The study of soft matter, which includes varied topics such as polymers, glasses, colloids and biology, is an increasingly important area because of its broad impact in our daily lives. This active field of research requires the application of a variety of experimental techniques to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the underlying physical processes that drive the complex structural and dynamical behavior in soft matter. Neutron scattering techniques are excellently suited for helping learn how the interplay between the structure and dynamics in these systems gives rise to their properties.
The Juelich Center for Neutron Science and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory are pleased to announce the " Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy for the Investigation of Structure and Dynamics of Soft Matter" workshop. The workshop, which will be held July 29-31, 2014 at the Spallation Neutron Source of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will provide PhD students and postdoctoral researchers an introduction to the use of Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy and Small-Angle Neutron Scattering in the study of soft matter. Attendees will be presented with an overview of the technique by instrument scientists from JCNS and ORNL. Leading scientists using NSE and SANS will present examples from their research to provide attendees with real world applications of the techniques to specific scientific problems. Staff from the Neutron Sciences User office will introduce the access process and the Integrated Proposal Tracking System. Instrument Scientists from JCNS, SNS and HFIR will provide tours of the facilities and instruments to familiarize the attendees with the instruments. Attendance is limited to 32 people and preference will be given to individuals who have specific problems that they wish to solve.
For more information and to register, please visit https://neutrons.ornl.gov/conf/nse-sans2014/index.shtml.
Scholarships for attendance are available from:
Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences for those attendees from EPSCOR states (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands). For details, please visit http://jins.tennessee.edu/epscor/index.html for the application form and contact Hope Moore at hmoore2@utk.edu.
· The ORAU Travel Grants Program provides up to $800 to facilitate travel by a faculty member from an ORAU Sponsoring or Associate Institution or Branch Campus. Visits can be to collaborate with researchers at ORNL, Y-12, ORAU laboratories or work sites, or another ORAU institution. To apply, visit the ORAU Members Universities page, find your school, and contact your member councilor, who can submit a proposal for travel funding to the ORAU University Partnerships Office through the Members Only section of that site.