A Relativistic Electron Diffraction and Imaging (RUEDI) Facility for Structural Dynamics on the Femtosecond Timescale
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Material, Design & Manufacturing Eng
Abstract
Transformative innovations in the science and technology of personalised medicine, energy storage (grid and transportation), clean growth (energy generation, transformation and advanced manufacturing), and materials operating under extreme conditions will start from achieving atomic and molecular control of the fundamental (bio)-chemical interactions that determine each process. As Lord Kelvin famously said, "To measure is to know. If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it". Here we introduce the vision of a national facility centred on the unique measurement capabilities offered by relativistic ultrafast electron diffraction and imaging (RUEDI). This globally unique facility would permit the direct observation of atomic/electronic motions directing the very chemistry that must be controlled to make the advances listed above. It would enable observations that are the essence of chemistry and by extension, the driving force for biological functions on their fundamental time and length scales.This would permit:
A determination of structure-function relations at the cellular level in biological systems as a means to better target drug development (such as for COVID-19) as well as create new biomimics, beyond mutagenesis, to harness biology in new ways.
Electrochemistry constitutes a significant fraction of the UK and global economy and RUEDI could be used to directly observe the molecular origins of the all-important electrical double layer in electrochemical systems and from it help develop new and improved energy storage systems.
Experiments to determine the fundamental mechanisms leading to functionality in catalysts, enabling a more rational hunt for new catalysts and providing the impetus for developing new photocatalysts that will drive future renewable energy sources.
The interplay between phonon and electron oscillations would also be directly observable and controllable, allowing RUEDI to uniquely probe new concepts in plasmonics and strongly coupled systems for electronic devices, sensors, probes and detectors that could transform the use of nanotechnology.
Experiments at the frontiers of spatial and temporal resolution using in-situ cells will permit a new fundamental understanding of how materials and devices perform under extremes of temperature, pressure, field and environment.
The fundamental structure-function relationships that the facility can uncover directly impact the EPSRC priorities of 21st Century Products, Digital Manufacturing, Sustainable Industries and New Industrial Systems. The RUEDI facility would also have direct impact on numerous research themes defined by EPSRC for growth, such as biophysics and soft matter physics, chemical biology and biological chemistry, energy storage, materials for energy applications, RF and microwave devices, and statistics and applied probability. The RUEDI imaging facility will be unique in the UK (and globally), and produce relativistic electron bunches at energies up to 5 MeV, at a repetition rate of 100 Hz. It is envisaged that each bunch contains up to 107 electrons, with the length of each bunch less than 100 fs. This provides enough electrons for diffraction patterns and images in a single-shot, with bunches short enough to resolve structural change on the timescale of biochemical processes. The key advantages in using relativistic electrons, as compared to the more common ~100-300 keV electron energies, are higher penetration depth and reduced space-charge effects, leading to shorter bunch lengths, greater transverse coherence, and more electrons per pulse, thereby enabling clear single-shot images to be observed. RUEDI therefore allows the evolution of structural changes in materials to be observed through time-resolved experiments. In this manner, this facility would be unique by allowing the all-important function of a material to be determined, rather than simply its static structure.
A determination of structure-function relations at the cellular level in biological systems as a means to better target drug development (such as for COVID-19) as well as create new biomimics, beyond mutagenesis, to harness biology in new ways.
Electrochemistry constitutes a significant fraction of the UK and global economy and RUEDI could be used to directly observe the molecular origins of the all-important electrical double layer in electrochemical systems and from it help develop new and improved energy storage systems.
Experiments to determine the fundamental mechanisms leading to functionality in catalysts, enabling a more rational hunt for new catalysts and providing the impetus for developing new photocatalysts that will drive future renewable energy sources.
The interplay between phonon and electron oscillations would also be directly observable and controllable, allowing RUEDI to uniquely probe new concepts in plasmonics and strongly coupled systems for electronic devices, sensors, probes and detectors that could transform the use of nanotechnology.
Experiments at the frontiers of spatial and temporal resolution using in-situ cells will permit a new fundamental understanding of how materials and devices perform under extremes of temperature, pressure, field and environment.
The fundamental structure-function relationships that the facility can uncover directly impact the EPSRC priorities of 21st Century Products, Digital Manufacturing, Sustainable Industries and New Industrial Systems. The RUEDI facility would also have direct impact on numerous research themes defined by EPSRC for growth, such as biophysics and soft matter physics, chemical biology and biological chemistry, energy storage, materials for energy applications, RF and microwave devices, and statistics and applied probability. The RUEDI imaging facility will be unique in the UK (and globally), and produce relativistic electron bunches at energies up to 5 MeV, at a repetition rate of 100 Hz. It is envisaged that each bunch contains up to 107 electrons, with the length of each bunch less than 100 fs. This provides enough electrons for diffraction patterns and images in a single-shot, with bunches short enough to resolve structural change on the timescale of biochemical processes. The key advantages in using relativistic electrons, as compared to the more common ~100-300 keV electron energies, are higher penetration depth and reduced space-charge effects, leading to shorter bunch lengths, greater transverse coherence, and more electrons per pulse, thereby enabling clear single-shot images to be observed. RUEDI therefore allows the evolution of structural changes in materials to be observed through time-resolved experiments. In this manner, this facility would be unique by allowing the all-important function of a material to be determined, rather than simply its static structure.
