File:PCG-SCMP Newsletter Autumn 2014.pdf

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Autumn newsletter

Newsletters

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===Current issue===

Autumn 2014 Newsletter [[Media:PCG-SCMP_Newsletter_Autumn_2014.pdf| pdf]]

===Past Issues===

Spring 2014 Newsletter [[Media:PCG-SCMP_Newsletter_Spring_2014_.pdf| pdf]]

Autumn 2013 Newsletter [[Media:PCG-SCMP_Newsletter_Autumn_2013_v2.pdf| pdf]]

Spring 2013 Newsletter [[Media:PCG-SCMP_Newsletter_Spring_2013.pdf| pdf]]

Spring 2012 Newsletter [[Media:PCG-SCMP_Newsletter_Spring_2012.pdf| pdf]]

Autumn 2011 Newsletter [[Media:PCG-SCMP_Newsletter_Autumn_2011.pdf| pdf]]

Spring 2011 Newsletter [[Media:PCG-SCMP_Newsletter_Spring_2011.pdf| pdf]]

Autumn 2010 Newsletter [[Media:PCG-SCMP_Newsletter_Autumn_2010.pdf| pdf]]

Spring 2010 Newsletter [[Media:PCG-SCMP_Newsletter_Spring_2010.pdf| pdf]]

Autumn 2009 Newsletter [[Media:PCG-SCMP_Newsletter_Autumn_2009.pdf| pdf]]

Spring 2009 Newsletter [[Media:PCG-SCMP_Newsletter_Spring_2009.pdf| pdf]]

Autumn 2008 Newsletter [[Media:PCG-SCMP_Newsletter_Autumn_2008.pdf| pdf]]

Spring 2008 Newsletter [[Media:PCG-SCMP_Newsletter_Spring_2008.pdf| pdf]]

Autumn 2007 Newsletter [[Media:PCG-SCMP_Newsletter_Autumn_2007.pdf| pdf]]

Spring 2007 Newsletter [[Media:PCG_Newsletter_Spring_2007_01.pdf| pdf]]

Prizes

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==PANalytical Thesis Prize for Physical Crystallography==

'''Thesis Prize 2015'''

The PCG-SCMP is pleased to invite entries for the PANalytical Thesis Prize in Physical Crystallography. The prize will be awarded for the best use of techniques or methods of Physical Crystallography in a successfully examined thesis submitted in the period from 1st January 2013 to 31st December 2014.

In order for a thesis to be eligible for the award, the Physical Crystallography element must be central to the work of the thesis, which must also demonstrate a context over and above structural work for its own sake. The candidate must be a member of the Structural Condensed Matter Group of the IoP and/or the Physical Crystallography Group of the BCA. Non-members may enter the competition but will be required to join the IoP/SCMP or the BCA/PCG at the student rate to progress their nomination further. Full eligibility criteria and procedures for the PANalytical thesis prize can be found [[Media:The_PANalytical_Thesis_Prize_rules_v2.pdf |here]].

To enter the competition, candidates must submit:
(a) a copy of the thesis in electronic format.
(b) a personal statement of not more than 500 words explaining why the thesis should be considered for the prize and including a clear description of the role of Physical Crystallography (as broadly defined on the website www.pcg-scmp.org) in the research.
(c) the names and contact details of two academic referees, one of whom may be the thesis supervisor, who will be able to comment on the thesis research of the candidate.

Nominations for the prize must be submitted to the PCG-SCMP Chair, Dr. Matt Tucker (matt.tucker@stfc.ac.uk), by 9th Febraury 2015. The Prize will be awarded at the BCA meeting at University of York, 30th March - 2nd April 2015.

;Previous winners

* 2014 Alexander Hearmon (Department of Physics, University of Oxford) "Neutron, X-ray, and Optical Studies of Multiferroic Materials"

* 2013 Mark Senn (Department of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh) "Charge, Orbital and Magnetic Ordering in Transition Metal Oxides”"

* 2012 Lucian Pascut (School of Physics, Bristol University) "Neutron and Resonant X-ray Scattering Studies of Low Dimensional Quantum Magnets"

* 2011 Stuart Bland (Department of Physics, Durham University) "X-Ray Scattering Studies of Charge and Orbital Ordering in Transition Metal Oxides"

* 2010 Helen Maynard-Casely (Department of Physics, University of Edinburgh) "The new mineralogy of the outer solar system and the high-pressure behaviour of methane"

* 2009 Aurora Cruz-Cabeza (Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge) “On the Prediction, Rationalisation and Discovery of New Crystal Forms”

* 2008 Lars Lundegaard (Department of Physics, University of Edinburgh) “High-Pressure Difraction Studies of Rubidium Phase IV”

* 2007 Lynne Thomas (Department of Chemistry, University of Glasgow) “Disorder in Substituted Benzenes by Combined Diffraction and Computational Studies”.

