SIG-10 Activity Reports 2002-2008

SIG#10 Reports

Report on the activities of the Diffraction Physics and Optics SIG

2007-2008

  1. Introduction.

SIG members participated actively in organization and promotion of scientific international cooperation in the field of X-ray diffraction techniques, applications of synchrotron radiationfor materials science, nanotechnologies. An active development of Russian-German scientific collaboration, based at synchrotron sources RRC KI, BESSY and DESY, was very important in the recent period. This collaboration is not only traditional, but mutually beneficial and supported by the Governments and science communities of the both countries.

  1. Past Activities.

Title: Meeting 2007/2 of the Steering Committee for the Russian-German laboratory at BESSY, Dresden, October 2, 2007.

Number of Participants: 10

Sponsors/Organizers: Dresden University of Technology.

Short Description: The RGL is the result of longterm scientific collaboration between German and Russian organization, particularly Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung m.b.h (BESSY), Freie Universität Berlin, Dresden University of Technology, St.Petersburg State University, Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography RAS, Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” and Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute. During this Meeting the participants discussed the results of joint science researches, use of the Russian-German beamline in the first half of 2007 and submitted projects and proposal for beamtime allocation in the first half of 2008. They also discussed prospects for a strategic Russian-German partnership for construction and use of accelerator-driven light sources.

Title: The VI-th National Conference on Application of X-ray, Synchrotron Radiation, Neutrons and Electrons for Material Characterization(RSNE-2007), Moscow, November 12-17, 2007.

Number of Participants: 439 participants from 163 science organizations.

Sponsors/Organizers: National Committee of Russian Crystallographers, Scientific Council of RAS for Condensed Matter Physics, Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography RAS, Institute of Solid State Physics RAS, Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, supported by Russian Academy of Sciences, Ministry on Education and Science of Russian Federation, Federal Agency of Science and Innovations of Russian Federation, Federal Agency of Atomic energy of Russian Federation, Russian Foundation for Basic Research.

ShortDescription :The main aim of RSNE-2007 wasto unit the scientific community of leading specialists who are using X-rays, SR, neutrons and electrons for investigation of structure and properties of organic and inorganic nanomaterials and nanostructures. The program of the Conference included the round table discussion on “Synchrotron and Neutron Centers are the bases for development of interdisciplinary researches”. The

Program of the Conference included the following items: protein crystallography, X-ray and neutron structure analysis, small-angle scattering, surface sensitive methods and reflectometry, inelastic scattering, dynamical diffraction, diffractometry and topography, X-ray and neutron optics, spectroscopic methods, magnetic scattering, structural electron diffraction, hardware and software in experiment. Five sections covered these topics: atomic and molecular structure of bioorganic, organic and inorganic materials, structure of surfaces, thin films, multiluyers and nanosystems, theory of diffraction and scattering, numerical methods and modeling, inelastic scattering and spectroscopy, X-ray and neutron optics, hardware and software for experiments.

Title: Russian-German Workshop “Bilateral Research in Material Sciences at the Russian-German laboratory at BESSY”, Berlin, December 5, 2007.

Number of Participants: 40

Sponsors/Organizers:Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gesellschaft fĂźr Synchrotronstrahlung m.b.h (BESSY)

Short Description: During the Workshop the participants discussed the results of bilateral cooperation with use of the Russian-German beamline, particularly in the field of nanostructures, organometallic compounds and interfaces, electronic structure and X-ray methods, and also future perspectives for RGL at BESSY and Russian-German synchrotron radiation activities at DESY.

Title: Russian-German Workshop on Photon Science with Applications to Nano- and Life-Science, Moscow, February 18-19, 2008.

Number of Participants: 60

Sponsors/Organizers: “Kurchatov Centre of Synchrotron Radiation and Nanotechnology”, RRC “Kurchatov Institute”.

Short Description: The Workshop was organized as a first step of the implementation of the Agreement on Cooperation in the Development and Application of Photon Sources based on Accelerator Technology between the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia and the Ministry of Education and Research of Germany signed on 15.10.2007.

Title: Meeting 2008/1 of the Steering Committee for the Russian-German laboratory at BESSY, Moscow, March 14, 2008.

Number of Participants: 12

Sponsors/Organizers: Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of RAS.

Short Description: During the Meeting the participants elected a new chairperson and members of the Steering Committee, discussed the use of the Russian-German beamline in the second half of 2007 and submitted projects and proposal for beamtime allocation in the second half of 2008. Also they discussed plans and projects within the strategic Russian-German partnership for construction and usage of accelerator-based photon sources.

Title: Seminar for young scientists “Synchrotron radiation: science and technology”, Moscow, March 13-14, 2008.

Number of Participants: 80

Sponsors/Organizers: Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of RAS, RRC “Kurchatov Institute”.