| Description | Overarching Collaboration Agreement, Confidentiality Agreement and Accession and Variation Agreements |
| Organisation | Daresbury Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Refer to previous entry for Rosalind Franklin Institute |
| Collaborator Contribution | The level of contribution from each organisation will be defined in the Wave 3 Full Infrastructure application. New partners/contributing organisations, including all members of the RUEDI International Scientific Advisory Board and the RUEDI Executive Board, have signed an Accession and Variation Agreement to the above. The following organisations are currently part of the Agreement with ongoing parties being added as the project progresses. University of Liverpool, UK Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Fur Materialien und Energie GMBH, Germany Imperial College London, UK Ohoku University, Japan Rosalind Franklin Institute, UK STFC Daresbury Laboratory, UK SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center), Stanford University, USA Swansea University, UK University College London, UK University of Leeds, UK University of Toronto, Canada |
| Impact | Refer to previous entry for Rosalind Franklin Institute |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Overarching Collaboration Agreement, Confidentiality Agreement and Accession and Variation Agreements |
| Organisation | Rosalind Franklin Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | An overarching Collaboration Agreement is in place between primary grant holders: University of Liverpool (Lead Organisation), Rosalind Franklin Institute and STFC Daresbury Laboratory, setting out all legal terms to be adhered to, including key parts of the collaboration, terms of reference, obligations of the named parties and Confidentiality Agreement definitions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The level of contribution from each organisation will be defined in the Wave 3 Full Infrastructure application. New partners/contributing organisations, including all members of the RUEDI International Scientific Advisory Board and the RUEDI Executive Board, have signed an Accession and Variation Agreement to the above. The following organisations are currently part of the Agreement with ongoing parties being added as the project progresses. University of Liverpool, UK Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Fur Materialien und Energie GMBH, Germany Imperial College London, UK Ohoku University, Japan Rosalind Franklin Institute, UK STFC Daresbury Laboratory, UK SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center), Stanford University, USA Swansea University, UK University College London, UK University of Leeds, UK University of Toronto, Canada |
| Impact | The RUEDI Project operates as a unique opportunity to work with a number of stakeholders and partners with the potential to stretch into core areas of emphasis for BBSRC and MRC as well as providing overall development of new imaging Technologies for Biosciences and the key data for Systems Approaches to Biosciences. The synergy between these approaches for different research councils can also provide huge cross-cutting benefits for UK science and technology. The RUEDI facility will be organised to operate within the UK research community with the first five years spent on design, construction and testing the hardware to establish the basic framework for a user program. Key experiments identified at each of the scientific theme town hall events will involve stakeholders from the research community, from organisations noted including but not limited to the Faraday Institution, Crick Institute, UK Catalysis Hub, Henry Royce Institute and others. The facility will generate interest from international research stakeholders and partners. The initial plan for accommodating these users would depend on any agreements in place between their national research councils and UKRI. In future, transnational access arrangements could be evaluated for example, by joining European programme schemes, should the UK be eligible. A key part of the national facility will be support of UK industry in the use of these capabilities. While the exact details will be defined closer to when the facility is established, it is anticipated that support for industry stakeholders and potential partners is considered on a case by case basis with proprietary users operating within a full cost recovery model. As noted previously, an overarching Collaboration Agreement exists, with all new partners expected to formally sign an Accession Agreement. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | 14th INTERNATIONAL PARTICLE ACCELERATOR CONFERENCE IPAC23 - MAY 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | This is the biggest generic international accelerator conference and will be attended by Dr Julian McKenzie and colleagues from the RUEDI Project Team. Held in Venice, Italy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.ipac23.org/ |
| Description | 15th International Symposium on Atomic Level Characterizations for New Materials ALC '24 November 2024, Matsue, Japan |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Professor B.Layla Mehdi will present at the above event - symposium Frontiers of Electron Microscopy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | 2023 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTATIONAL SENSING - LUXEMBOURG - June 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The International Symposium on Computational Sensing (ISCS) brings together researchers from optical microscopy, electron microscopy, RADAR, astronomical imaging, biomedical imaging, remote sensing, and signal processing. With a particular focus on applications and demonstrators, the purpose of this symposium is to be a forum where researchers in computational sensing working in seemingly unrelated applications can learn, discover, and exchange on their new findings and challenges. This 3-day symposium in the heart of Europe features 6 keynotes speakers and is open to extended abstracts for scientific presentations and show-and-tell demonstrations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.iscs2023.com/ |
| Description | 5TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCED ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND SPECTROSCOPY - DECEMBER 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Professor Nigel Browning will present 'The Advantages of Sparse-Sampling and Inpainting for Electron Microscopy' at the 5th ISAMS in Irvine, California. Professor Angus Kirkland will present 'Making Every Electron Count; Ptychography at Low Dose' The ISAMS-5 continues its tradition of promoting the scientific community engaged in cutting-edge research and development in scanning/transmission electron microscopy and electron energy-loss spectroscopy. With a focus on fostering the exchange of ideas, sharing the latest advancements, and addressing challenges in atomic scale imaging and spectroscopy within both material and biological sciences, this in person symposium aims to encourage collaboration and inspire ground-breaking discoveries, bringing together experts from academia, industry, and national labs to share the latest research results and ideas, and to address challenges in the development of atomic-scale imaging and spectroscopy for advancing materials and biological sciences. Following ISAMS-5, UCI IMRI will host the UCI School of Transmission Electron Microscopy (UCI STEM) from December 6-8, 2023. This school will provide participants with a unique opportunity to learn from leading experts in the field and develop new skills in 4D STEM, spectroscopy, and in situ TEM. Participants will learn about the latest techniques and tools to advance their research and collaborate with other researchers in the field. IMRI is an interdisciplinary special research program under the Office of Research, and a key enabler of the Center for Complex and Active Materials (CCAM) - a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2020. IMRI operates a wide range of state-of-the-art shared facilities for the analysis and characterization of materials and devices ranging from sub-Å to macroscopic length scales. The facilities are professionally staffed, convenient, and affordable, with user-friendly services. Researchers, engineers, and scientists from academia, industry, and national labs will be present at ISAMS-5 and UCI STEM, to share recent accomplishments, enable future collaborations, and network with leading experts in the field. Held at University of California, USA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://imri.uci.edu/isams5/ |
