Scope of the Conference

The great majority of solid state materials – natural as well as man-made ones – have a polycrystalline structure that is characterized by the size, shape, arrangement and orientation of the constituting crystals. Crystal orientation is particularly important due to the anisotropy of many physical properties. Therefore, the study of preferred crystal orientations, or crystallographic texture, is of major interest in research and industrial application.
Since ITAP-1, held in Clausthal (Germany) in 1997, and ITAP-2, held in Metz (France) in 2004, noticeable advancements in experimental as well as theoretical methods have been made.
ITAP-3 will be held in Göttingen (Germany) on 23-25 September 2009 and supplemented by Pre-Conference Workshops on 21-22 September 2009. The conference will provide a forum for authoritative presentations and high-level discussions. All aspects of texture phenomena in conventional and advanced materials are addressed, including metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, thin films, nanocrystalline materials, and rocks. Some topics are:

Advances in Experimental Methods
· Measurement of local texture
       Electron diffraction in the SEM (EBSD) and TEM (SAD, TKP)
       EBSD (BKD) and 3D analysis with FIB, TKP, SAD
       Spatially resolved X-ray and synchrotron diffraction methods
       Grazing incidence diffraction for depth profiling
· Measurement of global texture
       Synchrotron radiation and hard X-rays
       New methods of X-ray texture analysis
      Neutron diffraction texture measurement
      Alternative techniques.
Quantitative Methods
· Calculation of textural quantities
      (ODF, MODF; characterization of grain and phase boundaries)
· Orientation stereology
· Mathematical modeling of texture formation and anisotropic
Typical applications
· Casting and deformation textures
· Texture transformation by phase change
· Recrystallization and grain growth
· Textures in thin films and coatings
· Textures in biomaterials
· Hexagonal alloys and low-symmetry materials
· Anisotropic properties related to the bulk, grain or grain boundary
· Residual stresses and texture
· Phase and Rietveld analysis.
Texture Analysis in Geology
· Textures and anisotropy of rocks.

The pre-conference workshops will give introductions to electron, X-ray, neutron and synchrotron diffraction in texture analysis, in particular in EBSD techniques and ODF calculation.

Conference Language
The conference language is English. There will be no translation.