This meeting will gather existing and future users of synchrotron radiation in Switzerland to discuss perspectives of synchrotron tools for research in chemistry and materials science. The aim is to provide a forum to set an agenda for future planning and development of beamline facilities, with special focus on X-ray absorption and emission, diffraction and scattering techniques. The meeting was originally scheduled for May 8th, 2020, in Bern, but due to Covid constraints, it is planned for September 16th as a virtual meeting. The link to the meeting and further information can be provided by Radovan Cerny (radovan.cerny@unige.ch) or Rafael Abela (rafael.abela@psi.ch)
The availability of cutting-edge X-ray based methods to probe a material’s structure, at different length and time scales combined with infrastructure for in situ/operando studies, is essential to obtain fundamental insight in research relevant in chemistry and material science. SNBL and SLS beamlines provide reliable access to the state of the art tools. There is, however a need to increase the user’s participation to tailor the development of these facilities to meet the requirements that will allow addressing key scientific challenges in the next decade.
Invited speakers will present an overview and future challenges of the use of synchrotron techniques in representative scientific areas. The current and upcoming experimental infrastructure at the SNBL (at ESRF) and SLS2.0 will be presented by experts at these synchrotron facilities.
The presentations will be followed by discussions of the participants to identify key challenges, evaluate and propose strategies for the current and future X-ray based facilities and supporting infrastructure.
The conclusions of the meeting will be included in a Scientific Roadmap 2025 for synchrotron facilities for the chemistry/materials science community beyond 2024.
