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Re: [Ifeffit] Ifeffit Digest, Vol 169, Issue 9
by Abhinav Prabhakar 05 Aug '20

05 Aug '20

Hello, Thank you for your reply. Attached is the CIF file in question. The crystal is Tobermorite 14A, taken from COD website. However, the structure has partial occupancy and it is modified to include full occupancy. The modified CIF file shows a space group of B11b (and cannot be recognized by Artemis). I tried a C1c1 space group (it works) but it shows the same structural values as a P11b. Regards, AP On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 1:00 AM, <ifeffit-request(a)millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov> wrote: > Send Ifeffit mailing list submissions to > ifeffit(a)millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/ifeffit > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ifeffit-request(a)millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ifeffit-owner(a)millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Ifeffit digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Space group type in Artemis (Bruce Ravel) > 2. Data export and coordination number (Abhinav Prabhakar) > 3. Re: Data export and coordination number (Bruce Ravel) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 09:20:14 -0400 > From: Bruce Ravel <bravel(a)bnl.gov> > To: XAFS Analysis using Ifeffit <ifeffit(a)millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov> > Subject: Re: [Ifeffit] Space group type in Artemis > Message-ID: <3853f1f7-61fd-6886-306f-040c540ecae1(a)bnl.gov> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > On 03/11/2017 05:56 AM, Abhinav Prabhakar wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a question about the working of Artemis as a new user. > > > > Artemis does not recognize the space group B11b. When importing a cif > > file of a crystal with this symmetry, it sends a prompt message that the > > space group symbol cannot be recognized. As a result, I changed it to > > P11b and it works. But would this change any crystal information (for > > eg. Degen, Reff values) significantly? > > I am not a crystallography expert in any sense. When I wrote Artemis, I > meticulously followed what I found in the fourth edition of the > International Tables for Crystallography, Volume A. Every symbol > defined in there is recognized by Artemis. (Well, I guess I should say > that every symbol is /supposed to be/ recognized by Artemis. If one is > missing, that's a bug and should be reported.) > > "B11b" is not a symbol that I found in my copy of ITC volume A. As > Robert suggested, there may be a way to rotate group 9 so that "B11b" is > an interpretable symbol in the abstract. But Artemis does not know how > to do that. (Nor do I.) > > "P11b" is a setting for space group #7. If, as Robert suggests, your > CIF file is for space group #9, then the answer to your last question is > yes. It is plainly obvious that using a different space group will > change the degeneracies and distances. > > > Of course, you did not bother to include a copy of the CIF file in > question to your original email, so it is not actually possible for > Robert or I or anyone else to actually help you effectively. > > At the risk of sounding like an annoyingly broken record, everyone > should take the time to ask a good question or write an actionable bug > report: > > http://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/documents/SinglePage/help.html > http://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/documents/SinglePage/bugs.html > > B > > > -- > Bruce Ravel ------------------------------------ bravel(a)bnl.gov > > National Institute of Standards and Technology > Synchrotron Science Group at NSLS-II > Building 743, Room 114 > Upton NY, 11973 > > Homepage: http://bruceravel.github.io/home/ > Software: https://github.com/bruceravel > Demeter: http://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 21:48:31 +0800 > From: Abhinav Prabhakar <abhi.prabhakar(a)gmail.com> > To: ifeffit(a)millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov > Subject: [Ifeffit] Data export and coordination number > Message-ID: > <CA+nbL85FJReunY1Am1oeNTMtFskXMd8FmH_OgaO00mnmew2c-g(a)mail.gmail. > com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello, > > As a new user, I have some questions related to the use of Athena and > Artemis: > > i) Is it possible to extract the normalized/background corrected data from > Athena (in E-,k- and R- space) and export it as numbers (to Excel perhaps)? > > ii) Using Artemis, how can coordination numbers (N) be expressed as 'guess' > parameters (Artemis allows only numerical values for N)? > > Thank you. > > Regards, > > Abhinav Prabhakar (Mr.) >

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Athena labels
by Stoll, Andreas (IAM) 24 May '19

24 May '19

Hi, Is it possible to change the x- and y-axes labels in the athena plots (energy against normalized xµE)? Greetings Andi

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Postdoctoral position at SSRL in XAS of catalysts
by Bare, Simon R 20 May '19

