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The RACIRI summer school “Advanced Materials Design at X-ray and Neutron Facilities” is a joint initiative by Russia, Sweden and Germany in the collaborative framework of the Röntgen-Angström-Cluster (RAC) and the Ioffe-Röntgen-Institute (IRI).
The novel format of the RACIRI summer school is driven by scientific frontier themes and challenges in the field of materials sciences with a strong connection to the superb analytical potential at current and future research infrastructures (synchrotron radiation, X-rays and neutrons) in the baltic region.
The RACIRI summer school will be held every year under a special focus theme. Its venue rotates annually among the three partnering countries.
The first RACIRI summer school will be held under the focus theme "Soft Matter and Nano Composites" on 17 - 25 August 2013 in Petergof (or Peterhof), a district of St. Petersburg, Russia.
The generic scientific program of the RACIRI summer school consists of twelve fundamental lectures and of twelve focus lectures according to the focus theme and which are specifically addressing selected problems. The focus lectures are specifically linked to the predecessing fundamental lectures.
Confirmed Speakers (and Lectures) are:
Introductory lecture:
Mikhail Kovalchuk, Kurchatov Institute (RU)
"Convergence of sciences and technologies: from inanimate to life matter"
Key note lecture:
Paul Chaikin, New York University (USA)
Photon Sources: Facilities, technics and scientific basics
L1: Massimo Altarelli, European XFEL (DE)
"From 3rd to 4th generation sources: Diffraction, imaging and spectroscopies"
F1: Richard Neutze, Gothenborg University (SE)
"Advanced instrumentation for structural studies of bio objects at free electron lasers"
Neutron Sources: Facilities, technics and scientific basics
L2: Victor Aksenov, PNPI Gatchina (RU)
"Reactor neutron sources"
F2: Ken Anderson, ESS (SE)
"Pulsed neutron sources"
Theory 1 (real structure related)
L3: Igor Erukhimovich, Lomonosov U Moscow (RU)
"Nanoconfinement"
F3: Efim Kats, Landau Institute and ILL (RU/F)
"Determination of structural and physical features of colloidal systems from small angle scattering data"
Theory 2 (electronic structure related)
L4: Robert Evarestov, U St. Petersburg (tbc) (RU)
"Advanced methods in electonics structure calculations"
F4: Hans Agren, KTH Stockholm (SE)
"Soft matter density functional theory"
Diffraction 1 (atomic: single crystals, powders)
L5: Jens Als-Nielsen, Riso National Laboratory (DK)
"X-ray and neutron diffraction"
F5: Christian Riekel, ESRF (F)
"Soft-matter scattering, bio-materials"
Diffraction 2 (molecular: single molecules, polymers, colloids, etc.)
L6: Sunil Sinha, U San Diego (USA)
“Soft matter and soft surfaces in combination with X-ray and Neutron scattering”
F6: Sergei Chvalun, Kurchatov Institute (RU)
“Nanostructured polymeric and hybrid materials synthesized by VDP-process: Electronic and optoelectronic application”
Imaging 1 (solid matter, domains and membranes)
L7: Carolyn Larabell, LBNL (USA)
“Bioimaging”
F7: Chris Jacobsen, APS/ANL/Northwestern Uni (USA)
“Soft matter/Bioimaging”
Imaging 2 (large molecules, clusters, gels and liquids)
L8: Michael Avdeev, JINR (RU)
“Structural nanodiagnostics of ferrocolloidal systems by neutron scattering”
F8: Joe Dzubiella, HU Berlin, HZB (DE)
“Gels: Theory and modeling of structural aspects and dynamics”
Spectroscopy 1 (electronic structure related)
L9: Jo Stöhr, SLAC (USA)
“Electronic structure experiments at 3rd and 4th generation sources”
F9: Emad Flear Aziz Bekhit, HZB (DE)
“Ultrafast Dynamics in biochemical systems: combining fs/ps laser pumping with X-ray probe“
Spectroscopy 2 (real structure related)
L10: Dieter Richter, FZJ (DE)
“Dynamics of polymers”
F10: Natalia Novikova, Inst. of Crystallography RAS (RU)
“X-ray fluorescence methods for investigations of lipid/protein membrane models”
Materials Preparation 1 (crystal growth, epitaxial films, self-assembling, etc.)
L11: Alexander Vul‘, Ioffe Institute (RU)
“Preparation and characterization of the new carbon nanostructures: nanodiamonds, carbon onions and graphenes”
F11: Frank Schreiber, Uni Tübingen (DE)
“Epitaxial growth of organic films and nanostructures”
Materials Preparation 2 (biosamples, wet chemistry, gels, etc.)
L12: Michael Mertig, Uni Dresden (DE)
“Hybrid biomaterials”
F12: Dmitrii Gorin, Uni Saratov (RU)
“Core-shell nanocomposites”
Источник: http://www.raciri.org/