Short Description: The main purpose of this seminar was to acquaint young scientists with methods and latest achievements in the field of use of synchrotron radiation in materials science, particularly with research activities at Kurchatov synchrotron radiation source, researches of clasters, nanoparticles, bioorganic nanostructures, disordered and partly ordered nanosystems, novel hybrid materials and so on.

Title: Seminars of Kurchatov Centre of Synchrotron Radiation and Nanotechnology (RRC “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow) “Modern problems of material science: nano bio -technologies and material diagnostics “.

Number of Participants: 30-50

Sponsors/Organizers: Kurchatov Centre of Synchrotron Radiation and Nanotechnology, RRC “Kurchatov Institute”.

Short Description: The Program of the Seminars covers a broad range of activities connected with applications of SR in material science and nanotechnology.

  1. Future/Programmed Activities.

Title: Meeting 2008/2 of the Steering Committee for the Russian-German laboratory at BESSY, Berlin, September, 2008.

Sponsors/Organizers: Freie Universität Berlin

Short Description: The aims of the Meeting are discussion on the use of the Russian-German beamline in the first half of 2008 and submitted projects and proposal for beamtime allocation in the first half of 2009, also plans and projects within the Russian-German partnership for construction and use of accelerator-based photon sources.

 

2005-2006

According to the list of SIG activities.

  1. SIG promotes activities that may favour the interests and development of research in x-ray diffraction physics and optics.
  2. SIG members took an active part in organization and promotion of scientific cooperation between scientists from Russia and Germany in the field of applications of synchrotron radiation within the “Russian-German Laboratory at BESSY” (RGL), which was inaugurated on Nov.20, 2001, at the “Berliner Electronensreicherring fĂź Synchrotronstrahlung” (see the previous SIG reports).

The meeting took place on February 6, 2006, at the IoffĂŠ Physico-Technical Institute, R.A.S. St. Petersburg, Russia.

Attending members: Prof.V.K.Adamchuk, Prof.Yu.S.Gordeev, Prof.W.Gudat, Prof.G.Kaindl, Prof.M.V.Kovalchuk, Prof.C.Laubschat, Prof.V.V.Kvardakov

Attending guests: Dr.I.Makarova, PDDr.S.Molodtsov

The main items of the agenda were connected with decision for the beam time allocation for the second half of 2006: the solution of the problem connected with the travel costs of Russian scientists to the Russian-German Laboratory, ets.

  1. One of important SIG activities is to establish new links between scientists and Scientific centers interested in the development of X-ray diffraction techniques, physics and optics, application of SR for material characterization, ets.

Director of RRC gKurchatov Instituteh and Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography RAS, Corresponding member of RAS, Prof. M. Kovalchuk, first vice-director of RRC gKurchatov Instituteh Prof. V. Aksenov and executive director of the Kurchatov Center for Synchrotron radiation and nanotechnology Dr. V. Kvardakov have visited Hamburg Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory in February 2006 for discussions with director of HASYLAB Prof. J. Schneider the perspectives of collaboration.

They agreed that the impact of synchrotron radiation in nano-scale science is of great interest for the scientific communities in Russia and Germany. It turns out that the synchrotron facilities in the Kurchatov Institute and DESY are complementary in the performance, whereby the 3-rd generation storage ring facility PETRA III currently under construction at DESY and European XFEL facility currently under discussion opens qualitatively new opportunities to study nano-scale materials with atomic resolution in space and time.

They decided that group of Russian young scientists will visit DESY for periods of time at least 3 months to make experimental work in the field of common interest to establish a basis for long term and mutually beneficial collaboration.

They came to decision to arrange «Russia – DESY Workshop on New generation light sources» in Moscow in July 2006 to discuss perspectives of European XFEL project and to attract Russian scientific society to this activity

Draft of the Program of the Russia – DESY Workshop on New generation light sources

July 3-4, 2006

RRC gKurchatovh Institute (Moscow)

Cochairmen: M.V. Kovalchuk (RRC K I), A. Wagner (DESY)

Monday, July 3, 2006

Welcome (S.N. Mazurenko, FASI)

Opening Remarks (M.V. Kovalchuk, RRC KI)

Response (A. Wagner, DESY)

Presentation of RRC KI (M.V. Kovalchuk, RRC KI)

  1. Schneider (DESY) Operation Experience and First Results from FLASH (VUV-FEL at DESY)
  2. Altarelli (DESY) European XFEL Facility Project. General Project Status.
  3. Brinkman (DESY) European XFEL Facility Project. Technical layout.

S.T. Belyaev (RRC KI) Overview on FEL activities in RRC gKurchatov Instituteh

  1. PflĂźger (DESY) Undulators for European XFEL

A.A. Varfolomeev (RRC KI) On possible design improvements of some X-FEL systems

V.E. Keilin (RRC KI) Model of helical high field strength short period undulator

  1. Yurkov (DESY) Perspective Developments of European XFEL

G.D. Shirkov JINR LINAK-800 – Electron Linac for FELs and Technological Applications at JINR.

