The next Inside Diamond open day will feature stalls and activities, a short introduction to Diamond and a tour of the machine. We expect the visit will last around two and a half hours. Booking for open days opens 6-8 weeks in advance of the event. Click here for more details.
Organiser: Matt Tucker
This workshop will introduce the new XPDF beamline (I15-1) at Diamond Light Source and the usefulness of the pair distribution function (PDF) technique. The areas of interest include Chemistry and Catalysis, Materials for Energy Application and the Digital Economy, Physics of Condensed Phases, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Pharmaceutics. The importance of understanding the local structure is becoming increasingly apparent in these areas and hence the PDF technique is being applied to a diverse range of science. XPDF will be the first dedicated X-ray PDF beamline in Europe. Its complete package of hardware and PDF processing software will provide an unparalleled user-friendly PDF beamline. This workshop will be an opportunity to learn about the current status of the beamline and various invited speakers will highlight how it could be used for new materials research.
PDF drop-in session, Thursday 3rd September, 14:00
The aim of this session will be to give people the opportunity to discuss ideas for potential PDF projects and/or existing PDF data with some of the experts at the meeting. If you already know you would like to speak to someone please email us at xpdf@diamond.ac.uk and we can book a time, alternative just come along on the Thursday afternoon and talk to whoever is free.
The Materials Complexity Frontier: nanostructure and heterogeneities
Prof. Simon Billinge (Columbia University & Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Big box nanostructure refinement
Dr Nicholas Funnell (University of Oxford)
PDF Studies of Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion
Dr Pete Chupas (Argonne National Laboratory)
Exploiting Atomic Pair Distribution Function (PDF) Approach in Studies of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
Dr Emil Bozin (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Atomic architecture of amorphous and crystalline catalytic materials
Prof. Gopinathan Sankar (University College London)
New insights into functional materials from a local structural viewpoint
Dr Helen Playford (STFC ISIS Facility)
PDF studies of materials for Earth & Environmental Sciences
Dr Joseph A Hriljac (University of Birmingham)
Application of PDF within the pharmaceutical industry
Dr Helen Blade (AstraZeneca UK Limited)
Structure-property relationships in photonic glasses
Dr Emma Barney (University of Nottingham)
Alloying anodes for lithium- and sodium-ion batteries: insights from pair distribution function analysis and solid-state NMR
Dr Phoebe Allan (University of Cambridge)
‘Mussel’ Strength: PDF Studies of Biomineralisation
Dr Julia Parker (Diamond Light Source)
X-ray and neutron pair distribution functions of carbon nanotubes filled with ferromagnetic nanowires
Dr Anthony Phillips (Queen Mary University of London)
| 13:30 | The XPDF project | Prof. Andrew Goodwin |
| 14:00 | The new XPDF Beamline | Dr Phil Chater & Dr Dean Keeble |
| 15:00 | Coffee | |
| 15:30 | The Materials Complexity Frontier: nanostructure and heterogeneities | Prof. Simon Billinge |
| 16:00 | Big box nanostructure refinement | Dr Nicholas Funnell |
| 16:15 | Application of PDF within the pharmaceutical industry | Dr Helen Blade |
| 16:45 | Structure-property relationships in photonic glasses | Dr Emma Barney |
| 17:00 | Move to Lecture theatre | |
| 17:15 | Poster Prizes and Keynote Speaker | |
| 18:30 | Drinks and Dinner |
| 09:00 | PDF Studies of Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion | Dr Pete Chupas |
| 09:30 | Alloying anodes for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries: insights from PDF and solid-state NMR | Dr Phoebe Allan |
| 09:45 | Atomic architecture of amorphous and crystalline catalytic materials | Prof. Gopinathan Sankar |
| 10:15 | New insights into functional materials from a local structural viewpoint | Dr Helen Playford |
| 10:30 | Coffee | |
| 11:00 | Exploiting Atomic Pair Distribution Function (PDF) Approach in Studies of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems | Dr Emil Bozin |
| 11:30 | X-ray and neutron pair distribution functions of carbon nanotubes filled with ferromagnetic nanowires | Dr Anthony Phillips |
| 11:45 | PDF studies of materials for Earth & Environmental Sciences | Dr Joseph A Hriljac |
| 12:15 | ‘Mussel’ Strength: PDF Studies of Biomineralisation | Dr Julia Parker |
| 12:30 | Discussion and concluding remarks | |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 | PDF drop-in session: The aim of this session will be to give people the opportunity to discuss ideas for potential PDF projects and/or existing PDF data with some of the experts at the meeting. If you already know you would like to speak to someone please email us at xpdf@diamond.ac.uk and we can book a time, alternative just come along on the Thursday afternoon and talk to whoever is free. |
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