NVK Nederlandse Vereniging voor Kristallografie

AIO school 2000: kristal- en structuuronderzoek

Voorlopig overzicht van onderwerpen en docenten

• General Lectures
  • Introduction: crystal growth and surface structures (E. Vlieg, KUN)
  • Introduction: crystallography and X-ray diffraction (P.T. Beurkens, KUN)
  • Growing crystals for X-ray analysis (R. de Gelder, KUN)
  • From crystal structure to morphology (H. Meekes, KUN)
  • Polymorphism (H. Meekes, KUN)
  • The population balance equation and kinetics (G.M. van Rosmalen, TUD)
  • Optimisation and design of crystallisation processes (G.M. van Rosmalen,TUD)
  • How could and should one use numerical simulations in crystal growth? (J.P. van der Eerden (UU)
  • Proteins crystallisation (P. Gros, UU)
  • The phase diagram and protein nucleation (J. Drenth, RUG)
  • Optical and scanning-probe microscopy (W.J.P. van Enckevort, KUN)
  • Crystallization phenomena in colloidal suspensions (H. Lekkerkerker, UU)
  • Characterisation of surfaces and interfaces using electron microscopy (H.W. Zandbergen/F. Tiggelaar, TUD)
  • Surface X-ray diffraction of growing crystals (E. Vlieg, KUN)
• Hot topics
  • Microscopy of dynamic surfaces (J.W.M. Frenken, UL)
  • High-throughput crystal screening (J.P. Abrahams, UL)