Workshop on x-ray absorption spectroscopy (2018)

Workshop and training on X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

in Helsinki, 11-12 June, 2018

Venue: Kumpula Campus, University of Helsinki

Confirmed invited/selected speakers:

Dr. Pieter Glatzel, chairman of the Internatinonal X-ray Absorption Society (IXAS), head of the ID26 beamline at ESRF, France.
Dr. Valérie Briois, Head of the ROCK beamline at SOLEIL synchrotron, France.
Dr Yves Joly, father of the FDMNES code at the Institut Néel, France.
Dr Janne Pakarinen, Project manager in nuclear fuel research at SCK-CEN, Belgium.
José Moya Cancino, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Daniel Settipani Ramirez, Department of Chemistry and Material sciences, Aalto University, Finland.
Prof. Bernardo Barbiellini, Physics unit, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
Dr Kirsi Jalkanen, Akkurate Oy, Finland

Program (almost completed):

1^st day: invited and accepted lectures followed by networking, round-table and discussions

Day 1 : XAS international workshop
9:30 - 10:00	Welcome, registration and coffee served
10:00 - 10:15	Opening words by Prof. S. Huotari
10:20 - 11:00	Dr P. Glatzel (ESRF) Chemical information in X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy
11:00 - 11:40	Dr V. Briois (SOLEIL) Operando characterization of materials by X-ray Absorption spectroscopy: Quick-EXAFS and Multivariate Analysis.
11.40 - 12:20	Dr Y. Joly (Institut Néel) Characterization of structural and electronic properties of material using ab initio simulations of x-ray absorption spectroscopies
12:20 - 13:30	lunch break
13.30 - 14:00	Dr J. Pakarinen (SCK-CEN) Ongoing XAS collaboration between SCK-CEN and Aalto University
14:00 - 14:30	Prof. Bernardo Barbiellini (Lappeenranta University of Technology) Understanding Iron-based catalysts with efficient oxygen reduction activity from XANES at the Fe K-edge and first-principles calculations
14:30 - 15:00	Networking coffee break
15:00 - 15:30	D. Settipani Ramirez (Aalto University) Structural and electronic analysis of LiMn₂O₄ by XAS
15:30 - 16:00	J. Moya Cancino (Utrecht University) Co-based Fisher-Tropsch catalyst: study of coke and carbide formation using X-ray techniques
16:00 - 16:30	Dr Kirsi Jalkanen (Akkurate Oy) Investigating aging phenomena in lithium-ion cells
16:30 - 17:30	Round-table + discussions Refreshments will be served

2^nd day: experimental and computational hands on tutorial and training using our home-laboratory instrumentation and state-of-the-art data analysis and modeling techniques.

Day 2: XAS hands on tutorials and training
9:00 - 9:30	Dr R. Bes (Aalto University) Fundamentals of XAS in brief
9:30 - 10:20	A.-P. Honkanen (University of Helsinki) Sample preparation and device alignment
10:20 - 10:40	Coffee break
10:40 - 12:30	A.-P. Honkanen (University of Helsinki) Data acquisition
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch break
13:30 - 15:00	Dr R. Bes (Aalto University) XAS data analysis using Demeter
15:00 - 15:15	Coffee break
15:15 - 17:00	Dr Y. Joly (Institut Néel) XAS data modeling using the FDMNES code

Participation to both days would allow to credit points for graduate students (confirmed for Aalto's and University of Helsinki's students)

Registration:

Organizing committee:

Financial support:

Doctoral Programme in Materials Research and Nanosciences (MATRENA, University of Helsinki)
The Maupertuis programme jointly funded by the Institut Français in Helsinki, the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation and the Finnish Society for Science and Letters
The Education Network in Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (CMMP, Aalto University)

Venue:

The lectures on 11th of June will be given in the lecture hall CK112 of the Exactum building at the Kumpula Campus, University of Helsinki. Instructions how to arrive to the Exactum building can be found here.