Useful Links

Other GISAXS tutorial sites

• Detlef-M. Smilgies's GISAXS tutorial: An excellent and well-referenced introduction to the basic concepts inherent to GISAXS.
• gisaxs.de: Brief introduction to the theory of GISAXS.
• IsGISAXS Manual: Provides a complete description (including equations) of the GISAXS theory required to model data.

Resources

• XRD resource page: Provides links to many resources for XRD and crystallography.

Tables and Data

X-ray

• X-ray data booklet: Tabulates fundamental properties of x-ray interactions with matter; also provides useful equations.
  • X-ray elements: Periodic table of x-ray properties.
• CXRO LBL x-ray interactions page: A simple web-tool for calculating the properties of x-ray interactions.
  • X-ray transmission for solids: Calculator.
  • X-ray atomic scattering factors: Periodic table of properties.
  • Properties of elements: f1 and f2, needed in SLD calc.
• CHESS x-ray properties
• NIST X-ray Database: Tabulation of Atomic Form Factors, Photoelectric Absorption and Scattering Cross Section, and Mass Attenuation Coefficients for Z = 1-92 from E = 1-10 eV to E = 0.4-1.0 MeV
• X-ray absorption edges: Periodic table of edges.
• Materials database: Searchable database for XRD of minerals.

Binding Energies

• Reevaluation of X-Ray Atomic Energy Levels J. A. BEARDEN and A. F. BURR Rev. Mod. Phys. 39, 125–142 (1967) DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.39.125
• Core-level binding energies in metals John C. Fuggle and Nils Mårtensson Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena Volume 21, Issue 3, 1980, Pages 275-281 doi: 10.1016/0368-2048(80)85056-0

Neutron

• Neutron data booklet: Tabulates fundamental properties of neutron interactiosn with matter; also provides useful equations.
• SLD calculator: NIST Center for Neutron Research calculator for predicting the neutron Scattering Lenght Density (SLD) for materials.

Electron

• NIST Stopping Power of Electrons

Software

See also the Software page for a complete list of available software packages.