Advanced Topics in Cs-corrected STEM and Spectroscopy: Theory meets Experiment

29 June - 4 July 2018

at SciTech Daresbury Campus, UK

Building on the established series of schools and workshops held at SuperSTEM every two years, this years school is going beyond the typical syllabus of introductory courses.

Following recent advances in instrumentation, this year's school will address advanced topics in Cs-corrected STEM and spectroscopy techniques and introduce theoretical methodologies & computational tools necessary to rationalise and simulate experimental findings.

The lectures are intended for PhD students, post-doctoral researchers as well as academics and professionals that have an existing background in electron microscopy or relevant theoretical background.

Topics covered:

• principles of aberration diagnosis & correction
• advanced imaging theory
• EELS & EDX spectroscopy
• quantitative image analysis and simulations
• Introduction to DFT and band structure calculations.

The lectures will be complemented by practicals in small groups, including hands on operation of the SuperSTEM instruments and introduction Band Structure and Spectra Calculations by the SPR-KKR Method.

The school program includes a scientific poster session. Participants are encouraged to bring a poster and present some of their work.

The SuperSTEM Summer School was made possible in part through the generous support of the RMS,EMS, Nion Co. , Hitachi, Bruker, STFC and EPSRC

Application: from 15/02/2018 until 09/04/2018

In order to provide to all the school participants real hands-on experience on the instruments and the computing practicals, the number of places available for this year's summer school is limited.

Should these fill up too quickly, as in previous years, we may have to select applicants based on merit and their need for advanced training in aberration-corrected STEM and theory.

We therefore kindly ask that along with your application, you provide us with a short CV, a short cover letter and for PhD students a letter of support to help us in this process. The details of how you can upload these accompanying documents will be provided in the acknowledgement screen after the submission of the application form. Once both your application form and accompanying documents have been received, we will send you a confirmation e-mail.

Accommodation:

The participants are free to arrange their own accommodation for the duration of the summer school of course. In this case, though, they would also have to arrange transport between their hotel (if different to the Village Hotel) and the campus. Please note, local bus transport is limited (and no Sunday service), see bus travel below.

Please indicate in your application whether you intend to make use of the group booking and whether you have any preference with whom to share a room.

Travel:

Car

For SciTech Daresbury campus and the Village Hotel in Warrington take junction 11 on the M56 and follow the A56 towards Warrington. Daresbury village is about 5 miles from Warrington and Runcorn, the two largest towns in the locality.

Train

To Warrington: there are two railway stations Warrington Bank Quay and Warrington Central, which together provide many inter-city train connections. Taxi services to Daresbury campus are available in front of both stations and cost ~ £10.

There is also a bus service (X30), from the nearby Warrington bus station, which runs every hour to the Daresbury Ring O'Bells pub, a short walk from SuperSTEM.

To Runcorn: Runcorn Station is on the Liverpool - London Euston line and you can take a taxi to either the hotel or SuperSTEM.

For more details about train connections, consult the National Rail Enquiries webpage

Bus

Arriva (X30), runs every hour until 5pm and links Warrington bus station and the Daresbury Ring O'Bells pub , a short walk from SuperSTEM.

Halton Transport 62A runs hourly between 7:25 and 9:25 in the mornings and between 16:21 and 19:11 in the evenings and links Warrington and the Daresbury campus.

Airplane

SuperSTEM is conveniently located in a short distance of two international airports: Manchester International Airport (most major airlines, as well as several low cost airlines) and Liverpool John Lennon Airport (mainly low cost airlines). Both are located ~30mins by car from the laboratory.

Taxi (about £27 from either airport when booked in advance) and train services (to Warrington Central) are also available from both airports.

If you are travelling to any of the London airports the easiest way to reach Daresbury is to take the train to either Warrington Bank Quay or Runcorn stations from London Euston (~ 2 hours journey). To get to Euston station you may use the London Underground or express trains to Central London (Paddington/Victoria train stations from Heathrow/Gatwick airports, respectively).