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: Stephen Thompson
Location: G53/54, Diamond Light Source
Beamline I11 hosts the world's first dedicated, multi-use, synchrotron long duration experiments (LDE) facility, providing the scientific community with the opportunity to study in situ changes in structure and phase within a wide range of slowly evolving materials over extended periods of time (months to years). Such changes may be brought about by slow kinetic relaxation or thermodynamic equilibration, chemical ageing, prolonged exposure to non-ambient conditions, adverse environments, or as the cumulative result of high duty cycle processing etc.
The areas of scientific interest are diverse and interdisciplinary, covering structural chemistry, catalysis, energy storage, pharmaceuticals, corrosion, nuclear industry and engineering materials as well as the natural environment. After one year of LDE operation on I11, the workshop offers a timely opportunity to review both the science and the current status and capabilities of synchrotron LDE, as well as considering future developments and experimental possibilities.
Annabelle Baker (Diamond)
Karena Chapman (Advanced Photon Source, USA)
Jeremy Cockcroft (UCL)
Claire Corkhill (University of Sheffield)
Hilary Kennedy (Bangor University)
Karin Kleiner (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie)
James Marrow (University of Oxford)
Chris Morris (University of Manchester)
Mahmoud Mostafavi (University of Bristol)
Emmal Safi (Keele University/Diamond)
Howard Stone (Cambridge University)
Chiu Tang (Diamond)
Wednesday 7 September 2016
| 10:30 | Registration | Atrium |
| 11:00 | Welcome & facility update | Pickavance Lecture Theatre |
| 11:45 | Poster session | Atrium |
| 12:15 | Lunch | RAL restaurant |
| 12:45 | Poster session | Atrium |
| 13:30 | I11 LDE facility update Chiu Tang, Diamond | G53/54 |
| 14:00 | How does a Long Duration Experiment work? Annabelle Baker, Diamond | |
| 14:30 | Jeremy Cockcroft, UCL | |
| 15:00 | Coffee break | Atrium |
| 15:30 | Annual pattern of mineral precipitation in sea ice Hilary Kennedy, Bangor University | G53/54 |
| 16:00 | High resolution characterisation of cement hydration kinetics in nuclear waste cements Claire Corkhill, University of Sheffield | |
| 16:30 | In-situ synchrotron studies of ice during MgSO4·11H2O (meridianiite) formation Emmal Safi, Keele University /Diamond | |
| 17:00 | END OF DAY 1 | |
| 17:15 | Poster prizes | Pickavance Lecture Theatre |
| 17:30 | Keynote | |
| 18:30 | Drinks reception | RAL restaurant |
| 19:00 | Conference dinner |
Thursday 8 September 2016
| 09:00 | Exploring capacity loss and failure in battery electrodes over extended cycling Karena Chapman, Advanced Photo Source, USA | G53/54 |
| 09:30 | Structural changes during long-term operation of x Li2MnO3 (1-x) Li[Ni, Co, Mn]O2 (HE-NCM) Karin Kleiner, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie | |
| 10:00 | Porous metal-organic materials for gas adsorption and selectivity Chris Morris, University of Manchester | |
| 10:30 | Coffee break | Atrium |
| 11:00 | Long duration synchrotron experiments: shedding a strong light on slow process in engineering Mahmoud Mostafavi,University of Bristol | G53/54 |
| 11:30 | Watching cracks grow, slowly James Marrow, University of Oxford | |
| 12:00 | Understanding alloy stability for more efficient aviation Howard Stone, Cambridge University | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | RAL restaurant |
| 13:30 | END OF DAY 2 |
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