[[Top]] Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to a symposium organised within the frame of the E-MRS 2009 Spring Meeting, in Strasbourg, in June 2009. This symposium will be devoted to X-ray Techniques for Advanced Materials, Nanostructures and Thin Films: from Laboratory Sources to Synchrotron Radiation Nanostructures and Thin Films: from Laboratory Sources to Synchrotron Radiation The list of topics covered is as follows: - Photovoltaics - Oxides - Surfaces and interfaces - Microstructure - Stress and texture - Biomaterials and soft matter - Time-resolved measurements (femtosecond dynamics) - Materials under extreme conditions - Semiconductors - Magnetic materials - Nanostructures (quantum dots, nanowires, …) - X-rays, environment and cultural heritage - Graphene and related materials - 3D imaging with x-rays • Photovoltaics The proceedings of the symposium will be published in a special issue of “Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms”. • Oxides • Surfaces and interfaces • Microstructure • Stress and texture • Biomaterials and soft matter • Time-resolved measurements (femtosecond dynamics) • Materials under extreme conditions • Semiconductors • Magnetic materials • Nanostructures (quantum dots, nanowires, …) • X-rays, environment and cultural heritage • Graphene and related materials • 3D imaging with x-rays The proceedings of the symposium will be published in a special issue of “Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms”. The deadline for submitting an abstract is January 15, 2009 More details can be found on the E-MRS web page: http://www.emrs-strasbourg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=272# Feel free to circulate the information around you to potentially interested colleagues. Best regards