N.A. Vinokurov (BINP SB RAS) FEL in Budker Institute

G.N. Kulipanov (BINP SB RAS) New ideas for photon sources

Tuesday, July 4, 2006

  1. Vartaniants (DESY) Coherent X-ray Scattering Experiments at XFEL

Th. Tschentscher (DESY) Ultrafast time-resolved diffraction experiments at X-ray FELs

A.N. Skrinsky (BINP SB RAS) Science case for FEL

  1. Wagner (DESY) ILC with TESLA type accelerators

Formation of groups for discussion of collaborations in different fields of common interest. Summary

Presentation of KCSR (V.V. Kvardakov RRC KI)

III. SIG organizes meetings.

V National Conference on Application of X-Rays, Synchrotron Radiation, Neutrons and Electrons for investigations ofNanomaterialsandNanosystems

was held in Moscow, November 14-18 2005

The conference was held at Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography and included plenary sessions with invited speakers, oral presentations and poster sessions.

Conference Goal

To coordinate the efforts of the research communities working in the following areas:

— creation of novel nanomaterials, nanotechnologies and nanosystems;

— development of the material characterization methods using different types of radiations and particles.

Scope

— Fabrication, physical properties and application of nanomaterials and nanosystems.

— Using of X-Rays, Synchrotron Radiation, Neutrons, Electrons for characterization of nanomaterials and nanosystems.

Organizers of the Conference:

— Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography,RAS

— Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”

— Institute of Solid State Physics, RAS

— Joint Scientific Council on Physics of Condensed Matter,RAS

— National Committee of Russian Crystallographers

Conference is supported by

  • Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation
  • Federal Agency of Russia for Science and Innovation
  • Federal Agency of Russia for Atomic Energy
  • Russian Foundation for Basic Research

Chairmen of the Conference: M.V.Kovalchuk, Yu.A.Ossypian

Chairman of the Organizing Committee: M.V.Kovalchuk

Chairman of the Program Committee: I.S.Lyubutin

Scientific Secretary: L.G.Yanusova

Organizing Committee:

Aksenov V.L. (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)

Alfimov M.V. (Photochemistry center RAS)

Bykov V.A. (Research-and-Production Group of Enterprises, NT-MDT)

BushuevV.A. (Moscow State University)

ChuprunovE.V.(Nizhnii-NovgorodState University)

Feigin L.A. (Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography,RAS)

Goshchitskii B.N. (Institute of Metal Physics,RAS)

KashkarovP.K. (Moscow State University)

Kvardakov V.V. (Russian Research Center ÂŤKurchatovInstituteÂť)

Kiselev N.A.(Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography,RAS)

KonovV.I.(Russian Foundation for Basic Research)

KulipanovG.N. (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, RAS)

MazurenkoS.N. (ROSNAUKA)

MenushenkovA.P. (Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute)

NazarenkoV.A. (Petersbourg Nuclear Physics Institute, RAS)

ParkhomenkoYu.N. (Moscow Institute of Steal and Alloys)

PuchkovA.V. (Institute of Physics and Power Engineering)

PuscharovskiiD.Yu (Moscow State University)

RumyancevA.Yu. (ROSATOM)

SisakyanA.N. (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)

ShekhtmanV.Sh. (Institute of Solid State Physics,RAS)

Shul’pinaI.L. (Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute,RAS)

Velikhov E.P. (Russian Research Center ÂŤKurchatovInstituteÂť)

Yacishina E.B.(Russian Research Center ÂŤKurchatovInstituteÂť)

Zakharov B.G. (Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography,RAS)

Zayats V.A. (Branch of Physical Science, RAS)

ZheludevaS.I.(Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography,RAS)

In the frame of RSNE NANO-2005

the International Scientific Session

“Synchrotron and Neutron Centers — basis for the development of interdisciplinary nanostudies” was held

INVITED SPEAKERS

  • Dr.Peter Allenspach, Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
  • Prof.Esen Ercan Alp, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
  • Prof.AlexanderArchakov, Institute of Biomedical Chemistry and Russian Academy of Medical Sciences,
  • Dr.ValeriiP. Avtonomov, Federal Agency for Science and Innovation, Russia
  • Prof.Anatoly M. Balagurov, Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Russia
  • Dr.Srikumar Banerjee, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, India
  • Prof.Tilo Baumbach, Institute for Synchrotron Radiation /ANKA, Germany
  • Prof.Philippe A. Buffat, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Dr. Victor Bykov, Research-and-production Group of enterprises “NT-MDT”, Russia
  • Prof. Shih-Lin Chang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • Dr. Aleksandr Chumakov, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France
  • Prof.Aldo Felix Craievich, Institute of Physics, University of San Paulo, Brazil
  • Prof.Helmut Dosch, Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research, Germany
  • Dr.Hermann DĂźrr, Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-Gesellschaft fĂźr Synchrotron
    Strahlung BESSY, Germany
  • Dr. Victor Erokhin, Center SOFT CNR, Italy and Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography RAS, Russia
  • Dr.Ion Ionita, Institute for Nuclear Research, Romania
  • Dr.Oleg Konovalov, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France and