* 2006 Andrew Goodwin (Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge) "Dynamics from Powder Diffraction"

* 2005 Dominic Fortes (UCL) "Crystallisation of Ammonia Hydrates under High Pressure"

==The Physical Crystallography Prize==

'''This call is now closed.'''

[[Media:PCG_Prize_rules_new.pdf | Prize rules in pdf format]]

'''Physical Crystallography Prize 2014'''

The Physical Crystallography Prize is awarded for the best recently published work by a person in the early stages of their career, working in the field of Physical Crystallography, whose research is expected to make a significant impact in the field. The award is traditionally presented at the BCA Spring Meeting and the winner gives a Prize Lecture at that meeting.

Nominations for the prize must be submitted to the Chair of the PCG-SCMP group, Dr. Ivana Evans (ivana.radosavljevic@durham.ac.uk), by 31st January 2014 and the Prize will be awarded at the 2014 BCA Spring Meeting at Loughborough University, 8 - 10th April 2014.

'''History of the Prize'''

For many years, Phillips Analytical have sponsored a prize lecture in physical crystallography. Since the purchase of Philips Analytical by Spectris PLC in September 2002 the company is trading under the name of PANalytical Limited. PANalytical agreed to continue to sponsor the annual award for Physical Crystallography, which was renamed the "PANalytical Physical Crystallography Award". Since the 2006 edition, the prize has been sponsored by the Institute of Physics, and has been again renamed the "Physical Crystallography Award". The award is presented for the best recently published work (say 2-3 papers in the last few years) by a person in the early stages of their career in the field of Physical Crystallography. It is to be expected that his or her research has or is expected to make a significant impact in this field. The award is traditionally made at the Annual BCA Spring Meeting and the recipient is expected to give an oral presentation of his or her work at that meeting. The PCG-SCMP committee decide on the awardee and award the prize, which currently consists of a cash award of £500.

;Previous winners

* 2014 Dr Roger Johnson (Oxford)

* 2012 Dr Jonathan Wright (ESRF)

* 2010 Dr Christoph Salzmann (Durham)

* 2008 Dr Laurent Chapon (ISIS)

* 2006 Dr Matt Tucker (Cambridge University)

* 2004 Dr Andrew Wills (UCL)

* 2001 Dr Jens Kreisel (Warwick)

* 1999 Dr Mark Harris

* 1998 Dr Alison Pawley

* 1997 Dr Kenneth Harris

* 1996 Dr Chick Wilson (ISIS)

* 1995 Dr Werner Kaminsky

* 1989 Dr Martin Dove (Cambridge)

==Remit of Physical Crystallography in connection with Prizes==
Methods and techniques of Physical Crystallography will be interpreted in a broad fashion, for example, to include x-ray and neutron diffraction or scattering, Rietveld analysis and structure refinement, total scattering, structure-property relationships, development of structure-solution techniques, crystallography under non-ambient conditions, use of complementary techniques to diffraction (e.g. optical studies, NMR), computational crystallography and modelling, electron diffraction, diffuse scattering, applications of physical crystallography in biology.

Prizes

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Matt: /* PANalytical Thesis Prize for Physical Crystallography */

==PANalytical Thesis Prize for Physical Crystallography==

'''Thesis Prize 2015'''

The PCG-SCMP is pleased to invite entries for the PANalytical Thesis Prize in Physical Crystallography. The prize will be awarded for the best use of techniques or methods of Physical Crystallography in a successfully examined thesis submitted in the period from 1st January 2013 to 31st December 2014.

In order for a thesis to be eligible for the award, the Physical Crystallography element must be central to the work of the thesis, which must also demonstrate a context over and above structural work for its own sake. The candidate must be a member of the Structural Condensed Matter Group of the IoP and/or the Physical Crystallography Group of the BCA. Non-members may enter the competition but will be required to join the IoP/SCMP or the BCA/PCG at the student rate to progress their nomination further. Full eligibility criteria and procedures for the PANalytical thesis prize can be found [[Media:The_PANalytical_Thesis_Prize_rules_v2.pdf |here]].

