Powder diffraction at the Australian Synchrotron and Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering: A workshop for beginners

Australia/Melbourne
Description

The powder diffraction teams from the Australian Synchrotron (AS) and Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering (ACNS) are hosting a 3-day virtual powder diffraction workshop for beginners aimed at post-graduate students and early career researchers.

This workshop aims to cover all stages of sample analysis, beginning at sample preparation, experimental setup through to instrument characterisation and qualitative and quantitative analysis. Topics will include: basic crystallography, search/matching, indexing, geometry corrections, proposal writing and tips on planning your experiment.

Demonstration sessions will be used to practically reinforce the material presented and will be split into 2 parallel sessions using TOPAS and GSAS II. 

Lecture and demonstration places are limited to 30 and priority will be given to Early Career Researchers and PhD students with synchrotron or neutron data or who have beamtime allocated.

The workshop is free. 

Lectures and demonstrations will be presented by Mr. Ian Madsen (CSIRO), the AS Powder Diffraction (PD) and Advanced Diffraction and Scattering (ADS) beamline teams at the AS, and the Powder Diffraction team at the ACNS, ANSTO. Examples of research carried out at the AS and ACNS will also be presented by Dr. Matilde Saura-Múzquiz (USYD) and Dr. Jack Binns (RMIT). 

Registration
Speakers
    • 11:00 11:10
      Welcome: Dr. Danielle Martin
      Convener: Dr Anita D'Angelo (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO)
    • 11:10 12:40
      Introduction to powder diffraction: Mr. Ian Madsen
      Convener: Dr Anita D'Angelo (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO)
    • 12:40 13:40
      Symmetry & structure: Dr. Josie Auckett
      Convener: Dr Anita D'Angelo (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO)
    • 13:40 14:30
      Break 50m
    • 14:30 15:00
      Indexing lecture: Dr. Helen Maynard-Casely
      Convener: Prof. Vanessa Peterson (ANSTO)
    • 15:00 17:00
      GSAS-II program demonstration: Familarisation and instrument characterisation
      Conveners: Dr Josie Auckett (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO), James Hester (ANSTO)
    • 15:00 17:00
      TOPAS program demonstration: Familiarisation and instrument characterisation
      Conveners: Dr Renata Lippi (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO), Dr Helen Brand (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO)
    • 11:00 12:00
      Search/matching demonstration: Dr. Anita D'Angelo
      Convener: Dr Qinfen Gu (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO)
    • 12:00 12:30
      Sample preparation, data collection, instrumentation: Dr. Justin Kimpton
      Convener: Dr Qinfen Gu (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO)
    • 12:30 13:00
      Corrections to powder diffraction: Dr. James Hester
      Convener: Dr Qinfen Gu (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO)
    • 13:00 14:00
      Break 1h
    • 14:00 14:30
      Indexing demonstration: Dr. Helen Maynard-Casely
      Convener: Dr James Hester (ANSTO)
    • 14:30 15:30
      Introduction to Rietveld modelling and least square fitting (I): Prof. Vanessa Peterson
      Convener: Dr James Hester (ANSTO)
    • 15:30 16:30
      GSAS-II program demonstration: Le Bail/Pawley
      Convener: Dr Qinfen Gu (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO)
    • 15:30 16:30
      TOPAS program demonstration: Le Bail/Pawley
      Conveners: Dr Anita D'Angelo (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO), Dr Helen Brand (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO)
    • 16:30 17:00
      Virtual tour of the AS & ACNS
      Conveners: Helen Brand (Australian Synchrotron), Helen Maynard-Casely (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)
    • 11:00 11:30
      Research topics in powder diffraction: Dr. Matilde Saura-Múzquiz
      Convener: Dr Justin Kimpton (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO)
    • 11:30 12:00
      Research topics in powder diffraction: Dr. Jack Binns
      Convener: Dr Justin Kimpton (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO)
    • 12:00 12:30
      Writing a proposal for the AS: Dr. Renata Lippi
      Convener: Dr Justin Kimpton (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO)
    • 12:30 13:00
      Writing a proposal for the ACNS: Dr. James Hester
      Convener: Dr Justin Kimpton (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO)
    • 13:00 14:00
      Break 1h
    • 14:00 14:30
      Introduction to Rietveld modelling and least square fitting (II): Prof. Vanessa Peterson
      Convener: Dr James Hester (ANSTO)
    • 14:30 15:00
      Quantitative Phase Analysis: Mr. Ian Madsen
      Convener: Dr James Hester (ANSTO)
    • 15:00 16:30
      GSAS-II program demonstration: Rietveld
      Conveners: Dr Qinfen Gu (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO), Dr Josie Auckett (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO)
    • 15:00 16:30
      TOPAS program demonstration: Rietveld
      Conveners: Dr Justin Kimpton (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO), Dr Helen Brand (Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO)
    • 16:30 16:55
      Q & A 25m
    • 16:55 17:00
      Closing remarks 5m
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