Institute of Crystallography RAS, Russia

  • Prof.GennagiiN.Kulipanov, BudkerInstituteof uclearPhysics,SiberianBranchofRAS, Novosibirsk,Russia
  • Prof. PeterLaggner, Institute of Biophysics and X-ray Structure Research, Austria
  • Dr. Hans Lauter, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute Laue-Langevin, France
  • Dr. Valeria Lauter-Passiouk, Physik Department TU Munchen, Germany
  • Prof. Ingolf Lindau, MAX-Lab, Lund University, Sweden
  • Prof. Giorgio Margaritondo, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
  • Prof. Gerhard Materlik, Diamond Light Source Limited, United Kingdom
  • Dr. Pavol Mikula, Nuclear Physics Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
  • Dr. Serguei Molodtsov, Russian-German Lab at BESSY II, Germany
  • Dr. Herbert Moser, Singapore Synchrotron Light Source, Singapore
  • Prof. Piero Pianeta, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, USA
  • Dr. Laszlo Rosta, Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Hungarian
    Academy of Sciences, Hungary
  • Prof.Michele Sauvage, University Paris-Sud, France
  • Prof. Jochen R. Schneider, HASYLAB at Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, Germany
  • Dr. Vadim Sikolenko, Hahn-Meitner Institute, Germany
  • Dr. Anatoly Snigirev, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France
  • Dr. Gleb Sukhorukov, Department of Materials, Queen Mary University of London, UK
  • Dr.Peter Tindemans, European Spallation Source Former ESS R&D Council, Netherlands
  • Dr. Jose-Lorenzo Valles, Research Directorate-General, European Commission
  • Dr. Ivan Vartaniants, HASYLAB at Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY, Germany
  • Dr. Christian Vettier, Institute Laue-Langevin, France
  • Prof. van der Veen , Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

There were 386 participants. Representatives from 27 cities of Russia and from 22 foreign countries took part in the conference.

 

2004-2005

Report on the activities of SIG10 “Diffraction physics and optics” starting from in ECM-22 in Budapest (2004) up to XX Congress of IUCr Florence (2005).

According to the list of SIG activities.

  1. SIG organizes MS at ECM.

MS “Diffraction techniques in nanodiagnostics” has taken place at ECM-22.

  1. SIG promotes activities that may favour the interests and development of research in x-ray diffraction physics and optics.
  2. SIG members took an active part in organization and promotion of scientific cooperation between scientists from Russia and Germany in the field of applications of synchrotron radiation within the “Russian-German Laboratory at BESSY” (RGL), which was inaugurated on Nov.20, 2001, at the “Berliner Electronensreicherring fĂź Synchrotronstrahlung” (see the previous SIG reports).

The meeting of Steering Committee of gRussian-German Laboratory at BESSYh took place

  • On September 13/2004 at BESSY Berlin

Attending members: Prof. V.K. Adamchuk, Prof. Yu. S. Gordeev, Prof. C. Laubschat, Prof. G. Kaindl, Prof. M.V. Kovalchuk

Attending guests: Dr. V.P. Avtonomov, Dr. W. Braun, Prof. W. Eberhardt, Prof. V. Kanevskiy, Dr. S.L. Molodtsov, Prof. S. Zheludeva

  • On January, 28/2005 at St.Petersburg.

Attending members: Prof. V.K. Adamchuk, Prof. W. Gudat, Prof. Yu. S.

Gordeev, Prof. G. Kaindl, Prof. M.V. Kovalchuk,

Prof. C. Laubschat .

Attending guests: Prof. W. Eberhardt, Prof. M. Steiner, Dr. Ch. Siewert,

Dr. S. Molodtsov, Dr. V. Kvardakov, Prof. S. Zheludeva,

Dr. I. Makarova, Dr. A. Vinogradov, Prof. A.Shikin.

The main items of the agenda were connected with decision for the beam time allocation for the first and second half of 2005 correspondingly; status of financing the travel costs of Russian scientists to the Russian-German Laboratory, ets.

  1. One of important SIG activities is to establish new links between scientists and Scientific centers interested in the development of X-ray diffraction techniques, physics and optics, application of SR for material characterization by organization of the visits of foreign scientists to Russian Scientific centers and Institutes.

