IUCr/COMPRES High Pressure Workshop

Non-ambient Crystallography:
The Science of Change

December 4-7, 2003
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, California

The International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) and the Consortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences (COMPRES) will hold a workshop on the application of crystallographic techniques to the study of chemical reactions and phase transitions induced by the application of high-pressure. The aim of the Workshop is to review the current state of this field, and to attempt to predict the course of research in the future. The Workshop will be arranged into a number of symposia with invited talks, talks selected from abstracts and poster sessions. There will also be a Practicum designed for high level instruction in high-pressure techniques, and open to all attendees at the Workshop. There will be a small commercial exhibition. The Workshop will be held on December 4-7, 2003, immediately preceding the American Geographical Union Meeting in San Francisco.

Organizing Committee

Simon Clark (LBNL), Sarah Tolbert (UCLA), Abby Kavner (UCLA)

Agenda

December 4:

High Pressure Practicum
A number of hands-on training sessions, under the guidance of a world authority in the relevant high-pressure technique, will be provided in half-day sessions. Attendees can choose two sessions from the following: 1) High-pressure Infrared; 2) High-pressure powder diffraction; 3) Laser-heated diamond anvil cell; and 4) General diamond alignment and maintenance. The first two sessions will make use of beamlines at the Advanced Light Source.

December 5-7:

Workshop
The Workshop will present the following symposia:

  • Symposium 1 - Synthesis at High-pressure
    Organizer: Oliver Tschauner (UNLV)
    Invited Speakers: Paul McMillan (University College London) and Premek Dera (Carnegie Institute, Washington)
  • Symposium 2 - Kinetics of Structural Change
    Organizer: Paul Alivisatos (UC Berkeley)
    Invited Speakers: Paul Madden (Oxford)
  • Symposium 3 - Theory of Structures Under Pressure
    Organizer: John Tse (NRC Canada)
    Invited Speakers: Sandro Scandolo (Abdus Salam ICTP, Triest) and Giulia Galli (Lawrence Livermore National Lab)
  • Symposium 4 - Transport Under Pressure
    Organizer: John Badding (Penn. State)
    Invited Speakers: Katsuya Shimizu (Osaka University) and Victor Struzhkin (Carnegie Institute, Washington)
  • Symposium 5 - Anisotropy in P/T Deformations
    Organizer: Hans-Rudolf Wenk (UC Berkeley)
    Invited Speakers: Sebastian Merkel (University of Tokyo)
  • Symposium 6 - Phase Transitions
    Organizer: Martin Kunz (UC Berkeley)

Meeting Schedule

 

Student Bursaries

There will be a large number of student bursaries available to partially fund attendance at this workshop by postgraduate students following a suitable course of study. The bursaries will cover either the workshop fee, accommodation or travel to and from the workshop.

Some low cost student accommodation will be available.

Registration and Abstract Submission

Instructions for registration and abstract submission are on the Registration and Abstract Submission Form.

Please download, print, complete and submit this form, as well as your payment information and one-page abstract (if submitting), via mail or fax to

Judy Sweeney
IUCr/COMPRES High Pressure Workshop
UCLA / Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Campus Box 951569
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569
FAX: (310) 267-0319

For more information about Registration and submission of Abstracts, please contact: Judy Sweeney, Telephone: (310) 206-4956

The deadline for abstract submission and bursary applications is 1st November 2003.

Thanks to our sponsors:

COMPRES

International Union of Crystallography

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Diacell Products Ltd.

Depts of the Earth Company, LLC

Almax Industries

For More Information

For more information about Berkeley, accommodation information, etc., please visit the LBNL Visitor Information web site.

For more information about the Workshop, Program, Agenda, Bursaries, please contact one of the Organizing Committee:

Simon Clark (LBNL) - (510) 495-2442
Sarah Tolbert (UCLA) - (310) 206-4767
Abby Kavner (UCLA) - (310) 206-3675

For more information about Registration and Abstract Submission, please contact: Judy Sweeney (310) 206-4956

This meeting is being supported with funds from the COMPRES, IUCr, and LBNL.

Last Updated 102903

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