Welcome to the Online Abstract Submission process for the 15th International Small-Angle Scattering Conference

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The Scientific Programme Committee invites you to submit abstracts of original research for presentation at the 15th International Small-Angle Scattering Conference.

Abstracts can be up to 5 pages including figures and will form the basis of proceedings. Since proceedings are of their greatest value at the time of the conference, following the production of the final programme, all abstracts will be available for access via the website to fully registered delegates to enable them to plan their conference. Following the conference, all abstracts will be accessible via the conference website as a resource to the community. Proceedings will be published with an ISBN by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. Since the abstract will appear as submitted, adherence to guidelines is essential.

To submit your abstract for the 15th International Small-Angle Scattering Conference (SAS 2012), we require you to complete the online abstract form. You can access this form using the ‘Submit Abstract’ button. A confirmation email indicating a successful upload will be instantly sent to the email address you have specified.

You will be required to submit your contact details and details of your abstract (Abstract Title, Authors, Preferred Presentation Type, Theme, etc). Abstracts should be written following the guidelines in the Abstract Template.

Please ensure that ALL required information is completed as requested. If you experience any problems during the online submission process, please contact the Conference Secretariat by phone on + 61 2 9254 5000 or by email at programme@sas2012.com.

General Information

  • All abstracts must be submitted no later than midnight, 18th May, Australian Eastern Standard Time.
  • Abstracts may be submitted as either a Microsoft work document or a PDF based on the template provided on this website.
  • All abstracts must be submitted in English.
  • Abstracts must include a 300 word executive summary and have a limit of five (5) pages.
  • The body of the abstract should contain the following headings Executive Summary (300 words maximum), Introduction, Experimental, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, References, Acknowledgments.
  • Use limited references (e.g. Smith 1999).
  • Scientific symbols / diagrams / tables are permitted. Please review formatting prior to uploading your abstract.
  • Multiple abstract submissions are permitted.
  • Multiple abstracts can be uploaded by the same presenting author on the online submission form. You will only be required to complete theme, author, details etc for each paper before submitting your next one.
  • Your abstract will appear in print as submitted. Should you require changes please send an updated version to the Conference Secretariat via email. Please ensure you check your data carefully before submitting as changes or additions will not be accepted after midnight, 18th May, Australian Eastern Standard Time.
  • If you have entered a valid email address you will receive a confirmation email confirming receipt of your submission.

Abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Programme Committee and authors notified by 17 July 2012.

Note: Abstracts will be available on the website prior to the conference for all registered delegates and post-conference for the public.

Submission Guidelines

To ensure consistency in formatting, all abstracts are to be submitted in Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word format based on the Abstract Template which is available at the bottom of this page. The maximum length for Abstracts is five (5) pages.

Abstract Themes

Abstract submissions can be made within the following themes. Only the theme, not sub-theme, can be selected; sub-themes are listed to provide guidance to authors and are not intended to be exhaustive.

