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        pleased to announce the school dedicated to <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Diffraction on Energy
          Materials (DiffEngMat School)</b> to be held in Grenoble at
        the Institut Laue-Langevin <b>the 8 and 9 October 2018</b>. We
        invite you to visit our website </span><span lang="FR"><a
          href="https://indico.ill.fr/EnergyMaterials"><span
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        details. </span></p>
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        be organized as a parallel event of the </span><span lang="FR"><a
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            User Meeting</span></a></span><span
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        take place at the Congress Center WTC (Grenoble) <b>from 10 to
          12 October 2018</b>. The participation to the <b
          style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">DiffEngMat School </b>is
        conditioned to the participation in the </span><span lang="FR"><a
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            User Meeting</span></a></span><span
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        lang="FR"><a
href="http://www.neutrons4europe.com/en/events/diffraction-and-energy-materials---en/10"><b><i><span
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                on Energy Materials</span></i></b><span
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        organized as a parallel event of the </span><span lang="FR"><a
          href="http://www.neutrons4europe.com/"><span
            style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Times New
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            User Meeting</span></a></span><span
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        participants can share their ideas in the field of Energy
        Materials in the framework of the proposed programme.</span></p>
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          scope of the school:</span></b><span
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        school aims to contribute to the training of scientists in the
        application of X-ray and neutron diffraction techniques to
        energy materials (battery, fuel cells, solar cells,
        thermoelectrics, etc.). The school consists of selected lectures
        together with intensive hands-on sessions using the advanced
        tools for diffraction data treatment implemented in the FullProf
        Suite (including FAULTS). The school will be especially
        dedicated to microstructural characterization and in-operando
        measurements data analysis. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span
          style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
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        school's participants are strongly encouraged to submit an </span><span
        lang="FR"><a
href="http://www.neutrons4europe.com/index.php?langue=en&onglet=14&acces=&idUser=&emailUser=&messageConfirmation="><span
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        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
        Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"> for an oral
        or poster presentation at the<b><i> </i></b></span><span
        lang="FR"><a
href="http://www.neutrons4europe.com/en/events/diffraction-and-energy-materials---en/10"><b><i><span
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                mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
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                on Energy Materials</span></i></b><span
            style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-GB"> </span><b
            style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i
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        Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
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        School consists of 2 days dedicated to acquire a general
        overview of the tools needed for an efficient use of the
        FullProf Suite (including FAULTS, Bond-Valence Energy Landscape
        calculations, etc.) at an intermediate level with a special
        focus in advanced capabilities for microstructural
        characterization. </span><span style="font-size:
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        School is intended for the </span><span lang="FR"><a
          href="http://www.neutrons4europe.com/"><span
            style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Times New
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            user meeting</span></a></span><span
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        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
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        as well as for experienced scientists, having a good knowledge
        on diffraction techniques and crystallography, who wish to get a
        practical overview of the new important developments in data
        analysis done in the last years. Due to logistic requirements
        the maximum number of participants is limited. </span></p>
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        thanks in advance for helping us in circulating this
        information.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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        regards,</span><span style="font-size:
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        Rodriguez-Carvajal and Oscar Fabelo on behalf of the organizers</span><span
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