The Synchrotron and its structural techniques

Thursday, April 26th, 2018
IAE - Amphi du Bât.29 - Campus Triolet - Montpellier

How does a synchrotron work? What experiments can be carried out there? How do we get there? This talk will briefly introduce what a synchrotron is, and how synchrotron-based techniques can help us in our research activities.

Synchrotron radiation has exceptional characteristics compared to laboratory sources:

• Infrared to X-ray emission spectrum
• High brightness and spatial resolution
• Strong spatial and temporal coherence.

Its properties give it access to a wide range of experiments, such as :

• X-ray fluorescence: determining elemental composition ;
• X-ray absorption: physicochemical and structural studies at the atomic scale ;
• X-ray diffraction: structural studies (crystallography) ;
• X-ray microtomography: 3D imaging.

This conference will focus on structural information techniques.

Registrations

Speakers

• Lorenzo STIEVANO, Professor, Montpellier
  Introduction
• Andrew THOMPSON, Scientific Director
  Synchrotron SOLEIL - The contribution of synchrotrons to understanding the structure of matter - some examples and future prospects
• Andrea ZITOLO, Research Associate
  Synchrotron SOLEIL - X-ray absorption spectroscopy: a versatile tool for studying the electronic and atomic structure of materials
• Werner PAULUS, Professor, Montpellier
  X-ray diffraction: from laboratory diffractometers to the synchrotron