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 2011
"Opportunities for Materials Research Using OPAL, Australia's New Neutron Source", Rob Robinson, at 5th International Conference on Electroceramics, Sydney, 12-16 December 2011
"The application of neutron scattering in structural studies of electroceramic materials", Max Avdeev, at 5th International Conference on Electroceramics, Sydney, 12-16 December 2011
"CIF as a standard data framework for XAFS", James Hester, at International Workshop on Improving Data Quality and Quantity for XAFS Experiments, Tsukuba, Japan, 8-9 December 2011
"Molecular Deuteration for Enhancing SANS, Diffraction and Neutron Reflectometry Investigations", Tamim Darwish, at First Asia-Oceania Conference on Neutron Scattering, Tsukuba, Japan, 20-24 November 2011
"Morphological Studies of Thin-Film Optoelectronic Devices Using Neutron Reflectometry", Michael James, at First Asia-Oceania Conference on Neutron Scattering, Tsukuba, Japan, 20-24 November 2011
"Loose Spin and Chemical Order Induced Couplings in Magnetic Thin Films: A Neutron Scattering Study", Frank Klose, at First Asia-Oceania Conference on Neutron Scattering, Tsukuba, Japan, 20-24 November 2011
"Enhancing polarised neutron research capabilities of ANSTO instruments with polarised 3He based neutron polarisers and analysers", Hal Lee, at First Asia-Oceania Conference on Neutron Scattering, Tsukuba, Japan, 20-24 November 2011
"First Five Years of OPAL, the new Australian Research Reactor", Rob Robinson, at First Asia-Oceania Conference on Neutron Scattering, Tsukuba, Japan, 20-24 November 2011
"In-situ neutron diffraction of Li-ion batteries: An insight into the real-time structural evolution of electrode materials", Neeraj Sharma, at First Asia-Oceania Conference on Neutron Scattering, Tsukuba, Japan, 20-24 November 2011
"X-Ray and Neutron Reflectometry Applied to Nanomedicine Research", Frank Klose, at NanoMedicine-2011, Shenzen, China, 3-5 November 2011
"Novel Thin Film Spintronic Materials Investigated With Polarized Neutrons", Frank Klose, at Annual World Congress of Nano-S&T, Dalian, China, 23-26 October 2011
"Morphological Studies of Thin-Film Optoelectronic Devices Using Neutron Reflectometry", Michael James at 17th NSRRC Users' Meeting, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 19-21 October 2011
"Small-Angle X-ray and Neutron Scattering and Applications to Food", Elliot Gilbert at 17th NSRRC Users' Meeting, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 19-21 October 2011
"Starch Structure in Relation to Enzyme Digestion", Elliot Gilbert at Starch Round Table, Palm Springs, USA, 14-15 October 2011
"Studying batteries using in-situ neutron diffraction", Neeraj Sharma, at 7th International Conference on Novel Materials and their Synthesis (NMS-VII) & 21st International Symposium on Fine Chemistry and Functional Polymers (FCFP-XXI), Shanghai, China, 16-21 October 2011
"Nanomagnetic materials in the light of neutron scattering", Thomas Saerbeck, at 7th International Conference on Novel Materials and their Synthesis (NMS-VII) & 21st International Symposium on Fine Chemistry and Functional Polymers (FCFP-XXI), Shanghai, China, 16-21 October 2011
"Neutron scattering on KBe2BO3F2 non-linear optical single crystals", Dehong Yu, at 7th International Conference on Novel Materials and their Synthesis (NMS-VII) & 21st International Symposium on Fine Chemistry and Functional Polymers (FCFP-XXI), Shanghai, China, 16-21 October 2011
"Neutron Scattering at OPAL: Scientific highlights and next generation instrumentation", Michael James, at ANA 2011 Conference, Sydney, 7 October 2011
"Neutron Scattering and its Application to Investigate Magnetic Thin Film Structures", Frank Klose at 12th IUMRS-ICA Conference, Taipei, 19-22 September 2011
“Polycoordinate Hydride Inside a Cu7 Cluster Authenticated by Neutron Diffraction”, Alison Edwards at the XXII Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography, Madrid, Spain, 22-30 August 2011
"Texture measurements on the WOMBAT diffractometer at ANSTO: Instrumentation and Analysis", Saurabh Kabra at THERMEC2011: International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, Quebec, Canada, 1-5 August 2011
"In-situ neutron and synchrotron X-ray diffraction for the investigation of thermo-mechanical processes", Klaus-Dieter Liss at THERMEC2011: International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, Quebec, Canada, 1-5 August 2011
