Preliminary Programme

Lectures

Introduction to neutron scattering in materials science and neutron fundamentals

Overview of elastic, inelastic, magnetic neutron-scattering techniques / methods and details on individual techniques
Organic films and other soft materials
Cementitious materials
Biomolecules in action
Gas-storage materials for the hydrogen economy
Waste-form applications
Kinetic studies of materials
Functional materials
Modelling
Multiferroics materials
Writing a proposal and reporting results
Strain and stress
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Speakers include

John White, ANU, Jen O'Donnell, Univ Queensland, Brendan Kennedy, Univ. Sydney, Daniel Riley (to be confirmed), Univ. Melbourne, Annemieke Mulders, Curtin Univ., John Stride, UNSW
ANSTO (Bragg Institute and Institute of Materials Engineering): Michael James, Don Kearley, Bill Hamilton, Bill Bertram, Karl Whittle, Vanessa Peterson, Andrew Whitten, Oliver Kirstein, Mona Yethiraj, Sergey Danilkin, Herma Buttner

Practicals

Experiments and data analysis will be carried out (in parallel in groups of 4-5) in powder diffraction, single-crystal diffraction, strain scanning, small-angle scattering, reflectometry, and three-axis spectrometry (instruments: ECHIDNA, KOALA, KOWARI, PLATYPUS, QUOKKA, TAIPAN, WOMBAT) with discussion of results (presentation by each group) on the last day.

There will be a poster session for participants to present their research.