Structure and Dynamics of Materials on Many Length and Time Scales

August 6 - 11, 2017

Chair

Vice Chair

Conference Description

With major new investments in infrastructure for neutron science in the US, Europe, Asia, and Australia either completed or in advanced planning, our capabilities for understanding new materials using neutron scattering are evolving rapidly. This GRC will be a forum for discussing how new neutron instrumentation is advancing our understanding of new materials - the materials that will help us address significant challenges and societal needs through the 21st century.

Neutron science impacts a broad range of materials and the GRC sessions will focus on these, including magnetic and superconducting materials, topological materials, polymeric and biological materials, as well as energy-related and engineering materials. Attention will focus on current and cutting edge research problems and how new neutron instrumentation can solve important problems. The Neutron Scattering GRC will also feature an associated GRS to address the needs of a large cohort of young neutron scientists.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Neutron Scattering" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

Sunday
2:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm	Keynote Session: New Materials and Neutron Sciences Facilities: Past, Present and Future Discussion Leader:
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm	Opening Remarks
7:50 pm - 8:25 pm	"Materials Matter - Do Neutrons?"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm	Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:10 pm	"Recent Progress at the China Spallation Neutron Source"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm	Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	New Magnetic Materials Discussion Leaders: and
9:00 am - 9:30 am	"New Realizations of Frustrated Spin Systems"
9:30 am - 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am	"Magnons in Noncentrosymmetric Magnets"
10:10 am - 10:20 am	Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am	Group Photo / Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am	"Neutron Scattering as a Tool for Investigating Low Dimensional Quantum Magnets"
11:20 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:00 pm	"Stability of Skyrmion Lattices in Chiral Magnets"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm	Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm	"Helical Bunching and Symmetry Lowering Inducing Multiferroicity in Fe Langasites"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Soft and Polymeric Materials Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm	"QUOKKA’s Guide to Food (and Non-Food) Structure"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm	Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm	"Soft Matter Guided Formation of Hierarchical Nanoparticle Superlattices: Small Angle Scattering Studies"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm	Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm	"Neutron Scattering of Model Polymer Networks"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Thermoelectric and New Energy Materials Discussion Leaders: and
9:00 am - 9:30 am	"Neutron Scattering and Simulations of Phonons in Thermoelectrics: Thermal Transport, Strong Anharmonicity, and Emergent Quasiparticles"
9:30 am - 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am	"Crafting Phonons with Correlated Disorder"
10:10 am - 10:20 am	Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am	Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am	"Probing Small Molecule Adsorption in Microporous Materials Using Neutron Scattering"
11:20 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:00 pm	"Neutron Scattering Study of the Phonon Scattering Mechanism in the IV-VI Rocksalt Alloys and Complicated Oxides"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm	Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm	"Time-Resolved Neutron Diffraction Study of the Transition of Nucleation Mode in Zr-Based Bulk Metallic Glasses and Its Correlation to Glass-Forming Ability"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Poster Session
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Disordered and Engineering Materials Discussion Leader:
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm	"Uncovering the Atomic Structure and Mesoscale Morphology of Amorphous Materials by Combining Multiscale Simulations and Neutron Scattering"
4:30 pm - 4:40 pm	Discussion
4:40 pm - 5:10 pm	"Beyond Dislocations – In-Situ Study of Low-Temperature Deformation Mechanisms in High Entropy Alloys"
5:10 pm - 5:20 pm	Discussion
5:20 pm - 5:50 pm	"Seeing the Unseen: Using Neutrons to Solve Problems and Mysteries"
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm	Discussion
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Superconducting and Topological Materials Discussion Leaders: and
9:00 am - 9:30 am	"The Continuing Story of Simple Cubic SmB6"
9:30 am - 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am	"Spin, Lattice, and Orbital Coupling in Iron Pnictides"
10:10 am - 10:20 am	Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am	Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am	"How to Observe Magnetic Skyrmions"
11:20 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:00 pm	"Loop Currents in Superconducting Cuprates and Iridates"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm	Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm	"Influence of Strongly-Correlated Disorder on the Emergence of Band Gaps"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm	Business Meeting Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Biological Materials Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm	"The In Vivo Structure of a Biological Membrane"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm	Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm	"Biomolecules, Water, and Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids: Challenges and Opportunities in Basic Science and Applications"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm	Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm	"Emerging Opportunities of Using Neutron Scattering to Study Protein Structures in Solutions"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	The Role of Neutron Scattering in Materials Synthesis and Discovery Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:30 am	"How to Use Neutron Sources to Explore Mixed-Anion Compounds"
9:30 am - 9:35 am	Discussion
9:35 am - 10:05 am	"A Synthetic Chemists Exploration of the Utility of Neutron Scattering"
10:05 am - 10:10 am	Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am	Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:10 am	"Highly Reduced Nickelates: Using Neutrons and X-Rays to Explore Spin and Charge States"
11:10 am - 11:15 am	Discussion
11:15 am - 11:45 am	"Three Dimensional PDF Analysis of Diffuse Scattering"
11:45 am - 11:50 am	Discussion
11:50 am - 12:25 pm	"Innovative Neutron Scattering Capabilities at Oak Ridge for Solving Cutting Edge Research Problems"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	New Instrumentation Enabling New Science Discussion Leaders: and
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm	"ESS: The Next-Generation Neutron Source"
4:30 pm - 4:40 pm	Discussion
4:40 pm - 5:10 pm	"New Opportunities of Neutron Sciences Provided by MLF, J-PARC"
5:10 pm - 5:20 pm	Discussion
5:20 pm - 5:50 pm	"A Tour of Recent Scientific Highlights Made Possible Thanks to ILL's Modernisation Programmes"
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm	Discussion
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Departure