Events

This page gathers the important events where The i2-HMR will be, or is, or has been involved.
Events to be added (already attended) :


(iv) Experiment at the ISIS, STFC, UK --> https://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/home.aspx
Experimental investigation on the Pd-D2 system, at the HRPD Instrument,
Nov. 19-26, 2023,
Experiment done by : Evan MacA Gray and Nicolas Armanet, with the assistance of HRPD's scientists (Dominic Fortes and Christopher Howard).

(iii) Workshop on Magnetism (as probed by Synchrotron radiation) at the ESRF : 
XSMM-2023, 11-13 December 2023.
--> https://www.esrf.fr/home/events/conferences/2023/xsmm2023.html
As a participant : N. Armanet.

(ii) ESRF User meeting
7-9 Feb. 2022
As a participant : N. Armanet.

(i) Workshop on Neutrons 
(what can be coupled with Neutrons, in terms of analyses) : 
"Not only Neutrons !", in the framework of JMC17, 24-27 August 2021 --> https://jmc17.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/_6.pdf
As a participant : N. Armanet.

These above items will properly be added below as soon as time allows ...

2024 : Conference

MH-2024, International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen systems, was announced during MH-2022.
It will be held in St Malo, France, 26 - 31 May, 2024.
Click on the picture to find out the MH-2024 website.
We will most likely present something ...
 
accessed on June, 20th, 2023.

2022 : Conference

Year : 2022, Oct. 30th - Nov. 03rd (was originally planned in 2020, but postponed due to COVID-19).
Conference : MH-2022, at Perth (western Australia), in AUSTRALIA ; click on the picture to go to the MH-2022's website.
Posters presented :
(i) Successful and unsuccessful high-pressure attempts to synthesize PdH(D)_x>1.0*, by N. Armanet, Z.M. Geballe, M. Somayazulu, E. MacA Gray, D. Fruchart, N. Skryabina, D.S. dos Santos, P. Tripodi, M. Valat, F. de Guerville, M. Bonnard.
(ii) Linearity of the temperature dependence of the standard Gibbs energy of isomorphic transformations in Hydrogen solid solutions, by V.E. Antonov, N. Armanet, V.D. Muzalevsky, and N.S. Orlova.
* this work is planned to be published in the MH-2022 proceedings.
i2-HMR's members involved (as) :
for (i) = Nicolas ARMANET (speaker), Mathieu VALAT (co-author), François de GUERVILLE (co-author), Michel BONNARD (co-author).
for (ii) = Nicolas ARMANET (speaker).
HOWEVER : due to lack of funds, Nicolas A. was not be able to attend MH-2022 ; instead, Prof. Evan MacA Gray presented the two Posters.
Abstracts :
for (i) = see below "Download Successful ... Abstract". This abstract (# 46) can be found in the MH-2022 Book of Abstracts (https://www.metal-hydrogen2022.com/book-of-abstracts/) on p. 52.
for (ii) = see below "Download Linearity ... Abstract". This abstract (# 47) can be found in the MH-2022 Book of Abstracts (https://www.metal-hydrogen2022.com/book-of-abstracts/) on p. 53.

Full text (downloadable) :

for Successful and unsuccessful high-pressure attempts to synthesize PdH(D)_x>1.0 --> see # 4 in this page.
for Linearity of the temperature dependence of the standard Gibbs energy of isomorphic transformations in Hydrogen solid solutions --> see this page.

2021 : paper accepted in JALCOM

We are pleased to announce the acceptance for publication in Journal of Alloys and Compounds of our new paper :
First-principles study of the atomic volume of Hydrogen in Palladium
by : S.S. Setayandeh, T. Gould, A. Vaez, K. McLennan, N. Armanet and E. Gray
just accepted as a regular paper on : January 9th, 2021.
Full text : see Publications.


2021 : paper accepted in PRB

We are pleased to announce the acceptance for publication in Physical Review B of our new paper :
High pressure synthesis and thermodynamic stability of PdH(1+/-epsilon) up to 8 GPa
by : Z.M. Geballe, M. Somayazulu, N. Armanet, A.K. Mishra, M. Ahart, R.J. Hemley
just accepted as a regular paper on : January 6th, 2021.
Full text : see Publications.

2019 : Summer School

Year : 2019, 17th - 21st June.
Summer School theme : This school aims to give an introduction (practicals and lectures) to high pressure research at synchrotron radiation facilities and to present the unique opportunities in this field with the ESRF-EBS upgrade. Place : Grenoble, FRANCE. Click on the picture to go to the School's website.
Summer School program : see below "Download ESRF-2019 Summer School program".
i2-HMR's member(s) involved (as attendee) : Nicolas ARMANET.
Funding : donation from Cyril CALATRAVA.
Acknowledgements : Nicolas warmly thanks Daniel Fruchart for having informed him about this summer school.

