Resources
Educational Resources
- https://www.aps.anl.gov/Education/Powder-Diffraction-Educational-Materials
- http://img.chem.ucl.ac.uk/sgp/mainmenu.htm
- https://www.epfl.ch/schools/sb/research/iphys/teaching/crystallography/
- https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/Community/educationalresources/csdteachingdatabase/
- Bilbao Crystallographic Server, https://www.cryst.ehu.es/
- https://www.icdd.com/methodfield-tutorials/
- http://prism.mit.edu/xray/education/reading.html
- https://xray.chem.tamu.edu/courses.php
- https://www.iucr.org/education
- https://www.jiamdiffraction.com/
Conferences, Workshops & Schools
- ACA meeting
- IUCr meeting
- EPDIC
- MMRRSA (Kalifah)
- 3PD (Aitken)
- NXschool
- ACA Summer school
- https://www.icdd.com/icdd-education/
- https://www.dxcicdd.com/
Facilities
- Deadlines for proposal cycles
- Collection for light sources: https://lightsources.org/for-users/proposal-deadlines/
- https://www.aps.anl.gov/Users-Information/About-Proposals/Proposal-Deadlines-and-Meetings
- https://www.bnl.gov/nsls2/userguide/
- https://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/content/user-resources/ssrl-deadlines
- https://neutrons.ornl.gov/users/proposal-calls
- https://www.nist.gov/ncnr
Books
- Klug and Alexander, 1974, X-Ray Diffraction Procedures: For Polycrystalline and Amorphous Materials, 2nd Edition
- D. Cullity, S.R. Stock, “Elements of X-ray Diffraction”, Prentice Hall College Div., 3rd ed., 2001.
- K. Pecharsky & P. Y. Zavalij, 2008, Fundamentals of Powder Diffraction and Structural Characterization of Materials, Second Edition, Springer.
- Powder Diffraction. Theory and Practice. Edited by Robert E. Dinnebier and Simon J. L. Billinge, 2008
- Clearfield, J. H. Reibenspies, and N. Bhuvanesh, editors. Practice and Applications of Powder Diffraction, Blackwell (2008).
- Jenkins & R. L. Snyder, 1996, Introduction to X-ray Powder Diffractometry, Wiley-Interscience.
- L. Bish and J. E. Post, Editors, Modern Powder Diffraction, Vol. 20, MSA Reviews in Mineralogy, 1989. https://msaweb.org/volume-20-modern-powder-diffraction/
- International Tables, https://it.iucr.org
- especially Volume H: Powder Diffraction, 2019
- J. Mittemeijer & U. Welzel, Editors, 2013, Modern Diffraction Methods, Wiley-VCH.
- E. Buhrke, R. Jenkins & D. K. Smith, 1998, A Practical Guide for the Preparation of Specimens for X-ray Fuorescence and X-ray Diffraction Analysis, Wiley-VCH.
- H. Chung and D.K. Smith (eds) Industrial Applications of X-ray Diffraction . Marcel Dekker . 2000.
- A. Palmer, F.C. Ladd, “Structure Determination by X-ray Crystallography”, Springer, 5th ed., 2013
- P. Glusker, K.N. Trueblood, “Crystal Structure Analysis: A Primer”, IUCr Monographs on Crystallography, Oxford Scientific Publications, 2010.
- P. Glusker, M. Lewis, M. Rossi, “Crystal Structure Analysis for Chemists and Biologists”, VCH Publishers, 1994.
- H. Stout, L.H. Jensen “X-ray Structure Determination: A Practical Guide”, Wiley, 2nd ed., 1989.
- E. Warren, 1969, 1990, X-Ray Diffraction, Dover.
Relevant Databases
Beamline Strengths
- https://www.aps.anl.gov/Structural-Science
- https://11bm.xray.aps.anl.gov/ 11-BM has its own website, 11-ID and 17-BM appear not to have separate websites? Technical details can be accessed from Structural Science page for all beamlines
- https://www.aps.anl.gov/Beamlines/Directory/Details?beamline_id=90
- https://www.aps.anl.gov/Beamlines/Directory/Details?beamline_id=16
- https://www.aps.anl.gov/Beamlines/Directory/Details?beamline_id=15
- https://www.aps.anl.gov/Beamlines/Directory/Details?beamline_id=88
- https://neutrons.ornl.gov/suites/diffraction
- https://neutrons.ornl.gov/nomad
- https://neutrons.ornl.gov/powder
- https://neutrons.ornl.gov/powgen
- https://neutrons.ornl.gov/wand
- High Resolution Powder Diffractometer – BT-1 | NIST
- https://www.bnl.gov/nsls2/beamlines/beamline.php?r=28-ID-2
- https://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/content/beam-lines/bl2-1
- https://www.esrf.fr/id22
- https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Instruments/Crystallography/I11.html
- https://www.cells.es/en/beamlines/bl04-mspd
- https://www.psi.ch/en/sls/ms
- https://www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/en/beamlines/cristal
- https://www2.kek.jp/imss/pf/eng/apparatus/bl/
- https://www.lightsource.ca//facilities/beamlines/cls/beamlines/bxds.php#top
- https://tpsbl.nsrrc.org.tw/bd_page.aspx?lang=en&port=19A&pid=1068
Beamlines accepting mail-in proposals for standard, short-turnaround experiments
- APS: 11-BM, 11-ID-B, 17-BM ( https://wiki-ext.aps.anl.gov/srsmailin/index.php/SRS_mail-in )
- ORNL: POWGEN ( https://neutrons.ornl.gov/powgen/mail-in ), NOMAD (https://neutrons.ornl.gov/nomad/mail-in )