Beyond Rg: Materials SAXS Short Course 2017
planned for April 2016
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
Prior course Materials (talks, examples, pictures)
The objective of the Materials Small-Angle Scattering Short Course 2017 is to raise the capabilities of the materials small-angle scattering (SAS) and grazing-incidence SAXS (GISAXS) community by providing an intermediate-level course for those in need of a better understanding of SAS & GISAXS theory, and techniques utilized at the APS.
This SAXS short course offers an overview of small-angle scattering (SAS, including x-ray and neutron scattering) theory, SAS methods and capabilities for materials science, physics, chemistry, polymers etc - but no bioSAXS (solution scattering ands protein SAXS). Course will include basics on data reduction and analysis tools, to enable the community to submit highly effective beam-time proposals and to facilitate better utilization of the resources at the APS.
The course includes lectures, software practice, and hands-on experimental sessions. Experimental session will be carried out at selected APS small-angle x-ray scattering beamlines for samples that are brought by participants and demo samples. Example data will be provided for software practice. Lecturers will be available during software practice and experimental sessions for one-on-one discussion.
Participants are expected to have attained at least a doctoral-level education and are encouraged to have a defined experimental program so that they can collect data for a set of samples that they bring. Participants are also encouraged to bring their own notebook computers.
Registration fee: $55
Number of participants is limited to 30-35. If needed, organizers reserve the right to select participants.
Registration page: |
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Participants will be responsible for their own transportation, accommodations, and meal costs. Suggested logging is on site (3 minutes walk from APS) Argonne Guest House: http://www.anlgh.org/
Argonne Guest House
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 S. Cass Avenue - Building 460
Argonne, IL 60439
Phone: 800.632.8990 or 630.739.6000
Fax: 630.739.1000
Email: argonne-guest-house@anl.gov
For answers to registration questions contact:
Constance A. Vanni
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 S. Cass Ave., Bldg. 401
Argonne, IL U.S.A.
e-mail: vanni@aps.anl.gov
For technical questions or for more information contact:
Jan Ilavsky
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 S. Cass Ave., Bldg. 433A
Argonne, IL U.S.A.
e-mail: ilavsky@aps.anl.gov
SPONSORS:
 APS X-ray science division |
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Monday-Tuesday | General lectures (theory, applications, software practice, etc.) |
| Wednesday-Thursday | Optional experiments at selected SAXS beamlines |
| Friday | Software (hands on) course for particpants |
SYLLABUS
Fundamentals of Small-Angle Scattering
Theories and Applications of SAXS and GISAXS
SAXS Sample Preparation
Small Angle Scattering Instrumentation
Specific topics of SAXS applications inChemistry, Polymers, Materials science etc.
Software course
Strategies to Write Successful Beam-Time Proposals
SPEAKERS
Jan Ilavsky, XSD/ Argonne
Soenke Seifert, XSD/Argonne
Steven Weigand, DND-CAT/Northwestern
Byeongdu Lee, XSD/Argonne
and other APS XSD and APS CAT's staff members
PARTICIPATING BEAMLINES
| SAXS: | 5-ID-D (DND-CAT, http://www.dnd.aps.anl.gov/) |
| Details on the beamlines: | http://small-angle.aps.anl.gov/aps_beam_lines.html |
SOFTWARE
Irena & Nika packages (http://usaxs.xray.aps.anl.gov)