| Description | 7th Japanese Domestic Conference on Micro-Beam Analysis meeting, Japan - March 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The theme of the meeting was Transmission Electron Microscopy - Current Status and future prospects of hig-time-resolution and 3D-observation technologies. Yoshie Murooka was the first speaker out of just 8 people gave a talk. Each talk was given by a person who is pioneering a new technology. The audience is a collection of scientists and engineers who are really experts on developing a new technology using electron/ion microbeam to cultivate a new scientific field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.jvss.jp/division/mba/symposium.php |
| Description | BIOSCIENCES SCIENTIFIC THEME TOWN HALL EVENT - September 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Angus Kirkland, RUEDI Scientific Theme Lead, Science Director from the Rosalind Franklin Institute will host the In Vivo Biosciences Town Hall Event on Monday, September 26th 2022 at the Rosalind Franklin Institute in Oxford (Lecture Theatre). The RUEDI facility will provide scientists in both academia and industry with unprecedented capabilities to investigate and understand molecular-scale dynamics in-vivo, in-situ and under operando conditions. Specifically, RUEDI will facilitate in-vivo and dynamical biosciences through: • In vitro and cryo imaging at whole cell scales - beyond medium energy tomography • Imaging of biological structures in a cellular context • Understanding infection and transport at high temporal and spatial resolution • Imaging nanoparticle drug delivery and release in cells In addition to the standard diffraction mode, the RUEDI facility will uniquely incorporate a set of electromagnetic lenses that will permit images to be acquired for the majority of in-situ, in vivo and operando experiments Working with an MeV beam, the thickness limitations that limit conventional TEM observations will be reduced, in particular in the design of thicker liquid flow cells that can operate with viscous liquids to mimic in vivo biological conditions. Here we describe the uniqueness of RUEDI and will collectively identify a representative set of challenges that illustrate the types of experiments that could be performed during the initial testing and operations phase of the RUEDI system. As the community of users grows and the instrument comes on-line, the specific capabilities of the RUEDI facility and its associated experimental ecosystem will provide unparallel insights. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.ruedi.uk/events/event/3 |
| Description | CLUSTER MEETING - JUNE 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Dr Yoshie Murooka will present at the J. Heyrovský Institute. Abstract available here Venue: Prague, Czech Republic |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://clustermeeting2023.eu |
| Description | DYNAMICS OF CHEMICAL CHANGE SCIENTIFIC THEME TOWN HALL EVENT - October 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Relativistic Ultrafast Electron Diffraction & Imaging (RUEDI) Facility project invites you join us for a Town Hall Event on the RUEDI Dynamics of Chemical Change Scientific Theme on Monday, October 3rd 2022. Professor Sven Schroeder, RUEDI Scientific Theme Lead, will host the meeting at the University of Leeds (Room 1.31, School of Mechanical Engineering). The RUEDI facility will open new perspectives for the control of chemical transformations for research across all science and engineering disciplines, including applications in energy, healthcare, environmental, materials, life sciences and medical research. The unique capabilities of the planned RUEDI facility will be described, with a focus on how RUEDI instruments will probe the chemical and structural dynamics on ultrafast timescales. These provide insight into the elementary steps of transformations on molecular time and length scales, providing a deep understanding of the molecular basis for chemical transformations, and by extension, biological function. Recent studies at international ultrafast electron diffraction facilities have, for example, examined hydrogen bond dynamics1 and the conformational basis for stereoselectivity.2 Collectively, delegates from the event will identify a representative set of challenges that illustrate the types of experiments that could be performed during the initial testing and operations phase of the RUEDI facility. As the community of users grows and the instrument comes on-line, the specific capabilities of the RUEDI facility and its associated experimental ecosystem will provide unparallel insights. Guest speakers will include: Professor Nigel D Browning, RUEDI Director, who will provide an overview of the planned national facility Professor Dwayne Miller, University of Toronto Dr Thomas LaGrange, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Professor Jon Marangos, Imperial College London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.ruedi.uk/events/event/5 |
| Description | ELECTRON MICROSCOPY & ANALYSIS GROUP (EMAG) CONFERENCE EMAG 2023 -JULY 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | ganised by the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group (EMAG), the 2023 EMAG Conference will be incorporated into mmc2023. https://www.mmc-series.org.uk/conference/emag-2023.html www.mmc-series.org.uk Professor Nigel Browning will be presenting Dictionary Learning Methods for Low Dose and High Speed Imaging in Electron Microscopy Held at Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.mmc-series.org.uk/conference/emag-2023.html |
| Description | ENERGY GENERATION, CONVERSION & STORAGE SCIENTIFIC THEME TOWN HALL EVENT - June 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr B. Layla Mehdi hosted the first in a series of RUEDI 'Town Hall' events. Guest speakers included Prof. Nigel D Browning, RUEDI Director who provided an overview of the planned national facility, and outlined the transformative science themes accelerating UK technologies: Dynamics of Chemical Change, Materials in Extremes, Quantum Materials & Processes, Energy Generation, Storage and Conversion, In Vivo Biosciences. Prof. Xijie Wang, distinguished scientist from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University, USA presented on MeV Electrons for Ultrafast Energy Materials & Energy Storage discussing a new paradigm for ultrafast electron scattering resulting in stronger diffraction & higher sensitivity, which leads to atomic spatial-temporal resolutions and mitigation of space charge effects. Attendees discussed key grand challenges, key partners, collaborators and users and identified which experiments they felt, should be conducted first, and why. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.ruedi.uk/events/event/1 |
| Description | EPSRC REGIONAL SHOWCASE - NOVEMBER 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Professor Nigel Browning will join the list of regional speakers, and present Building the Case for New Research Infrastructures, focusing specifically on how regional engagement has helped researchers at Liverpool and partner institutions to develop the design for RUEDI which will offer transformational measuring capabilities for personalised medicine, energy storage and clean growth. Other topics covered will include: 'Greater Lincolnshire and North Cambridgeshire.agricultural technologies. cluster project', Funding Research Collaborations for Wicked Problems in Financial Services, Digital Health Hub for the North East of England & North Cumbria and Including citizens in artificial intelligence ethics and governance. The event is aimed at civic bodies i.e. local authorities, combined authorities, health bodies, local enterprise partnerships and regional business groupings. Held at Science and Industry Museum, Manchester, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | EUROPEAN MICROSCOPY CONGRESS 2024 EMC2024 AUGUST 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Professors Nigel Browning and B.Layla Mehdi will present at the above event. PS-04 - Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage EUROPE'S LARGEST EVENT DEDICATED TO MICROSCOPY AND IMAGING Following the postponement of an in-person EMC2020 due to the pandemic we have the pleasure to announce that EMC2024 will be held from Sunday 25th August to Friday 30th August 2024 in Copenhagen. EMC2024 is the 17th of its kind and will bring the world of scientific imaging together in one of Europe's most beautiful cities. Incorporating a balanced conference program of all kind of microscopy in both physical and life sciences - microscopists, manufacturers, and suppliers will come together to share new techniques, applications, and technology. The EMC2024 will take place at Bella Center, Center Boulevard 5, 2300 Copenhagen, and features pre-congress workshops on Sunday 25th August and an opening reception. On Monday the 26th, Eva Olsson will give the opening address followed by the first plenary. The day will continue with 6 parallel sessions and will close with drinks in the Poster and Exhibition area. The last day of the Congress will conclude with a farewell reception. The exhibition is one the largest of its kind featuring more than 100 exhibitors and a Nordic Corner for smaller enterprises, start-ups and organizations. Further information here The website will offer opportunities for exhibiting and sponsoring. