9:00 – 9:15

Introduction (Paola, Lodovico, John)

9:15 – 10:15

Polymorphism: from Basics to Ramifications (Herbstein)

10:15 – 11:15

What is Electron Crystallography ? (Zou)

C O F F E E   B R E A K

11:45 – 12:35

Image formation in the electron microscope (Spence)

L U N C H

14:30 – 15:20

Introduction to electron diffraction (Morniroli)

15:20 – 16:10

The phase-problem and ways to solve it (Weirich)

C O F F E E   B R E A K

16:40 – 17:25

D1 – Introduction to PROCESS DIFFRACTION (Labar)

17:25 – 18:10

D2 – The MSLS program (Jansen)

18:10 – 18:55

Students Corner

9:00 – 9:50

Extracting phases and amplitudes from HREM and ED (Zou)

9:50 – 10:40

Electron diffraction structure analysis – Part 1 (Klechkovskaya)

C O F F E E   B R E A K

11:00 – 11:50

Solving and refining crystal structures (Gilmore)

11:50 – 12:40

Analysis of local structure and bonding by electron energy-loss spectroscopy (Mayer)

L U N C H

14:30 – 15:15

Symmetry determination by Electron Diffraction (Morniroli)

15:15 – 16:00

D3  – Introduction to CRISP (Zou)

C O F F E E   B R E A K

16:30 – 19:00

Lab sessions L1, L2, L3

9:00 – 9:50

Crystal structure determination by image deconvolution and resolution enhancement (Jiang)

9:50 – 10:40

Electron diffraction structure analysis (EDSA) of thin polycrystalline films – Part 2 (Avilov)

C O F F E E   B R E A K

11:00 – 11:50

Exploiting sub-angstrom abilities: what advantages do different TEM techniques offer ? (Kisielowski)

11:50 – 12:40

Electron Crystallography on beam sensitive materials. Part I (Tsuji)

L U N C H

14:30 – 15:15

D4 – Introduction to ELD / direct methods software (Zou / Weirich)

15:15 – 16:00

D5 – The TRUE IMAGE Package (Kuebel)

C O F F E E   B R E A K

16:30 – 19:00

Lab sessions L1, L2, L3

9:00 – 9:50

Structure of nanocrystalline materials and thin-films evaluated by electron powder diffraction (Labar)

9:50 – 10:40

Electron diffraction and diffractive imaging from organics (Spence)

C O F F E E   B R E A K

11:00 – 11:50

Structure of zeolites determined by electron diffraction and
high-resolution electron microscopy  Part 1 (Terasaki)

L U N C H

14:30 – 15:15

D6  – Texture Patterns (Oleynikov)

15:15 – 16:00

D7 – Introduction to the ELECTRON DIFFRACTION program (Morniroli)        

C O F F E E   B R E A K

16:30 – 19:00

Lab sessions L1, L2, L3

9:00 – 9:50

Polymorphism and electron diffraction (Kolb)

9:50 – 10:40

Symmetry aspects (Hargittai)

C O F F E E   B R E A K

11:00 – 12:00

Poster presentation – Part 1

12:30 – 20:00

Excursion : Greek Archaeology or, as an alternative, Sandy Beach San Vito lo Capo

9:00 – 9:50

Electron diffractometry in TEM – new instrumentation and method (Nicolopoulos)

9:50 – 10:40

Structure of zeolites determined by electron diffraction and
high-resolution electron microscopy  Part 2 (Terasaki)

L U N C H

14:30 – 15:15

D8 – Similation of Electron Diffraction images and diffraction patterns (Zuo)

15:15 – 16:00

Students Corner

C O F F E E   B R E A K

16:30 – 19:00

Lab sessions L4, L5, L6

9:00 – 9:50

Determination of accurate lattice parameters and charge densities by CBED (Zuo)

9:50 – 10:40

Electron crystallography on beam sensitive materials – Part 2 (Tsuji)

C O F F E E   B R E A K

11:00 – 11:50

Electron and x-rays diffraction compared: prospects for the future (Spence)

11:50 – 12:40

Analysis of local structure and bonding by electron energy-loss spectroscopy EELS (Mayer)

L U N C H

14:30 – 15:15

Symmetry in real and reciprocal space (Hovmoller)

15:15 – 16:00

D9 – Visual computing in Electron Crystallography VEC (Jiang)

C O F F E E   B R E A K

16:30 – 19:00

Lab sessions L4, L5, L6

9:00 – 9:50

Solving crystal structure by maximum entropy (Gilmore)

9:50 – 10:40

Quantitative EDSA for determining the electrostatic potential and chemical bonding in crystals (Avilov)

C O F F E E   B R E A K

11:00 – 11:50

Gas-phase electron diffraction (Hargittai)

11:50 – 12:40

D10 – The Cerius2/Materials Studio package (Kolb)

L U N C H

14:30 – 16:00

Lab session L7

16:15 – 24:00

Celebration: 30 Years of Crystallography in Erice 

9:00 – 9:50

Quasi-automatic solving and refining structures from selected area electron diffraction (Weirich)

9:50 – 10:40

Phase identification by combining local composition from EDX with information on possible structures from diffraction databases (Labar)

C O F F E E   B R E A K

11:00 – 11:50

Electron crystallography in mineralogy and materials science (Nihtianova)

11:50 – 12:40

D11 – Evaluation of EELS spectra (Mayer

L U N C H

14:30 – 15:15

D12 – The Moscow electron diffractometry package (Avilov)

15:15 – 16:00

Students Corner

C O F F E E   B R E A K

16:30 – 19:00

Lab sessions L4, L5, L6

9:00 – 9:50

Structural investigations of nanocrystalline materials by TEM (Tonejc)

9:50 – 10:40

New insights into the nanoworld of functional materials (Cox)

C O F F E E   B R E A K

11:00 – 11:50

3D reconstruction of inorganic crystals: theory and applications (Zou)

11:50 – 12:40

Characterisation of catalysts by TEM (Wang)

L U N C H

14:30 – 15:20

Structure validation in electron crystallography (Weirich)

15:20 – 16:30

Hot topics – problems brought up by the participants

C O F F E E   B R E A K

17:00 – 17:30

Closing remarks

 = joint events with 35th Course participants