The Synchrotron and its structural techniques

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  • Dates: April 26, 2018
  • Opening hours: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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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 with 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, Chargé de Research
    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