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The 74th Okazaki Conference

Lecture Title "Frontier of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Molecular Science"
Date Tuesday 3 February 2015 17:00 to Thursday 5 February 2015 15:40
Place

Okazaki Conference Center, Okazaki, Japan
http://www.ims.ac.jp/english/location/access.html
Summary

The Okazaki conference has been one of the most important activities in Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), with its origin dated back to just after the foundation of IMS. The Conference has been normally held once or twice per year, with focusing on some specific topic that is emerging as a fundamental issue in the field of molecular science and related research area. The 74th Okazaki Conference is designated as “Frontier of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Molecular Science.” We would like to discuss new science that can be opened by advanced XAFS techniques like spatial and/or time-resolved measurements. Although XAFS has matured as a sophisticated promising technique, recent progress based on the advance of synchrotron radiation light sources is still outstanding. We will summarize here the advanced XAFS methods and discuss near-future XAFS techniques and more importantly new science. It will be also fruitful if the new XAFS science can contribute to construction plans of diffraction-limited synchrotron radiation facilities in Japan.
 

Program
「The 74th Okazaki Conference」pdf
February 3, 2015
17:00- Reception @OCC, Conference Room B
(1st floor)
February 4, 2015
10:00-10:10 Iwao Ohmine (IMS) Opening Address
10:10-10:20 Toshihiko Yokoyama (IMS)
Scope of the Conference
(Chair: K. Asakura)
10:20-11:05 Tsun-Kong Sham (Univ. Western Ontario)
“Soft and Tender X-ray Spectroscopy, Some Recent Development and Applications”
11:05-11:30 Hiroyuki Oyanagi (NAIST)
“Synchrotron Radiolysis Synthesizes Novel Nanoclusters”
11:30-11:55 Hitoshi Abe (KEK-PF)
“XAFS Microscopy and Dynamics for Materials Science”
11:55-12:15 Photo
12:15-13:30 Lunch @OCC, Conference Room B (1st floor)
(Chair: H. Oyanagi)
13:30-14:15 Andrei Rogalev (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) “Polarization Dependent X-ray Spectroscopy: Recent Advances”
14:15-14:40 Satoru Takakusagi (Hokkaido Univ.)
“3D Structure Analysis of Atomically Dispersed Metal Species on an Oxide Single Crystal Surface by Polarization-Dependent Total-Reflection Fluorescence XAFS”
14:40-15:05 Mizuki Tada (Nagoya Univ.)
“In situ XAFS Characterization of PEFC Electrocatalysts”
15:05-15:30 Takuya Masuda (NIMS)
“In situ XAFS and XPS for Electrochemical Processes at Solid Liquid Interfaces”
15:30-15:50 Yasumasa Takagi (IMS) “Ambient Pressure Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Catalysts”
15:50-16:10 Coffee
(Chair: H. Abe)
16:10-16:55 Peter Fischer (Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab.& Univ. California Santa Cruz)
“Future Opportunities with Magnetic Soft X-ray Spectromicroscopies”
16:55-17:20 Motohiro Uo (Tokyo Medical & Dental Univ.)
“Application of SR-XRF and XAFS for the Clinical Diagnosis”
17:20-17:40 Takuya Ohigashi (IMS)
“Present Status of Scanning Transmission Soft X-ray Microscopy at UVSOR-III”
17:40-18:00 Masanari Nagasaka (IMS) “Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Liquid and its Application to Electrochemical Reaction”
19:00-20:30 Banquet @Okazaki New Grand Hotel
(Sky Restaurant PARIS, 9th floor)
February 5, 2015
(Chair: Y. Takahashi)
09:30-10:15 Lin X. Chen (Argonne Nat. Lab. & Northwestern Univ.) “How Can Transient X-ray Structural Methods Aide Solar Fuel and Solar Electricity Conversion Research?”
10:15-10:40 Shin-ichi Adachi (KEK-PF)
“Capturing Structural Dynamics of Photochemistry by Picosecond X-ray Pulses”
10:40-11:05 Tetsuo Katayama (JASRI, SPring-8) “Ultrafast XAFS Using Femto-Second X-ray Pulses”
11:05-11:30 Tomoya Uruga (JASRI SPring-8) “Temporally and Spatially Resolved XAFS at SPring-8”
11:30-11:50 Yohei Uemura (IMS)
“Picosecond and Femtosecond X-ray Absorption of WO3 Photocatalyst”
11:50-13:10 Lunch @OCC, Conference Room B (1st floor)
(Chair: T. Yokoyama)
13:10-13:55 Stephen P. Cramer (Univ. California Davis) “Nuclear Resonance Vibrational Spectroscopy as an X-Ray Absorption Technique”
13:55-14:20 Naoki Ishimatsu (Hiroshima Univ.)
“α-ε Transition of Iron: an EXAFS Study under High Pressure”
14:20-14:45 Yoshio Takahashi (Univ. Tokyo) “Molecular Environmental Geochemistry Using XAFS”
14:45-15:10 Takafumi Miyanaga (Hirosaki Univ.)
“XAFS study for Ag clusters”
 
15:10-15:40 Kiyotaka Asakura (Hokkaido Univ.) Summary & Discussion
15:40 Closing

 
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■Registration
Those who intend to participate in the Conference are requested to send an e-mail describing the following information to jaoki@ims.ac.jp, with its subject heading "Registration to Okazaki Conference":

1. Name
2. Affiliation and title
3. Postal address, telephone number, and e-mail address
4. Whether attending to Reception and Banquet or not
5. Whether preferring the accommodation in the Institute or not

Supports to the travel and accommodation expenses may be available.  Please contact.
Contribution to the fees for drinks in Reception and Banquet . is highly appreciated.

Dead line of the registration: December 26th
Contact

Toshihiko Yokoyama　
Department of Materials Molecular Science
Institute for Molecular Science
Mail: yokoyama@ims.ac.jp
TEL: 0564-55-7340
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