POSTPONED - Workshops on Quasielastic Neutron Scattering and Inelastic Neutron Spectrometers QENS/WINS 2020

Workshops

When

2020/06/08 - 2020/06/12

Place

Miramar Palace, Donostia-San Sebastián

Organizers

Arantxa Arbe and Juan Colmenero

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The current crisis of Covid19 is forcing us to postpone our meeting to May 17-21, 2021.

The joint celebration QENS/WINS 2020 will constitute the 14th Edition of the QENS series and the 9th of the WINS workshops.

QENS 2020

Following the spirit of QENS Conferences since 1992, the main purpose of QENS 2020 is to cover the broad spectrum of scientific activities related with the investigation of material dynamics using quasi-elastic neutron scattering techniques (accessing both, frequency and time domains). QENS 2020 will offer a platform for discussion and exchange of scientific ideas among the experts in this field, and a general overview to newcomers about the capabilities of QENS in exploring atomic and molecular motions and relaxation processes of novel materials. As a novelty, this QENS Edition will explore and exploit the potential synergies between different methods (including experimental techniques and simulations, but always with QENS in the spotlight), in order to face diverse scientific challenges emerging in different research fields.

The following scientific topics will be covered:

- Dynamics of liquids in different environments and under confinement
- Dynamics of polymers in bulk, blends, gels, membranes, films, composites etc. at different length scales
- Function/dynamics relation in biological and bio-related systems
- Role of dynamics in systems of medical relevance
- Transport mechanisms in energy-related materials
- Dynamical processes in soft matter, including liquid crystals, self-assembled materials, colloids, etc.
- Dynamics of novel materials for industrial applications
- Relaxation phenomena involved in the glass transition
- Lattice dynamics and Spin dynamics of magnetic systems

Complementarity with the following methods will be explored:

Experimental techniques:

- Spectroscopic and relaxation techniques like e. g., dielectric spectroscopy, NMR, rheology, calorimetry, etc
- Other scattering techniques providing dynamic and/or complementary structural information, like e. g., dynamic light scattering, Brillouin scattering, X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy, diffraction, small angle scattering…

Simulations and Theory:

- Molecular Dynamics Simulations, including fully atomistic and coarse-grained models
- Monte-Carlo simulations
- DFT, Analytical methods, …

WINS 2020

WINS2020 --the 9th Workshop on Inelastic Neutron Spectrometers– will cover innovative aspects of neutron instrument design. Progresses on new spectrometer projects will be presented. As in previous editions, the theme of “New idea, New concept, New design, New instrumentation for New sciences” will be followed. New developments in the application of polarization analysis, magnetic field, pressure, or improvements in sample environments for soft matter systems will be covered. Software for data acquisition, analysis and instrument simulation will be also part of the program. In analogy with the spirit of QENS 2020, the synergy with complementary methods –in this case mainly with advanced simulations and extensive Monte Carlo simulations—will be emphasized.

The workshop will consider:

- New ideas, new concepts and new designs for neutron spectrometers
- Novel devices, detectors and sample environments: polarization, magnetic field, pressure, soft matter environments
- Software for data acquisition and analysis
- Complementary computer methods for instrument simulation

More information is available on the workshop web page: http://qens-wins2020.dipc.org/