Programme

Time

Monday

08:30

 Arrival & Registration

09:00

09:10

Attendee Lightning Introductions
Quick intro round for everyone in attendance

Career Snapshots (10 min each + 10 min buffer)

09:25

Dr Fernando Garcia-Martinez, Beamline Researcher at Beamline P22/Petra III (DESY)

09:35

Dr Curran Kalha

09:45

Dr Elisabetta Arca, Senior Lecturer and Future Leaders Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Liverpool

09:55

Dr Ad Etemma, Interenal Sales Director, Scienta Omicron

10:15

11:00

Panel discussion and live Q&A
Drs Garcia-Martinez, Kalha, Arca and Etemma
Chair: Prof Anna Regoutz

13:00

17:00

17:30

8:30

Arrival and registration

09:00

Conference Opening
Prof. Gianluigi Botton, Chief Executive Officer, Diamond Light Source, UK

INSTRUMENTATION AND METHOD DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Prof Anna Regoutz, University of Oxford, UK

09:10

Plenary Talk - Dr Sakura Pascarelli, European XFEL, Germany
X-ray Spectroscopy at the European X-ray Free Electron Laser

09:55

Invited Talk - Dr Tommaso Pincelli, Technical University Berlin and Fritz Haber Institute, Germany
Towards femtosecond charge dynamics of active interfaces

10:20

Contributed talk

Robinson, Rutherford and Moseley: the birth of (hard) X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Russell Egdell, University of Oxford, UK

10:35

Coffee break

Chair: Dr Tommaso Pincelli, Technical University Berlin and Fritz Haber Institute, Germany

11:00

Invited talk - Dr Kateryna Artyushkova, PHI, USA
Analysis of Interfaces by Soft and Hard X-ray Photoemission

11:25

Contributed Talks

11:25 - When HAXPES gets vertical: lab-scale analysis of GaN LED pixels sidewall after plasma etching
Olivier Renault, CEA-Leti, Grenoble, France

11:40 - Non-Destructive Depth Profiling by Variable Energy PARXPS (VE-PARXPS)
Paul Dietrich, SPECS Surface Nano Analysis GmbH, Berlin, Germany

11:55 - HAXPES Analysis of Overlayers
David Cant, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, United Kingdom

12:10 Simulation-Guided GI-HAXPES: How to Maximize Signal and Depth Sensitivity in HAXPES Experiments
Oliver Rehm, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

12:25

Lunch

APPLICATION I - ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND EMERGENT PHENOMENA
Chair: Nick Barrett, CEA Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France

13:30

Plenary Talk - Dr Ashish Chainani, Condensed Matter Physics Group, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan
Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Metal-insulator, Magnetic and Charge-ordering Transitions in Strongly Correlated Materials

14:15

Invited Talk - Dr Claudia Cancellieri, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland
Laboratory HAXPES/XPS for Depth-Resolved Chemical and Electronic Structures

14:40

Contributed Talk
Probing the Origins of Emergent Superconductivity in Artificial High-Tc Superlattices with HAXPES
Alexander Gray, Temple University, Philadelphia, United States

14:55

Coffee Break

Chair: Prof Alex Gray, Temple University, Philadelphia, United States

15:30

Invited Talk – Ass. Prof Yan Wang, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Semiconductor/dielectric interfaces in 2D semiconductor transistors

15:55

Contributed Talks

15:55 - Chirality in a Kagome Metal: a momentum microscope study
Deepnarayan Biswas, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, United Kingdom

16:10 - Single domain spectroscopic signatures of a magnetic Kagome metal
L. Plucinski, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Juelich, Germany

16:25 - Quantifying the oxygen vacancies and charge injection in ferroelectric hafnia-based devices
Nick Barrett, CEA Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France

16:40 - Multimodal Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Ge-Based Hole Spin Qubit Heterostructures for Device Optimization
Andreas Fuhrberg, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

16:55 - Probing the interface chemistry of a WSe2/ferroelectric heterostructure at the microscopic scale
Raphaël Salazar, Synchrotron Soleil, Gif-sur-Yvette, France and University of West Bohemia - NTC, Pilsen, Czechia

