Symposium VV-In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials

In situ imaging, spectroscopy, and scattering are highly versatile experimental techniques that probe the dynamic process of materials formation and transformation, and structure-property relationships in materials in real time. In recent years, in situ TEM and synchrotron based x-ray have expanded significantly to incorporate new environments, probes, and detectors to meet rapidly growing research needs in materials science. These techniques have been employed, for example, to understand the processes of phase transitions, nanoparticle nucleation and growth, self-assembly and coarsening, semiconductor/magnetic device operation, and in colloidal, electrochemical, organic, macromolecular, and biomineral systems.

The symposium will cover a broad range of topics related to in situ studies. Particular attention will be paid to the application of in situ techniques in the investigation of (but not limited to) phase transformations, cluster formation and dynamics, particle nucleation, crystal growth, crystal defect formation and elimination, recrystallization, nanoparticle interactions and assembly, nanowire growth, polymeric, macromolecular and organic/inorganic self-assembly, chemical reactions, and interface dynamics in environmental conditions. The goal of this symposium is to provide the forum for researchers from various fields utilizing in situ methods to understand the physics and chemistry of materials.

• Mechanically, electrically or magnetically driven processes
• Self-assembly of nanoparticles
• In situ probing of phase transformations
• Nanoparticle mediated growth andoriented attachment process
• Nucleation and crystal growth processes
• Catalysis processes
• Chemical and electrochemical reactions
• Self-assembly and dynamical processes in polymeric and biomolecular systems
• Crystallization in biomineral and biomimetic systems
• Electron/x-ray beam effects during in situ study
• Novel in situ characterization techniques
• In situ methods with theoretical modeling

• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _0 (Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _1 (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _2 (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _3 (Max-Planck-Institute for Iron Research, Germany)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _4 (Beijing University of Technology, China)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _5 (Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _6 (CEMES-CNRS, France)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _7 (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _8 (LCLS, USA)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _9 (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _10 (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _11 (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _12 (Stanford University, USA)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _13 (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _14 (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _15 (Drexel University, USA)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _16 (Durham University, United Kingdom)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _17 (Zhejiang University, China)
• VV_In Situ Study of Synthesis and Transformation of Materials _18 (Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)