XMaS User Meeting January 2026

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Registration is now closed. If you have not completed the form but would still like to attend, please contact: bouchenoire@esrf.fr

We look forward to seeing you at Liverpool!

Location:

The User Meeting will he held at the Spine Building, Liverpool.

The Spine is located at 2 Paddington Village at the heart of the Knowledge Quarter in Liverpool's City Centre.

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How to get there?

Travelling by Train:

Nearest train station: Liverpool Lime Street – 19 minute walk – £5-6 taxi

Travelling by Car:

The nearest car park is Paddington Village Multi-Storey.
Standard day tariff: £12.00
Address: Elm Grove, Grove Street, Smithdown Lane, Liverpool, L7 3FA

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Travelling by Plane:

The closest airport is Liverpool John Lennon AirportLink opens in a new window.
A taxi/ride-share is a 15-minute car journey and is the quickest and most direct way to reach The Spine from the airport.
Alternatively, buses from the airport run to the city centre, (500 and 86A). From the centre, you can walk or take a local bus to Paddington Village where The Spine is located.
London Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton airports are all connected to Liverpool by National ExpressLink opens in a new window coach services.
Alternatively, you can take the TrainLink opens in a new window to Liverpool Lime Street, with a change in Central London.

Expenses:

We will pay expenses for standard UK travel, including your parking and mileage.
Please note that we cannot accept bank or credit card statements in lieu of receipts.
Mileage is paid at 45p per mile.
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XMaS User Meeting - 14^th January 2026

This day will showcase recent research conducted at the beamline, covering a range of characterisation techniques and scientific areas. This friendly event will be a combination of invited talks and ‘pop-up’ presentations punctuated by informal discussion to nurture new projects and collaborations.

The beamline staff will also be present and available for you to discuss how XMaS can help with your scientific studies. Please encourage colleagues and others who may be interested, or just curious, to come along and see the kind of science that can be done.

XMaS will cover the travel expenses to the meeting for UK users. All travel expenses can be claimed after the User Meeting, by completing and sending the Expenses ClaimLink opens in a new window to: xmas@warwick.ac.uk

Agenda:

10:00	Registration, Coffee & Tea.
10:55	Welcoming Remarks (Chris Lucas/Tom Hase/Yvonne Grunder).
11:00	"Advancing the Sample Space to Elevate the Power of Resonant X-ray Scattering", Phil Ryan (Advanced Photon Source, USA).
11:25	"Gyroid Labyrinth of Supertwisted Double Helices in a Liquid Crystal Polymer", Yumin Tang (University of Sheffield).
11:50	"Operando anomalous X-ray powder diffraction interleaved with X-ray absorption spectroscopy using a scanning 2D imaging detector on the XMaS beamline: design, implementation and performance", Dariusz Wardecki (University of Warsaw, Poland).
12:15	Beamline presentation.
12:35	Lunch.
13:45	"Transition-Metal Evolution and Oxygen Redox in Li-Rich Layered Oxide Cathodes", Jun Chen (University of Oxford).
14:10	"Oxygen storage in action - a combined operando XAFS + XRD experiment", Lucy Costley-Wood (University College London).
14:35	"Probing buried interfaces with X-rays", Wuge Briscoe (University of Bristol).
15:00	Tea.
15:30	"Lanthanide structural site in rare earth-rich soils: Applying Ce and Nd K-edge EXAFS to Ion adsorption deposits", Martin Smith (University of Brighton).
	User Pop-Up Presentations:
15:55	"X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Studies of Oxide-Deficient Ceria", Jacob Oyarzabal (University of Warwick).
16:05	"In-situ GIWAXS Monitoring of Crystal Structure Evolution During Vapor-Deposited Aminosilane Passivation in Perovskite Solar Cells", Fengning Yang (University of Oxford).
16:15	"Complex mixtures of OPV semiconductors for new optoelectronic materials", Michael Hutton (University of Manchester).
16:25	"The Self-Assembly of Organic Semiconductor: Quantum Dot Nanocomposite Films", Rachel kilbride (University of Warwick).
16:35	"Investigating the structural and chemical properties in the oxidation of spent nuclear fuel", Florence Legg (University of Liverpool).
16:55	Wrap up and informal discussion.