Synchrotron Light Finland 2019

Annual Meeting of 

Finnish Synchrotron Radiation User Organisation (FSRUO) 

SyncLight 2019

9.-10.12.2019, lunch-to-lunch

University of Helsinki

Kumpula Campus

You may download the workshop flyer from here

Keynote speakers:

  • Kim Nygård (MAX-IV Laboratory, Sweden)
  • Søren Pape Møller (Aarhus University / ISA, Denmark)
  • Alexander Föhlisch (Helmholtz Berlin, Germany)
  • Andrea Latina (CERN, Switzerland)

Registration: Free registration for coffee breaks and abstract submission. Registration is now over.

Students can get a certificate of attendance for a possibility to earn study credits.

Venue: University of Helsinki, Kumpula campus, Exactum building (More details on how to get there)

Scientific program:

9.12. MondayExactum B123
12:00-12:15Opening words
12:15-13:00Alexander Föhlisch (HZB Berlin):Compatibility of quantitative X-ray spectroscopy with continuous distribution models of water at ambient conditions
13:00-13:30Nonne Prisle (University of Oulu): From synchrotron spectroscopy to climate models
13:30-14:00Coffee break
14:00-14:45Kim Nygård (MAX-IV Laboratory): MAX-IV and ForMAX – multiscale structural characterization of hierarchical materials
14:45-15:15Paavo Penttilä (Aalto University): Nanoscale moisture behaviour of wood studied with X-ray scattering
15:15-15:30Mikko Heikkilä (University of Helsinki): High temperature XRD and XRR studies of atomic layer deposited thin films
15:30-15:45Heta Elisa Nieminen (University of Helsinki): Synchrotron-based methods for studying ALD chemistries
16:00-18:00Poster session + snacks
17:00-18:00FSRUO general assembly
10.12. TuesdayExactum CK112
9:00-9:45Soren Pape Moller: The ASTRID2 facility at Aarhus University – brief history, status and scientific use
9:45-10:15Andrea Latina (CERN): The CompactLight Design Study – a concept for a Compact Free Electron Laser
10:15-10:45Coffee break
10:45-11:00Harishchandra Singh (University of Oulu): Development of advanced synchrotron X-ray absorption spectrocopic methodology: Investigation of relaxation processes
11:00-11:15Ari-Pekka Honkanen (University of Helsinki): X-ray absorption spectroscopy at home laboratory
11:15-11:30Jesse Saari (Tampere University): Title to be announced
11:30-11:45Zarha Jahanshad Rad (University of Turku): Investigating silicon surface passivation by synchrotron radiation
11:45-12:00Closing session

Financial support is acknowledged from:

  • Doc­toral Pro­gramme in Ma­ter­i­als Research and Nanos­ciences (MATRENA, Univ. Helsinki)
  • Dectris
  • Helsinki Institute of Life Sciences (HI-LIFE) and Helsinki In-vivo Animal Imaging Platform (HAIP)