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

[Željka Dukić]

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,

nstitute of Physics Belgrade,
  Pregrevica 118, 11000 Belgrade
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