ANSTO's research capabilities, led by the OPAL nuclear research reactor and associated instruments provide access to users investigating areas as diverse as materials, life sciences, climate change and mining/engineering.
Invited Talks 2007
"Diffuse Scattering and Lattice Dynamics of Superionic Copper Selenide", Sergei Danilkin, at 2nd International Conference on Physics of Solid State Ionics, Yokohama, Japan, 16-19 December, 2007
"Neutron scattering studies of the ferromagnetic shape-memory alloy Ni2MnGa", Peter Vorderwisch, at International conference on ferromagnetic shape memory alloys, Kolkata, India, 14-16 November, 2007
"Biomolecular Signalling and Regulation: A Solution Scattering View", Jill Trewhella, at8th Conference of the Asian Crystallographic Association AsCA-07, Taipei, 4-7 November 2007
"High-Speed Neutron Diffraction at the OPAL Research Reactor: The Wombat Instrument", Andrew Studer, at 8th Conference of the Asian Crystallographic Association AsCA-07, Taipei, 4-7 November 2007
"Networking and Collaboration Opportunities for the Asia-Oceania Synchrotron Facilities", Richard Garrett, at 2nd Asia-Oceania Forum for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 1-2 November 2007
"What's hot and what's not? The essential features of reflectometry analysis software", Andrew Nelson, at canSAS-V, Washington, USA, 28-31 October 2007
"Polarized Neutron Reflectometry and Diffraction on Magnetic Thin Film Structures", Frank Klose, at 54th American Vacuum Society Symposium, Seattle, USA, 14-19 October 2007
"Applications of neutron reflectometry to surface science and nanoscale magnetism", Michael James, at IEEE Sixth Metallic Multilayer Symposium, Perth, 14-19 October 2007
"Studying the Structure and Hydration Kinetics of Cement Systems in Real-time using Neutron Scattering", Vanessa Peterson, at Studying Kinetics with Neutrons - SKIN 2007, Gottingen, Germany, 27-28 September 2007
"Host-guest interactions in Type I Clathrates", Mogens Christensen, at International Conference on New Quantum Phenomena in Skutterudite and Related Systems, Kobe, Japan, 26-30 September 2007
"Opportunities in Physics for Research using OPAL, the new Australian Research Reactor", Rob Robinson, at Gordon Godfrey Workshop on Strong Electron Correlations, Sydney, 24-27 September 2007
"Opportunities in High-Field Neutron Scattering Research", the new Australian Research Reactor", Frank Klose, at Gordon Godfrey Workshop on Strong Electron Correlations, Sydney, 24-27 September 2007
"The Verwey Transition in Magnetite", Mohana Yethiraj, at Gordon Godfrey Workshop on Strong Electron Correlations, Sydney, 24-27 September 2007
"KOWARI, the Residual-Stress Scanner at the ANSTO Research Reactor: Instrument, Commissioning and First Experiments", Oliver Kirstein, at MECASENS-IV Conference on Stress Evaluation, Vienna, Austria, 24-26 September 2007
"Through-thickness Residual-Stress Measurement in Metal and Ceramic Spray Coatings by Neutron Diffraction", Vladimir Luzin, at MECASENS-IV Conference on Stress Evaluation, Vienna, Austria, 24-26 September 2007
"Probing food materials using advanced radiation sources", Elliot Gilbert, at 57th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference, Melbourne, 5-10 August, 2007
"Incoherent Inelastic Scattering and Hydrogen Storage" and "Modelling", Don Kearley, at LANSCE Neutron Scattering School on Hydrogen in Materials, Los Alamos, USA, 12-20 July 2007
"Neutron Contrast Variation reveals an Allosteric Mechanism for Enzyme Inhibition in the Regulation of Bacterial Sporulation", Andrew Whitten, at Neutrons in Biology, Chilton, UK, 11-13 July, 2007
"When Neutrons and Synchrotron X-rays Dance: Magnetostructural Correlations in Rare-Earth Perovskite Cobaltates", Michael James, at Materials & AustCeram Conference, Sydney, 4-6 July 2007
"Scientific Opportunities at OPAL, the new Australian Research Reactor", Rob Robinson, at Materials & AustCeram Conference, Sydney, 4-6 July 2007
"The Role of Reflectometry Techniques in Examining Thin Polymer Film Compositions", Andrew Nelson, at 6th International Symposium on Polymer Surface Modification: Relevance to Adhesion, Cincinnati, USA, 11-13 June 2007
"Rapid Material and In-situ Processing Characterization at OPAL", Klaus-Dieter Liss, at International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Langkawi, Malaysia, 31 May 2007
"Opportunities for structural research at the OPAL reactor's Neutron Beam Facility", Shane Kennedy, at CRYSTAL-25, 25th Meeting of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand, Hunter Valley, 10-13 April 2007
"What To Do When Your Reactor Goes Critical", Michael James, at 31st Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, Wagga-Wagga, 6-9 February, 2007
"Analysis Techniques for Neutron Reflectometry Data", Michael James, at 1st Korean Winter School on Neutron Small-Angle Scattering and Reflectometry, Daejon, Korea, 9-11 January, 2007