Symposium Scope

The SOTAMA'2007 will cover a description of trends in processing, evaluation, modeling, design, and new applications of advanced materials from the point of view of multi-scale characterization of their microstructure. A wide spectrum of materials like metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, thin films, nanocrystalline materials, rocks, and bio-tissues will be discussed.

Keynote topics

Advances in Experimental Methods

• Electron and X-ray diffraction techniques
• Testing the bulk and near-surface areas
• Texture/stress depth profiling methods
• Alternative techniques
• Standarization procedures

Multi-scale characteristics of material structure

• Macro- to nano-scale description of structure
• Inhomogeneities of materials structure
• Local and global texture
• Interfaces phenomena
• Layered and gradient structures
• Orientation stereology and morphology

Mathematical modelling and Experimental Verification

• Calculation of structure characteristics
• Multi-phase structures and properties
• Texture formation and anisotropic properties
• Texture/stress co-existence
• Related software and Databases

Typical applications

• Casting and deformation textures
• Texture transformation by phase transitions
• Thin films and coatings
• Structure diagnosing and apparatus

In the frame of the SOTAMA'2007 program, a KOBO technology will be demonstrated. The experimental set-up is located in the Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals adjacent to the conference and exhibition place.

A Honorary Session on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of one of the creators of the modern quantitative texture analysis, Jan Pospiech, Professor in the home Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow, will be celebrated on the opening day of the conference.

Conference Language

The conference language is English. There will be no translation.