To enter the competition, candidates must submit:
(a) a copy of the thesis in electronic format.
(b) a personal statement of not more than 500 words explaining why the thesis should be considered for the prize and including a clear description of the role of Physical Crystallography (as broadly defined on the website www.pcg-scmp.org) in the research.
(c) the names and contact details of two academic referees, one of whom may be the thesis supervisor, who will be able to comment on the thesis research of the candidate.

Nominations for the prize must be submitted to the PCG-SCMP Chair, Dr. Matt Tucker (matt.tucker@stfc.ac.uk), by 14th Febraury 2015. The Prize will be awarded at the BCA meeting at University of York, 30th March - 2nd April 2015.

;Previous winners

* 2014 Alexander Hearmon (Department of Physics, University of Oxford) "Neutron, X-ray, and Optical Studies of Multiferroic Materials"

* 2013 Mark Senn (Department of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh) "Charge, Orbital and Magnetic Ordering in Transition Metal Oxides”"

* 2012 Lucian Pascut (School of Physics, Bristol University) "Neutron and Resonant X-ray Scattering Studies of Low Dimensional Quantum Magnets"

* 2011 Stuart Bland (Department of Physics, Durham University) "X-Ray Scattering Studies of Charge and Orbital Ordering in Transition Metal Oxides"

* 2010 Helen Maynard-Casely (Department of Physics, University of Edinburgh) "The new mineralogy of the outer solar system and the high-pressure behaviour of methane"

* 2009 Aurora Cruz-Cabeza (Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge) “On the Prediction, Rationalisation and Discovery of New Crystal Forms”

* 2008 Lars Lundegaard (Department of Physics, University of Edinburgh) “High-Pressure Difraction Studies of Rubidium Phase IV”

* 2007 Lynne Thomas (Department of Chemistry, University of Glasgow) “Disorder in Substituted Benzenes by Combined Diffraction and Computational Studies”.

* 2006 Andrew Goodwin (Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge) "Dynamics from Powder Diffraction"

* 2005 Dominic Fortes (UCL) "Crystallisation of Ammonia Hydrates under High Pressure"

==The Physical Crystallography Prize==

'''This call is now closed.'''

[[Media:PCG_Prize_rules_new.pdf | Prize rules in pdf format]]

'''Physical Crystallography Prize 2014'''

The Physical Crystallography Prize is awarded for the best recently published work by a person in the early stages of their career, working in the field of Physical Crystallography, whose research is expected to make a significant impact in the field. The award is traditionally presented at the BCA Spring Meeting and the winner gives a Prize Lecture at that meeting.

Nominations for the prize must be submitted to the Chair of the PCG-SCMP group, Dr. Ivana Evans (ivana.radosavljevic@durham.ac.uk), by 31st January 2014 and the Prize will be awarded at the 2014 BCA Spring Meeting at Loughborough University, 8 - 10th April 2014.

'''History of the Prize'''

For many years, Phillips Analytical have sponsored a prize lecture in physical crystallography. Since the purchase of Philips Analytical by Spectris PLC in September 2002 the company is trading under the name of PANalytical Limited. PANalytical agreed to continue to sponsor the annual award for Physical Crystallography, which was renamed the "PANalytical Physical Crystallography Award". Since the 2006 edition, the prize has been sponsored by the Institute of Physics, and has been again renamed the "Physical Crystallography Award". The award is presented for the best recently published work (say 2-3 papers in the last few years) by a person in the early stages of their career in the field of Physical Crystallography. It is to be expected that his or her research has or is expected to make a significant impact in this field. The award is traditionally made at the Annual BCA Spring Meeting and the recipient is expected to give an oral presentation of his or her work at that meeting. The PCG-SCMP committee decide on the awardee and award the prize, which currently consists of a cash award of £500.

