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 2008
"First Results from the New OPAL Research Reactor", Rob Robinson at 2nd US-China Workshop on Scientific and Industrial Applications Using Neutrons, Muons and Protons, Dongguan, China, 7-9 November 2008
"Microstructure, nanostructure and dynamics - application of x-ray and neutron scattering in studies of food architecture and dynamics", Elliot Gilbert at 14th World Congress of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai, China 19-23 October 2008
"In-situ Characterisation of Phase Transformations and Microstructure Evolution in Gamma-TiAl Based Alloys", Klaus-Dieter Liss at 5th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Processing (ICAMP-5), Harbin, China, 3-6 September 2008
"Polarized Neutron Activities in Australia", Frank Klose at 7th International Workshop on Polarized Neutrons in Condensed Matter Investigations (PNCMI2008), Tokai, Japan, 1-5 September 2008
"Food for Thought - Neutron Scattering and its Application to study Structure and Dynamics", Elliot Gilbert at 58th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference, Brisbane, 31 August - 4 September 2008
"Programming for CIF and Related File Structures", James Hester at XXI Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography, Osaka, Japan, 23-31 August 2008
"Grain Statistics in Neutron Stress Experiments", Vladimir Luzin, at 8th International Conference on Residual Stresses, Denver, USA, 6-8 August 2008
"Definitive Determination of Oxidation States by Diffraction Methods", Alison Edwards, at 5th Chianti Meeting on Inorganic Electrochemistry, Siena, Italy, 8-13 July 2008
"Disorder, Atomic Dynamics and Ionic Conduction in Superionic Copper Chalcogenides", Sergei Danilkin, at 2nd International Conference on Functional Materials and Devices (ICFMD-2008), Selangor, Malaysia, 16-19 June 2008
"Constraint and flow at surfaces: Poiseuille shear response of an L3 sponge", Bill Hamilton, at Workshop on Surfaces and Interfaces in Soft Matter and Biology: the Impact and Future of Neutron Reflectivity, Grenoble, France, 21-23 May 2008
"Off-Specular Scattering: What It Can Tell You and What You Need to Know", Bill Hamilton, at American Conference on Neutron Scattering, Santa Fe, USA, 11-15 May 2008
"Anomalous Effects of Hydrogen Absorption in Nb Films", Christine Rehm at 2nd International Workshop on Protonics and Nano-Interface of Coordination Chemistry (IWPNICC 2008), Kashiwa, Japan, 10 March 2008
"First Results from OPAL the new Australian Research Reactor", Rob Robinson at International Symposium on Pulsed Neutron and Muon Sciences (IPS08), Mito, Japan, 5-7 March, 2008
"High-Speed Neutron Diffraction at the OPAL Research Reactor: The Wombat Instrument", Andrew Studer at Workshop on Powder Diffraction using 2-Dimensional Detectors, Grenoble, France, 26-27 February 2008
"The Use of Scattering Techniques to Obtain Information about Biomaterials", Michael James at Symposium on Analytical Methods for Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Nanotechnology, Canberra, 22 February 2008
"Industrial Applications of the Australian Synchrotron", Richard Garrett at AXAA-2008 Schools, Advanced Workshops and Conference, Melbourne, 4-8 February 2008
"Neutrons in Food Science Applications", Catherine Kealley at AXAA-2008 Schools, Advanced Workshops and Conference, Melbourne, 4-8 February 2008
"Applications of the KOWARI strain scanner at the New OPAL Reactor in Sydney", Oliver Kirstein at AXAA-2008 Schools, Advanced Workshops and Conference, Melbourne, 4-8 February 2008
"Thermo-mechanical processes in metals: Results and opportunities using modern diffraction methods", Klaus-Dieter Liss at AXAA-2008 Schools, Advanced Workshops and Conference, Melbourne, 4-8 February 2008
"Applications of neutron and x-ray scattering in cement research", Vanessa Peterson at AXAA-2008 Schools, Advanced Workshops and Conference, Melbourne, 4-8 February 2008
"Neutron scattering in-depth: Non-destructive neutron diffraction methods for industry", Andrew Studer at AXAA-2008 Schools, Advanced Workshops and Conference, Melbourne, 4-8 February 2008
"Opportunities for industrial research at the OPAL neutron source", Shane Kennedy at AXAA-2008 Schools, Advanced Workshops and Conference, Melbourne, 4-8 February 2008
"Nanomagnetism and Polarized Neutrons", Frank Klose at 32nd Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, Wagga-Wagga, 30 January - 1 February 2008
"Investigating the solid solutions of Ba8Ga16SixGe30-x", Mogens Christensen at 32nd Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, Wagga-Wagga, 30 January - 1 February 2008
"Small spin-clusters acting as magnets: inelastic neutron scattering studies of single-molecule magnets", Roland Bircher at 32nd Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, Wagga-Wagga, 30 January - 1 February 2008
"Food Architecture: Using Structural Techniques to Understand Functionality in Starch", Amparo Lopez-Rubio at 32nd Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, Wagga-Wagga, 30 January - 1 February 2008
"Constraint and flow: Poiseuille Shear Response of a Surfactant Sponge Phase", Bill Hamilton at International Symposium on Neutron Scattering, Mumbai, India, 15-19 January 2008
"Phonon Anomalies in the A15 Superconductor V3Si", Mohana Yethiraj at International Symposium on Neutron Scattering, Mumbai, India, 15-19 January 2008
"Recent Progress and First Scientific Results from the OPAL Reactor in Sydney, Australia", Rob Robinson at International Symposium on Neutron Scattering, Mumbai, India, 15-19 January 2008
"Perspectives on facility technical collaboration in the Asia-Oceania region", Richard Garrett at Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Kobe, Japan, 12 January 2008