BCA Spring Meeting 2002 University of Nottingham Monday 25 March to Thursday 28 March 2002

Following on from the PCG teaching workshop on Rietveld refinement of powder diffraction data, this session is aimed at discussing some of the recent developments and applications of the technique. The talks will concentrate on non-standard applications such as the development of Rietveld methods for larger structures, combining Rietveld techniques with computational methods, applications to disordered structures, parametric Rietveld refinement, and model-free methods. Along with a review of the state-of-the-art, the session will provide a snapshot of current trends and a view of the exciting applications to which this powerful method is being applied.

Speakers (with provisional titles) will include:

• John Evans (Durham) - Parametric Rietveld Refinement
• Jon Wright (ESRF) - Extending Rietveld Methods to Larger Systems
• Steve Hull (ISIS) - Rietveld Refinements of Disordered Crystalline Solids
• Jeremy Cockcroft (Birkbeck) - Current Status and Forward Look for Rietveld Methods
• Karsten Knorr (Kiel) - ODF/Model-Free Methods