochemistry, transfer, soft matter mixtures and biophysics at liquid-liquid interfaces.

http://www.ill.eu/liq2015

Contact:

Carole Beboua

liq2015@ill.eu

4th International Workshop on Neutron Delivery Systems

Sep 28 2015 | 12am - Sep 30 2015 | 12am

In ILL, Grenoble

http://www.ill.eu/nds2015

Neutron delivery systems play a major role for the performance of neutron scattering instruments.

Taking into account the last technological progress, neutron guide optimization is one of the most efficient ways to increase the performance of an instrument suite.

Its goal is to share new concepts of neutron delivery systems for future facilities and to review the state and recent progress in neutron guide technologies: amongst other topics neutron guide design, coating performance substrate materials, ageing and preventive maintenance will be discussed during the workshop.

The workshop is dedicated to engineers and scientists involved in the use, the design and the manufacturing of neutron delivery systems and their compounds.

Contact:

Jerome Beaucour

beaucour@ill.eu

Conferences

Design and Engineering of Neutron Instruments Meeting

Sep 7 2015 | 12am - Sep 9 2015 | 12am

In Budapest

http://www.bnc.hu/denim2015/

Neutron research always did and continues to benefit from the best engineering practice at the state of the art level and beyond.Â

The fourth event of the itinerant series of meetings DENIM will be held in 2015 in Budapest.

The community of engineers involved in neutron instrumentation design and operation meets to share experiences of success and failure, determine the most promising directions of development and cultivate the common wisdom emerged from lessons learned during an essentially pioneering activity.

Contact:

János Füzi

fuzi.janos@wigner.mta.hu

General Neutron scattering Synchrotron radiation

17th Annual National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering

Jun 23 2015 | 12am - Jun 27 2015 | 12am

In Oak Ridge TN and Argonne IL

This school is designed to help introduce graduate students to the capabilities available at the neutron and x-ray user facilities in the United States and Canada. Lectures, presented by researchers from academia, industry, and national laboratories, include basic tutorials on the principles of neutron and X-ray scattering theory, the characteristics of neutron and synchrotron X-ray sources, as well as seminars on the application of scattering methods to a variety of scientific subjects.

http://neutrons.ornl.gov/nxs/

Contact:

Bryan Chakoumakos

chakoumakobc@ornl.gov

Neutron scattering Powder diffraction Synchrotron radiation

Modern Methods in Rietveld Refinement for Structural Analysis

May 19 2015 | 12am - May 21 2015 | 12am

In Tallahassee FL

The primary goal of this workshop is to teach participants Rietveld refinement methods for evaluating 3D crystal structures from 1D powder diffraction data, with an emphasis on data collected on "high-resolution" structural user facility beamlines such as the 11-BM synchrotron beamline at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, or the POWGEN and NOMAD time-of-flight neutron diffraction beamlines at the Spallation Neutron Source of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

http://www.chem.fsu.edu/nasscc2015/workshop.html

Contact:

Peter Khalifah

kpete@bnl.gov

19th JCNS Laboratory Course Neutron Scattering

Sep 7 2015 | 12am - Sep 18 2015 | 12am

In Munich

http://www.fz-juelich.de/jcns/EN/Leistungen/ConferencesAndWorkshops/LabCourse/_…

The course will consist of one week of lectures and exercises and oneÂ week of practical training at the neutron scattering facilities ofÂ Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum MLZ. It is the aim of the course to giveÂ a realistic insight into the experimental technique and its scientificÂ power.

Students of physics, chemistry, material science and biosciences areÂ invited to apply for participation. There is no tuition fee.Â Accommodation and meals during the course will be provided by JCNS.Â Travel expenses will be reimbursed within reasonable limits.

Contact:

Reiner Zorn

r.zorn@fz-juelich.de

14th Oxford School on Neutron Scattering

Sep 6 2015 | 12am - Sep 18 2015 | 12am

In Oxford

http://www.oxfordneutronschool.org/

The school is intended primarily for scientists, student and postdoctoral researchers, who are new to the field of neutron scattering. It provides an excellent introduction to the field, which is developed through to its application in contemporary research. Lectures and tutorials covering all aspects of the theory and practice of a variety of neutron scattering techniques will be given by international experts. Students will gain a comprehensive grounding in modern techniques and applications at both steady state and pulsed neutron sources and have the opportunity to hear about the latest research being carried out with the technique.

Contact:

Victoria Garcia Sakai

victoria.garcia-sakai@stfc.ac.uk

Neutron scattering Surface studies

COST2015 London

Apr 13 2015 | 12am - Apr 16 2015 | 12am

In London

After the success of the previous Schools the upcoming 2015 School will be organized by the Chemistry Department of the Queen Mary University of London. The school will be held from Monday 13th April until and including Thursday 16th April 2015. As during the previous schools, all surface analytical methods will be discussed, but this year the emphasis will be on interfacial Science and Colloidal Chemistry.

http://webspace.qmul.ac.uk/azarbakhsh/COST2015/COST.htm

Contact:

Department of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London

cost2015london@qmul.ac.uk

Characterisation of materials Neutron scattering

Summer School on Methods and Applications of Neutron Spectroscopy

Jun 8 2015 | 12am - Jun 12 2015 | 12am

In NIST

A one-week "Summer School on Methods and Applications of Neutron Spectroscopyâ€ will be held from June 8 - June 12, 2015 at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR). Â

For information about the summer school go to http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/summerschool/ss15/index.html.

https://www.ncnr.nist.gov/summerschool/ss15/index.html

Contact:

Yamali Hernandez

yamali@nist.gov

Chemical crystallography Neutron scattering Synchrotron radiation

The 17th Annual National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering

Jun 13 2015 | 12am - Jun 27 2015 | 12am

In ORNL, TN

The 17th Annual National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering will be held at Argonne and Oak Ridge National Labs from June 13-27, 2015.
This school is designed to help introduce graduate students to the capabilities available at the neutron and x-ray user facilities in the United States. Lectures, presented by researchers from academia, industry, and national laboratories, include basic tutorials on the principles of neutron and x-ray scattering theory, the characteristics of neutron and synchrotron X-ray sources, as well as seminars on the application of scattering methods to a variety of scientific subjects. Â As part of the school, students also conduct a series of short experiments to provide some hands-on experience using instruments at neutron and synchrotron sources, at Argonne's Advanced Photon Source, and Oak Ridge's Spallation Neutron Source and High Flux Isotope Reactor facilities.
Students interested in attending should complete an application at http://neutrons.ornl.gov/nxs/ by February 23, 2015.
Please note that all the travel and lodging costs for students accepted to attend will be covered as part of the school. Â Part of the application process includes submission of evaluation letters from among the student's advisor, department chair and other professors.
Lecture notes and videos of the 2014 NXS School are available at: http://neutrons.ornl.gov/conf/nxs2013/

http://neutrons.ornl.gov/nxs/

Contact:

Bryan Chakoumakos

chakoumakobc@ornl.gov