Institute of Crystallography RAS and Kurchatov Synchrotron Radiation and Nanotechnologies Center invited Ohashi Yuji – Prof. of Department of Chemistry and Material Science Tokyo Institute of Technology to come to Moscow 23-26 May 2005. He visited both scientific centers, had long term discussion concerning x-ray and SR application for structure analysis. At the seminars Prof. Ohashi Y. delivered two talks gThe structure analysis of photo-excited molecules, biradicals, carbenes and nitrines by X-raysh, gTime-resolved structure analysis using a new detector and the structure of the excited moleculesh.

Scientific collaboration that had developed successfully between the Former Soviet Union and Hungary had strong impact due to the visit of Prof. Kalman Alajos – the head of the X-ray Department at Institute of Structural Chemistry, Chemical Research Center Hungarian Academy of Science in Moscow as a quest of the Institute of Crystallography 25-31 May 2005. Prof. Kalman A. had delivered a talk gMorphotropy: a link between the isostructurality, polymorphism and stereoisomerism of organic crystalsh.

III. SIG organizes meetings.

XI National Conference on crystal growth was held in Moscow 14 – 17 December 2004.

The conference was held at Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography and included plenary sessions with invited speakers, oral presentations and poster sessions.

Organizers of the Conference

  • National Committee of Russian Crystallographers
  • Scientific Council on Condensed Matter Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Institute of General Physics, Russian Academy of Science
  • Laboratory of Neutron Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
  • Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”

The Conference was supported by

  • Ministry of Science and Education of Russian Federation
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Russian Fund of Basic Research
  • Federal Agency of Atomic Energy of Russian Federation

Chairmen of the Conference

  • Prof. Yu.A.Osip’yan, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Prof. A.Yu.Rumyantsev, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Prof. M.V.Kovalchuk, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

The main aim of the conference was to discuss new trends in material science; fundamental aspects of crystalline material growth with given properties; development of nanotechnologies for nano and nanobiomaterials and structures. More than 400 scientists from the main scientific centres of Russia Federation and Former Soviet Union Republics participated in the conference. There were 286 presentations.

The conference included several sessions:

  • Crystal growth and characterization
  • Bioorganic crystals and films
  • Multilayer heterostructures and epitaxial growth
  • New functional materials

As about characterization there were 25 presentations (oral and poster) directly connected with application of X-ray diffraction and scattering to investigation of crystalline and nanomaterials.

Prof. S.I.Zheludeva

 

2003-2004

 

Report on the activities of SIG “Diffraction physics and optics” starting from ECM-21 in Durban (2003) up to ECM-22 in Budapest (2004).

According to the list of SIG activities.

  1. SIG organizes MS at ESM
    SIG organizes MS “Diffraction techniques in nanodiagnostics” at ECM-22.
  2. SIG promotes activities that may favour the interests and development of research in x-ray diffraction physics and optics.
    Daresbury enters into collaboration with of Crystallography and Kurchatov Synchrotron Radiation Centre in Moscow.

    • On 29 September 2003, an MOU was signed by Dr. Hywel Price (Director CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory) and Professor Michail Kovalchuk (Director of Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography RAS, Founding Director of Kurchatov Synchrotron Radiation and Nanotechnologies Center) between the three organizations to promote collaboration in areas of mutual interests including synchrotron radiation science and technology, protein crystallography, structural gemonics, nanostructures and nanotechnology X-ray optics and imaging (http://www.srs.ac.uk/srs/agreements.html)
    • SIG members took an active part in organization and promotion of scientific cooperation between scientists from Russia and Germany in the field of applications of synchrotron radiation within the “Russian-German Laboratory at BESSY” (RGL), which was inaugurated on Nov.20, 2001, at the “Berliner Electronensreicherring fĂź Synchrotronstrahlung”.

the RGL in the results of longterm scientific collaboration between Germany and Russian, particularly Berliner Electronensreicherring – Gesellschaft fĂź Synchrotronstrahlung m.b.h (BESSY), Freien Universität Berlin, Technichen Universität Dresden St. Petersburg State University and Moscow Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography RAS.
Steering Committee “of Russian – German Laboratory at BESSY”
Prof. V.K. Adamchuk (Russia)
Prof. W. Gudat (Germany)
Prof. Yu. S. Gordeev (Russia)
Prof. G. Kaindl (Germany)
Prof. M.V. Kovalchuk (Russia)
Prof. C. Laubschat PD (Germany)
Dr. S. Molodtsov (Germany)
carries on its meeting twice a year.
On March 12, 2004 the meeting took place in Russia at the Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography RAS, Moscow.
One the main items of the agenda was connected with discussion of submitted projects and proposal for beamtime allocation in the second half of 2004.

  1. SIG sets-up web-site
    Russian SIG members initiated the organization of web-site of Russian National Committee for Crystallography where information about ECA and SIG activity is available. http://ns.crys.ras.ru/RNCC/
  2. SIG organizes meeting

REPORT OF
Fourth National Conference on the Application of X-ray and Synchrotron Radiation, Neutrons, and Electrons for Material Characterization (RSNE-2003)
Moscow, Russia 17-22 November 2003

The Conference was held on November, 17 – 22, 2003 at the Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography and included the International Session with invited lectures delivered by distinguished scientists in English and conventional plenary convention sessions, oral presentations, and poster sessions in Russian.

