Program of the 5th Advanced X-ray Diffraction School 08 - 12 June 2026

MONDAY, 08.05.

• Advanced Crystallography I:
  Symmetry and classification + excercise
  
  
• Advanced Crystallography II:
  Crystallographic space groups and International Tables (Vol. A)
  
  
• Fullprof suite:
  X-ray powder pattern simulation, creating a Fullprof parameter file for full crystal structure analysis

TUESDAY, 09.05.

• Quiz (Online)
  Advanced crystallography
  
  
• Visualising crystal structures with Diamond 4:
  Introduction and guided excercise
  
  
• Le Bail refinement of thin film GI-XRD data

WEDNESDAY, 10.05.

• Introduction to crystal structure refinement (Rietveld analysis)
  History, basic idea and procedure
  
  
• Guided excercise in Rietveld analysis:
  Detailed view to input and output files
  
  
• Rietveld analysis of given patterns

THURSDAY, 11.05.

• Introduction into texture analysis
  
  
• Fullprof output files
  correlation matrix, import into Diamond
  
  
• X-lab tour 
  
  
• Multiphase refinement and quantitative phase analysis 

FRIDAY, 12.05.

• Introduction into microstructure analysis:
  Lecture and guided exercises
  
  
• Online quiz
  Crystal structure refinement
  
  
• Feedback and closing