;Previous winners

* 2014 Dr Roger Johnson (Oxford)

* 2012 Dr Jonathan Wright (ESRF)

* 2010 Dr Christoph Salzmann (Durham)

* 2008 Dr Laurent Chapon (ISIS)

* 2006 Dr Matt Tucker (Cambridge University)

* 2004 Dr Andrew Wills (UCL)

* 2001 Dr Jens Kreisel (Warwick)

* 1999 Dr Mark Harris

* 1998 Dr Alison Pawley

* 1997 Dr Kenneth Harris

* 1996 Dr Chick Wilson (ISIS)

* 1995 Dr Werner Kaminsky

* 1989 Dr Martin Dove (Cambridge)

==Remit of Physical Crystallography in connection with Prizes==
Methods and techniques of Physical Crystallography will be interpreted in a broad fashion, for example, to include x-ray and neutron diffraction or scattering, Rietveld analysis and structure refinement, total scattering, structure-property relationships, development of structure-solution techniques, crystallography under non-ambient conditions, use of complementary techniques to diffraction (e.g. optical studies, NMR), computational crystallography and modelling, electron diffraction, diffuse scattering, applications of physical crystallography in biology.

Main Page

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Matt: /* Physical Crystallography Group (PCG) & Structural Condensed Matter Physics (SCMP) */

==Physical Crystallography Group (PCG) & Structural Condensed Matter Physics (SCMP)==
The PCG of the British Crystallographic Association ([http://crystallography.org.uk/ BCA]) and the SCMP of the Institute of Physics ([http://www.iop.org IoP]) are two names for the same group. The aim of the group is to promote and support physical crystallography in all its current forms. We organise meetings and workshops, award a thesis prize every year and a lecture prize biennially. There is also limited funding to provide student bursaries to help towards the cost of attending international conferences.

The aim of this website is to provide information to our members and hopefully attract new members from the community. The site is in the form of a ‘[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki]’, which allows users of the site to add their own content and comment on others. In this way it is hoped it will be a dynamic home for the physical crystallography community.

==News==

'''2015 BCA Spring Meeting, University of York, 30th March - 2nd April 2015'''

'''PCG-SCMP Winter Meeting 2014, 10-11th November 2014''' [http://www.pcg-scmp.org/Meetings/Winter2014 Website]

The PANalytical Thesis Prize 2014 winner is Dr. Alex Hearmon (University of Oxford).

The IoP Physical Crystallography Prize 2014 winner is Dr. Roger Johnson (University of Oxford).

==PCG-SCMP Portfolio==

[[Topics:PCG Portfolio|PCG-SCMP Portfolio]]

==Jobs in Physical Crystallography==

Please visit our new section [[jobs_page | Jobs in physical Crystallography]]

==History of the PCG-SCMP Group==

Please visit [[history |History of the PCG-SCMP Group]] for a brief history of the group

File:WinterMeeting2014 Programme.pdf

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Meetings/Winter2014

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==PCG-SCMP Winter Meeting "100 Years of Physical Crystallography"==

Our 2014 Winter Meeting at Cosener’s House will be held in Abingdon on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th November. The meeting will again be held jointly with the ISIS Crystallography User Group meeting and follow the popular format of previous years (see for example [http://www.pcg-scmp.org/Meetings/Winter2013#PCG-SCMP_Winter_Meeting_.22New_Developments_in_UK_Materials_Crystallography.22 Winter 2013]). There will be a poster session and the opportunity for a small number of junior researchers to give short oral presentations. Details of registration and abstract submission deadlines will be available shortly along with a programme.

==Registration==
Registration has now closed due to maximum capacity having been reached.

===The programme ([[Media:WinterMeeting2014_Programme.pdf|pdf]]):===

'''Monday 10th November 2014'''

12:15 – 13:00 Buffet Lunch

13:00 - 13:10 ISIS Crystallography User Group Chair’s Welcome,
Anthony Powell (Reading)

13:10 – 13:40 ISIS Facility Update,
Zoe Bowden (ISIS)

13:40 – 14:00 ISIS Crystallography Update,
Steve Hull (ISIS)

14:00 – 14:15 The WISH diffractometer – Recent developments and Science,
Pascal Manuel (ISIS)

14:15 – 14:30 µSR: what it’s all about,
Fiona Coomer (ISIS)

14:30 – 14:50 Discussion

14:50 – 15:30 Neutron diffraction as a tool to investigate the behaviour of thermoelectric materials,
Paz Vaqueiro (Reading)

15:30 – 16:00 Tea

16:00 – 16:15 The search for novel compounds for carbon capture and storage,
Matt Dunstan (Cambridge)

16:15 – 16:30 Predicting crystallisation propensity of small molecules,
Jerome Wicker (Oxford)

16:30 – 16:45 Impurities in Spin Ice Crystals,
Gabriele Sala (RHUL)

