1st Announcement Bruker AXS cordially invites you to our 2nd TOPAS Users' Meeting, which will be held June 11-13, 2007, in Karlsruhe, Germany: http://www.bruker-axs.de This highly interactive users' meeting is aimed at providing users with essential theoretical background as well as some working experience. The major components of this meeting are problem solving and modeling methods, with the focus on the exchange of tips and tricks. The meeting is a unique opportunity to meet both the TOPAS makers and expert users and to profit from their experience. To get the most out of the users' meeting, a basic knowledge of TOPAS is recommended, but it is open for anyone interested in learning more about the TOPAS capabilities and applications. The sessions will be split into step by step discussions of selected topics, presentations of invited expert users, and discussion rounds. Participants are encouraged to submit discussion topics in advance. The final schedule will take issues of general interest into account. For more information please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary program Monday June 11th, 2007 11:00 - 13:00 Registration/lunch Session I: Introduction to TOPAS 13:00 - 13:15 Welcome and introduction from the seminar organizer Arnt Kern - Bruker AXS 13:15 - 14:30 TOPAS: TOtal Pattern Analysis Solutions Arnt Kern - Bruker AXS 14:30 - 15:00 Break 15:00 - 15:50 The TOPAS macro language and algebra system: Advanced input file editing using the jEdit editor John Evans - Durham University - UK 15:50 - 16:15 Handling of large data amounts: Automated refinements John Evans - Durham University - UK 16:15 - 16:40 Single crystal analysis with TOPAS: Benchmarking Ivana Evans - Durham University - UK 17:00 - 19:00 Using the TOPAS macro language and algebra system: Hands-on session; bring your laptops 19:00 - ... Reception (Radisson SAS) -------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday June 12th, 2007 Session II: Line Profile Analysis 09:00 - 10:15 Profile fitting basics: Convolution Based Profile Fitting / Fundamental Parameters Approach Arnt Kern - Bruker AXS 10:15 - 10:45 Extracting crystallite size distributions from profile analysis - theory and practice Pamela Whitfield - NRC Ottawa - Canada 10:45 - 11:15 Break 11:15 - 12:05 User-defined convolutions: Crystallographic poetry Bill David - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - UK 12:05 - 12:30 Use of Topas to model Macrostrain and Microstrain Effects on Diffraction-Line Profiles Andreas Leineweber - MPI Stuttgart - Germany 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Session III: Indexing, structure determination and refinement 13:30 - 14:20 Indexing, structure determination and refinement with TOPAS: Features and capabilities Geert VanHoyland - Bruker AXS 14:20 - 14:45 Spacegroup determination from TOPAS Pawley refinement Anders Markvardsen - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - UK 14:45 - 15:10 Ab-initio Structure Solution of Coordination Polymers: A Guided Tour Norberto Masciocchi - Università dell'Insubria - Italy 15:10 - 15:40 Break 15:40 - 16:05 Structure determination of large and difficult structures from powder data John Evans - Durham University - UK 16:05 - 16:30 Structure determination of inorganic materials from powder data Bill David - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory - UK 16:30 - 16:55 Structure refinement of difficult structures Pamela Whitfield - NRC Ottawa - Canada 16:55 - 17:20 Refinement Using Rigid Bodies and the Z-Matrix Formalism Simon Parsons - The University of Edinburgh - UK 17:20 - 17:45 Single crystal analysis with TOPAS: Applications Ivana Evans - Durham University - UK -------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday June 13th, 2007 Session IV: Quantitative Rietveld Analysis 09:00 - 09:25 Quantitative Rietveld analysis: The impact of the Instrument Function / Fundamental Parameters Approach on quantification of complex mixtures Arnt Kern - Bruker AXS 09:25 - 10:15 Quantitative Rietveld analysis in the minerals and mining industry Mati Raudsepp - The University of British Columbia - Canada 10:15 - 10:45 Break 10:45 - 11:35 Quantitative Rietveld analysis: Dealing with unknown or partial (e.g. disordered) structures Nikki Scarlett - CSIRO Minerals - Australia 11:35 - 12:20 TOPAS for centralised autocontrol testing in the cement industry Marcus Paul - Dyckerhoff Cement - Germany 12:20 - 13:00 Wrap-up 13:00 - ... Lunch -------------------------------------------------------- This agenda is preliminary and subject to changes without notification. Please make sure to monitor www.bruker-axs.de frequently for possible changes.
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