[phys4phys] HIP-2D-QM Fall Workshop 2026 Lecture – 4 November 2026

[ninan at ipb.ac.rs]

Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to the lecture “Seeing Beyond Crystallography: An Introduction to Advanced Fourier Analysis of Complex Materials”, which is a part of the HIP-2D-QM Fall Workshop 2026 lecture series.
Date: 04 November 2026
Time: 11:30
Location: “Dragan Popović” Hall, Institute of Physics Belgrade
Lecturer: Dr Emil Božin, IPB, Serbia
The Fall Workshop 2026 is a lecture series running from August through December, providing an engaging introduction to state-of-the-art experimental characterization techniques available at leading large-scale user facilities around the world. Designed for graduate students, early-career researchers, and scientists seeking to broaden their experimental expertise, the series presents advanced methods that are transforming research in condensed matter physics, solid-state chemistry, and materials science.
More information about the lecture series, including the full programme, is available on the workshop website:
https://www.advances-fallworkshop26.solidstate.ipb.ac.rs/

Abstract
Pair distribution function (PDF) analysis has become a powerful and widely used approach for investigating the local atomic structure of crystalline, nanostructured, and disordered materials beyond the limits of conventional crystallography. By combining total scattering experiments with real-space structural analysis, PDF methods provide direct insight into short-range order, local distortions, nanoscale heterogeneity, and correlated disorder that are often hidden in average-structure descriptions.
This lecture will introduce the fundamental concepts underlying PDF analysis, beginning with the principles of total scattering and the transformation of reciprocal-space data into real-space structural correlations. The discussion will cover the essential stages of a PDF study, including experimental considerations for X-ray and neutron scattering measurements, data reduction procedures, and approaches to structural modeling and refinement.
Emphasis will be placed on understanding what structural information PDF analysis can reveal, when the method is particularly advantageous, and how it complements conventional diffraction techniques. Representative examples from contemporary materials research, such as nanomaterials, functional oxides, energy materials, and disordered systems, will illustrate the broad applicability of the method and its growing role in modern structural characterization.



Srdačan pozdrav,

Kind regards,

Nina Novaković

Liaison Officer

Center for Solid State Physics and New Materials,

Institute of Physics Belgrade,
Pregrevica 118, 11000 Belgrade

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