16:45 – 17:25 Probing the structure and dynamics of Li-ion battery electrode materials,
Serena Corr (Glasgow)

18:00 – 19:30 Posters followed by Dinner

'''Tuesday 11th November 2014'''

9:10 – 9:50 Bragg Coherent Diffraction Imaging and Dynamics with an XFEL,
Marcus Newton (Southampton)

9:50 – 10:30 XPDF: A dedicated X-ray pair distribution function beamline at Diamond,
Phil Chater (Diamond)

10:30 – 11:05 Coffee

11:05 – 11:20 Recent archeometry results from the INES diffractometer,
Antonella Scherillo (ISIS)

11:20 – 11:35 Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks for Gas Separations,
Sihai Yang (Nottingham)

10:35 – 11:50 Twist to Unlock: Magnetisation and polarisation at room temperature by structural control of a layered perovskite,
Mike Pitcher (Liverpool)

11:50 – 12:30 'Frustration, hidden order, and emergence in non-magnetic inorganic salts,
Andrew Goodwin (Oxford)

12:30 – 13:10 Crystallographic studies of piezoelectricity,
Mike Glazer (Oxford)

13:10 Close and Buffet Lunch

Meetings/Winter2014

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Matt: /* The programme (pdf): */

==PCG-SCMP Winter Meeting "100 Years of Physical Crystallography"==

Our 2014 Winter Meeting at Cosener’s House will be held in Abingdon on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th November. The meeting will again be held jointly with the ISIS Crystallography User Group meeting and follow the popular format of previous years (see for example [http://www.pcg-scmp.org/Meetings/Winter2013#PCG-SCMP_Winter_Meeting_.22New_Developments_in_UK_Materials_Crystallography.22 Winter 2013]). There will be a poster session and the opportunity for a small number of junior researchers to give short oral presentations. Details of registration and abstract submission deadlines will be available shortly along with a programme.

==Registration==
Registration has now closed due to maximum capacity having been reached.

===The programme ([[Media:WinterMeeting2014_Programme.pdf|pdf]]):===

'''Monday 10th November 2014'''

12:15 – 13:00 Buffet Lunch

13:00 - 13:10 ISIS Crystallography User Group Chair’s Welcome,
Anthony Powell (Reading)

13:10 – 13:40 ISIS Facility Update,
Zoe Bowden (ISIS)

13:40 – 14:00 ISIS Crystallography Update,
Steve Hull (ISIS)

14:00 – 14:15 The WISH diffractometer – Recent developments and Science,
Pascal Manuel (ISIS)

14:15 – 14:30 µSR: what it’s all about,
Fiona Coomer (ISIS)

14:30 – 14:50 Discussion

14:50 – 15:30 Neutron diffraction as a tool to investigate the behaviour of thermoelectric materials,
Paz Vaqueiro (Reading)

15:30 – 16:00 Tea

16:00 – 16:15 The search for novel compounds for carbon capture and storage,
Matt Dunstan (Cambridge)

16:15 – 16:30 Predicting crystallisation propensity of small molecules,
Jerome Wicker (Oxford)

16:30 – 16:45 Impurities in Spin Ice Crystals,
Gabriele Sala (RHUL)

16:45 – 17:25 Probing the structure and dynamics of Li-ion battery electrode materials,
Serena Corr (Glasgow)

18:00 – 19:30 Posters followed by Dinner

'''Tuesday 11th November 2014'''

9:10 – 9:50 Bragg Coherent Diffraction Imaging and Dynamics with an XFEL,
Marcus Newton (Southampton)

9:50 – 10:30 XPDF: A dedicated X-ray pair distribution function beamline at Diamond,
Phil Chater (Diamond)

10:30 – 10:55 Coffee

10:55 – 11:10 Recent archeometry results from the INES diffractometer,
Antonella Scherillo (ISIS)

11:10 – 11:25 Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks for Gas Separations,
Sihai Yang (Nottingham)

10:25 – 11:40 Twist to Unlock: Magnetisation and polarisation at room temperature by structural control of a layered perovskite,
Mike Pitcher (Liverpool)

11:40 – 11:20 'Frustration, hidden order, and emergence in non-magnetic inorganic salts,
Andrew Goodwin (Oxford)

11:20 – 12:00 Crystallographic studies of piezoelectricity,
Mike Glazer (Oxford)

