Program of the 3rd Advanced X-ray School

MONDAY, 27.05.

• Advanced Crystallography I:
  Symmetry and classification + excercise
  
  
• Advanced Crystallography II:
  Crystallographic space groups and International Tables (Vol. A)
• Introduction into Fullprof suite and WinPlotr
  
  
• Simulating X-ray powder pattern using FIZ-ICSD database 

TUESDAY, 28.05.

• Visualising crystal structures with Diamond 4:
  Introduction and guided excercise
  
  
• Le Bail refinement of thin film GI-XRD data
  Lecture and excercises
  
  
• Brief introduction into texture analysis

WEDNESDAY, 29.05.

• Introduction to crystal structure refinement (Rietveld analysis):
  History, basic idea and procedure
  
  
• Guided excercise in Rietveld analysis:
  Detailed view to input and output files
  
  
• Rietveld analysis of given patterns

THURSDAY, 30.05.

• Multiphase refinement and quantitative phase analysis 
  
  
• Single crystal analysis with Bruker Kappa Apex-II
  
  School Get-together (5 p.m.)

FRIDAY, 31.05.

• Introduction into microstructure analysis:
  Lecture and guided exercises
  
  
• Quiz, feedback and closing