"Cold-Spray Material Science In Micro-, Meso- And Macro-Scale", Vladimir Luzin at THERMEC2011: International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, Quebec, Canada, 1-5 August 2011
"Using neutron scattering techniques to study Li-ion batteries", Neeraj Sharma at 60th Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, Denver X-ray Conference, Colorado Springs, USA, 1-5 August 2011
"Neutron Scattering Study of Ionic Diffusion in Cu-Se Superionic Compounds", Sergei Danilkin at 18th International Conference on Solid State Ionics, Warsaw, Poland, 3-8 July 2011
"Neutron studies of cementitious materials", Vanessa Peterson at Advanced Powder Diffraction in Cement Chemistry Course, Madrid, Spain, July 2011
"TAIPAN – the new high-performance thermal triple-axis spectrometer at the OPAL reactor: performance and first results" Sergei Danilkin at International Conference on Neutron and X-ray Scattering (ICNX2011), Hsinchu, Taiwan, 27 June - 1 July 2011
"Solid State Ionic Conductors", Maxim Avdeev at International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT), Singapore, 26 June - 1 July 2011
"Physical thermo-mechanical simulation: metal forming in a synchrotron beam", Klaus-Dieter Liss at International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT), Singapore, 26 June - 1 July 2011
"Exchange biased thin film structures investigated with neutron beams", Frank Klose at 1st International Congress on Advanced Materials (AM2011), Jinan, China, 13-16 May 2011
"New tricks for old dogs: Frontier neutron powder and single-crystal diffraction at OPAL", Garry McIntyre at Crystal-27, Rotorua, New Zealand, 27-30 April 2011
"Superfast Proton Transport in Plasma-polymerized Proton Exchange Fuel Cell Membranes", Vanessa Peterson at Spring 2011 Meeting of the Materials Research Society, San Francisco, USA, 25-29 April 2011
"Physical thermo-mechanical simulation: metal forming under in-situ diffraction", Klaus-Dieter Liss at 6th meeting of the Study of Matter at Extreme Conditions (SMEC2011), Miami, USA, 27 March - 2 April 2011
"In-situ neutron and synchrotron X-ray diffraction for the investigation of thermo mechanical processes in materials science", Klaus-Dieter Liss at TMS 2011 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Diego, USA, 27 February - 3 March 2011
"Applications of Neutron Imaging in Industry", Ulf Garbe at Australian X-ray Analytical Association 2011 Workshops, Conference, and Exhibition (AXAA2011), Sydney, 6-11 February 2011
"Stress and Strain in Industry", Oliver Kirstein at Australian X-ray Analytical Association 2011 Workshops, Conference, and Exhibition (AXAA2011), Sydney, 6-11 February 2011
"Analysis of Metal Formation using Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation", Klaus-Dieter Liss at Australian X-ray Analytical Association 2011 Workshops, Conference, and Exhibition (AXAA2011), Sydney, 6-11 February 2011
"Investigating Food at the Nanoscale with Small-Angle Scattering", Jitendra Mata at Australian X-ray Analytical Association 2011 Workshops, Conference, and Exhibition (AXAA2011), Sydney, 6-11 February 2011
"Application of the Boundary Nucleation and Growth Model to Tricalcium Silicate Hydration", Vanessa Peterson at Australian X-ray Analytical Association 2011 Workshops, Conference, and Exhibition (AXAA2011), Sydney, 6-11 February 2011
"Small-Angle Scattering: A Technique to Study Various Materials at the Nanoscale", Anna Sokolova at Australian X-ray Analytical Association 2011 Workshops, Conference, and Exhibition (AXAA2011), Sydney, 6-11 February 2011
"Neutron Scattering", Shane Kennedy at AMAS XI, the Eleventh Biennial Symposium of the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society, Canberra, 6-8 February 2011
"Lipid Membrane Systems using Magnetic Contrast Variation", Stephen Holt at BILL2011 - Bilayers at the ILL, Grenoble, France, 12-14 January 2011
“Polarised 3He Based Neutron Polarisers & Analysers for OPAL Instruments”, Hal Lee at ICC-IMR International Workshop; “Novel Material Science Using Polarized Neutrons”, Sendai, Japan, 6-8 January 2011
"Deformation Mechanisms of Twinning Induced Plasticity Steels: in-situ Characterization and Modelling", Kun Yan at International Symposium on Plasticity 2011, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 3-8 January 2011