The Conference was dedicated to the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography (1993-2003). The opening ceremony that took place on November 17 2003 was presided by Prof. M.V.Kovalchuk, Director of the Institute of Crystallography. He greeted the guests and participants and referred to the importance of the application of radiation, in particular, synchrotron radiation, to the study of materials. Then the Conference was also addressed by the representatives of various Russian and foreign organizations and institutions, who also congratulated the Institute with the jubilee. The official greetings were received from the President of the Russian Federation V.V.Putin and the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Organizers of the Conference

  • National Committee of Russian Crystallographers
  • Scientific Council on Condensed Matter Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Laboratory of Neutron Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
  • Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”

The Conference was supported by

  • International Union of Crystallography
  • Ministry of Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation
  • Ministry of Industry, Science and Technologies of the Russian Federation
  • Russian Academy of Sciences

Chairmen of the Conference

  • Prof. Yu.A.Osip’yan, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Prof. A.Yu.Rumyantsev, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences – Chairman of the Organizing Committee
  • Prof. M.V.Kovalchuk, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences – Chairman of the Program Committee
  • Prof. S.I.Zheludeva – Scientific Secretary
  • Dr. L.G.Yanusova

Organising Committee

  • Aksenov V. L. Joint Institute of Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
  • Aleksandrov K. S. Institute of Physics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Aslanov L. A. Moscow State University
  • Afanasev A. M. Institute of Physics and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Belushkin A. V. Joint Institute of Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
  • Belyaev S. T. Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”
  • Vladimirov Y. A. Russian State Medical University
  • Goshchitskii B. N. Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Division, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Zayats V. A. Department of Physical Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Zykin L. M. Ministry of Science and Education of the Russian Federation
  • Katsnelson A. A. Moscow State University
  • Kvardakov V. V. Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”
  • Kiselev N. A. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Kulipanov G. N. Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Mazurenko S. N. Ministry of Science and Education of the Russian Federation
  • Melik-Adamyan W. R. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Minin V. A. Russian Foundation for Basic Research
  • Pushcharovsky D. Y. Moscow State University
  • Suvorov E. V. Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Chernoplekov N. A. Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”
  • Chuprunov E. V. State University of Nizhny-Novgorod
  • Shekhtman V. S. Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Shulpina I. L. Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

The RSNE-2003 Conference gathered scientists that use radiation for studying the structural and other properties of condensed matter and was focused on the application of X-ray and synchrotron radiation, neutrons, and electrons to the studies of inorganic and organic nanomaterials and nanostructures.

The Conference Program covered the following topics:

  • Protein crystallography
  • X-ray and neutron diffraction
  • Methods of surface study and reflectometry
  • Diffractometry and topography
  • Inelastic scattering
  • Dynamical diffraction
  • RHEED
  • X-ray, neutron, and electron optics
  • Spectroscopic methods
  • Magnetic scattering

The Conference Program had six sections
Section 1. Atomic and Molecular Structure of Bioorganic and Inorganic Materials
Section 2. Structure of Surfaces, Thin films, Multiluyers, and Nanosystems
Section 3. Theory of Diffraction and Scattering, Numerical Methods and Computer Simulation
Section 4. Inelastic Scattering and Spectroscopy
Section 5. X-ray and Neutron Optics
Section 6. Crystallographic Hard- and Software

The following invited lectures were delivered

  • Alp E.E., Sturhahn W., Sinn H., Toellner T., Zhao J., Alatas A., Said A. High resolution X-ray scattering and its applications in materials science
  • Altarelli M. Resonant scattering of hard and soft X-rays as a probe of electronic properties
  • Authier A. Developments of the dynamical theory of diffraction over the past 60 years
  • Chang S.-L., Du C.-H., Tang M.-T., Stetsko Yu.P., Lee Y.-R., Lin T.-T., Wong S.-C., and Sun W.-S. X-ray multiple diffraction of charge-density-wave in crystals: direct phase determination of fractional reflection
  • Chidambaram R. Phase transitions in materials under high pressure
  • Eberhardt W. Lensless imaging with soft X-rays – a future alternative to crystallography?
  • Fuess H. Nanocrystalline powders and the high resolution neutrons powder diffractometr at FRM II
  • Fujii Y. Neutron sciences and neutron sources in Japan
  • Kiselev N.A. Electron microscopy of carbon nanotubes
  • Kulipanov G.N. Novel technologies for generation and application of synchrotron radiation
  • Lyubutin I.S., Gavriliuk A.G., Trojan I.A., and Sarkissian V.A. Breakdown of strong electron correlations in 3d magnetic oxides under high pressure
  • Malgrange C. Synchrotron radiation and X-ray polarization phenomena
  • Melik-Adamyan W.R.and Vladimirov Yu.A. Protein crystallography and perspectives of bioelectronics
  • Rustichelli F. Some applications of neutron scattering techniques to material science and technology
  • Simonov V.I. Structural conditionality of the physical properties of crystals
  • Suematsu H. Recent progresses in materials science and nanotechnology in Spring-8
  • Viterbo D., Croce G., Milanesio M., Amenitsch H., Bavestrello G., and Giovine M. Structural organization in siliceous spicules from marine sponges and the biosilicification process
  • Weiss M.S. The use of longer X-ray wavelengths in protein crystallography
  • Zheludeva S.I. Near total external fluorescence (NTEF) study of organic nanolayers