Sponsor Talk – Dr Ad Etemma, Scienta Omicron
Chair: Prof Anna Regoutz, University of Oxford, UK

16:55

Poster session and drinks reception

19:00

Speakers' dinner (St Edmund Hall)

8:30

Arrival & Registration

APPLICATION I - ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND EMERGENT PHENOMENA
Chair: Dr Claudia Cancellieri, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland

09:00

Invited Talk - Prof Tomohiko Saitoh, Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Japan
Electronic structure and oxygen-defect distribution of bulk single-crystalline In-Ga-Zn oxides revealed by hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy

09:25

Contributed Talks

09:25 - Impact of spin-wave excitations on electronic states of half-metallic Co2MnSi studied by temperature-dependent hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy
Shigenori Ueda, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan

09:40 - Pseudogap electronic structure and disorder simultaneously probed by HAXPES for a candidate thermoelectric quasicrystal
Akira Sekiyama, Graduate School of Engineering Science, The University of Osaka, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan and RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Sayo, Hyogo, Japan

09:55 - Lab-scale HAXPES for critical buried interfaces in III-V heterostructures
Eugenie Martinez, CEA-Leti, Grenoble, France

10:10 - Soft and hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy on a strongly correlated Cd-Ce quasicrystal approximant
Goro Nozue, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany and The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan

10:25

Coffee Break

Chair: Prof Anna Regoutz, University of Oxford, UK

Contributed Talks

10:55 - The Electronic Structure of n-type β-Ga₂O₃ Epitaxial Thin Films Studied by HAXPES and ab initio calculations
Hongliang Zhang, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

11:10 - Hard and Soft X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy for a Depth-Resolved Look at Defect States in Ga₂O₃ Transparent Conductive Oxides
Dirk Hauschild, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany and University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), Las Vegas, United States

THEORY AND MODELLING
Chair: Dr Ashish Chainani, Condensed Matter Physics Group, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan

11:25

Plenary Talk - Prof Frank de Groot, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Netherlands
The interpretation of core level XPS spectral shapes

12:10

Contributed Talks

From core to valence states: a comprehensive experimental and theoretical photoelectron spectroscopy study of proteinogenic amino acids
Shiyang (Ann) Lu, University of Oxford, UK

12:25

Lunch

Chair: Prof Frank de Groot, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Netherlands

14:15

Invited Talk - Assoc Prof Atsushi Hariki, Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan
X-ray-Photoemission-Spectroscopy-Constrained DFT+DMFT Modeling of Correlated Materials

14:40

Contributed Talk
Anisotropic recoil effects in hard-x-ray graphene C 1s photoemission
Simone Ritarossi, Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

14:55

Invited Talk - Prof Dr Ján Minár, New Technologies Research Center (NTC), University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
One-step Photoemission Model: Core Levels to Valence Bands in Quantum Materials

15:20

Coffee Break

15:50

Contributed Talks

15:50 - Soft X-rays, Hard Questions: Identifying Band Character in Quantum Materials with ARPES
Jessica McChesney, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, United States

16:05 - Towards multi-modal and operando: simultaneous photoemission and structural measurements of gas–solid catalysts near 1 bar at beamline P22
Fernando García Martinez, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany

16:20 - The APE-TX project: a new HAXPES beamline at the Elettra 2.0 synchrotron
Federico Motti, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste and CNR - Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM), Trieste, Italy

16:35 - Multimodal measuring system for chamberless HAXPES and XRD at the BL46XU beamline of SPring-8 Okkyun Seo, JASRI, Sayo, Japan

16:50 - HAXPES at 4th generation synchrotron
Jean-Pascal Rueff, Synchrotron SOLEIL, St Aubin, France

17:15

Walking Tour of Oxford (Optional)

19:00

Conference Dinner at Balliol College (Optional)

8:30

Arrival & Registration

AND APPLICATION II - ENERGY MATERIALS CATALYSIS
Chair: Assoc Prof Atsushi Hariki, Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan

