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The First European Mineralogical Conference

The First European Mineralogical Conference
Frankfurt, Germany, 2-6 September 2012

The idea of having a joint conference amongst the European mineralogical societies was born to foster exchange of new research results between the European countries.
The contributing societies presently are:

DMG Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft
MinSoc Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland
ÖMG Österreichische Mineralogische Gesellschaft
PTMin Mineralogical Society of Poland
RMS Russian Mineralogical Society
SEM Sociedad Española de Mineralogía
SFMC Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie
SIMP Societa‘ Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia
SSMP Swiss Society of Mineralogy and Petrology

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ECM 27

XXVII European Crystallographic Meeting
Bergen, Norway, 7-11 August 2012

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Workshop: Methods of High-Pressure Single Crystal Diffraction

Satellite workshop of the 27th European Crystallographic Meeting

4-5 August 2012

Science Building of the University of Bergen, Norway

We would like to invite you to the workshop "Methods of high-pressure single-crystal diffraction" held from the 4th to the 5th of August in Bergen (Norway) immediately before the 27th European Crystallographic Meeting. This is the second edition of the workshop after the one held in Darmstadt during the 26th European Crystallographic Meeting in 2010.

Topics and program:

Introduction and overview
Types of diamond anvil cells and loading
Data collection procedures
Equations of state
Integration of high-pressure single-crystal data
Integration sessions: software fayre
High-pressure single-crystal diffraction at synchrotron sources
Intensity corrections
Structure refinement: methods & tricks
Structure validation
Corrections and refinement: software fayre

Convenors: Karen Friese & Tonci Balic-Zunic

Links: Webpage, Program (.pdf 334kb)

The 4th International Symposium on Structure-Property Relationships in Solid State Materials
Bordeaux, France, 24-29 June 2012

The symposium will be an international forum to present and discuss recent research results. The goal is to highlight how the specific physical properties of these materials are related to their structure and/or chemical composition and how these properties may be modified by varying the nature of the chemical bonds, the strength of the electron-electron interaction, the dopant concentration, etc. The meeting will be devoted mainly to structure-property relationships in magnetic, optical, electronic, and functional materials. This symposium will provide opportunities for experimental and theoretical solid state chemists, physicists and materials scientists to share their knowledge and expertise.

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PhD Course: Structural State of Minerals and its Applications 2012

22-28 April 2012

GEOCENTER, Øster Voldgade 10, Copehagen

Understanding crystal structure of minerals and applying diffraction methods for their structural characterization, quantification in mixtures and analysis of behaviour under varying temperature and pressure. Lectures and experimental work, with an introduction to modern diffractometric techniques, databases and calculation methods.

Teachers:
Assoc. Prof. Tonci Balic-Zunic, University of Copenhagen
Assoc. Prof. Paola Comodi, University of Perugia, Italy
Dr. Patrick Mercier, National Research Council of Canada
Dr. Anna Katerinopoulou, University of Copenhagen