The Shanghai International Crystallographic School - Workshop on Chirality in Solid-State Physics and Quantum Materials

The workshop attracted renowned experts, scholars, researchers, and young students from different fields of crystallography, chemistry, physics, and quantum materials science around the world to jointly discuss and exchange theoretical knowledge, cutting-edge technologies in crystallography, and the latest research achievements in quantum materials. The workshop was hosted by the Materials Genome Institute and International Centre for Quantum & Molecular Structures of Shanghai University, aiming to establish an international academic exchange platform for crystallography and promote academic innovation and technological progress in the field of computational crystallography. The purpose of the school was to introduce the group theoretical methods and computational tools necessary for developing and applying symmetry principles productively in solid-state materials science.
Special emphasis was placed on in-depth training and learning on the use of the Bilbao Crystallographic Server (BCS) for computational crystallography in the study of solid-state physics problems, such as phase transitions and their symmetry-mode analysis, comparisons between crystal structures, magnetic symmetry, and the description of magnetic structures. The workshop was closely integrated with the new frontiers of quantum materials science research, discussing topics such as chirality in solid physics, continuous symmetry measures, chirality in magnetism, chiral phonons, and chirality and relativity. The scientific program was mainly designed by Alessandro Stroppa (CNR-SPIN) in collaboration with Wei Ren (Shanghai University) and Mois Aroyo (University of the Basque Country), with feedback from each of the lecturers. The event continues the series of schools started in 2017, promoted by Alessandro Stroppa, to boost and favor international scientific collaborations between China and Europe and western countries in general.

More information has been included in the final Report (pdf).