Sino-German Forum on Neutron Scattering in Engineering Materials & Tutorial on Neutron Whole Diffraction Profile Fitting
This forum and course, jointly funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the German Research Foundation (DFG) under the Sino-German "Mobility Programme," focuses on bilateral academic exchanges between the engineering materials diffractometer teams of the MLZ Neutron Source in Germany and the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS). It is scheduled to be held in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, from September 14 to 18, 2026.
Neutron scattering, as one of the key technologies for non-destructive characterization, can resolve the internal atomic structure and residual stress of engineering materials, and is widely used in the research and development of advanced materials in aerospace, rail transportation metals, energy storage, superconductivity, etc. MLZ in Germany is a world-leading high-flux neutron research platform, while the CSNS is the first pulsed spallation neutron source in China. Both institutions have long time cooperations on residual stress measurement and it’s standardization, instrumentations, data analysis, and regular academic seminars to train young researchers.
The event consists of two sessions. The first is the Sino-German Expert Forum, bringing together distinguished experts from MLZ Research Center (Germany), Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary) and the China Spallation Neutron Source. Participants will exchange insights on the applications of various neutron techniques in engineering materials and discuss long-term multi-disciplinary and multi-level Sino-German cooperation frameworks for the future.
The second is a dedicated training course on neutron full diffraction profile fitting, lectured by Prof. Tamás Ungár and Gábor Ribárik, the originators of the CMWP method. The lectures will systematically elaborate theoretical models of diffraction peak profiles and crystal defects, paired with one-on-one hands-on software training using measured neutron diffraction datasets, delivering practical tutorials for quantitative characterization of microstructural defects in metallic materials, such as dislocations, stacking faults and twins.
Contact:
For enquiries about the workshop, please contact us with the emails below:
yujy@ihep.ac.cn
changjr@ihep.ac.cn