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | FRONTIERS IN PHYSICAL IMAGING NOVEMBER 2024 LONDON, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | November 19th-20th, 2024 Professor Nigel Browning will present The Advantages of Sparse Sampling and Inpainting for High Resolution, In-situ and Ultrafast Electron Microscopy at the above event. This meeting will include presentations and discussions of recent advances and improvements in electron and X-ray microscopy, as applied in the physical sciences to study materials, nanoparticles, thin films, interfaces, device structures and artefacts of this meeting. With a focus on in-situ microscopy techniques. Selected contributions will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Microscopy. Sessions in-situ mechanical testing in SEM & TEM (Asa Barber, City University London), Advances in Quantitative Hard-Soft Matter Imaging and Spectroscopy (Roland Kröger, York), Radiation damage in analytical STEM (Thomas Walther, Sheffield) Abstracts on, and around, the following topics are invited: Application of advanced quantitative techniques for the study of hard-soft matter such as: Image and spectroscopic image evaluation (2D and 3D) e.g. using AI based approaches In situ techniques for the study of material dissolution and formation dynamics Further information here |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | FRONTIERS OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE FEMMS 2024 SEPTEMBER 2024 SICILY, ITALY |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | September 29th - October 4th, 2024 Professor Nigel Browning will present The Advantages of Sparse Sampling and Inpainting for High Resolution, In-situ and Ultrafast Electron Microscopy at the above event. FEMMS (Frontiers of Electron Microscopy and Materials Science) is a biennial meeting focused on the application of electron microscopy, primarily TEM, in materials science. The conference series primarily arose to satisfy the requirements of the electron microscopy community working on materials science problems, which grew explosively in the late 1980's and has expanded to researchers working with analytical periphery, novel instrumentation, tomography, operando and correlative microscopy, and advancing into the domain of ultrafast time-resolved microscopy. Traditionally, FEMMS brings together approx. 40 invited speakers plus one distinguished lecturer that are world-renowned experts, principal investigators and project leaders, to present their latest advances in the field of electron microscopy in the materials sciences. Further information here |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | GRC Three Dimensional Electron Microscopy - June 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The conference will focus on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field. We live in an age of accelerating technological innovation and explosion of information that is unlike anything we have seen before. The 2024 GRC on 3D Electron Microscopy will continue its tradition of spotlighting cutting-edge results and recent method developments in a highly interactive and open-minded environment. The scientific agenda of the meeting will continue to reflect the revolutionary advances in all aspects of high-resolution imaging with electron microscopy, including structural studies of dynamic multi-protein complexes using cryo-EM, analysis of sub-cellular architecture using cryo-electron tomography as well as novel methods for specimen preparation and correlative imaging. The meeting will also highlight accelerating advances in machine learning based methods for structure prediction and protein design. The developments at the interface between tools for high resolution imaging and machine learning methods have significant implications not just in structural and cell biology, but also in drug discovery. Following the tradition of 3DEM GRCs, the 2024 meeting encourages participants to present recent and unpublished scientific results, in both oral and poster presentations. Held at Rey Don Jaime Grand Hotel, Avinguda de l'Hotel, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.grc.org/three-dimensional-electron-microscopy-conference/2024 |
| Description | IMAGING AND ELUCIDATING NANOMATERIAL FORMATION, MORPHOLOGY & DYNAMICS - JANUARY 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Professors Nigel Browning and B.Layla Mehdi will be attending the above event. Professor Mehdi will present: 'Theory and Simulation of Beam Effects and Liquid Dynamics' Professor Browning will present: 'The Advantages of Sub-Sampling and Inpainting for Dose Control and Quantitative EM Observations' The Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field. This GRC uniquely brings together scientists from a highly interdisciplinary range of expertise from the biological sciences, chemistry, materials science, engineering and physics, focused on driving advances in both the electron microscopy methodology and the materials under study. Significant advances have been made in this nascent field, driven by this multidisciplinary and diverse community of scientists, with many more challenges and hurdles to come. This GRC will explore both these advances and the remaining barriers by bringing together a focused group of researchers excited by the opportunity to advance the frontiers of nanoscience and technology through the development of new, advanced tools and characterization methods. Held at Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco, Lucca, Italy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.grc.org/liquid-phase-electron-microscopy-conference/2024/ |
| Description | INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (IOP) SURFACE SCIENCE DAY IOP SSD 2023 - JUNE 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Professor Nigel Browning will be presenting A New Relativistic Ultrafast Electron Diffraction and Imaging (RUEDI) National Facility in the UK Surface Science Day 5 is the fifth in a series of one-day workshops focussed on surface science. The workshop aims to cover most aspects of research in surface science. Its main audience is PhD students and Postdocs, as well as early professionals. The day includes a full programme of invited speakers with opportunities for cross-fertilisation between sub-disciplines. In addition, there is a poster session for contributed posters from delegates. Student posters are eligible for entry for a poster prize, which will be awarded on the day. Held at University of Chester, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://iop.eventsair.com/ssd2023 |
| Description | INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRON MICROSCOPY & XLI ANNUAL MEETING OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SOCIETY OF INDIA - February 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | International Conference on Electron Microscopy and XLI Annual Meeting of the Electron Microscope Society of India (EMSI-2023) will be jointly organized by University of Delhi, Delhi, India and Electron microscope society of India during February 06-10, 2023. This conference provides a platform to the scientists, academicians, engineers, and industries working in the field of electron microscopy to showcase their work and advances made in the field of electron microscopy, and their use in various interdisciplinary branches of science. This conference would provide an opportunity to young research scholars in the academics, research and development institutions, and industries to interact with stalwarts in the field of electron microscopy. Pre-conference workshops have been planned to allow research scholars and scientists especially young ones to learn the basics and advances made in the field of electron microscopy. This conference is expected to be attended by a large number of delegates from India and abroad. Eminent experts from all over the world will be invited to deliver their research work presentations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://emsi.physics.du.ac.in/app/web/index.php?r=about/conference |
