Advanced Neutron Powder Diffraction Analysis with TOPAS
September 24-27, 2024
Spallation Neutron Source, Building 8600
Agenda as of June 5, 2024, It will very likely change but it gives you an idea of what to expect.
| Tuesday, September 24, 2024 - RM-TBA |
17:00 pm – Registration, Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) Bldg, 8600, Lobby 6:00 pm – Reception 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm – Software installation, RM-TBA
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| Wednesday, September 25, 2024 - RM-TBA |
8:00 am – Registration, Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) Bldg, 8600, Lobby 9:00 – Welcome, RM-TBA 9:15 – Introduction of neutron powder diffraction method 10:15 am – coffee break 10:45 – Introduction of whole pattern fitting and Rietveld refinement 12:00 pm – Working lunch, lunch talk- TBA 1:00 pm – Introduction of TOPAS (Bruker) 2:00 pm – Pattern indexing and peak profile fitting in TOPAS 3:00 pm - Coffee break 3:30 pm - Structure solution and whole pattern fitting in TOPAS 5:00 - 7:00 pm – Dinner, Poster 7:00 pm – Adjourn
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| Thursday, September 26, 2024 - RM-TBA |
9:00 - 10:30 am – Hands-on Part 1- Constant wavelength powder neutron diffraction data analysis 10:00 - 10:30 am – Coffee Break 10:30 - 12:00 pm – Hands-on Part 2 - Time-of-flight powder neutron diffraction data analysis 12:00 - 1:00 pm – Working Lunch, lunch talk- TBA 1:00 - 3:00 pm – Hands-on Part 3 - Sequential and parametric structure refinements 3:00 - 3:30 pm – Coffee Break 3:30 - 5:00 pm – Hands-on Part 4 - Complex structure refinements 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm – Dinner, Poster
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| Friday, September 27, 2024 - RM-TBA |
9:00 am - 10:00 am Introduction of neutron pair distribution function (PDF) method 10:00 - 10:30 am – Coffee Break 10:30 - 11:15 am – Analyzing neutron PDF and diffuse scattering data in TOPAS 11:15 am - 12:15 pm - Hands-on Part 5 - PDF data analysis 12:00 - 1:00 pm –Topic: Working Lunch, lunch talk- TBA 1:00 - 3:00 pm – Time with instructors and work on own data part 1 3:00 - 3:30 pm – Coffee Break 3:30 - 5:00 pm – Time with instructors and work on own data part 2 5:00 pm – School Ends |
| We plan to prepare workshop materials in the format of Dropbox folder for distribution to each registered participant and forming the starting point of online tutorials. |
