FullProf Workshop

Europe/Berlin
GATE Garching

GATE Garching

Lichtenbergstrasse 8, D-85748 Garching b. München
Description

A three-day hands-on FullProf Workshop with an expert team from Institut Laue-Langevin - Juan Rodriguez-Carvajal, Nebil Katcho and Oscar Fabelo Rosa will take place in Garching, 18.3 -  20.3.2026.

Scientific scope
The FullProf Workshop is an intensive, hands-on session that uses the programs in the FullProf Suite. It aims to contribute to the training of scientists with different profiles and backgrounds in the treatment of X-ray and neutron diffraction data. The lectures and tutorials will provide the essential tools for efficient use of the FullProf Suite at the intermediate and upper-intermediate levels. In addition to general applications of Rietveld refinement, the new features for material structural analysis, magnetic structure determination, and refinement will be considered.
Location and duration
The FullProf Workshop will take place at the Garching-Technologie- und Gründerzentrum GmbH (Lichtenbergstraße 8, 85748 Garching bei München) on 18.3.-20.3.2026, from 09:00 until 17:00*.
*please refer to the timetable below
Participants
The Workshop is best suited for PhD students and experienced scientists with a basic knowledge of diffraction techniques and crystallography. The number of participants is limited to 35, and the places are distributed on a “first-come, first-served” basis. The participation is free of charge. Preliminary/basic knowledge of FullProf is required; in exceptional cases, it is recommended to familiarise oneself with the FullProf manual and/or online tutorials in advance, as well as to try following the online tutorials accessible via the FullProf portal.
Lecturers and tutors
Dr. Juan Rodriguez-Carvajal (Institute Laue Langevin) – main author and contributor of FullProf
Dr. Nebil A. Katcho (Institute Laue Langevin) 
Dr. Oskar Fabelo Rosa (Institute Laue Langevin)
 

Registration
Participants
    • 09:00 09:05
      Welcome & organisational details 5m
    • 09:05 10:00
      Lecture 1: Brief introduction to the FullProf suite. Overview of new features and capabilities. 55m
    • 10:00 10:30
      Lecture 2: Magnetic structures. Description of magnetic structures using the formalism of propagation vectors. Symmetry analysis: Magnetic Space Groups and Representation theory. 30m
    • 10:30 10:50
      Coffee break 20m
    • 10:50 12:30
      (cont.) Lecture 2: Magnetic structures. Description of magnetic structures using the formalism of propagation vectors. Symmetry analysis: Magnetic Space Groups and Representation theory. 1h 40m
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch break (lunch at Gate) 1h 30m
    • 14:00 15:30
      Lecture 3: Options for analysing magnetic structures in FullProf. Utilities for magnetic space groups. Super space group formalism (nuclear and magnetic) 1h 30m
    • 15:30 15:50
      Coffee break 20m
    • 15:30 15:50
      Coffee break 20m
    • 15:50 17:00
      Tutorial 1h 10m

      Introduction to Magnetic Structure determination LaMnO3
      Different examples of Magnetic Structures: Ho2BaNiO5, DyMn6Ge6 and DyFeWO6

    • 17:00 17:05
      Day 1: closing remarks 5m
    • 19:00 22:00
      Joint Dinner (place tbc) 3h
    • 09:00 10:30
      Lecture 4: Microstructural studies, from mathematical foundations to real examples. 1h 30m
    • 10:30 10:50
      Coffee break 20m
    • 10:50 12:30
      Tutorial 1h 40m

      Introduction to Magnetic Structure determination LaMnO3
      Different examples of Magnetic Structures: Ho2BaNiO5, DyMn6Ge6 and DyFeWO6
      Study of the micro-structural effects by powder diffraction: Analysis of the spinel MgAl2O4 and Analysis of the phase transition on Nd2NiO4

    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch break (lunch at Gate) 1h 30m
    • 14:00 15:30
      Lecture 5: Single crystal diffraction using FullProf. Data integration and reduction of single crystal data using Int3D, DataRed and nDataRed. 1h 30m
    • 15:30 15:50
      Coffee break 20m
    • 15:50 17:00
      Tutorial 1h 10m

      Use of FullProf for Single crystals: hybrid compounds
      Single crystal multi-phase approach
      Study of the micro-structural effects by powder diffraction: Analysis of the spinel MgAl2O4 and Analysis of the phase transition on Nd2NiO4

    • 17:00 17:05
      Day 2: closing remarks 5m
    • 09:00 10:30
      Lecture 6: Introduction to FullProfAPP and examples. 1h 30m

      Example: Quantitative analysis using FullProfAPP
      Example: Sequential refinement using FullProfAPP

    • 10:30 10:50
      Coffee break 20m
    • 10:50 12:20
      Tutorials and/or working with your own data 1h 30m
    • 12:20 12:30
      Day 3: closing remarks and wrap up 10m
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch break (lunch at Gate) 1h 30m