| Description | INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRON MICROSCOPY - MAY 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Professor Angus Kirkland will present at the above event. The International Conference on Electron Microscopy along with the XLII Annual Meeting of the Electron Microscope Society of India is organized by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in association with the West Zone Chapter of Electron Microscope Society of India. This meeting will be a gathering of eminent research scholars and microscopists across the globe. The conference focuses on study & utilization of various microscopy techniques across vast research areas. It offers an excellent platform to deliberate on recent advances on microscopy at large, and for networking, updates on the latest advancements and direct interactions with experts working on the cutting edge of the technology. Held at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai, India |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.emsi2024.com/index |
| Description | INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MATERIALS & SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY - DECEMBER 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Dr Yoshie Murooka will be presenting 'Ultrafast Dynamics and Technologies with Relativistic Electron Beams', introducing RUEDI as well as other UED and UEM works. The conference will be held across three sites at Nagoya University with research fields ranging from materials to system technologies. Scientists and engineers from any discipline, who are engaged in research, development and technology areas related to such research fields, are invited to contribute papers. All submitted papers will be presented for the publication and presentation in oral or poster sessions Conference program at: http://www.icmass.imass.nagoya-u.ac.jp/2023/Program.php Further details at: https://www.icmass.imass.nagoya-u.ac.jp The Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS) of Nagoya University was established as a research organization aiming to tackle various technical issues required to overcome in order to realize a sustainable society in harmony with nature. Held at Nagoya University, Japan |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | http://www.icmass.imass.nagoya-u.ac.jp/2023/ |
| Description | INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS RESEARCH CONGRESS IMRC 2023 - AUGUST 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | A core mission of the Materials Research Society is to promote leading-edge research on materials around the world. The Materials Research Society (MRS) and the Sociedad Mexicana de Materiales (SMMater) are excited to be working together on this global effort by growing the International Materials Research Congress (IMRC) held annually in Cancun, Mexico Professor B. Layla Medhi will be speaking at 12:45 SE1-O010 'Understanding Degradation Processes in Batteries by Novel Operando (S)TEM Techniques' Professor Nigel Browning will be speaking at 13:00 SE1-O011 'The Advantages of Inpainting for High-Resolution, In-Situ and Ultrafast Electron Microscopy' Held at Cancun, Mexico |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.mrs-mexico.org.mx/imrc2023/home-imrc.php |
| Description | LATEST TRENDS IN IN-SITU AND CORELATIVE ELECTRON MICROSCOPY - JUNE 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Professor Nigel Browning will present The Advantages of Sparse-Sampling and Inpainting for Electron Microscopy at the above event, hosted by The Institute of Scientific Instruments, The Czech Academy of Science(ISI CAS). The conference is topically aimed with workshops organized in the Brno region - the world centre of electron microscopy. The focus of ICEM 2024: New methods and instrumentation for milli- to nanoscale correlation and 3D imaging, dynamic in-situ characterization, and elemental analysis in materials and life sciences using SEM, STEM, ESEM, A-ESEM, TEM, ETEM, and other imaging methods. Mathematical-physical simulations, nano-manipulation and in-situ measurement, AI for electron microscopy The workshops will be organized in the scientific laboratories of ISI CAS and in the demonstration laboratories of the firms Thermo Fisher Scientific, TESCAN GROUP and Delong Instruments. Alemnis, Imina Technologies, NenoVision and point electronic will showcase their in-situ characterization tools, solutions and services. Held at The Institute of Scientific Instruments, The Czech Academy of Science, Prague |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.icem-brno.eu/ |
| Description | LIVERPOOL SHARED RESEARCH FACILITIES SHOWCASE 2024 - MARCH 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Launching LIV-SRF with a showcase exhibition of the state of the art technology and focused expertise on offer to internal and external users. Come along and hear about how we can help elevate your research. The University of Liverpool's Liverpool Shared Research Facilities (LIV-SRF), operating across the Faculty of Science and Engineering and the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, are hosting an inaugural Showcase, to include an opening address from the Vice Chancellor Professor Tim Jones and a keynote talk from UKRI. This one-day event will be an opportunity to hear from all of our SRFs on their world-class expertise and capabilities, as well as more detailed case studies from users who have elevated their research through access. There will be an extended exhibition session offering ample opportunity to interact directly with SRF staff, as well as discussion on applications for facility technologies, and information on the LIV-SRF Voucher Scheme. Shared Research Facilities have been operating across the University of Liverpool for over a decade, but we have now unified our 25 Shared Research Facilities (SRFs) into a single university-wide entity in LIV-SRF. Now spanning across two Faculties, LIV-SRF offers flexible access to high-end equipment and expertise, available to both internal and external users including NHS Trusts, SMEs, industry and other HE institutions. Each SRF can provide academic and technical knowledge to support cutting-edge research programmes. Held at University of Liverpool, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liv-srf-showcase-2024-tickets-751687326027?aff=oddtdtcreator |
| Description | Lecture at RMS EM-UK (Royal Microscopical Society Electron Microscopy UK) Event February 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The international microscopical society, draws distinguished members from all over the world, serving the needs of our company members who represent all the major manufacturers and suppliers of microscopes, equipment and services. The Society provides a great community for microscope users, with a busy calendar of training courses and networking events each year. They also produce the Journal of Microscopy, infocus magazine exclusively for our members and a wide range of microscopy handbooks. The lecture given was to introduce RUEDI to the EM community, generating discussion and helping to raise awareness of the planned national facility. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.rms.org.uk/events.html |
| Description | MATERIALS IN EXTREMES SCIENTIFIC THEME TOWN HALL EVENT - July 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The RUEDI facility will provide UK scientists in both academia and industry with unprecedented capabilities to investigate and understand molecular-scale dynamics in-vivo, in-situ and under operando conditions. As the facility can uniquely investigate dynamics on the fs time scale of making and breaking individual bonds in large complex systems, RUEDI can rapidly advance the UK as a world leader in new technologies for healthy ageing, energy storage and renewable energy conversion, nanophotonics, thermoelectrics, and structural materials for extreme conditions. In addition to the scientific applications of this advanced facility, the development, testing and application of the operando stages, sensors and detectors and the AI/ image analytics to accelerate discovery, will enhance the UKs education base and business competitiveness in a rapidly changing global research field. Prof. Carsten P Welsch will be hosting the second in a series of Town Hall meetings across the UK. Guest speakers include: Professor. Nigel D Browning, RUEDI Director who will provide an overview of the planned national facility. Dr John Proctor, Senior Lecturer, Salford University will be talking about Materials in Extremes concerning the Materials Engineering. Professor Gianluca Gregori, Professor of Physics, University of Oxford will be talking about Materials in Extremes concerning Laboratory Astrophysics. The event will comprise working groups around the themes: Materials in energy sector, Materials in laboratory astrophysics and Materials engineering. There will be led discussions in each theme which will guide the design and scientific case for RUEDI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.ruedi.uk/events/event/2 |
