First International Workshop on Imaging Techniques with Synchrotron Radiation

Abstract

The first International Workshop on Imaging Techniques with Synchrotron Radiation (ITSR) was held in Hefei, China, from December 3–5, 2008, hosting about 20 scientists from Asia, Europe, and North America. It was funded by the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) of Hefei and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy to address the latest advances in imaging techniques using synchrotron radiation. NSRL is one of China's main investments in large-scale scientific research infrastructures whose construction was completed in December 1991 and underwent a Phase II upgrade completed in December 2004. This national facility provides high brilliance synchrotron radiation beams, covering the electromagnetic spectrum from the IR to the X-ray domain, using the emission of bending magnets and a superconducting wiggler with critical energy of 2.4 nm and 0.5 nm, respectively.