20 May '19

There is an opening for a postdoctoral research associate positon in the fall of 2019 at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) at SLAC National Lab. This postdoctoral position will involve using in-situ/in-operando synchrotron-based methods, primarily X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), to study all aspects of catalysis. The focus of the project will be in developing advanced methods in data processing, data analysis and data modeling. The candidate will join a group at SSRL, under the guidance of Dr. Simon Bare, though the Consortium for Operando and Advanced Catalyst Characterization via Electronic Spectroscopy and Structure (Co-ACCESS); https://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/content/science/chemistry-catalysis. Full details at: https://careers.slac.stanford.edu/sites/careers.slac.stanford.edu/files/Pos… Please send a letter with CV and list of publications, and names of two references, to the address below: Simon R Bare, email: simon.bare(a)slac.stanford.edu<mailto:simon.bare@slac.stanford.edu>

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Two postdoctoral openings at SBU and BNL
by Anatoly Frenkel 20 May '19

20 May '19

Dear mailing list subscribers, There are two openings for postdoctoral research associate positions, described briefly below (for more details please contact me). Position 1: A postdoc will investigate novel electromechanical materials using NSLS-II beamline facilities at Brookhaven National Laboratory, with primary technique being X-ray absorption fine structure. This position will be in Stony Brook University (located in close proximity to Brookhaven), under the supervision of Prof. Anatoly Frenkel. Responsibilities will include setting up new in situ operations for testing novel materials under applied electric field, developing and applying fast timing methods (such as modulation excitation spectroscopy), and collaborating with other participants of the NSF-BSF funded US-Israel collaboration. Annual trips to Israel for collaborative research will be required. Ph.D. in Physics, Chemistry or Materials Science, and expert knowledge of XAFS experiment, data analysis and modeling, documented in publications, are required. Position 2: Catalysis Center for Chemical Innovations (CCEI), an Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) at the University of Delaware, is hiring a postdoctoral research associate to work with multiple teams of catalysis researchers of CCEI on XAFS projects. The postdoc will lead collaborative efforts by helping develop synchrotron-based projects, plan experiments, lead the visiting researchers in data collection, and work with CCEI groups on subsequent publications. This position will be supervised jointly by Profs. Anatoly Frenkel (Stony Brook U.) and Jingguang Chen (Columbia U.). The postdoc will be stationed at Brookhaven National Laboratory and travel several times a year to U. Delaware for collaborative meetings. The background is recent Ph.D. in Chemistry or Materials Science. Strong background in catalysis and XAFS measurements, data analysis and modeling are expected. Three names of professional references are required with the applications that should include a cover letter describing prior experience and interest in the position, and a CV with a list of publications. These materials should be emailed to anatoly.frenkel(a)stonybrook.edu with a subject line: XAFS postdoc position. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Anatoly I. Frenkel Professor Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 11794, Ph: 631-632-2751 Email: anatoly.frenkel(a)stonybrook.edu <https://mail.bnl.gov/OWA/redir.aspx?C=F6wCGt4adziN6IvpdRQ-rWdgy3Oaoif_x-0yb…> http://you.stonybrook.edu/frenkel Joint Appointment: Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973. Ph: 631-344-3013. Group: 631-344-3494 Email: frenkel(a)bnl.gov https://www.bnl.gov/chemistry/bio/FrenkelAnatoly.asp Spokesperson, Synchrotron Catalysis Consortium (SCC) at BNL http://you.stonybrook.edu/scc2 -------------------------------------------------------------------

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by Sameh Ibrahim Ahmed 20 May '19

20 May '19

Dear collegues I need the XAFS or XANES spectra for some material to use them in my analysis. Actually, I am not sure if there is a library for the XAFS spectra for different compounds available free online !. In fact, I need the spectra for the following elements and their oxides with different oxidation states as well 1- Ni 2- Fe 3- Mo 4- V 5- Co 6- Mn Thank you in advance for your help. Best regards -- سامح إبراهيم أحمد أستاذ مساعد الفيزياء جامعة عين شمس Sameh Ibrahim Ahmed Associate professor of Physics Ain-Shams University Abbassia-11588 Cairo-EGYPT email: sameh(a)sci.asu.edu.eg & sameh2977(a)gmail.com

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Larch 0.9.43
by Matt Newville 02 May '19

