ISIS Virtual Reflectivity Training Course

Session

Morning Session

23 Apr 2026, 09:00

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

Conveners

Morning Session

• Christy Kinane (STFC)

Morning Session

• Oleksandr Tomchuk

Morning Session: Morning Session

• There are no conveners in this block

Morning Session: Morning session

• There are no conveners in this block

24. Welcome and introduction

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

23/04/2026, 09:00

1. Lecture 1: Introduction to reflectometry

Luke Clifton (STFC)

23/04/2026, 09:15

• Scattering theory
• Optical matrix
• Examples

2. Lecture 2: Reflectometry Deep Dive

Christy Kinane (STFC)

23/04/2026, 10:15

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

3. Practical 1: Demonstration and first fitting

Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

23/04/2026, 11:30

NIST Online tool demo and fitting of RR sample

6. Lecture 4: Data reduction

Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

24/04/2026, 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)

24/04/2026, 10:00

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

10. Lecture 5: An introduction to NR Beamlines and alignment

Oleksandr Tomchuk

24/04/2026, 11:15

• Reflectometer components
• Sample alignment

28. The NR experimental process

Mario Campana (STFC)

27/04/2026, 09:15

29. Lecture 9: RasCAL Demo

Arwel Hughes (STFC)

27/04/2026, 10:00

30. Lecture 9: Refl1D Demo

Andrew Caruana (STFC), Christy Kinane (STFC)

27/04/2026, 11:15

17. Practical 8: Refl1D demo and exercises

Andrew Caruana (STFC), Brian Maranville, Christy Kinane (STFC)

28/04/2026, 09:00

• PNR
• PA
• Model Constraints

31. Closing remarks

Dr Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

28/04/2026, 11:30

8. Lecture 5: Data reduction II - Jupyter Notebook

Andrew Caruana (STFC)

14. Lecture 7: Case study - Lipid Bilayers

Luke Clifton (STFC), Maximilian Skoda (STFC)

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

18. Lecture 9: Case study - Complex systems

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

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

9. Practical 5: Jupyter Notebook

Andrew Caruana (STFC)

27. Practical 7: RasCAL Bilayer fitting

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

Building bilayer models

19. Practical 9: RefNX demo and excersises

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

• Complex models exercises