Commission "Condensed Matter Research at Large Scale Facilities"

KEKM is the umbrella organisation of the committees KFS, KFN, KSFI and KFB

Invitation to SNI2022 in Berlin

05-07 September 2022, FU Berlin. Submission of late posters will be possible again from about mid-May.

We look forward to many personal encounters at the 5th Conference on Research with Synchrotron Radiation, Neutrons and Ion Beams at Large Facilities from 05-07 September 2022 in Berlin. The KFN, KFS and KFSI committees stand for a diverse, up-to-date and technically excellent programme. Abstracts can be submitted in March and April. The event will be rounded off by a reception and a public lecture. We would also like to encourage students who have not yet started their doctoral studies to take part in the conference and to exchange ideas and get inspired. [more]

Synchrotrons accelerate corona research

29 June 2021: KFS publishes press release with examples of corona research at synchrotron radiation sources

To fight COVID-19, we need vaccines and medicine, and to develop these, we need to know the SARS-CoV-2 virus in detail. The virus cannot be seen with a normal light microscope, since it is smaller than the wavelength of visible light. Synchrotrons can produce the short-wave photons or X-rays required. It is of great advantage that we have an outstanding research infrastructure established in the last decades, both in Germany and abroad with German participation. Synchrotron light source facilities include PETRA III and FLASH at the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg, BESSY II at the Helmholtz Centre Berlin (HZB), European XFEL near Hamburg or ESRF in Grenoble, France. They allow the virus to be imaged with atomic precision. [more]