Two exhibitions were organized within the Conference—“Sixtieth Anniversary of the Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography ” and “RSNE-2003”.

Special Posters demonstrated IUCr publications, journals, and booklets.

The Conference Abstracts were published as “The Book of Abstracts of the Fourth National Conference on the Application of X-ray and Synchrotron Radiation, Neutrons, and Electrons for Material Characterization (RSNE-2003)”, Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, November 17-22, 2003, pp.553

Selected papers will also be published in English as a Supplement to “Crystallography Reports”, MAIK “Nauka/Interperiodika”, Moscow and in Russian in the journal Poverkhnost (“Surface Investigation. X-ray, Synchrotron, and Neutron Techniques”).

Statistics of the RSNE-2003 Conference

  • Total number of guests and participants: 455; of them
    • from Russia: 416
    • from foreign countries: 39, including 18 persons from the independent states of the Former Soviet Union (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Taiwan, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan).

Russian participants represented 98 scientific organizations, including 31 institutions from Moscow.

Participants from various cities of seven Federal Districts of Russia:

  1. Central Federal District: Moscow, Novgorod the Great, Dubna, Kaluga, Obninsk, Puschino, Troitsk, Chernogolovka, Zelenograd
  2. Northwest Federal District: St.-Petersburg, Gatchina, Petrozavodsk
  3. Southern Federal District: Rostov-on-Don, Taganrog
  4. Privolzhsky (Volga region) Federal District: Nizhny Novgorod , Kazan , Samara, Voronezh
  5. Ural Federal District: Ekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Izhevsk, Sarov, Syktyvkar
  6. Siberian Federal District: Novosibirtsk, Koltsovo, Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk
  7. Far East Federal District: Vladivostok

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The RSNE-2003 Conference had a broad and diverse program, which included both traditional methods of studying matter such as electron, neutron, and X-ray diffraction analysis and also the recently devised methods based on new physical concepts and ideas, whose practical implementation became possible only with the advent of specialized synchrotron radiation sources, the latest systems for recording radiations, new elements of X-ray equipment, and modern methods of computer simulation. As to the objects of research, the attention was focused on inorganic and organic nanomaterials and systems and the adaptation and further development of the well-known methods of adequate characterization of materials. In fact, these studies contributed to the creation of a new field of research – diagnostics of nanomaterials and nanostructures (the so-called nanodiagnostics).

Numerous papers submitted to the RSNE-2003 reflected many aspects of modern crystallography and physics of condensed matter and their role in the progress of modern technologies and materials science. The focus was made on synthesis and structural studies of inorganic, organic, polymer, and biological objects and systems of the nanometer range. Particular attention was given to experiments with the use of the Kurchatov synchrotron radiation source. Some of the results obtained were also reported at the RSNE-2003.

The papers submitted to the RSNE-2003 allow one to state that a large number of institutions, research centers, and industrial enterprises continue successfully functioning in Russia and other independent states of the ex-Soviet Union. Performing joint studies, these centers form a powerful scientific–technological complex providing the synthesis and investigation of new materials for modern industry. No doubt, most of the presentations of the RSNE-2003 met the latest scientific standards, created, to a large extent, due to the efforts of Russian scientists. Analysis of the proceedings of the four previous conferences (RSNE-1997, RSNE-1999, RSNE-2001, and RSNE-2003) showed the broadened spectrum of interests and a considerably increased number of young participants. For two years passed since the previous Conference, a considerable progress has been achieved in the development of new methods and technologies for synthesis of materials with the preset properties, further elaboration of methods of their structural studies, especially, of those based on the use of synchrotron radiation. The study of the effect of external fields and radiations of various origins on the physical properties and technological characteristics of materials opened new vistas for their practical applications. Today, materials science also considers new objects and develops a new technological characteristic of materials opened new vistas for their practical applications research field – biological and bioorganic materials science. Considerable progress has also been achieved in the use of organic molecules and biological structures in various nanodimensional systems. The application of X-ray, neutrons, and electron diffraction analysis to molecular biology gives rise to numerous interesting ideas and concepts in biological engineering and technology.

The systematic RSNE Conferences held with the participation of outstanding foreign scientists would promote further integration of the Russian research into the international science.

