Conveners
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- Philip Oluseyi Oladijo (Botswana International University of Science and Technology)
Plenary: Plenary
- Tshepo Ntsoane (Necsa)
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- Abidemi Paul Kappo (University of Johannesburg)
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- Kudakwashe Jakata (European Synchrotron)
Plenary: Plenary
- Collieus Lebudi (Botswana International University of Science and Technology)
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- Gihan Kamel (SESAME Light Source)
Plenary: Plenar
- Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg)
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- Loan Truong ()
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- Gihan Kamel (SESAME Light Source)
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- Kathleen Dollman (ESRF)
Plenary: AfLS Plenary
- Sekazi Mtingwa (Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Brookhaven National Laboratory& African Laser Centre)
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- Lawrence Norris (National Society of Black Physicists)
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- Mashikoane Mogodi (University of Cape Town)
Plenary: Business Development - How a light source can help industry and innovation
- Emmanuel Igumbor (University of Johannesburg)
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- Emmanuel Igumbor (University of Johannesburg)
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- Sekazi Mtingwa (Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Brookhaven National Laboratory& African Laser Centre)
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- Robert Kingsford-Adaboh (University of Ghana)
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- Marcus Newton (University of Southampton)
Description
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Qun Shen
Deputy Director for Science and Distinguished Scientist
National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
Synchrotron light sources have been developing rapidly since the 1980’s when first dedicated light source facilities started operations. These light sources essentially extend our human vision and allow us to see and...
Energy and ecological transitions are currently major challenges throughout the world, particularly in Africa, where the effects of global warming are causing enormous damage to environmental and agricultural ecosystems. In addition, the war in Ukraine is demonstrating how important it is for Africa to meet the challenges of energy and food sovereignty through an appropriate approach to the...
We will discuss the latest efforts in our laboratory to develop highly sensitive methods of microscopy, to go directly inside living cells and uncover the behavior of single biomolecules as they effect their function in transcription. Transcription is the first step in gene expression regulation, during which genetic information on DNA is decoded into RNA transcripts. Methodologically, the...
At the heart of materials science studies for next generation materials is an idea that we want to be studying real materials doing real things, often in real devices. In practice, this presents a number of key data analysis and interpretation challenges because it implies we are studying ever more complicated samples, often in complex heterogeneous environments and in time-resolved operando...
The Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO) operates, maintains, and develops a wide range of research infrastructure (worth ~$1 billion) for the benefit of all Australians, including some of the largest research facilities in the country. The Lucas Heights campus in Sydney hosts the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, the Centre for Accelerator Science and the...
Institute of Materials Structure Science is one of the institutes in KEK, and runs a synchrotron facility, Photon Factory (PF), where two synchrotron rings, PF and PF-AR (Advanced Ring) are operated. PF is operated with the beam energy of 2.5 GeV, and PF-AR with 6.5 GeV or 5. 0GeV to provide higher x-ray energy. There are about 50 end stations including 6 x-ray absorption fine structure...
Non-destructive determination of residual stresses in the WC-Co coated systems was exceptionally challenging in that the coatings were only 200 microns thick. The best suited techniques for investigation of WC were diffraction-based strain scanning using penetrating radiation such as thermal neutrons (most penetrating), high energy synchrotron X-rays (100 keV enables 20 micron penetration) and...
The Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) is the first synchrotron facility in the Middle East. Its current Members are Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, Palestine and Türkiye. With Brazil, Canada, China (People’s Republic of), the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the European Union (EU), France, Germany, Greece,...
X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS) spectroscopy has emerged as a non-destructive and powerful analytical technique for advancing research not only in physics but also in chemistry, environmental science, biology, archaeology, and, naturally, in the energy domain, offering invaluable insights into the structural, electronic, and chemical properties of materials under realistic conditions....
X-ray diffraction (XRD) beamlines are often high-priority facilities due to their broad applications across diverse fields, including materials science, biology, pharmacology, and cultural heritage. The X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) technique, in particular, is widely used for material phase identification, quantitative phase analysis, microstructural analysis, and kinetic studies. The...
SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) is the only facility of its kind in the Middle East and neighboring regions, officially opened in 2017. Infrared spectromicroscopy was selected as one of the two beamlines to be opened to the general users’ program (the so-called Day-1 beamlines). Being one of the most demanded techniques by various...
Over the past decade, the ALBA Synchrotron has become an important pillar of the Spanish and European Research Area, providing research capabilities and a wide range of state-of-the-art instrumentation to a community of more than 8500 academic and industrial users. With its eleven operational experimental beamlines, while three more are being put into operation, and with the creation, in...
This study demonstrates the antifungal and antibacterial potential of isoflavone natural products isolated from the seeds extracts of Millettia thonningii. In an effort to gain bond topological information which may have consequences for the observed bioactivities, the crystal structure of robustic acid was solved and refined using the independent atom as well as the invariom model, and the...
Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have emerged as a promising candidate in the search for an efficient and environmentally friendly source of electrical energy. SOFCs offer several benefits over traditional sources of electricity, such as high efficiency and reduced emissions. However, SOFCs have experienced limited commercialization due to short device lifespans and high operating temperatures,...
This talk presents the crystal structure dynamics as a function of temperature of non-porous borophosphates. Much of the work published on these materials has focused on investigating the synthetic approaches as well as exploring their fascinating structural chemistry. Little has been reported about their thermal expansion behaviour. This thermoresponsive behaviour revealed their thermal...
