EPJ Web of Conferences Highlight – 18th European Workshop on Modern Developments and Applications in Microbeam Analysis

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Published on 20 March 2026

The 18^th Workshop of the European Microbeam Analysis Society (EMAS) on Modern Developments and Applications in Microbeam Analysis took place in Mataró, Spain from 11-15 May 2025.

The EMAS European Workshops have been organized every second year since its beginning in 1989 (with the exception of 2021), with the primary aim of evaluating the state-of-the-art and reliability of microbeam analysis techniques.

The EMAS 2025 workshop attracted 147 participants from 20 countries. The program consisted of 17 invited plenary lectures, 5 round tables, 30 oral presentations within 3 oral sessions, 3 poster sessions with a total of 67 posters, 6 early career scientist presentations and 9 commercial presentations. A commercial exhibition was supported by 9 commercial companies. The following topics were addressed: electron backscatter diffraction, electron probe microanalysis, soft X-ray emission spectroscopy, reference materials, quality control, applications of micro and nanobeam analysis in the earth sciences, combination of microanalytical techniques.