Programme

  • 17 June — 21 June 2024

  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  • HK$3,000 (Includes accommodation)

  • Apply by 9 March 2024

Past

1st Day
Introduction, Synchrotron Science and SR Techniques
10:00 — 10:45
Registration & Coffee
10:45 — 11:00
Opening remarks

(Dr Benedict Lo)

11:00 — 12:00
Synchrotron Radiation (SR) & 4th Generation SR Machine

(Professor Yitao Cui)

12:00 — 13:30
Lunch
13:30 — 14:30
SR Instrumentation and Beamline Designs

(Dr Sarah Day)

14:30 — 15:30
Fundamentals of X-ray Scattering and Diffraction

(Professor Junliang Sun)

15:30 — 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 — 17:00
Elementary Crystallography and Symmetry

(Dr Cong Lin)

17:00 — 18:00
Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction (Single Crystal and Powder)

(Professor Chiu Tang)

2nd Day
SR Techniques
09:00 — 10:00
Introduction of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS)

(Dr M-J. Li)

10:00 — 10:15
Coffee Break
10:15 — 11:15
High Spatial-Temporal XAS

(Dr Tai-Sing Wu)

11:15 — 12:15
Soft X-ray and Photoelectron Spectroscopy

(Professor Edman Tsang)

12:15 — 13:30
Lunch
13:30 — 14:30
Advances in Surface Diffraction and Scattering

(TBA)

14:30 — 16:00
Tutorial 1: Data Treatments for the Rietveld Refinement Method and Monte-Carlo Simulation

(Dr Benedict Lo Dr Sarah Day)

16:00 — 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 — 18:00
Tutorial 2: Advanced Data Treatments for X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy; Wavelet and Fourier Transform

(Dr M-J. Li Dr Tai-Sing Wu)

19:00 — 20:00
Dinner + night tour in HK
3rd Day
SR Techniques
09:00 — 10:00
Fundamentals of X-ray Pair Distribution Function

(Dr Phil Chater)

10:00 — 10:15
Coffee Break
10:15 — 11:15
Small Angle X-ray Scattering using SR X-rays

(TBA)

11:15 — 12:15
Combined SR and Lab Techniques for Materials Research

Dr Benedict Lo

12:15 — 13:30
Lunch
13:30 — 14:30
X-ray Imaging

(Professor C.Z. Yang)

14:30 — 15:30
Hard X-Ray Nanoprobe - Synchrotron Nanoscale Microscopy

(Dr Bi-Shuan Lin)

15:30 — 15:45
Coffee Break
15:45 — 16:15
Tutorial 3: How to access SR facilities; choice of beamlines and dos and don’ts in beamtime application

(Dr Benedict Lo Prof Chiu Tang)

16:15 — 18:00
Tutorial 4: Data Treatment for XPDF, RMCprofile and other reverse Monte-Carlo techniques

(Dr Phil Chater)

4th Day
Applications, Science and Discoveries & Travelling
09:00 — 10:00
Advanced Materials Research I (MOFs)

(Professor Yang Sihai)

10:00 — 11:00
Advanced Materials Research II (General Catalysis)

(Dr Guangchao Li)

11:00 — 12:00
Lunch or no lunch
12:00 — 15:00
Travelling together to synchrotron
5th Day
SR facility visit
09:00 — 12:00
The visit will include:
  • Introduction of SR facility
  • SR machine design
  • Beamline designs and challenges
  • Guided tour of the SR site beamlines

(Dr Benedict Lo, Professor Chiu Tang, Professor Yitao Cui)

12:00 — 12:30
Closing remarks, End of School

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