Does it matter, part 7: Generator warm-up
Many of my mentors have insisted that the X-ray generator needs some time to stabilize after setting the generator voltage and current. The given waiting […]
Setting up a Python development environment on Mac OS X
Right before the Christmas holiday, my new Mac arrived at work. This computer will be used mainly as a test and development environment for the […]
It is the year that will be (2016 edition)
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to 2016! This year is bound to bring much goodness with it, so let’s see what we can do:
It was the year that was (2015 edition)
The year seems to have sped by at an amazing rate. Fortunately, the record shows that progress has been made this year. Indeed, we started […]
On troubles in nanoparticle-land and transmission factors
For this week, I have two short messages on two topics: the nanoparticle round-robin and the SAXSess transmission factor troubles.
Ultra-SAXS version 3: now with added synchrotron-i-ness
The last two weeks, I have been visiting Diamond and ESRF, to talk to Very Interesting People over there. The end result: a collaboration to […]
Thou shalt be judged… Round-robin request.
As some of you will know, we are currently running a SAXS round-robin experiment, with a bit over ten labs participating at the moment. The […]
SAXS in six dimensions
[Quick note: I am also giving a talk at ESRF next week, on the 3rd of December, in the Science Building Seminar Room 035 at […]
Talk at Diamond next week Thursday
Next week Thursday I will be giving a talk at Diamond, courtesy of Nick Terrill, entitled: “Everything SAXS: Making Sense of the Soup”. This will […]
Paper highlight: From little things, carbides grow.
Zoë Schnepp wrote a recent paper, based on the experiments we did at Diamond (these ones). These experiments revealed some amazing XRD data, giving insight […]