RSS feed from FAIRSpectra https://fairspectra.net/ This year, the North American SIMS Workshop travels to the California State University Northridge (CSUN) in Northridge California, with co-chairs Michael J. Eller and Christine Mahoney. The SIMS Workshop has a long history covering the entirety of the SIMS technique, and often has a significant commercial audience. At this year’s... Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0100 https://fairspectra.net/2025-06-05-2025-06-05-NA-SIMS-Workshop/ https://fairspectra.net/2025-06-05-2025-06-05-NA-SIMS-Workshop/ VAMAS, the Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards is an international organisation helping to develop harmonized data sharing, amongst other activities. Currently running is project TWA2/A45 on a Comprehensive file format for the measurement and analysis of surface chemical analysis data developed by a Japanese consortium led by Professor... Sun, 25 May 2025 13:00:00 +0100 https://fairspectra.net/2025-05-25-2025-05-25-VAMAS-project/ https://fairspectra.net/2025-05-25-2025-05-25-VAMAS-project/ NFDI4Chem are a German consortium working to develop FAIR methods in Chemistry. This group hold regular Stammtisch events (informal group meetings) on FAIR and related subjects, usually online. The next Stammtisch event is on 26 January and features a presentation by Mark Dörr on How open Semantic Web Technologies, open... Sun, 21 Jan 2024 12:21:00 +0000 https://fairspectra.net/2024-01-21-2024-01-26-NFDI4Chem-Stammtisch/ https://fairspectra.net/2024-01-21-2024-01-26-NFDI4Chem-Stammtisch/ Those in the UK surface analysis community will be well aware of the UK Surface Analysis Users Forum (UKSAF, https://www.uksaf.net/) who organise 1-2 day meetings twice a year. At the Winter meeting, held 10 January, the organisers graciously offered an exhibition booth for FAIRSpectra. We had a few visitors to... Sun, 21 Jan 2024 11:22:00 +0000 https://fairspectra.net/2024-01-21-2024-01-10-UKSAF/ https://fairspectra.net/2024-01-21-2024-01-10-UKSAF/ The International Standards Organisation (ISO) has a technical committee covering Surface Chemical Analysis (TC 201). The purpose of TC 201 is to develop international standards covering practices and protocols for techniques used in the chemical analysis of solid/frozen surfaces such as SIMS and XPS. The technical committee has a number... Fri, 03 Nov 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://fairspectra.net/2023-11-03-2023-09-06-SIMS-Europe/ https://fairspectra.net/2023-11-03-2023-09-06-SIMS-Europe/ For the last 20 years or so the biennial SIMS Europe conference has been hosted by the University of Münster in Germany. However, this year it was hosted by the University of Nottingham in the UK. FAIRSpectra were kindly gifted an exhibition stand by the organisers to promote the initiative.... Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0100 https://fairspectra.net/2023-09-06-2023-09-06-SIMS-Europe/ https://fairspectra.net/2023-09-06-2023-09-06-SIMS-Europe/