Resources

Here are educational resources and lists of analytical software and databases. Note: Cite all sources where appropriate. Many of these resources are open-access tools published by active research groups.

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Argonne National Lab
https://www.aps.anl.gov/Education/Powder-Diffraction-Educational-Materials
Series of lectures about crystallography fundamentals
Diffraction

JEOL
https://www.jeolusa.com/RESOURCES
Introduction to SEM & library of technical whitepapers about specific applications
Electron Microscopy

AFM Help
https://afmhelp.com/|
Website which introduces users to basic AFM topics
Atomic Force Microscopy

AFM Workshop
https://www.afmworkshop.com/
Video tutorials on AFM fundamentals
Atomic Force Microscopy

Bruker
https://www.bruker.com/en/news-and-events/webinars.html
Searchable portal for Bruker hosted webinars on select topics
Various Methods

X-Ray Data Booklet
https://xdb.lbl.gov/
Provides physical background for interactions of x-rays with matter. Foundational for XRD and EDS.
Various

TA Instruments
https://www.tainstruments.com/support/webinars/
Webinars portal for TA Instruments thermal and physical property analysis
Thermal Analysis & Rheology

Malvern Panalytical
https://www.malvernpanalytical.com/en/learn/events-and-training
Searchable webinar database for particle sizing (among others)
Particle Size

Keyence
https://www.keyence.com/solutions/ss/
Resource center which covers multiple topics in engineering spanning from machining to measurement
Engineering

Xact Metal
https://xactmetal.com/learn/
Metal 3D printing resource hub for education and best practices
Engineering

Pace Technologies
https://metallographic.com/support/procedures.html
Best practices and guidelines for polishing samples when preparing for microscopy and/or surface measurements such as indentation
Engineering

Win X-Ray
https://montecarlomodeling.mcgill.ca/software/winxray/winxray.html
Software for Monte Carlo simulations of electrons in a solid. Useful for gaining insight on scattering behavior of SEM and TEM probes on samples and simulating EDS profiles.
Physics

SRIM
http://www.srim.org/
Software package and resource hub for simulations of ion sources in matter. Useful for SEM/TEM simulations, sputtering simulations, and ion implantation studies
Physics

DTSA-II
Software package for quantitiative x-ray microanalysis. Useful for developing quant-EDS experiments in-house with internal standards
Physics

ANALYTICAL SOFTWARE

ImageJ
https://imagej.net/ij/
Image analysis software for processing SEM and optical microscope data

MTEX
https://mtex-toolbox.github.io/
Orientation analysis software usd in processing EBSD and ODF data

GSAS II
https://advancedphotonsource.github.io/GSAS-II-tutorials/
Crystallographic analysis software package used to perform quantitative analysis on PXRD data

Jana
https://jana.fzu.cz/
XRD analysis: solution, refinement, and interpretation of standard, modulated, and magnetic structures from diffraction data

Fox
https://objcryst-fox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
XRD analysis software for the structure solution of powder XRD data

ShelX
http://www.shelx.org/
Structure solution package for single crystal XRD data. To be used with a solution interface such as Olex2 or a CMD window

Olex 2
https://www.olexsys.org/olex2/
GUI led structure solution software for single crystal XRD data. Interfaces with Shelx and other solution packages

Gwyddion
https://gwyddion.net/
Analytical software package for SPM (including AFM) data. Also useful for image data such as SEM/TEM where ImageJ is not suitable

TA Instruments
https://www.tainstruments.com/support/software-downloads-support/downloads/
TA Instruments analytical package for data that comes from DMA, TGA, and DSC instruments that run on Thermal Advantage or Trios

DATABASES

Minecryst
https://database.iem.ac.ru/index.php
Powder Diffraction Files (PDF) cards for mineralogical specimens. Mostly metals and minerals.
Crystal Structure

COD
https://www.crystallography.net/cod/
Crystallography Open Database. Has PDF cards for organic, inorganic, metal-organic, and minerals. Excludes proteins.
Crystal Structure

PDB
https://www.wwpdb.org/
Protein Data Bank. Structures of complex organic biopolymers.
Crystal Structure

RRUFF
https://www.rruff.net/
Meta-database which collates XRD, Raman, and IR data for common minerals
Crystal Structure, Spectroscopy

ICDD
https://www.icdd.com/
International Center for Diffraction Data. Paid database of XRD structures (Clarkson maintains a license of this database)
Crystal Structure

NIST - PML
https://www.nist.gov/pml
National Institute of Standards - Physical Measurement Laboratory. Database of physical properties for various chemicals including physical properties and spectroscopic data
Physical Constants, Spectroscopy,