{"id":10,"date":"2026-02-13T15:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecanews.org\/sig-16\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-06-30T08:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:22:12","slug":"scope-and-objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecanews.org\/sig-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Scope and objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"

The SIG 16 mission is to develop and strengthen links and interactions in the community of scientists studying condensed matter using magnetic crystallography<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The topics covered by the SIG are :<\/p>\n

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  • Magnetic crystallography tools and their development<\/b>\/implementation<\/li>\n
  • General use of magnetic crystallography<\/b>\n
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    • magnetic compounds, including\u00a0magnetic perovskites,\u00a0\u00a0magnetic functional materials,\u00a0molecular magnets, altermagnets<\/em><\/li>\n
    • magnetic ordering,\u00a0 magnetic phase transitions,\u00a0complex magnetic structures (incommensurate and quasiperiodic)<\/em><\/li>\n
    • co-representations, spin space groups and their applications, including altermagnetism<\/em><\/li>\n
    • any field where symmetry is a key element to the understanding of properties<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • A<\/b>d-hoc techniques<\/b>, such as non-polarized and polarized neutron diffraction, or resonant X-ray diffraction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Its main scopes and activities cover several aspects, such as :<\/p>\n

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      • Contribution to the promotion<\/b> of magnetic crystallography in the research community (development and usage of tools for magnetic symmetry determination)<\/li>\n
      • Promotion of the common magCIF<\/b> standard (\u201cgood practice\u201d)<\/li>\n
      • Promotion of a magnetic structure database<\/b> built on the sharing of magCIF files<\/li>\n
      • Support<\/b> for symposia and microsymposia on magnetic crystallography related topics in workshops and conferences<\/li>\n
      • Collaboration<\/b> and joint actions with other SIGs to enlarge the impact of magnetic crystallography within the European community<\/li>\n
      • Sponsorship<\/b> of schools and satellite meetings<\/li>\n
      • Elaboration of teaching materials<\/b>, such as tutorials and lectures<\/li>\n
      • Promotion<\/b> of pertinent publications in IUCr journals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        The SIG 16 mission is to develop and strengthen links and interactions in the community of scientists studying condensed matter using magnetic crystallography. The topics covered by the SIG are : Magnetic crystallography tools and their development\/implementation General use of magnetic crystallography magnetic compounds, including\u00a0magnetic perovskites,\u00a0\u00a0magnetic functional materials,\u00a0molecular magnets, altermagnets magnetic ordering,\u00a0 magnetic phase transitions,\u00a0complex […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1099,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecanews.org\/sig-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecanews.org\/sig-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecanews.org\/sig-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecanews.org\/sig-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1099"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecanews.org\/sig-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/ecanews.org\/sig-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120,"href":"https:\/\/ecanews.org\/sig-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecanews.org\/sig-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}