I15-1 XPDF User Meeting 2026
The I15-1 beamline will be hosting a science user meeting at Diamond Light Source on 22nd and 23rd July 2026.
This meeting will showcase the exciting total scattering and pair distribution function (PDF) science that is taking place across the user community, as well as instrumental developments happening at Diamond.
The programme will feature invited and contributed talks, a poster session and flash talks. There will be updates on beamline, detector and software developments at I15-1. There will be opportunities to network throughout the event, including a conference dinner in Oxford.
The meeting will highlight the major scientific themes within the community, including:
Battery and energy materials
Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Catalysis
In-situ and operando synthesis
Functional Materials
Disordered Systems
Invited speakers include:
Dr David Keen (ISIS Neutron and Muon Source)
Dr Celia Castillo-Blas (Institute of Materials Science of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC))
DrJavier Castells-Gil (University of Birmingham)
Dr Camilla Di Mino (University of Oxford & ISIS)
We are grateful to our sponsors for supporting this event
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Wednesday 22nd July |
Session |
Speakers |
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09:30 |
Arrival & Registration |
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10:00 |
Welcome |
Adrian Mancusso |
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10:10 |
Beamline Updates |
Dean Keeble |
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11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30 |
Keynote Speaker “A personal perspective on X-ray total scattering on the tenth anniversary of I15-1 XPDF” |
Invited: Dr David Keen |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30 |
Science Session 1: Batteries & Energy Materials Chair: Phil Chater |
Invited: Dr Javier Castells-Gils Contributed: Hekang Zhou, Zhao Li, Oliver Thomas |
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15:10 |
Poster Flash Talks |
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15:30 |
Coffee Break |
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16:00 |
Science Session 2: Experimental Advances Chair: Tobias Bird |
Contributed: Fanny Costa, Anna Herlihy, Zachary Amato Sponsored Talk: Linkam |
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17:00 |
Poster Session |
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18:00 |
Coach to Oxford & Dinner at QUOD |
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Thursday 23rd July |
Session |
Speakers |
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09:30 |
Science Session 3: Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) & Porous Materials Chair: Dean Keeble |
Invited: Dr Celia Castillo-Blas Contributed: Jay McCarron, Isabel del Castillo Velilla, Ruben Sakrabani |
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11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30 |
Science Session 4: Structure Property Relationships in Complex Materials Chair: Anna Herlihy |
Contributed: Sergio Marugán-Benito, Tobias Bird Sponsored Talk: Goodfellow |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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14:00 |
Science Session 5: Liquid Structure and Disordered Systems Chair: Daniel Irving |
Invited: Dr Camila Di Mino Contributed: Yueyuan Wang, Abdul Basith, Michael Seaton |
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15:30 |
Coffee Break |
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16:00 |
Poster Prizes and Summary Remarks |
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16:30 |
Close of Programme |
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Rooms are available for the nights of 21st and 22nd July at The Bear Hotel in Wantage at a reduced rate of £75 per night, on a first-come, first-served basis. Please contact the hotel directly, quoting 'I15-1 user meeting at Diamond'.
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]
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