2018 : One day Scientific meeting

Year : 2018, 27th November.
Meeting theme : Novel opportunities on extreme conditions experiments using fourth generation  Synchrotron sources ; at The EPN Campus (ESRF-ILL), at Grenoble, in FRANCE ; click on the picture to go to ESRF website.
Meeting program : see below "Download ESRF Day program".
Paper (PPT) presented : "Need to shed light on Palladium Hydride : Pd-H "under extreme pressure" !" (PPT not available for sharing).
i2-HMR's member(s) involved (as speaker) : Nicolas ARMANET.
Funding : self-funded participation.

2018 : Conference

Year : 2018, 28th October - 02nd November.
Conference : MH-2018, at Guangzhou, in CHINA ; click on the picture to go to MH-2018's website.
Paper (Poster) presented : "Hydrogen-induced volume expansion of FCC Pd-Cu alloys" (Poster not available for sharing).
Speaker : Vladimir E. ANTONOV.
i2-HMR's member(s) involved : Nicolas ARMANET (not attended).
Abstract : see below "Download MH-2018 Abstract".
Funding : Nicolas A. could not attend (lack of funds).

2017 : Summer School

Year : 2017, 25th - 30th June.
Summer School theme : European Summer School on Superconductivity,  at Lans-en-Vercors, in FRANCE ; click on the picture to go to Summer School's website.
Summer School program : see below "Download ESAS-2017 Summer School program".
Poster presented : "ANTIQUE Pd-H system : NEW room temperature SuperConductor ?" (Poster not available for sharing). The poster presented an overview of Paolo Tripodi's experimental work on superconductivity done from late 90's to 2009 on the Pd-H system in the range 9 K <= Tc <= 300 K (Tc = superconducting transition T). This work were put in perspective with : i) other related results (Evan MacA Gray et al. 2016, Andrei Lipson et al. 2005 - 2006, T. Skoskiewicz 1972), ii) with N.W. Ashcroft, and with iii) M.I. Eremets et al.'s results with H2S/H3S in 2015.
Co-authored with : Paolo TRIPODI (not attended).
i2-HMR's member(s) involved (as attendee and presenter of the poster) : Nicolas ARMANET.
Funding : donations from "SOS Familles Emmaüs" and "La Semaine de la Bonté".
Acknowledgements : Nicolas warmly thanks Daniel Fruchart for having informed him about this summer school (and for the letter of recommendation).

2016 : Conference

Year : 2016, 07th - 12th August.
Conference : MH-2016, at Interlaken, in SWITZERLAND ; click on the picture to go to MH-2016's website.
Paper (PPT) presented : "Vegard's Law for the solid Hydrogen solutions in Pd and Pd-Au alloys resulting from high-temperature high-pressure Hydrogenation" (PPT not available for sharing).
Speaker : Vladimir E. ANTONOV.
i2-HMR's member(s) involved : Nicolas ARMANET (not attended).
Abstract : see below "Download MH-2016 Abstract".
Funding : Nicolas A. could not attend (lack of funds).

2016 : the 1st i2-HMR's publication

Year : 2016.
To see the paper : just click on the picture.

2014 : Summer School

Year : 2014, 17th - 20th July.
Summer School theme : experimental school on the characterization of Hydrogen-Material interactions ; in the framework of MH-2014 Conference ; at Manchester and at Warrington, in UK ; click on the picture to go to Summer School's website.
Summer School program : see below "Download MH-2014 Summer School program".
i2-HMR's member(s) involved (as attendee) : Nicolas ARMANET.
Funding : self-funded participation.

2014 : Conference

Year : 2014, 20th - 25th July.
Conference : MH-2014, at Manchester, in UK. Click on the picture to go to MH-2014's website.
Paper (PPT) presented : "Lattice expansion of Palladium-Hydrogen (Pd-H) : a critical review of dimensional measurements" (PPT not available for sharing).
i2-HMR's member(s) involved : Nicolas ARMANET (as speaker) and Michel BONNARD (not attended).
Abstract : see below "Download MH-2014 Abstract".
Funding : self-funded participation.

Acknowledgements : Nicolas warmly thanks all the MH-2014 organizers. Thanks to this Conference, Nicolas could finally meet Dr. Daniel FRUCHART, Dr Vladimir E. ANTONOV, Prof. Evan MacA GRAY, and many other great people. It was a superbe Conference (including the Summer School) !