| Description | MICROSCOPY AT THE FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE - SEPTEMBER 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Professor Nigel Browning will be a Keynote Speaker, presenting 'Applications of Sub-Sampling and Inpainting for High Resolution, In-situ and Ultrafast TEM/STEM' at the Microscopy at the Frontiers of Science at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory in Portugal. The conference have 3 symposia: Life Sciences, Materials Sciences and Cryo EM and wll provide a great opportunity for all attendees to study a representative spectrum of up-to-date scientific information on today's research and applications in the field of microscopy associated with fields of materials/ biological/medical science and technology development. Held at Braga, Portugal |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.mfs2023.com/ |
| Description | MXENE CHANGING THE WORLD, 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MXENE AUGUST 2024 Philadelphia, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | August 5th-7th, 2024 MXene Changing the World, 3rd International Conference MXene 2024 Professor B.Layla Mehdi will present at the above event MXenes: Changing the World, the 3rd International MXene Conference at Drexel University, August 5-7, 2024, will focus on chemistry and physics of materials, as well as research innovations, new developments of MXenes, progress in collaboration with industry, government policy, and international excellence, and will look toward the future of this important family of two-dimensional materials. Over the course of the three full days, the conference will bring together MXene researchers in the areas of chemistry, physics, materials science, energy storage and generation, electronics, electromagnetic interference shielding, antennas, transparent conductors, gas and pressure sensors, water purification, gas separation membranes, photo- and electrocatalysis, medicine, and plasmonics among many others, to convey the latest breakthroughs and address the future technologies where MXenes show the greatest impact. Visit the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute's website to learn more about MXenes and the ongoing research at Drexel University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Materials and Manufacturing Research Institute at Swansea University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Swansea University are setting up a Materials and Manufacturing Research Institute. Dr William Bryan, Theme Lead for RUEDI has been to a number of events (community building etc) representing RUEDI and has also been selected as theme champion for "Materials for the Future", which will encompass Quantum Materials. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.swansea.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/research/materials-manufacturing/ |
| Description | Microscopy & Microanalysis (M&M) 2024 - July 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A prremier microscopy education and networking event held in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Professor Angus Kirkland presenting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://mmconference.microscopy.org/ |
| Description | Microscopy Conference (MC) 2023 in Darmstadt, Germany February-March 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on proposed RUEDI national facility to raise awareness and generate interest from potential future collaborators |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.microscopy-conference.de/2/programme/scientific-programme |
| Description | Microscopy and Microanalysis (M&M) Meeting Portland USA - July/August 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Premier microscopy education and networking event of the year - Microscopy & Microanalysis 2022 in Portland, Oregon, July 31-August 4. Over 1200 platform and poster sessions, workshops, tutorials, and networking events, in addition to four days of the world's largest Microscopy products and services commercial expo hall in the world. John Spencer's Memorial symposium |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.microscopy.org/MandM/2022/program/descriptions.cfm |
| Description | Microscopy and Microanalysis (M&M) Meeting USA - July 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Conference and abstracted submitted by Yoshie Murooka |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.microscopy.org/MandM/2023/ |
| Description | Nazarbayev University (NU) Annual Research Conference NU 2024 SEPTEMBER 2024 Astana, Kazakhstan |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | September 19th-21st, 2024 Professor Nigel Browning will present State-of-the-Art (S)TEM: Quantifying Structures and Controlling Kinetics on the Atomic Scale at the above event and will also form part of the Panel Discussion 'Commercialization of University Research'. This will be the first Annual Nazarbayev University Research Conference, a pivotal event that unites leading researchers, scholars, and students from across Kazakhstan. Set against the backdrop of the Astana campus, this Conference celebrates the 125th anniversary of Kanysh Imantayevich Satpayev, the visionary founder of the Kazakh National Academy of Sciences. The Conference Theme is: "Shaping the Future of Research in Kazakhstan: Working Together for Success" and underscores the collaborative spirit that drives innovation. By intersecting experts and researchers in diverse fields, the Conference will create an intellectually stimulating space designed to foster collaborative solutions to both current and future challenges facing Kazakhstan. Whether you are an expert, a developing researcher, or a thought leader, this multidisciplinary Conference promises three days of insightful discussions, knowledge sharing, and exploration. We are pleased to announce the affiliation of two exciting Symposia, held in conjunction with the Conference, that will provide insights to the latest discoveries in Nanomaterials and Artificial Intelligence. Commercialization of University Research 13:30-14:30 Plenary Session "State-of-the-Art (S)TEM: Quantifying Structures and Controlling Kinetics on the Atomic Scale" 14:30-16:00 Panel Discussion Commercialization of University Research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | ODE TO MATERIALS IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS - APRIL 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Professor Maulik Patel will be holding his inaugural lecture. Held at Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ode-to-materials-in-extreme-environments-tickets-818625760687?aff=odd... |
| Description | PHOTOCATHODE PHYSICS FOR PHOTOINJECTORS - OCTOBER 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Dr Tim Noakes will be presenting a poster ''Photocathode and photoinjector options for the RUEDI (Relativistic Ultrafast Electron Diffraction and Imaging) facility' at this 3-day workshop next week. Development of photoinjectors is a critical research area for modern accelerators. Photoinjectors produce the high brightness electron beams that have enabled the realization among others of Ultrafast Electron Diffraction and Microscopy setups, X-ray Free Electron Lasers, Energy Recovery Linacs, high average current sources for bunched electron beam cooling and spin polarized electron beams used in colliders. All these accelerator machines rely on photocathodes to produce electron beams with precisely controlled temporal and spatial shapes, often with stringent requirements on emittance, temporal response, and spin polarization. This 3-day workshop hosted by Brookhaven National Laboratory (October 3-5, 2023) will explore the current state of the art in accelerator photocathodes, from operational, theoretical and a materials science perspective, aiming also at identifying directions for future research and new opportunities for collaboration. Topics Include: Current status of photocathodes for accelerator applications Current fabrication methods Applications of materials science to the growth and analysis of cathodes Advanced diagnostics for photocathode performance Photoemission theory Novel ideas in cathode development Held at Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bnl.gov/pppworkshop/ |
