SYMPOSIUM ON SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
IN MATERIALS RESEARCH
AUGUST 17-21, 2003
MARRIOT CASA MAGNA
A two-day international symposium on Synchrotron Radiation in Materials Research is planned. This symposium, which will provide an opportunity to discuss recent advances in materials research using synchrotron radiation will take place in a relaxed environment provided by the venue of the XII International Materials Research Congress 2003. The opportunities for materials research created by the availability of synchrotron radiation spread over a broad wavelength range are extraordinary. These include structure and dynamics of surfaces, interfaces, metal oxides, magnets, catalysts, superconductors, polymers, thin films, nanostructures,materials in ancient arts and archeology, and technological materials used in modern industry. The potential impact of new sources such as the x-ray free-electron laser promises to extend these frontiers even further.
Symposium 22 includes presentations by leading international authorities in the field and provides a unique opportunity for participation by all attendees of the XII International Materials Research Congress 2003.
The symposium organizers also invite contributed papers. Time will be made available for the oral presentations based on the papers.The symposium organizers especially welcome graduate students and postdoctoral candidates who wish to learn about new research opportunities at various synchrotron radiation facilities.
For details of the Congress: http://www.viep.buap.mx/imrc2003.htm.
Symposium Dates: August 19 and 20, 2003.
Before June 15, 2003...USD $300
After June 15, 2003.....USD $350
Students ......................USD $100
Hotel Reservation: Casa Magna Cancun Marriot Hotel
Organizers of Symposium 22: Gopal Shenoy, Symposium Chair
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
James Viccaro, Symposium Co-Chair
The University of Chicago
Academia Mexicana de Ciencia de Materiales
XII International Materials Research Congress 2003 Organizers and Sponsors
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences
Confirmed Invited Speakers and Subjects:
Ercan Alp (Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory): Investigating Collective Excitations in Condensed Matter
Orlando Auciello (Argonne National Laboratory): Dynamics of Thin-Film Growth
Zhonghou Cai (Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory): Probing Materials at Micro- and Nano-Scales
John Carlisle (Argonne National Laboratory): Bonding in Non-crystalline Oxides
Russell Chianelli (University of Texas): Fuel Cells, Catalysts, and Azul Maya
Roy Clarke (University of Michigan): Capturing Transient Structures
Cylone da Silva (LNLS, Campinas, Brazil): Advances in Material Research at LNLS
John Freeland (Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory): Spin Induction at Transition Metal/ Semiconductor Interfaces
Russell Hemley (Carnegie Institute, Washington DC): New Light on Materials under Pressure
Gene Ice (Oak Ridge National Laboratory): X-ray Microanalysis of Materials for the 21st Century
Eric D. Isaacs (Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies): Advanced Materials Characterization for Future Nanotechnologies
Stefan Kycia (LNLS, Campinas, Brazil): Self-Assembled Germanium Islands on Silicon
Jose Mustre de Leon (Cinvestav-Merida, Mexico): Inhomogeneous Ground State of Cuprate Superconductors
George Srajer (Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory): Magnetic Imaging of Biquadratic Exchange in Ferromagnetic Bilayers
Carol Thompson (Northern Illinois University): Study of Ferroelectric Switching
Helio Tolentino (LNLS, Campinas, Brazil): Study of Thin Films of Magnetic Materials
James Viccaro (The University of Chicago): Nanoparticles in Thin Films, Interface, and Composite Materials
Jin Wang (Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory): X-ray Vision of Fuel Sprays
Edgar Weckert (HASYLAB, Germany): TESLA-XFEL at DESY: Concept, Status and Examples for Applications in Biology