.. _Tutorials: .. _XAFS Tutorials: http://gbxafs.iit.edu/training/tutorials.html .. _XAS Overview: https://www.ung.si/~arcon/xas/xas/xas.htm .. _X-ray Spectroscopy mini Courses: http://www.umich.edu/~jphgroup/XAS_Course/index.htm .. _XAS Education: http://bruceravel.github.com/XAS-Education .. _Fundamentals of XAFS: https://docs.xrayabsorption.org/tutorials/XAFS_Fundamentals.pdf .. _XAFS Overview: https://docs.xrayabsorption.org/tutorials/XAFS_Overview.pdf .. _Basics of EXAFS Processing: https://docs.xrayabsorption.org/tutorials/Basics_of_XAFS_to_chi_2009.pdf .. _Basics of EXAFS Data Analysis: https://docs.xrayabsorption.org/tutorials/Basics_of_XAFS_analysis_2009.pdf .. _Introduction to XAFS: https://docs.xrayabsorption.org/tutorials/Xie_XAFSv1.pdf .. |cdot| unicode:: U+00B7 .. MIDDLE DOT ============================================== Tutorials, Books, and other Resources ============================================== Tutorials ------------------- Many of the :ref:`Workshops` will host tutorial materials. In fact, most of the links to presentations here are from training workshops. A partial list of external websites with introductory and tutorial pages on XAFS * `XAFS Tutorials`_ from Grant Bunker, Illinois Institute of Technology * `XAS Overview`_ from Iztok Arcon, University of Nova Gorica, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia * `X-ray Spectroscopy mini Courses`_ from Jim Penner-Hahn, University of Michigan. * `XAS Education`_ from Bruce Ravel, National Institute of Standards and Technology. See also: https://speakerdeck.com/bruceravel Some slides from oral presentations hosted here (PDF format except where noted): * `XAFS Overview`_ from Matt Newville, University of Chicago. Slides from an overview of XAFS. * `Fundamentals of XAFS`_ from Matt Newville, University of Chicago. A longer (~40 page) writeup of notes and discussion of the basics of XAFS. * `Basics of EXAFS Processing`_ from Shelly Kelly, UOP. Introducing the basics of processing chi(k) data in Athena. * `Basics of EXAFS Data Analysis`_ from Shelly Kelly, UOP. Introducing the basics of modeling EXAFS spectra in Artemis. * `Introduction to XAFS`_ from Yaning Xie, Senior Researcher at Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF) and Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China. Books --------------------- We do not endorse Amazon.com and we do not participate in the Amazon Affiliate program. Amazon links are given for these books as a convenience for the reader. * *Introduction to XAFS: A Practical Guide to X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy*, Grant Bunker, Cambridge University Press 2010. This is a thorough and well-presented discussion of all aspects of XAFS. `ISBN `__ |cdot| `Publisher `__ |cdot| `Amazon `__. * *XAFS for Everyone*, Scott Calvin, CRC Press, 2013. An amazing addition to the scientific literature, this book combines a rigorous yet practical guide to XAFS with a conversational tone and graphics that asks and then answers all manner of questions about XAFS. `ISBN `__ |cdot| `Publisher `__ |cdot| `Amazon `__ * *Elements of Modern X-ray Analysis*, Jens Als-Nielsen, Des McMorrow. John Wiley & Sons, 2001. This book gives excellent overview of many of synchrotron X-ray methods. It incudes a brief but very good section on X-ray absorption, EXAFS, and dichroism. `ISBN `__ |cdot| `Publisher `__ |cdot| `Amazon `__ * *X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy for the Chemical and Materials Sciences*, John Evans, John Wiley & Sons, 2018. `ISBN `__ |cdot| `Publisher `__ |cdot| `Amazon `__. * *XAFS Techniques for Catalysts, Nanomaterials, and Surfaces*, Edited by Yasuhiro Iwasawa, Kiyotaka Asakura, and Mizuki Tada, Springer, 2017. `ISBN `__ |cdot| `Publisher `__ |cdot| `Amazon `__. * *X-Ray Absorption and X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy: Theory and Applications*, Jeroen A. van Bokhoven and Carlo Lamberti, John Wiley & Sons, 2016. `ISBN `__ |cdot| `Publisher `__ |cdot| `Amazon `__ * *Core Level Spectroscopy of Solids (Advances in Condensed Matter Science)*, Frank de Groot and Akio Kotani, CRC Press, 2008, volume 6 of *Advances in Condensed Matter Science*. `ISBN `__, `Publisher `__ |cdot| `Amazon `__ * *X-ray Absorption: Principles, Applications, Techniques of EXAFS, SEXAFS, and XANES*, Edited by D.C. Koningsberger and R.Prins, John Wiley & Sons, 1988. volume 92 of *Chemical Analysis*. `ISBN `__ |cdot| `Publisher `__ |cdot| `Amazon link `__ Review Articles, Articles in Series --------------------------------------- * *Theoretical approaches to x-ray absorption fine structure*, J. J. Rehr and R. C. Albers, Reviews of Modern Physics 72, pp. 621-892, 2000. `DOI:10.1103/RevModPhys.72.621 `_. * *Analysis of Soils and Minerals Using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy*, S. D. Kelly, D. Hesterberg, D., and B. Ravel, in Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 5 -Mineralogical Methods, (A.L. Ulery and L.R. Drees, Eds.) p. 367. Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI, USA, 2008. `ISBN `_, `Amazon `_ * *Fundamentals of XAFS*, M. Newville in Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralology and Materials Sciences, (G.S. Henderson, D. R. Neuville, R. T. Downs, Eds) Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry vol. 78, p 33, 2014. `DOI:10.2138/rmg.2014.78.2 `_. * *X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure (XANES) Spectroscopy*, G. S. Henderson, F. M. F. de Groot, B. J. A. Moulton in Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy and Materials Sciences, (G.S. Henderson, D. R. Neuville, R. T. Downs, Eds) Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry vol. 78, p 75, 2014. `DOI:10.2138/rmg.2014.78.3 `_. * *Multiplet effects in X-ray spectroscopy*, F. de Groot, Coordination Chemistry Reviews 249, pp 31-63, 2005. `DOI:j.ccr.2004.03.018 `_. * *High resolution 1s core hole X-ray spectroscopy in 3d transition metal complexes - electronic and structural information*, P. Glatzel and U. Bergmann, Coordination Chemistry Reviews 249, pp 65-95, 2005. `DOI:10.1016/j.ccr.2004.04.011 `_. * See also many other excellent articles in *Synchrotron Radiation in Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry*, E. I. Solomon, Editor, Coordination Chemistry Reviews 249, 2005. `DOI:10.1016/S0010-8545(04)00294-2 `_. .. Information on Specific Topics in XAFS Webcasts, screencasts, and other remote learning tools gitmakLocal structure refinement on the basis of XANES fitting using FitIt software