| Description | PHYSICS AND APPLICATIONS OF HIGH BRIGHTNESS BEAMS UCLA Physics & Astronomy - JUNE 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Dr Julian McKenzie will be presenting 'Establishing a Relativistic Ultrafast Electron Diffraction and Imaging (RUEDI) Facility in the UK'. https://conferences.pa.ucla.edu/PAHBB23/index.html The ICFA-supported workshop series on the Physics and Applications of High Brightness Beams is traditionally a meeting ground for discussion of high brightness beam production, manipulation, and acceleration in state-of-the-art systems ranging from cutting-edge RF accelerators, to very high-field plasma-based schemes. The resultant beams provide the underpinnings of new scientific instruments such as X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) and TeV-class linear colliders. The workshops also provide an essential opportunity to guide the full ecosystem of beam physicists along with the advanced user communities who utilize the newly emergent instruments arising from high brightness beam research. In the upcoming version of this workshop series, we will concentrate on a particularly compelling example of the burgeoning field of new instruments based on advanced, high-field accelerators and high brightness beams. This is the 5th generation light source, which seeks to merge two compelling new instruments - next-step, compact XFELs, and advanced, high-field accelerators. This merger has produced a hybrid field, which has by now many promising incarnations. The present workshop will concentrate on the physics of such systems, which are now proceeding towards realization using approaches ranging from cryogenic RF to wakefields in plasmas and structures. These initiatives are strongly motivated by synergistic application to the energy frontier, as 5th generation light sources may also be fruitfully seen as stepping stone projects which demonstrate beam physics feasibility issues needed to proceed to future linear colliders based on advanced concepts. Such ambitions require a continuous re-examination of progress in the fields of high brightness beam physics, advanced acceleration, and their nexus in applications. This is precisely the mission accepted at this workshop, and we look forward to seeing you in this year's meeting, taking place at the Kursaal venue in San Sebastian, Spain, June 19-23, 2023. This edition of the workshop will emphasize two emerging trends: first, the vital involvement in the development of the field through student and post-doctoral training through a dedicated half-day session sponsored by the NSF STC Center for Bright Beams); and the key involvement in the future user communities of 5th generation light sources. Held at San Sebastian, Spain |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://conferences.pa.ucla.edu/PAHBB23/index.html |
| Description | PTYCHOGRAPHY OVER ALL WAVELENGTHS - OCTOBER 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Professor Angus Kirkland will be presenting ''Electron Ptychography at Low dose' at this event. Ptychography is a form of computational imaging that has distinct advantages over conventional microscopic imaging methods. This meeting will bring together researchers from the X-ray community, who have been using ptychography for about 15 years, with more recent adopters of the technique from the visible light, EUV and electron microscopy communities, as well as theoreticians studying novel applications and algorithms relating to the technique. Held at Oxford, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ptychography-over-all-wavelengths-registration-602575017097?aff=oddtd... |
| Description | Particle Accelerators and Beams Group Annual Conference - July 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Dr Julian McKenzie presented at this event. This two-day Annual Conference, will be the UK's premier national event in the field of particle accelerators. The scientific programme will feature plenary and keynote talks, panel discussions, parallel sessions and a poster session, to facilitate discussions of all the latest developments in the field. The conference is intended to bring the entire community together for two days of vibrant physics discussion, knowledge sharing and networking and we encourage participants at all career stages from PhD, through postdoc to senior professors. Held at University of Liverpool, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://iop.eventsair.com/pab2022/ |
| Description | QUANTUM MATERIALS & PROCESSES SCIENTIFIC THEME TOWN HALL EVENT - September 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Relativistic Ultrafast Electron Diffraction & Imaging (RUEDI) Facility project invites you join us for a Town Hall Event on the RUEDI Quantum Materials Scientific Theme on Wednesday, September 28th 2022. Dr Will Bryan, RUEDI Scientific Theme Lead, will host the meeting at the Harwell Campus in Oxford. The RUEDI facility will open new perspectives for research across all science and engineering disciplines, including applications in energy, healthcare, environmental, materials, life sciences and medical research. An emerging field at the intersection of condensed matter physics, quantum optics and laser physics, the umbrella term "Quantum Materials" unifies a diverse range of concepts across science and engineering. Such processes are typically strongly correlated, far from equilibrium and non-thermal in nature. From process involving charge, electric and magnetic fields, via quasi-particle dynamics and electron correlation dominated processes, to cavity QED, Quantum Materials has a broad scope, and can be considered highly relevant to societally important considerations such as energy generation, storage and transportation, quantum communication, and very low energy electronics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | http://www.ruedi.uk/events/event/4 |
| Description | RUEDI Public Engagement at STFC Daresbury Laboratory July 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The presence of RUEDI at Daresbury Laboratory will present opportunities to utilise the facility for activities to engage the general public with both the specific science performed at RUEDI and with accelerator science in general. High-quality public engagement is already regularly performed at Daresbury through collaborations between the Accelerator Science & Technology Centre, the Cockcroft Institute and the STFC professional on-site public engagement team. The unique nature of RUEDI within the UK will provide strong enhancement to the existing programme and will make RUEDI a valuable tool to capture the public interest in science and inspire the next generations of young scientists. STFC operates a public engagement programme known as the "Wonder Initiative" [1] specifically targeting public outreach in the most socially deprived areas of the UK, especially 8-14 year olds and their families. People and schools in these areas typically have less access to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) engagement opportunities, which has been directly correlated with lower uptakes of career opportunities in STEM amongst the populations of these areas. The wonder initiative is based on the ASPIRES research project [2] and the concept of "Science Capital", described as the extent to which people are exposed to scientific knowledge, values, experiences and attitudes in daily life. Daresbury is close to several areas that fall inside the Wonder Initiative's purview. The addition of RUEDI to the site and its use in outreach events and activities will provide an opportunity to raise the science capital of the entire northwest region. Public opportunities to engage with RUEDI will occur at scheduled events of two types; those aimed at public sentiment and those aimed specifically at education. Public sentiment is engaged at Daresbury through activities including the regular "Talking Science" lecture series [3], visits to external events such as festivals where volunteers speak to the public about the science at the lab, and laboratory open weeks on a 4 yearly cycle where the laboratory site is opened up to several thousand of the general public on a weekend and they are invited to tour the facilities including accelerators on site - where safe to do so. It is expected that the science performed using RUEDI would make strong material for public lectures and that the instrument itself would be open for public tours during open weeks. RUEDI's involvement in educational outreach will be regular in schedule and varied in nature. Daresbury staff regularly visit schools and the laboratory site regularly hosts visits from schools, the largest of which is the yearly Cockcroft institute Accelerator and Particle Physics Master Class (APPMC) [4] which has historically engaged approximately 250 students per event. Many of these visits, and especially the APPMC, have involved accelerator facilities being opened for tours as well as talks on the science performed within and hands-on activities explaining how the facilities work. RUEDI and the science performed at the facility will feature heavily in future iterations of these visits. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Sustainable Accelerators Workshop - STFC Daresbury - December 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | K. Morrow, 'Accelerator Impact Review' at the Sustainable Accelerators Workshop held on the 1st and 2nd of December 2022 at Daresbury Laboratory. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | THE 20TH INTERNATIONAL MICROSCOPY CONGRESS - SEPTEMBER 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Professors Nigel Browning and B. Layla Mehdi will be presenting at IMC20. In addition, there will be a pre-meeting workshop on in-situ TEM, and abstracts have been submitted from Dr Danny Nicholls, Alex Robinson and Jack Wells for contributed talks. IMC is the Olympics of microscopy; held every four years and attracting delegates from across the globe. The program will include world-renowned plenary speakers alongside an extensive trade exhibition where leading suppliers launch ground-breaking new instruments. It is a particular pleasure to introduce the Korean Society of Microscopy (KSM) as the host for IMC20 which will be held in Korea for the first time. Held at Busan, South Korea |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://imc20.kr/?ckattempt=1 |
