1st Day
Monday 1 June
09:00 – 09:30
Registration and refreshment
09:45 – 10:45
Synchrotron radiation (SR) and 4th generation SR machine
Professor Chiu Tang
Chairperson: Professor Benedict Lo
10:45 – 11:45
SR instrumentation and beamline designs
Professor Chiu Tang
Chairperson: Professor Benedict Lo
13:30 – 14:30
X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS)
Professor Chunzhen Yang
Chairperson: Professor Yung-Kang Peng
14:30 – 15:30
Data processing and analysis of XAS data / advanced materials research I (nanomaterials and nanocatalysts)
Professor Molly Li
Chairperson: Professor Yung-Kang Peng
16:00 – 17:00
SR X-ray pair distribution function (XPDF)
Dr Anna Herlihy
Chairperson: Professor Benedict Lo
17:00 – 18:00
Tutorial 1: XPDF measurements and data analysis
2nd Day
Tuesday 2 June (SR and complementary techniques)
09:30 – 10:30
Crystallography and fundamentals of X-ray scattering and diffraction I
Dr Cong Lin
Chairperson: Dr Guangchao Li
10:30 – 11:30
Hard X-Ray nanoprobe
Dr Julia Parker
Chairperson: Dr Guangchao Li
13:30 – 14:30
Crystallography and fundamentals of X-ray scattering and diffraction II
Professor Junliang Sun
Chairperson: Dr Cong Lin
14:30 – 15:30
PXRD and 3DED for structure determination
Professor Junliang Sun
Chairperson: Dr Cong Lin
16:00 – 17:00
Industrial applications using synchrotron radiation
Dr Leigh Conner
Chairperson: Professor Chiu Tang
18:00 – 19:30
Dinner and night tour in Hong Kong
3rd Day
Wednesday 3 June (SR, neutron techniques and research)
09:30 – 10:30
X-ray imaging
Professor Chunzhen Yang
Chairperson: Dr Julia Parker
10:30 – 11:30
Introduction to neutron scattering and methods
Professor Xin Tong
Chairperson: Dr Julia Parker
13:30 – 14:30
Advanced materials research II (neutron applications)
Professor Xin Tong
Chairperson: Dr Leigh Conner
14:30 – 15:30
Tutorial 2: How to access SR facilities; choice of beamlines and do’s and don’ts in beamtime application
Professor Chiu Tang
Dr Julia Parker
Dr Leigh Conner
16:00 – 17:00
Tutorial 3: Data treatments for X-ray absorption
Dr Ruiqi Chen
Dr Biyun Lin
4th Day
Thursday 4 June (Research and travelling)
08:45 – 09:45
Advanced materials research III (MOFs)
Professor Sihai Yang
Chairperson: Dr Guangchao Li
09:45 – 10:45
Tutorial 4: Data treatments for the Rietveld refinement method and Monte-Carlo simulation
Dr Tianxiang Chen
Yunong Li
12:45 – 14:15
Travelling together to HEP (Beijing, China)
5th Day
Friday 5 June (SR facility visit)
09:00 – 12:00
Introduction of SR facility and guided tour of the SR site and beamlines
