XRD-lab info

During the summer holliday there will be some reduced support in the XRD-lab and no more new user training until august.

The level of support will vary throughout the summer and below you will find an overview of the different periods:

Now until the 30^th of June:

The lab will run as normal, but there will be no training arranged for new users.

From 19^th of June to 30^th of June please contact Maria Tsoustsouva (maria.tsoutsouva@ntnu.no) for user support and questions regarding the loading of DaVinci1.

From the 1^st of July until the 11^th of July:

The lab will be open but there will be no support and no loading of DaVinci1. If anything is broken or empty it will not be fixed or refilled until the earliest at 12^th of July.

Maria Tsoustsouva’s time as the lab responsible is over, questions should go to Viviann Hole Pedersen. Viviann is om holiday so emails may not be answered until 12^th of July.

From the 12^th of July until the 31^th of July:

The XRD-lab will have limited user support. Viviann Hole Pedersen (viviann.h.pedersen@ntnu.no )  is available for user support on Mondays in office K2-106 (or in the lab), office hours are from 9-12.

DaVinci1 will be loaded every afternoon, to ensure that your sample is started on the current day please have it ready at the latest 15:15. Any samples placed after this might not be run until the following workday afternoon.

From 1^st of August:

The lab will run as usual. Support will be available all days except Tuesdays. Office hours are 10-12 on Wednesday and Thursday in office K2-106.

Viviann Hole Pedersen is the main responsible for the XRD-lab and should be contacted for support and other questions.

Have a nice summer!

From the 15th of May 2021 the XRD-lab will go over to using BookitLab (link to log in: https://core.bookitlab.com/ntnu/) as bookign system.

Use your NTNU feide user to log on to the system. If you are an external user please contanct lab responsible and there will be made a guest user for you.

• Maximum 4 users at the same time in the lab, and keep a distance of minimum 1 meter.
• We have a booking form for the room in order to avoid too many people being in the room at the same time, link to Room booking.
• The DaVinci1-diffractometer will be loaded as normal, see below.
• Grazing-incidence set-up on Wednesdays (if you have GI-samples, please put them in the queue before 14 on Wednesdays)
• Support by email or at office hours (or use email to set up a meeting).

• Routine diffractometer (DaVinci1) will normally be loaded and measurements started every weekday at approximately 9 and 15:45 (if practically possible).
• Normal support time for XRD questions will be Wednesdays and Thursdays: 10:00-12:00 (Priority for new grazing-incidence-XRD-users on Wednesdays). Look for lab responsible either in the office (K2-106) or the XRD-lab
• Lab events / shut-downs / instrument statuses etc will be posted in the Booking system

1. The instrument training courses. This training is required for new users of the lab/instruments, and they are arranged every second week (every week or more often at semester start in the fall), normally Thursdays at 9:45-11:00. It is recommended to wait until your samples are ready or nearly ready. Please fill in this form, and then we can adapt the training better for your requirements.
   https://forms.office.com/r/95RAfumkjF
   If you are external to NTNU, and the link above doesn't work, simply send an email: Contact info
   
   
2. Introduction to EVA XRD data analysis software: (voluntary). 60 minutes, occasionally arranged when sufficient requests. If you are interested, please add a service request for this in the Booking system
3. Workshop in further data analysis using Topas: (voluntary). 3 x 2 hours (3 consecutive weeks). Next Workshop will probably be in October 2021. If you are interested, please add a service request for this in the Booking system

Autumn:

September - November: Many new users are coming during this period and we arrange instrument trainings for new users almost every week, or even more often if necessary.

Mid-October - November: TOPAS Workshops will be arranged. The TOPAS Workshop assumes some basic knowledge of diffraction, for example TMT4130/TMT4166 or the FACET crash course.

Winter:

December - January: Reduced service levels in the XRD-lab over the Christmas holiday period, thereafter possibly reduced service due to maintenance and upkeep.

Spring:

February-May: XRD-lab running as normal, instrument trainings are arranged approximately every fortnight

Late May - Early June: Instrument service period if necessary

Late May - Early June: Topas Workshop will be arranged if sufficient demand, add a service request for this in the Booking system if you are interested (or send me an email if you can't get access).

Summer:

Mid June - mid-August: reduced service levels in the XRD-lab. This is because of holiday / needed time for maintenance and upkeep. That means that only people that are already trained and have access can use the lab (i.e. no new trainings).