About RNIKS-2021 conference

The Conference «Neutron Scattering in Condensed Matter Research» (RNIKS-2021) continues the tradition of all-Russia scientific meetings where use of neutron scattering methods in the modern science is discussed. For more than half a century, RNIKS has been the largest national platform for discussing the latest achievements in the field of neutron instrumentation, crystal and magnetic structure phase transitions, dynamical properties and elementary excitations in solids, biological systems and objects of cultural heritage, as well as fundamental properties of neutrons.

The beginning of the commissioning process of the research reactor PIK opens up of new possibilities for neutron research in the field of physics, chemistry, biology and materials science. One of the key topics of the RNIKS-2021 conference will be discussion of the scientific program and instrumentation to be installed at the PIK reactor.

History of the Conference:

The Conference «Neutron Scattering in Condensed Matter Research» began as a workshop in 1964 at the final stage of the Atomic Project in the USSR. Over the years, RNIKS Conferences (Meetings) were held in different cities of the Soviet Union and Russia (Riga, Moscow, Zarechny (Sverdlovsk Region), Gatchina (Leningrad Region), Obninsk (Kaluga Region), St. Petersburg).

RNICS-2021 will be held from September 27 to October 1, 2021 in Yekaterinburg.

Conference topics:

Crystal structures and elementary excitations

Magnetic structures and interactions

Magnetism and polarized neutrons

Strongly correlated electronic systems

Non-crystalline materials, polymers and liquids

Surfaces, thin films and multilayer structures

Biological systems

Functional materials, materials science and applied research (energy, environment, geophysics, cultural heritage)

Basic research with neutrons

Theoretical aspects of neutron scattering

Reactor PIK: scientific program and instrumentation

Sources of neutrons

Devices and methods of neutron experiment

Experimental methods complementary to neutron scattering