 

2002-2003

According to the list of SIG activities:

  1. SIG is to carry on cooperation with IUCr commissions and organizes schools for young scientists.

International Union of Crystallography jointly with Russian National Committee for Crystallography (SIG “Diffraction physics and optics of ECA) and Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography RAS has organized Euro-Summer School “Electron crystallography on solid state inorganic materials and nanostructures”.

Our SIG dealing mainly with x-ray diffraction is deeply interested in collaboration with scientists who specialize in other diffraction techniques (electron, neutron diffraction) as we have very much in common in theoretical approaches and experimental methods. It is well know, that electron and x-ray diffraction are complementary techniques adding each other in the part of the derivable structural – physical information and allowing fully characterize the crystal structure and its relation with physical properties.

 

  1. SIG organizes MS and plenary talks at ECM.

SIG organizes MS “High resolution x-ray diffraction at new European SR sources” at Durban ECM-21.

Special meeting for discussion about SIG activity and preparation for ECM-21 was organized in Moscow on the base of Institute of Crystallography.

Participants:

Prof. B.Capelle – SIG co chair (France)

Prof. Yves Epelboin – one of SIG founding members (France)

Prof. M.Kovalchuk – SIG co chair (Russia)

Prof. S.Zheludeva – SIG secretary (Russia)

Attached you will find report file:

Euro-Summer School MS “High resolution x-ray diffraction at new European SR sources” at ECM-21.

2001-2002

from S.Zheludeva
16 June 2002.

Report on the activities of the Diffraction Physics and Optics SIG (DPOSIG)

The present report covers SIG’s activity starting from ECM 20 in Krakow 2001up to IUCr XIX in Geneva 2002. SIG has organized “Diffraction physics” MS in Krakow which covered the problems of x-ray imaging, coherence of x-ray beams, refraction and absorption in x-ray dynamical diffraction, ets.
One of the main objectives of the SIG is the promotion and organization of specialized meetings connected with diffraction physics and optics or with other subjects, which involve the application of diffraction physics. The following events have been organized

  1. MS “Diffraction physics” at ECM-20.
  2. Seminar “Russian-German laboratory at BESSY-II (Berlin)”, Moscow, Institute of Crystallography RAS, March, 12, 2002.
    Last years the Russian-German co-operation in the field of application of Synchrotron radiation was strongly stimulated by the two-sides efforts aiming at the implementation of the Russian-German Laboratory at BESSY. The proposal to build up the Laboratory came up in 1994 as the result of a long-standing co-operation between scientists from the physics departments of the Freie Universität Berlin and the St.-Petersburg State University. A scientific case of the installation was worked out in collaboration with specialists of BESSY, the Technische Universität Dresden, and the Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography on the basis of research projects for tentative experiments collected from more than 40 Russian scientific groups and institutions. Further discussion and evaluation of the proposal during the Russian-German Workshops (1995 in Berlin and 1997 in St.-Petersburg) resulted in a conclusion that the experimental equipment should include a high resolution beamline operating in the soft photon-energy range dedicated to photoemission and photoabsorption studies of solids and gases and a high resolution hard x-ray diffraction/scattering beamline dedicated to structural studies of solids. It was decided, however, that, first, the soft x-ray beamline should be implemented. Later on, depending on achievements of the ongoing co-operation, possibilities of setting up of the hard x-ray beamline have to be considered. The start of the project was made possible by a substantial donation from the “Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin” to the Freie Universität Berlin as well as detailed design studies, which were financially supported by the Bundesministerium fĂźr Bildung und Forschung. Shortly after, the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation agreed also to finance some essential parts of the beamline. In October 2001 the implementation of the soft x-ray Russian-German beamline was successfully accomplished. The following commissioning reveals the stable superior performance of the beamline providing excellent conditions to perform photoemission and photoabsorption experiments with solids and gases both in the fields of fundamental and material sciences. Currently the Russian-German beamline is ready for the scheduled user operation that begins in April 2002.
  3. Russian-Italian workshop, Moscow, Institute of Crystallography RAS RAS, December 6 – 8, 2001.
    Italian and Russian contribution to the research studies in bioelectronics and molecular engineering have included in the recent past a large number of applications and fundamental investigations. This tradition can stimulate today further cooperative progress in the new frontiers of proteomics, nanobiotechnology and synchrotron radiation at the crossing of life and physical sciences for a new industrial revolution.With this aim the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Scientific Attache Office of the Italian Embassy in Moscow and with the fundamental contribution of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Industry Science and Technologies of Russian Federation, promoted this specific Workshop where scientists of the two countries can meet together and establish the lines and the joint scientific projects of future cooperation.
  4. International Seminar on Protein Crystallization.Moscow, Institute of Crystallography RAS RAS, December 6 – 8, 2001

    M.Kovalchuk, S.Zheludeva