13:00 Close and Buffet Lunch

File:WinterMeeting2014 Programme.pdf

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Meetings/Winter2014

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==PCG-SCMP Winter Meeting "100 Years of Physical Crystallography"==

Our 2014 Winter Meeting at Cosener’s House will be held in Abingdon on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th November. The meeting will again be held jointly with the ISIS Crystallography User Group meeting and follow the popular format of previous years (see for example [http://www.pcg-scmp.org/Meetings/Winter2013#PCG-SCMP_Winter_Meeting_.22New_Developments_in_UK_Materials_Crystallography.22 Winter 2013]). There will be a poster session and the opportunity for a small number of junior researchers to give short oral presentations. Details of registration and abstract submission deadlines will be available shortly along with a programme.

==Registration==
Registration has now closed due to maximum capacity having been reached.

===The programme ([[Media:WinterMeeting2014_Programme.pdf|pdf]]):===

'''Monday 10th November 2014'''

12:15 – 13:00 Buffet Lunch

13:00 - 13:10 ISIS Crystallography User Group Chair’s Welcome
Anthony Powell (Reading)

13:10 – 13:40 ISIS Facility Update
Zoe Bowden (ISIS)

13:40 – 14:00 ISIS Crystallography Update
Steve Hull (ISIS)

14:00 – 14:15 The WISH diffractometer – Recent developments and Science
Pascal Manuel (ISIS)

14:15 – 14:30 µSR: what it’s all about
Fiona Coomer (ISIS)

14:30 – 14:50 Discussion

14:50 – 15:30 Neutron diffraction as a tool to investigate the behaviour of thermoelectric materials
Paz Vaqueiro (Reading)

15:30 – 16:00 Tea

16:00 – 16:15 The search for novel compounds for carbon capture and storage
Matt Dunstan (Cambridge)

16:15 – 16:30 Predicting crystallisation propensity of small molecules
Jerome Wicker (Oxford)

16:30 – 16:45 Impurities in Spin Ice Crystals
Gabriele Sala (RHUL)

16:45 – 17:25 Probing the structure and dynamics of Li-ion battery electrode materials
Serena Corr (Glasgow)

18:00 – 19:30 Posters followed by Dinner

'''Tuesday 11th November 2014'''

9:10 – 9:50 Bragg Coherent Diffraction Imaging and Dynamics with an XFEL
Marcus Newton (Southampton)

9:50 – 10:30 XPDF: A dedicated X-ray pair distribution function beamline at Diamond
Phil Chater (Diamond)

10:30 – 10:55 Coffee

10:55 – 11:10 Recent archeometry results from the INES diffractometer
Antonella Scherillo (ISIS)

11:10 – 11:25 Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks for Gas Separations
Sihai Yang (Nottingham)

10:25 – 11:40 Twist to Unlock: Magnetisation and polarisation at room temperature by structural control of a layered perovskite
Mike Pitcher (Liverpool)

11:40 – 11:20 'Frustration, hidden order, and emergence in non-magnetic inorganic salts
Andrew Goodwin (Oxford)

11:20 – 12:00 Crystallographic studies of piezoelectricity
Mike Glazer (Oxford)

13:00 Close and Buffet Lunch

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Meetings/Winter2014

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Meetings/Winter2014

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File:WinterMeeting2013 Programme.pdf

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Meetings/Winter2013

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==PCG-SCMP Winter Meeting "New Developments in UK Materials Crystallography"==

Our 2013 Winter Meeting at Cosener’s House will be held in Abingdon on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th November. The meeting will again be held jointly with the ISIS Crystallography User Group meeting and follow the popular format of previous years (see for example [http://www.pcg-scmp.org/Meetings/Winter2012 Winter 2012]). There will be a poster session and the opportunity for a small number of junior researchers to give short oral presentations.

