2008 APS XAFS School
Dates: August 5—8
The APS XAFS School instructed students about XAFS and how to incorporate XAFS into their own research program. The curriculum was aimed at the novice to intermediate level XAFS practitioner and covered all aspects of XAFS. Lectures for this years school focused on basic theory and processing and analysis of XAFS data. Significant time was spent on hands-on instruction in data processing and data analysis using Feff, Ifeffit and Athena & Artemis. The 2008 program did not include hands-on experiments at APS spectroscopy beamlines. Experimental practice will likely be included in the next course.
Talks, Demo Material
For further details and notes, see the Schedule below.
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Figure 1: Group photo for the 2008 APS XAFS School
Matt Newville |
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Scott Calvin |
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Analysis Demo (data for demo: IronMetal.chi , HematiteAtoms.inp ) |
Scott Calvin |
Simon Bare |
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Shelly Kelly |
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Processing Demo (Zip file with data for demo: Kelly_data.zip ) |
Shelly Kelly |
XANES Demo (Data for demo: Au.prj ) |
Bruce Ravel |
Daniel Haskel |
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Analysis Demo (Data for demo: nife.zip ) |
Matt Newville |
Bruce Ravel |
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Analysis Demo (Data for demo: methyl_tin.zip ) |
Bruce Ravel |
Matt Newville |
Instructors
- Simon Bare, UOP
- Scott Calvin, Sarah Lawrence College
- Robert Gordon, Simon Fraser University
- Shelly Kelly, ANL
- Matt Newville, University of Chicago
- Bruce Ravel, NIST
- Adam Webb, DESY
Schedule
All lectures and tutorials will be held in APS Building 402 Room E1100, which is located at the rear of the APS Auditorium.
Schedule
Tuesday August 5 |
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8:00 am |
APS User Training, as needed |
APS User Office |
9:00 am |
Welcome |
Mark Beno |
9:15 am |
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10:30 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:45 am |
Scott Calvin |
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12:00 pm |
Group Photo (402 Main Entrance) followed by Lunch (402 Gallery) |
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1:00 pm |
Analysis Demo (data for demo: IronMetal.chi , HematiteAtoms.inp ) |
Scott Calvin |
2:15 pm |
Simon Bare |
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3:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
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3:45 pm |
Open Analysis Time |
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6:00 pm |
Dinner (Argonne Guest House) |
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Wednesday August 6 |
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9:15 am |
Shelly Kelly |
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10:30 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:45 am |
Processing Demo (Zip file with data for demo: Kelly_data.zip ) |
Shelly Kelly |
12:00 pm |
Lunch (402 Gallery) |
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1:00 pm |
XANES Demo (Data for demo: Au.prj )[2,3] |
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2:15 pm |
Open Analysis Time |
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3:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
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3:45 pm |
Open Analysis Time |
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6:00 pm |
Dinner (Giordano's: Chicago's World Famous Stuffed Pizza)[1] |
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Thursday August 7 |
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9:15 am |
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10:30 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:45 am |
Analysis Demo (Data for demo: nife.zip )[5] |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch (402 Gallery) |
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1:00 pm |
Open Analysis Time |
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2:15 am |
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3:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
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3:45 pm |
Open Analysis Time |
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6:00 pm |
Dinner (Aodake Sushi & Steak House)[1] |
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Friday August 8 |
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9:15 am |
Analysis Demo (Data for demo: methyl_tin.zip )[6] |
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10:30 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:45 am |
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11:00 am |
Open Analysis Time |
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12:00 pm |
School Ends |
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- The bus for Giordano's and Aodake dinners will depart from the APS around 6 pm, and will make a brief stop at the ANL Guest House before heading off site.
For the full story of Bruce's XANES analysis demo on Au/Cyanobacteria, see Mechanisms of Gold Bioaccumulation by Filamentous Cyanobacteria from Gold(III)-Chloride Complex, M. F. Lengke, B. Ravel, M. E. Fleet, G. Wanger, R. A. Gordon, G. Southam, Environ. Sci. Technol. 40:20, p. 6304-6309. (2006)
Scott's EXAFS Divination Set offers several good examples for practicing LCF and PCA analysis.
To see Dani's presentation from the 2001 NSLS User's Meeting on angular-resolved EXAFS, follow this link.
For further details, see M. Manghnani, et al, Phys Rev B. 77, 134110, (2008).
For the full story of Bruce's EXAFS analysis demonstration on methyl tin species, see Speciation of organotins in polyvinyl chloride pipe via X-ray absorption spectroscopy and in leachates using GC-PFPD after derivatisation C. A. Impellitteri, O. Evans, and B. Ravel, J. Environ. Monit., 9, p. 358 (2007)