09:00

Plenary Talk - Dr Christoph Schlueter, Beamline P22, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Germany
P22 at PETRA III: A Versatile Platform for Advanced HAXPES Studies

09:45

Invited Talk - Prof Louis Piper, WMG, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Oxygen Redox in Batteries: The Hole Picture

10:10

Contributed Talks

10:10 - From Surface to Bulk: Chemical and Electronic Structure Evolution of Delithiated LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2 Electrodes - Insights Into pSEI Formation and Redox Mechanisms with Lab-Based Coupled Soft and Hard XPS
Yanis Jugie, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA-LITEN, Grenoble, France

10:25 - Dynamic interphases in halide solid-state batteries revealed by operando XPS: open questions for HAXPES
Rosalía Cid Barreno, CIC energiGUNE, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

10:40

Coffee Break

Chair: Dr Christoph Schlueter, Beamline P22, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Germany

11:00

Invited Talk - Dr Prajna Bhatt, Istitutio Officina dei Materiali, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-IOM), Italy
Lifetime effects and satellites in the photoelectron spectrum of platinum metal

11:35

Contributed Talks

11:35 - The Hidden Surface Transformation That Limits Ni-Rich Li-Ion Batteries
Galo Paez Fajardo, University of Warwick, Coventry and The Faraday Institution, Didcot, United Kingdom

11:50 - Investigating the Contributions of Solid Electrolyte Interphases to the Electrochemical Stability Window of Aqueous Electrolytes in Li-Ion Batteries
Prof Robert Weatherup, Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

12:05 - Impact of PEAI Passivation on Buried Interfaces in PSCs Probed by Operando HAXPES
Rahul Mahavir Varma, Condensed Matter Physics of Energy Materials, Division of X-ray Photon Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

12:20 - Zinc depletion at the ZnFe2O4 (1 1 1) single crystal surface: X-ray spectroscopy (NEXAFS and XPS) experiments and computer simulations
Pilar Ferrer, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, United Kingdom

12:35

Lunch & IAB meeting

Chair: Prof Louis Piper, WMG, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

13:30

Contributed Talks

13:30 - Interfacial Chemistry Limits the Stability of Deep Blue Perovskite LEDs Revealed by Operando Characterization
Alessandro Mirabelli, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

13:45 - Ligand Donor Number from Potassium X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Kevin Lovelock, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

14:00 - Bismuth-Based Photoelectrodes Unveiled by HAXPES: Probing the Contribution of Bi 6s and Bi 6p to the valence band
Freddy Enrique Oropeza, IMDEA Energy, Madrid, Spain

14:15 - A depth resolved investigation of hydrogen uptake in carbon based nanostructures
Orlando Castellano, Università Degli Studi Roma Tre and INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

15:00

Excursion – Blenheim Palace

8:30

Arrival & Registration

ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR
Chair: Prof Dr Ján Minár, New Technologies Research Center (NTC), University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic

09:00

Invited Talk - Dr Tatiana Marchenko, CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), France
Charge transfer in organic molecules probed by resonant Auger spectroscopy

09:25

Invited Talk - Prof Philip Moriarty, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Timing the Escape of a Caged Electron

09:50

Contributed Talks

Auger decay from doubly excited core-hole states with sub-natural resolution: the Ar K case
Matjaž Žitnik, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

10:05

Invited Talk - Dr Ralph Püttner, Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Electron spectroscopy of isolated and solvated atoms using hard X-ray synchrotron radiation

Application I - Electronic Structure and Emergent Phenomena
Chair: Dr Tien-Lin Lee, Diamond Light Source, UK

11:10

Contributed Talks

11:10 - X-ray Standing Wave Imaging: Structure Determination of 2D Materials with Hard X-rays
Niclas Tilgner, Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany

11:25 - Structure and Electronic Properties of Epitaxial Ultrathin Ni-Fe oxide Films on MgO(001)
Joachim Wollschläger, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

11:40 - The origin of the Fermi level pinning for Hf-based gate stack structures studied by operando hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Yoshiyuki YAMASHITA, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan and Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

11:55

Conference Closing

12:30

Lunch and Departure