ISIS Virtual Reflectivity Training Course

Session

Morning Session

16 Nov 2021, 09:00

https://ukri.zoom.us/j/92031874488

Conveners

Morning Session

• Christy Kinane (STFC)

Morning Session

• Robert Dalgliesh (STFC)

Morning Session

• Rhina Houinato (STFC)

Morning Session

• Rhina Houinato (STFC)

24. Welcome and introduction

Luke Clifton (STFC), Dr Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

16/11/2021, 09:00

1. Lecture 1: Introduction to reflectometry

John Webster (STFC)

16/11/2021, 09:15

• Scattering theory
• Optical matrix
• Examples

2. Lecture 2: Unpolarised Reflectometry - all you need to know

Luke Clifton (STFC)

16/11/2021, 10:15

• Experimental design
• SLD calculation
• Dynamic range and resolution
• Isotopic Contrast
• Examples

3. Practical 1/2: Demonstration and first model

Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

16/11/2021, 11:30

NIST Online tool demo and fitting of RR sample

6. Lecture 4: Data reduction

Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

18/11/2021, 09:00

• Basic beamline set-up
• Virtual beamline tour
• Time-Of-Flight
• Data reduction in Mantid WorkBench

7. Practical 4: Data reduction with Mantid in IDAaaS

Maximilian Skoda (STFC), Stephen Hall (STFC)

18/11/2021, 10:00

• IDAaaS introduction
• Data access
• Data reduction steps
• Reflectometry interface

10. Lecture 5: Fitting - general introduction

Andrew McCluskey (ESS)

18/11/2021, 11:15

• Fitting basics (Fourier transform, phase loss etc.)
• Model parametrisation:
• Slab models
• Custom models
• Fitting pitfalls

14. Lecture 7: Case study - Lipid Bilayers

Luke Clifton (STFC), Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

23/11/2021, 09:00

• RasCAL revisited
• Building a model
• Custom models
• Fitting strategies and pitfalls
• Error analysis

15. Practical 7: RasCAL Bilayer fitting

Luke Clifton (STFC), Stephen Hall (STFC), Maximilian Skoda (STFC), Becky Welbourn (STFC), Mario Campana (STFC)

23/11/2021, 09:30

Building bilayer models

18. Lecture 9: Case study - Complex systems

Andrew Nelson, Becky Welbourn (STFC), Jos Cooper (STFC), Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

25/11/2021, 09:00

• Introduction to RefNX
• Building a model in RefNX
• Custom models: mixed area, non-slab models ??
• Modelling roughness
• Fitting strategies and pitfalls
• Error analysis

19. Practical 9: RefNX demo and excersises

Andrew Nelson, Jos Cooper (STFC), Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

25/11/2021, 09:30

• Complex models exercises

8. Lecture 5: Data reduction II - Jupyter Notebook

Andrew Caruana (STFC)

9. Practical 5: Jupyter Notebook

Andrew Caruana (STFC)