Tutorial Sessions

Monday, April 22
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
PCC North, 100 Level, Room 126 A

Leading researchers from the U.S. DOE will present lectures on the neutron and x-ray facilities, characteristics of the sources and related beamlines, principles of scattering and spectroscopy, data processing and modeling, and topics on applications to a variety of scientific subjects.

Monday, April 22
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
PCC North, 100 Level, Room 126 C

This tutorial will provide a comprehensive overview of molecular self-assembly and liquid crystallinity in organic electronics.

Monday, April 22
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
PCC North, 100 Level, Room 127 A

The tutorial highlights strategies that address challenges in plasmonics and metamaterials, spanning novel synthetic methods, advanced nanostructure characterization, and ultimate integration into diverse areas such as energy conversion, flat optical components and nanoscale optoelectronic devices.

Monday, April 22
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
PCC North, 100 Level, Room 126 B

This tutorial focuses on the fundamentals and applications of several advanced characterization techniques to understand the atomic and electronic structures of energy materials, especially batteries and electrocatalysts.

Monday, April 22
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
PCC North, 100 Level, Room 122 C

The morning session will cover Fundamentals of Density-Functional Theory and the afternoon session will cover Quantum Chemistry in Continuum Environments.

Monday, April 22
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
PCC North, 100 Level, Room 123

This tutorial will introduce approaches and tools for quantifying not only the technological performance impacts of selecting specific materials and processes, but also their economic, environmental, societal and human health impacts.

Monday, April 22
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
PCC North, 100 Level, Room 132 B

This tutorial is intended for young researchers who are active in the field of thin-film solar cells and would like to learn the fundamentals of characterization methods that are being used in research and development of these materials and devices.

Monday, April 22
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
PCC North, 100 Level, Room 132 C

The tutorial will include two sections: Nanogenerators—From Sustainable Power Source to Self-Powered Systems and Piezotronics, Piezo-Photonics and Piezo-Phototronics—From Electrochemical Catalyst to 2D Materials.

Monday, April 22
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
PCC North, 100 Level, Room 128 B

This tutorial will review the recent developments in the rapidly growing field of defects and magnetic properties of a broad spectrum of 2D materials through a combination of theoretical and sensitive experimental approaches, and will immensely benefit scientists at all levels.

Monday, April 22
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
PCC North, 100 Level, Room 124 A

The tutorial will give an overview of some unresolved theoretical and experimental problems in the field of nanoscale thermal transport.

Monday, April 22
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
PCC North, 100 Level, Room 124 B

This two-part (theoretical and experimental) afternoon tutorial will dive into topics related to (1) lattice dynamics and phonon thermal transport calculations and (2) measurements of thermal transport that inform our understanding of underlying phonon behaviors.

Monday, April 22
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
PCC North, 100 Level, Room 127 C

In this tutorial, we will cover various aspects of quantum behavior of oxides. The tutorial will focus on the transport properties and electronic structures of quantum oxide materials, and novel imaging techniques and theoretical approaches for characterization of the materials.