  • 1. Structural Biology and Protein Scattering
    • a. Protein Solution Scattering
    • b. Complementary Biophysical Methods: Adding Value to Protein Structure
    • c. Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
    • d. DNA
  • 2. Medicine and Healthcare
    • a. Drug Delivery
    • b. Healthcare and Bio-Medical
    • c. Personal Care
  • 3. Membranes and Bilayers
    • a. Lipid Self-Assembly
    • b. Structure and Dynamics of Membranes
    • c. Lipid-Protein Interactions
  • 4. Polymers, Liquid Crystals and Networks
    • a. Hierarchically Organized Materials
    • b. Fibres and Fibrous Materials
    • c. Polymer Solutions
    • d. Crystallisation
    • e. Nanoparticles
  • 5. Complex Fluids
    • a. Colloidal Particles and Interactions
    • b. Surfactant Self-Assembly
    • c. Polyelectrolytes
    • d. Ionic Liquids
    • e. Colloidal Self-Assembly
  • 6. Magnetic Materials and Magnetic-Induced Order
    • a. Ferrofluids
    • b. Flux Line Lattices
    • c. Incident Beam Polarisation
    • d. Polarisation Analysis
    • e. Critical Scattering at Magnetic Phase Transitions
  • 7. Metals and Metallic Systems
    • a. Precipitation
    • b. Phase Transformation
    • c. Order and Disorder
    • d. Embrittlement
  • 8. Porous Systems, Ceramics, Glasses and Gelation
    • a. Mesoporous Materials
    • b. Nucleation and Growth
    • c. Hierarchical Porosity
    • d. Crystallisation
  • 9. Applications and Technology
    • a. Food
    • b. Environmental Science
    • c. On-line Polymer Processing
    • d. Catalysis
    • e. Metallurgy, Damage and Defects
    • f. Energy Technology
    • g. Earth Sciences
  • 10. Surfaces and Interfaces
    • a. Films and Coatings
    • b. Grazing-Incidence
    • c. Near-Surface Scattering
    • d. Complementary Surface-Specific Methods
  • 11. Time-Resolved SAS and Non-Equilibrium Studies
    • a. Kinetics
    • b. Stopped Flow Methods
    • c. TISANE
    • d. Phase Transitions
    • e. Influence of Temperature and Pressure Jumps
    • f. Glasses and Gels
    • g. Bridging the Time-Gap Between Spin Echo and XPCS
  • 12. Extreme Environments or Conditions
    • a. Temperature
    • b. Pressure
    • c. Electrochemistry and Electric Fields
    • d. Pulsed Fields
    • e. Magnetic Fields Including Alignment Induced in Magnetic Fields
    • f. Other
  • 13. Coherent Scattering and Imaging
    • a. Coherent Diffraction Imaging
    • b. X-ray Photocorrelation Spectroscopy
    • c. Microfocus and Tomography Experiments with SAS
    • d. Near Field Scattering
    • e. Dynamics Using Coherent Sources
  • 14. Contrast Variation Approaches
    • a. Selective Deuteration
    • b. ASAXS
    • c. Nuclear Spin Contrast Variation
    • d. Employing Neutron Magnetic Moment
  • 15. New Instrumentation, Techniques and Beamline Components
    • a. New Lab Based Facilities
    • b. New Reactor, Spallation, Synchrotron, XFEL Instrumentation
    • c. Emerging Detector Technologies
    • d. Emerging Techniques
    • e. Enhanced Resolution, Q, Flux Approaches
    • f. Simultaneous Measurements
    • g. Complementary Techniques
  • 16. Theory, Modelling, Simulation and Standardisation
    • a. Data Evaluation Schemes
    • b. Software and Analysis
    • c. Theory and Modelling
    • d. Standardisation
    • e. Data Reliability
    • f. Incorporation of Data from Complementary Techniques

Presentation Type

Abstracts may be submitted as Poster or Oral presentations. The Review Committee has the final decision on allocation of Poster and Oral presentations.

Speaker Zone

You can access the Speaker Zone using your Personal Access Key, which will be issued to you after you complete the abstract submission form.

In the Speaker Zone, you will be able to:

  • View the PDF version of your abstract to ensure the abstract has been received correctly. Please note that if you have submitted a PDF then there will be a time delay in viewing your abstract.
  • Upload a replacement abstract, if required
  • Add additional abstracts, if required
  • Upload your final abstract, if required
  • Check the status of your abstract
  • Check which session your abstract has been allocated to, if available
  • Register for the Conference

SAS2012 Prizes

Otto-Kratky Award

Anton-Paar has kindly agreed to sponsor the Otto-Kratky Award for young scientists in the field of SAXS. To be eligible, you must be a fully registered attendee to SAS2012, be author or co-author on an abstract utilising SAXS and either less than 35 years of age or fewer than five years since the date of PhD graduation. The prize winner will be announced during SAS2012 and will be awarded 750 Euro.

Guinier Prize

The Guinier prize will be awarded for outstanding contributions in the field of small-angle scattering and will be sponsored by the International Union of Crystallography. Nominations will be sought for this prize and further details will be available soon.

Dates and Deadlines

18 May 2012 Call for Papers closes
26 May 2012 Review period commences
17 July 2012 Authors notified of results
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