Programme
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17 June – 21 June 2024
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Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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HK$3,000 (Includes accommodation)
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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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