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FLEXON Workshop 1: Spatio-temporal Characterization of Quantum Materials
A challenging aspect of rationally designing functional materials is to understand the impact of a wide range of characteristic spatial and temporal scales on stabilizing novel quantum phases of matter. Commonly used mean field approaches often provide reasonable results for static properties at macroscopic length scales, however, it does not provide the requisite fundamental insight into the important processes governing deviations from these averages. Such fluctuations are critically important, particularly for multi-component systems, and in the proximity of critical points where electronic and magnetic phase separation take place.
A challenging aspect of rationally designing functional materials is to understand the impact of a wide range of characteristic spatial and temporal scales on stabilizing novel quantum phases of matter. Commonly used mean field approaches often provide reasonable results for static properties at macroscopic length scales, however, it does not provide the requisite fundamental insight into the important processes governing deviations from these averages. Such fluctuations are critically important, particularly for multi-component systems, and in the proximity of critical points where electronic and magnetic phase separation take place.
To study how nanoscale electronic and magnetic fluctuations and their associated novel excitations can give rise to mesoscopic charge and spin textures that profoundly influence material properties, a new beamline - FLEXON (FLuctuation and EXcitation of Orders in the Nanoscale) will be built at the ALSU. FLEXON is a high brightness coherent soft X-ray beamline for probing roles of heterogeneity in quantum material. The beamline will have two dedicated endstations; 1. XPCS to study fluctuation and dynamics and, 2. Reflection Imaging to image and study heterogeneities. In this workshop we will bring experts to discuss transformative possibilities enabled by the FLEXON beamline.
To study how nanoscale electronic and magnetic fluctuations and their associated novel excitations can give rise to mesoscopic charge and spin textures that profoundly influence material properties, a new beamline - FLEXON (FLuctuation and EXcitation of Orders in the Nanoscale) will be built at the ALSU. FLEXON is a high brightness coherent soft X-ray beamline for probing roles of heterogeneity in quantum material. The beamline will have two dedicated endstations; 1. XPCS to study fluctuation and dynamics and, 2. Reflection Imaging to image and study heterogeneities. In this workshop we will bring experts to discuss transformative possibilities enabled by the FLEXON beamline.
Discussions will focus on upgrading the XPCS endstation and creating a roadmap towards developing a new imaging endstation. The workshop will foster collaboration and pave ways for outreach to new users who might be interested in complementary scattering and imaging techniques to study quantum materials.
Discussions will focus on upgrading the XPCS endstation and creating a roadmap towards developing a new imaging endstation. The workshop will foster collaboration and pave ways for outreach to new users who might be interested in complementary scattering and imaging techniques to study quantum materials.
Getting Here
Getting Here
The workshop will be held at the Advanced Light Source,
Building 15 room 253.
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Event Organizers
Event Organizers
Sujoy Roy
Sujoy Roy
Staff Scientist, Program Lead, Scattering, Photon Science Operations, Advanced Light Source, Berkeley Lab
Sophie Morley
Sophie Morley
Research Scientist, Scattering, Photon Science Operations, Advanced Light Source, Berkeley Lab
Padraic Shafer
Padraic Shafer
Staff Scientist, Program Lead, Dichroism, Photon Science Operations, Advanced Light Source, Berkeley Lab
Riccardo Comin
Riccardo Comin
Associate Professor of Physics, Comin Photon Scattering Lab, MIT
Roopali Kukreja
Roopali Kukreja
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UC Davis
Yayoi Takamura
Yayoi Takamura
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UC Davis
Andrea Taylor
Andrea Taylor
Senior Adminstrator, Advanced Light Source, Berkeley Lab
Angela Setiadi
Angela Setiadi
Adminstrator, Advanced Light Source, Berkeley Lab
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