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Please register using the link below (when it appears):

===Registration has closed for this year===

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===The programme ([[Media:WinterMeeting2013_Programme.pdf|pdf]]):===

'''Monday 11th November 2013'''

12:15 – 13:00 Buffet Lunch

13:00 – 13:10 ISIS Crystallography User Group Chair’s Welcome,
Anthony Powell (Reading)

13:10 – 13:40 ISIS Facility Update,
Robert McGreevy (ISIS)

13:40 – 14:00 ISIS Crystallography Update,
Steve Hull (ISIS)

14:00 – 14:15 Advances in high pressure diffraction techniques at the ISIS facility,
Craig Bull (ISIS)

14:15 – 14:30 The first 18 months of new Polaris.
Ron Smith (ISIS)

14:30 – 14:50 Discussion

14:50 – 15:30 Ultra-fast microwave processing of nanoceramics: sub-minute synthesis of refractory carbides, Duncan Gregory (University of Glasgow)

15:30 – 16:00 Tea

16:00 – 16:15 Crystallochemical Modification of Apatite for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrolyte, Steven Pramana (Imperial College)

16:15 – 16:30 Amorphous Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis, Structure, Properties and Application, Thomas Bennett (University of Cambridge)

16:30 – 16:45 New Metastable Mixed-Metal Ruthenium Oxides from Hydrothermal Synthesis and Their Magnetic Properties, Craig Hiley (University of Warwick)

16:45 – 17:25 Unusual structural behaviour in multiferroic perovskites, Phil Lightfoot (University of St. Andrews)

18:00 – 19:30 Posters followed by Dinner

'''Tuesday 12th November 2013'''

9:10 – 9:45 Time resolved structural science, Jeppe Christensen (University of Bath)

9:45 – 10:00 Diffuse scattering from disordered multi-vacancy clusters in sodium cobaltate, Dan Porter (Royal Holloway, University of London)

10:00 – 10:15 Phase Selection during the Crystallization of Metal-Organic Frameworks;Thermodynamic and Kinetic Factors in the Lithium Tartrate System, Hamish Yeung (University of Cambridge)

10:15 – 10:30 Explosives at Extreme Conditions: Polymorphism of 2,4-Dinitroanisole Paul Coster (University of Endiburgh)

10:30 – 10:45 Proton Order-Disorder Transition in a Polar One-Dimensional Confined Ice, Jasper Adamson (University of Oxford)

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee

11:15 – 11:50 2013 PANalytical Thesis Prize Talk: How much can we learn about a multiferroic mechanism in a material from its crystal structure(s)?, Mark Senn (Diamond Light Source)

11:50 – 12:25 Superlattices in superalloys, Howard Stone (University of Cambridge)

12:25 – 13:00 Local structure investigations of (nano)materials for energy applications, Serena Corr (University of Glasgow)

13:00 - 14:00 Close & Buffet Lunch

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==PCG-SCMP Winter Meeting "New Developments in UK Materials Crystallography"==

Our 2013 Winter Meeting at Cosener’s House will be held in Abingdon on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th November. The meeting will again be held jointly with the ISIS Crystallography User Group meeting and follow the popular format of previous years (see for example [http://www.pcg-scmp.org/Meetings/Winter2012 Winter 2012]). There will be a poster session and the opportunity for a small number of junior researchers to give short oral presentations.

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Please register using the link below (when it appears):

===http://wwwisis2.isis.rl.ac.uk/useroffice/Crystallography2013/Register.asp===

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===Confirmed Speakers===

'''Duncan Gregory''' (University of Glasgow) ''"Ultra-fast microwave processing of nanoceramics: sub-minute synthesis of refractory carbides."''

'''Phil Lightfoot''' (University of St. Andrews) ''"Unusual structural behaviour in multiferroic perovskites"''

'''Jeppe Christensen''' (University of Bath) ''"Time resolved structural science"''

'''Serena Corr''' (University of Glasgow) ''"Local structure investigations of (nano)materials for energy applications"''

'''Mark Senn''' (Diamond Light Source) ''PANalytical Thesis Prize Talk''

'''Howard Stone''' (University of Cambridge) ''TBA''

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'''The programme'''
'''Monday 11th November 2013'''

12:15 – 13:00 Buffet Lunch

13:00 ISIS Crystallography User Group Chair’s Welcome,
Anthony Powell (Heriot-Watt)

13:10 – 13:40 ISIS Facility Update,
Robert McGreevy (ISIS)

13:40 – 14:00 ISIS Crystallography Update,
Steve Hull (ISIS)

14:00 – 14:15 Advances in high pressure diffraction techniques at the ISIS facility,
Craig Bull (ISIS)

14:15 – 14:30 The first 18 months of new Polaris.
Ron Smith (ISIS)

14:30 – 14:50 Discussion

14:50 – 15:30 Ultra-fast microwave processing of nanoceramics: sub-minute synthesis of refractory carbides, Duncan Gregory (University of Glasgow)

