X-Rays in Materials 2012

Foreword

The department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, University Cheikh Anta Diop, in collaboration with the University of Trento, Italy, following the success of the second African School and Workshop on X-rays in Materials, held in Dakar, in January 2009, organizes the third edition of such school-workshop.

Aims

promoting the scientific cooperation between African researchers in the material science area
introducing the principal techniques of structural investigation of materials using X-rays, with particular attention to X-ray diffraction from powders and X-ray scattering from non-crystalline materials
training young researchers by means of practical exercises of x-ray powder diffraction measurements and data analysis on computer
presenting the actual research advances on material characterisation using advanced X-ray techniques.

Topics

Basic crystallography
Interaction of X-rays with matter
X-ray sources and instrumentation
X-ray powder diffraction
X-ray scattering from non-crystalline system
Applications of X-ray diffraction to Material Science
Other techniques: X-ray diffusion; X-ray absorption and photemission spectroscopies and their application to Material Science

International Advisory Committee

Gilberto Artioli, University of Padova, Italy
Alastair N. Cormak Alfred University, Usa
Karimat El-Sayed Ain-Shams University, Egypt
Paolo Fornasini, University of Trento, Italy
Pierre Lagarde, SOLEIL, Paris, France
Silvano Lizzit, Elettra Trieste, Italy
Takafumi Miyanaga, University of Hirosaki, Japan
Settimio Mobilio University Roma 3 Italy
Francesco Rocca, IFN-CNR and FBK, Trento, Italy
Paolo Scardi, University of Trento, Italy
Adrian Wright, Reading University, UK

Local Organizing Committee

Chairman: Djibril Diop
Members: Aboubaker C. Bèye, Issakha Youm, Ahmadou Wagué, Arame B. Faye, Coumba Thiandoume, Abdou Ciss Wade, Bridinette Thiodjio Sendja, Ibrahima Diouf

Technical and Scientific Assistant

Roberto Graziola, University of Trento, Italy