Symposium CCC: Local Probing Techniques and In-Situ Measurements in Materials Science

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Local Probing Techniques and In-Situ Measurements in Materials Science

The grand challenges of the clean-energy future require new breakthroughs in materials and systems in which precision measurement techniques, particularly nondestructive, real time, in situ, and local probing techniques, will play a critical role.  Those new emerging characterization tech-niques will help reveal the microscopic mechanisms underpinning the performance and lifetime of energy-storage and conversion systems.

This symposium is devoted to disseminating original research in applying local probing techniques and in situ measurements to materials discov-ery, in general, and to energy systems optimization, safety analysis, failure diagnosis, and lifetime prediction, in particular.  The symposium will showcase the revelation of structures and properties of materials using in situ scanning probe, microscopy, spectroscopy, tomography, scattering, activation, and radiation measurements.

It is the goal of this symposium to bring together experts from materials science, advanced characterization techniques, theoretical community, and industry interested in the development of experimental techniques capable of addressing fundamental mechanisms in materials synthesis, process, and applications.  In addition to providing a platform for discussing state-of-the-art local and in-situ characterization methods, this symposium will help in formulating the outstanding research needs, grand challenges, applications, and development pathway for this rapidly emerging field.

Session topics will include:

  • In situ scanning probe, microscopy, spectroscopy, tomography, and electromechanical methods
  • In situ scattering, activation, and radiation methods
  • Theories, simulations, and modeling in conjunction with local measurements
  • New instruments and new data visualization, analysis, mining, and modeling tools
  • Recent advances in characterization techniques for energy-storage systems
  • Micro-Raman and NSOM imaging of energy-related materials
  • Techniques for high-resolution measurements in ambient and UHV conditions
  • In-situ-measurement-assisted systems optimization, safety analysis, failure diagnosis, and lifetime prediction

Invited speakers (tentative) include:

Daniel Abraham and Mali Balasubramanian (Argonne National Lab), Steven Burrato (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara), Yan Gao (GE Global Research), David Ginger (Univ. of Washington), Tsukasa Hirayama (Japan Fine Ceramics Ctr.), Jianyu Huang (Sandia National Labs), Sergei Kalinin (Oak Ridge National Lab), Robert Kostecki (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab), Hiroshi Onishi (Kobe Univ., Japan), Jon Owejan (General Motors), Sascha Sadewasser (Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany), Yang Shao-Horn (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), Christopher Soles (National Inst. of Standards and Technology), Chongmin Wang (Pacific Northwest National Lab).

Symposium Organizers

Nina Balke
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The Center for Nanophase Materials Science
1 Bethel Valley Rd.
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6487
Tel 865-241-5470
balken@ornl.gov 

Howard Wang
State University of New York, Binghamton
Institute for Materials Research and Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
P. O. Box 6000
Binghamton NY 13902
Tel 607-777-3743, Fax 607-777-4620
wangh@binghamton.edu 

Job Rijssenbeek
GE Global Research
CEB 109
One Research Circle
Niskayuna, NY 12309
Tel 518-387-5335, Fax 518-387-5595
rijssenb@research.ge.com 

Thilo Glatzel
University of Basel
Dept. of Physics
Klingelbergstr. 82
CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
Tel 41-61-267-3730
thilo.glatzel@unibas.ch 

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