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<p class="MsoPlainText">Dear colleagues, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The next International Conference on Polarised Neutrons for Condensed Matter Investigations (PNCMI) will be held on
<u>September 15-19, 2014 in Sydney, Australia</u> (<a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/Events/PNCMI2014">http://www.ansto.gov.au/Events/PNCMI2014</a>). The abstract submission and registration are now open.
<b><span style="color:red">The abstract submission deadline is fast approaching on May 31.</span></b> The conference is organised by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). PNCMI is the most comprehensive conference on the latest
 scientific research using polarised neutrons and on related instrumentation development. The topics include
<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Multiferroic and Chirality<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Strongly correlated electron systems, including superconductors<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Frustrated and disordered systems<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Magnetic nanomaterials<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Molecular magnetism<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Thin films and multilayers<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Soft matter and biology<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Imaging<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]>Instrumentation and methods, including nuclear polarisation, Larmor techniques, and depolarisation method<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Complementary techniques (NMR, XMCD, ...)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Neutron scattering facility reports<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">More information is available on the conference web site <a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/Events/PNCMI2014">
http://www.ansto.gov.au/Events/PNCMI2014</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">To submit an abstract, please use the template downloaded from our web site (http://www.ansto.gov.au/Events/PNCMI2014/Abstracts/index.htm) and email it to
<a href="mailto:PNCMI2014@ansto.gov.au">PNCMI2014@ansto.gov.au</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">We hope to see you in Sydney in September! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Wai Tung Hal Lee <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Chair, PNCMI 2014<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black">Organising Committee</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black">Elliott Gilbert</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black">Shane Kennedy</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black">Wai Tung Hal Lee</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black">Garry McIntyre</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black">Kirrily Rule</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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