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<b><span style="color:black;background:white">The deadline for </span><span style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://pncmi2022.umd.edu/"><span style="background:white">PNCMI 2022</span></a></span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="background:white">
</span></span><b><span style="color:black;background:white">abstract submission has been <span class="markyiepfbrl1"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">extend</span></span>ed to May 14, 2022.</span></b><span style="color:black;background:white"> If
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">If you have not registered
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 Please be aware that it is the height of tourist season, and it is recommended to book the hotel early if you intend to book extra nights outside the conference dates.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;background:white">The conference is intended to be held in-person from<span class="xxapple-converted-space"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> </span></span><b>July
 25 to 29, 2022</b><span class="xxapple-converted-space"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> </span></span>at the Graduate Annapolis Hotel in Annapolis, Maryland, USA, and is organized by the National Institute
 of Standards and Technology Center for Neutron Research in concert with the University of Maryland. The meeting will feature invited and contributed talks, poster sessions, and a tour of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Neutron
 Research</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#262626;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">PNCMI is the most comprehensive
 conference on the latest scientific research using polarized neutrons and on related instrumentation development.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">The
 topics will include:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#262626"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#262626;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Multiferroics
 and chirality</span></b></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(38, 38, 38)"><b style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Strongly
 correlated electron systems</span></b></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(38, 38, 38)"><b style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Frustrated
 and disordered systems</span></b></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(38, 38, 38)"><b style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Quantum
 materials</span></b></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(38, 38, 38)"><b style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Magnetic
 nanomaterials</span></b></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(38, 38, 38)"><b style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Thin
 films and multilayers</span></b></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(38, 38, 38)"><b style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Soft
 matter</span></b></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:rgb(38, 38, 38)"><b style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Imaging</span></b></li><li><b style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Polarized
 neutron instrumentation</span></b></li><li><b style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;">Polarized
 neutron techniques and methods</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"> <o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;background:white">For
 more information, please visit the PNCMI 2022 website: </span><span style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://pncmi2022.umd.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;background:white">https://pncmi2022.umd.edu/</span></a></span><span class="xxapple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;background:white"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;background:white">or
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<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;background:white">We look forward to receiving your abstract(s) and meeting you in Annapolis</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Wangchun Chen  </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">On behalf of the PNCMI 2022 organizing
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