Advanced Methods and Tricks of EXAFS Data Modeling

This workshop was part of the 2001 NSLS Users' Meeting.

Workshop organizer: Anatoly Frenkel, Physics Department, Yeshiva University, New York, NY 10016

Overview

With the development of the ab initio theories and data analysis techniques, EXAFS method is evolving in a routine materials characterization method, on a par with other well established structural techniques. The goal of this workshop is to demonstrate how to make the most use of the experimental EXAFS signal via smart modeling (beyond the trivial first-shell analysis) and yet not to overinterpret the data. In addition, many common mistakes in the data analysis and some common examples of unphysical interpretations of the data, which are often overlooked, will be discussed. The workshop is intended for the broad audience of synchrotron users from all fields of materials science, physics, chemistry, biology, environmental science, engineering etc. who specialize in EXAFS.

The brief report about the workshop is published in Synchrotron Radiation News and available here .

Workshop Talks