02 May '19

Hi Folks, Larch 0.9.43 is now available, with installers for Windows, MacOS, and Linux at https://millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov/xraylarch/installation.html If you already have installed Larch, you should be able to update to the latest version with ~> conda update -c gsecars xraylarch from a terminal on Linux or Mac OSX. On Windows, you may have to specify the full path with something like: C:\Users\<YourName>\AppData\Local\Continuum\xraylarch\Scripts\conda.exe -c gsecars xraylarch If you have any trouble upgrading, you can simply remove the xraylarch installation folder and reinstall. If you would like to install Larch into a different Python environment, please read https://xraypy.github.io/xraylarch/installation.html Version 0.9.43 has several improvements to the XAS Viewer GUI application, including: - better handling of read/write cycles of multiple Athena project files. - better default normalization and better control over normalization, especially for XANES data. - improved PCA analysis (in part from the recent discussion here with Joselaine Cáceres Gonzalez), so that it now reports IND values to help determine the number of components and reports eigenvalues from simple matrix inversion (not SVD) so that they more closely match those in the XAFS literature. - addition of Partial Least Squares and LASSO regression analysis for selection and prediction of external quantities (valence, for example) based on training sets of XANES data with known values for these quantities. This machine-learning approach is based on work of M Dyar, et al in a series of papers over the past several years. I encourage and request anyone interested, and especially MacOS users, to try out the XAS Viewer app and let us know what needs improvement. For people interested in using Larch from Python, Version 0.9.43 includes a complete refactoring of the code to make Larch work better as a "normal" Python library. Specifically, the previous code organization with most of the real analysis code in "plugins" has been replaced with all code now placed within the main larch module, still organized by topic. This improves packaging -- `pip install xraylarch` can now work. This code reorganization also means that the python programmer can use more normal imports to get at the Larch library so that one can simply do >>> from larch.xafs import pre_edge, autobk, xftf We also fixed a serious and deep flaw that selected a matplotlib plotting library too early, making larch difficult to use with Jupyter, Spyder, or other Qt-based GUIs. This is now fixed, and import statements like the one above can be seamlessly used in Jupyter notebooks. I should note that the documentation and examples are definitely lagging behind the code especially regarding the most recent developments, but this will be worked on. If you having any questions, trouble, or suggestions on any part of Larch, please let us know. --Matt Newville

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Pseudo Voigt crash Athena
by Lawley Craig Richard (PSI) 02 May '19

02 May '19

Dear Mailing list, I have run into an issue with the peak fitting section included in Athena. If I include a peak that is a Pseudo-Voigt and then save the project file. Upon trying to reopen the same project file, Athena becomes non responsive with the error message "PV is not yet implemented". The log file for the crash is as follows: Started at 2019-05-01T17:37:06 Win7Enterprise (64-bit) Service Pack 1 Service Pack 16176012102561 PATH is: C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Users\lawley_c\AppData\Roaming\DemeterPerl\c\bin;C:\Users\lawley_c\AppData\Roaming\DemeterPerl\perl\site\bin;C:\Users\lawley_c\AppData\Roaming\DemeterPerl\perl\bin;C:\Users\lawley_c\AppData\Roaming\DemeterPerl\c\bin\gnuplot\bin DEMETER_BASE is: C:\Users\lawley_c\AppData\Roaming\DemeterPerl IFEFFIT_DIR is: C:\Users\lawley_c\AppData\Roaming\DemeterPerl\c\share\ifeffit\ perl version: v5.24.0 backend: ifeffit @INC: C:/Users/lawley_c/AppData/Roaming/DemeterPerl/perl/site/lib/MSWin32-x64-multi-thread C:/Users/lawley_c/AppData/Roaming/DemeterPerl/perl/site/lib C:/Users/lawley_c/AppData/Roaming/DemeterPerl/perl/vendor/lib C:/Users/lawley_c/AppData/Roaming/DemeterPerl/perl/lib . Demeter version 0.9.26 Can't call method "SetValue" on an undefined value at C:/Users/lawley_c/AppData/Roaming/DemeterPerl/perl/site/lib/Demeter/UI/Athena/PeakFit.pm line 916. -------- Where lines 910-920 in the PeakFit.pm file readout as: 910 if ($result == wxID_NO) { 911 $::app->{main}->status("Not deleting lineshape."); 912 return 0; 913 }; 914 ## demolish the LineShape object, if it exists 915 $this->{'lineshape'.$n}->DEMOLISH if exists $this->{'lineshape'.$n}; 916 ## dig through the hierarchy of the StaticBox and Remove/Destroy each element 917 foreach my $s ($this->{'func'.$n}->GetChildren) { 918 foreach my $w ($s->GetSizer->GetChildren) { 919 $w->GetWindow->Destroy if defined($w->GetWindow); I couldnt find any previous thread regarding this issue. If anyone knows a solution or could link me to a pre existing thread I would much appreciate it. Thanks in advance Craig _______ Paul Scherrer Institut Craig Lawley OFLB/U109 Forschungsstrasse 111 5232 Villigen PSI Schweiz Telefon: +41 56 310 5054 E-Mail: craig.lawley(a)psi.ch<mailto:craig.lawley@psi.ch> www.psi.ch<http://www.psi.ch/>

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