In this talk I will briefly present the ESRF which has just celebrated 30 years of user operation. At the ESRF, 20 partner countries, amongst which is South-Africa, join forces to exploit 46 cutting edge beamlines at the forefront of synchrotron technology. I will, in particular, show how the ESRF-EBS (Extremely Brilliant Source), a major upgrade of the facility increasing the brilliance and...
The growth of science and technology is accelerating, with new products and processes being developed in fields such as nanoscience and biotechnology. With this growth, industry is facing increasing pressure to innovate and is discovering that traditional analytical techniques are not answering all of their questions. For example, new materials are being developed daily that may have...
ED MITCHELL1
1 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Business Development Office, Grenoble, France)
Corresponding author: Ed Mitchell, mitchell@esrf.eu
Keywords: innovation, industry,
Theme: African Light Source session
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) has worked with industry from even before the first light was delivered in 1994. The ESRF’s Business Development...
Magnus W. Larsson, Joaquín B. González, Vahid Haghighat, Jackson Silva, Mira Viljanen, Santiago P. Fernandez Bordín, Anuj Prajapati, Samuel A. McDonald, and Kim Nygård
MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Sweden
The ForMAX beamline at the MAX IV Laboratory provides multiscale and multimodal structural characterization of hierarchical materials from nm to mm length scales, by combining...
Industry is crucial in the development and utilization of synchrotrons, with expert companies playing a key role in both construction and value creation. Intermediary companies, in particular, facilitate the translation of synchrotron research into tangible benefits for society. This presentation will highlight how these companies enhance the impact of light sources and showcase Momentum...
Benefits of synchrotron imaging techniques for material characterization and product testing
Andrea Francesco Ciuffini1, Barbara Fayard1, Jean Doucet1, Caroline Boudou1
1 Novitom, 3 Avenue Doyen Louis Weil F-38000 Grenoble, France
Corresponding author e-mail address: andrea.ciuffini@novitom.com
- Introduction
Novitom is an independent company, specialized in 3D material...
This presentation discusses the performance and scientific highlights from Sirius. The Sirius has supported the AfLS for more than a decade, and the presentation also reflects on the role that the Sirius can play to advance synchrotron based science in Africa.
Abstract
AlphaFold is a groundbreaking AI tool developed to predict protein structures with remarkable accuracy, yet few scientists based in Africa have received training to use it effectively. From October 7–11, 2024, BioStruct-Africa (www.biostructafrica.org) held a hands-on training workshop in Douala, Cameroon, focused on structural biology. This workshop provided participants with...
Schistosomiasis is a devastating parasitic disease caused by the Schistosoma species. It affects over 260 million people worldwide, with the highest morbidity and mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite its significant impact on public health, Schistosomiasis remains one of the neglected tropical diseases. Praziquantel (PZQ) is currently the only drug that treats all schistosomiasis...
X-ray computed tomography has proven to be a very useful technique with applications in materials science on carbon fibre composites, lithium-ion battery research, in palaeontology and geology among others. The resolution attainable is limited by lenses and the detectors. However, ptychography is a lens less technique which can ne used to obtain nanometre resolution and allows quantification...
Opportunistic pathogenic fungi cause infectious fungal disease with extremely high mortality rates, especially in immune-compromised patients [1]. Antifungal resistance and multi-drug resistance have emerged against the limited number of clinically used antifungals. Because of the high HIV/AIDS incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa [2], anti-fungal drug resistance is specifically of concern;...
I will discuss X-ray absorption (XAS) and Resonant inelastic scattering of X-rays (RIXS). There is no practical unified theory for the interpretation of XAS spectra and one-particle models based on Density Functional Theory as well as multiplet model Hamiltonians are used for specific spectra [1,2]. In 2p3d resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) one scans through the 2p X-ray absorption...
The value of light source science for agricultural research, and encouraging potential users to increase the use of advanced imaging synchrotron tools, by showcasing leading research in the field.
A descripotion of the history, objectives and futuro of LAMISTAD, a project forestablishing a synchrotron in the Greater Caribbean, will be offered, emphasinzing the challenges and opportunities of this enterprise.
Several Caribbean researchers and students, including from Puerto Rico, have been conducting materials and biological research studies at synchrotron facilities around the world. However, no synchrotron facility exists in the Greater Caribbean Region. A few years ago, a group of international researchers created the Latin American International Synchrotron for Technology, Analysis and...
Mayra Cuellar-Cruz1, Abel Moreno2
1 Department of Biology Division of Natural and Exact Sciences, University of Guanajuato, Noria alta s/n, Guanajuato 36050, Guanajuato Guanajuato. México.
2 Institute of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000. Mexico City 04510. Mexico.
Corresponding author e-mail address:...
The African Light Source Foundation has been engaged in a variety of activities to bring a synchrotron light source facility to the African continent. A milestone along the road to that goal has been the production of a geopolitical conceptual design report that discusses the justification, history, and road ahead for the African Light Source. In this presentation, we will expound upon these items.
Note: Following discussions with Lawrence Norris we would like to submit for two talks. One discussing the UK XFEL Project and Facility Design, and a second discussing the UK XFEL Science Case and notable recent XFEL highlights. However we can deliver this as one talk if the schedule is limited at this stage.
UK XFEL: Overview and Facility Design.
A conceptual design and options...
The success of the energy transition hinges on the development of efficient energy storage materials and technologies to deal with the intermittency of energy from solar and wind. Metal hydrides (such as LiBH4, NaBH4, KH NaCB11H12, etc.), which are well known for their ability to reversibly store large amounts of hydrogen, have recently emerged as multi-functional energy materials[1-2] This is...
AfLS7 abstract for Oral presentation by Dr T. Ntsoane.