| Description | TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF NANOMATERIALS TEM-UCA JULY 2024 CADIZ, SPAIN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The TEM-UCA Summer Workshop Transmission Electron Microscopy of Nanomaterials is devoted to review the advancements of Scanning/ Transmission Electron Microscopy, both imaging and spectroscopic techniques, in the characterization of a wide range of nanomaterials. The Workshop is limited to a maximum number of 24 attendees. Our attendees are people currently working or interested in the field of nanomaterials and their characterization by TEM Professor Nigel Browning will be presenting at the above event. Speakers will illustrate how TEM techniques as High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy, High Angle Annular Dark Field imaging, Electron Tomography, Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy, and Cs corrected S/TEM studies can be combined to obtain structural and chemical information of the analysed materials at the atomic scale. Some examples illustrate the practical aspects of nanomaterials characterization and its applications in different fields. The participants will be divided in 2 groups to participate at computer labs in which they will get trained in the practical use of different software applications in the field of TEM. The topics covered in these computer labs are: High Resolution Electron Microscopy (HREM), Image Processing and Image Simulations. Modelling of Nanoparticles, Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS), X-Ray Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDX) and Electron Tomography. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://tem.uca.es/ |
| Description | UED OPPORTUNITIES FOR DYNAMICAL IMAGING OF MATERIALS - NOVEMBER 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Dr Julian McKenzie will be presenting at the above event. Recent advances pioneered by LANL's Accelerator Operations and Technology (AOT) division enable production of ultrashort, ultrabright, high-energy electron bunches amenable for use in a relativistic electron diffraction (MeV-UED) instrument. This workshop endeavours to provide an opportunity for both the material science and accelerator physics communities at LANL and beyond to come together to identify key questions in structural dynamics that can be addressed with this emerging technology. Emphasis will be placed on identifying current state-of-the-art technological advances and exploring future opportunities for next generation MeV-UED machines. The workshop will be centred around four topical sessions: condensed matter, atomic molecular and optical science, materials in extreme conditions, and accelerator technology. Each session will consist of three keynote speakers with an open discussion to follow. Held at Sante Fe, New Mexico |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://web.cvent.com/event/23e49b85-f02a-42c7-9f0d-fad7fdf0bda0/summary |
| Description | UK CATALYSIS HUB SUMMER CONFERENCE 2023 - JULY 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Professor Nigel Browning will be presenting A New Relativistic Ultrafast Electron Diffraction and Imaging (RUEDI) National Facility in the UK at the UK Catalysis Hub Summer Conference 2023 on July 18th, 2023. The conference will start at lunchtime on the 17th with lectures and a poster session in the evening. The lectures continue on the 18th until lunchtime. Held at Harwell Campus, Oxford, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://ukcatalysishub.co.uk/catalysis-hub-conferences/ |
| Description | UKXFEL TOWN HALL: ADVANCED MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING September 2024, Cardiff, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Dr Will Bryan will attend the above event, joining the UKXFEL team for an Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Townhall in Cardiff. Discussions will explore cutting-edge insights in materials innovation, design and analysis, along with novel manufacturing techniques. Learn and input to how a next generation XFEL could deliver ground breaking new materials research techniques, and analysis over the coming decades. The program of speakers is yet to be finalised, but talks will be given on topics such a compound semiconductors, polymer design, shocked materials, ceramics neutron analysis, radiation hardened materials and additive manufacturing amongst others. Agenda here: https://indico.stfc.ac.uk/e/UKXFELCardiff This is your chance to discuss with the design team, connect with academic and industrial experts, as well as to input into the Next Generation of XFEL facilities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | ULTRAFAST DYNAMIC IMAGING OF MATTER CONFERENCE UFDIM 2024 NOVEMBER 2024, HAMBURG, GERMANY |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Conference dates November 18th-20th, 2024 Dr Yoshie Murooka will be presenting at the above, during the session dedicated to 'Emerging Phenomena.' The UFDIM conference at DESY in Hamburg is dedicated to exploring novel techniques for imaging the dynamics of matter across ultrafast timescales, ranging from femtoseconds to attoseconds. The program encompasses sessions focusing on the application of ultrafast dynamic imaging in biological, chemical, and material systems, alongside sessions highlighting electronic dynamics and emerging opportunities. Of particular interest are the applications of new sources, such as X-ray free-electron lasers, high-harmonic sources, few-cycle laser pulses, and ultrashort electron pulses. This conference marks the seventh in a series of successful gatherings, following previous conferences held in London (2006), Ischia (2009), Banff (2012), Grindelwald (2015), Crete (2018), and Potsdam (online only, 2021). Further information here |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | XFEL Electronics, photonics and quantum technologies August 2024 Manchester, UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Dr Will Bryan attended this event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | XVIII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRON MICROSCOPY - June 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Professor Angus Kirkland will present at the above event. The XVIIIth International Conference on Electron Microscopy is jointly organized by the Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Microscopy Society. The conference is to be held in southern part of Poland in the picturesque Zakopane resort. The conference will bring together researchers from different fields of science and engineering including materials science, chemistry, physics, life science (biology and medicine), whose focal point is on application of electron microscopy to study of materials and materials related properties. The broad spectrum of topics comprises analytical electron microscopy, imaging in SEM/STEM, crystallography and HRTEM techniques, 3D imaging, in-situ electron microscopy, cryomicroscopy, as well as applications of electron microscopy to study materials spanning from traditional engineering materials to highly advanced functional materials, nanomaterials and biological materials. The conference also welcomes scientists, engineers and representatives of electron microscopes manufacturers, whose focus is on instrumentational developments to showcase and review the latest technical advances. It will provide a forum for the exchange of thoughts and ideas, news on the latest trends in the field of electron microscopy as well as to promote cooperation between the participants from science and industry. Held at Zakopane, Poland |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://em2024.pl/ |