15:30 – 16:00 Tea (PCG-SCMP EGM)

16:00 – 16:15 Short talk 1

16:15 – 16:30 Short talk 2

16:30 – 16:45 Short talk 3

16:45 – 17:25 Unusual structural behaviour in multiferroic perovskites, Phil Lightfoot (University of St. Andrews)

18:00 – 19:30 Posters followed by Dinner

'''Tuesday 12th November 2013'''

9:10 – 9:45 Time resolved structural science, Jeppe Christensen (University of Bath)

9:45 – 10:00 Short talk 4

10:00 – 10:15 Short talk 5

10:15 – 10:30 Short talk 6

10:30 – 10:45 Short talk 7

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee

11:15 – 11:50 2013 How much can we learn about a multiferroic mechanism in a material from its crystal structure(s)?,
Mark Senn (Diamond Light Source, PANalytical Thesis prize winner)

11:50 – 12:25 Superlattices in superalloys,
Howard Stone (University of Cambridge)

12:25 – 13:00 Local structure investigations of (nano)materials for energy applications, Serena Corr (University of Glasgow)

Meetings/Winter2013

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==PCG-SCMP Winter Meeting "New Developments in UK Materials Crystallography"==

Our 2013 Winter Meeting at Cosener’s House will be held in Abingdon on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th November. The meeting will again be held jointly with the ISIS Crystallography User Group meeting and follow the popular format of previous years (see for example [http://www.pcg-scmp.org/Meetings/Winter2012 Winter 2012]). There will be a poster session and the opportunity for a small number of junior researchers to give short oral presentations.

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Please register using the link below (when it appears):

===http://wwwisis2.isis.rl.ac.uk/useroffice/Crystallography2013/Register.asp===

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===Confirmed Speakers===

'''Duncan Gregory''' (University of Glasgow) ''"Ultra-fast microwave processing of nanoceramics: sub-minute synthesis of refractory carbides."''

'''Phil Lightfoot''' (University of St. Andrews) ''"Unusual structural behaviour in multiferroic perovskites"''

'''Jeppe Christensen''' (University of Bath) ''"Time resolved structural science"''

'''Serena Corr''' (University of Glasgow) ''"Local structure investigations of (nano)materials for energy applications"''

'''Mark Senn''' (Diamond Light Source) ''PANalytical Thesis Prize Talk''

'''Howard Stone''' (University of Cambridge) ''TBA''

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===Details of the programme will appear here soon===
''Monday 11th November 2013'''

12:15 – 13:00 Buffet Lunch

13:00 ISIS Crystallography User Group Chair’s Welcome,
Anthony Powell (Heriot-Watt)

13:10 – 13:40 ISIS Facility Update,
Robert McGreevy (ISIS)

13:40 – 14:00 ISIS Crystallography Update,
Steve Hull (ISIS)

14:00 – 14:15 Advances in high pressure diffraction techniques at the ISIS facility,
Craig Bull (ISIS)

14:15 – 14:30 The first 18 months of new Polaris.
Ron Smith (ISIS)

14:30 – 14:50 Discussion

14:50 – 15:30 Ultra-fast microwave processing of nanoceramics: sub-minute synthesis of refractory carbides, Duncan Gregory (University of Glasgow)

15:30 – 16:00 Tea (PCG-SCMP EGM)

16:00 – 16:15 Short talk 1

16:15 – 16:30 Short talk 2

16:30 – 16:45 Short talk 3

16:45 – 17:25 Unusual structural behaviour in multiferroic perovskites, Phil Lightfoot (University of St. Andrews)

18:00 – 19:30 Posters followed by Dinner

'''Tuesday 12th November 2013'''

9:10 – 9:45 Time resolved structural science, Jeppe Christensen (University of Bath)

9:45 – 10:00 Short talk 4

10:00 – 10:15 Short talk 5

10:15 – 10:30 Short talk 6

10:30 – 10:45 Short talk 7

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee

11:15 – 11:50 2013 How much can we learn about a multiferroic mechanism in a material from its crystal structure(s)?,
Mark Senn (Diamond Light Source, PANalytical Thesis prize winner)

11:50 – 12:25 Superlattices in superalloys,
Howard Stone (University of Cambridge)

12:25 – 13:00 Local structure investigations of (nano)materials for energy applications, Serena Corr (University of Glasgow)

File:PCG-SCMP Newsletter Autumn 2013 v2.pdf

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