Resources & Tutorials

The classic comprehensive text on small-angle X-ray scattering by O. Glatter and O. Kratky, available as a legal PDF download.

Classic reference text on structure analysis using small-angle scattering by L.A. Feigin and D.I. Svergun, freely available as a PDF.

The Neutron Data Booklet, a comprehensive reference for neutron properties and data, available as a downloadable PDF from the ILL.

The X-ray Data Booklet, a comprehensive reference for X-ray properties and data, available as a downloadable PDF from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

The canSAS community repository of legacy SAS software and code, maintained on GitHub.

A collection of PDF guides and useful links for beginners to SAXS, provided by the Diamond Light Source facility in the UK.

Tutorial for biological macromolecules studied with SAXS, covering sample preparation, measurement, reduction and analysis. Available from BIOISIS at the Advanced Light Source, Berkeley.

Wikipedia article on the application of small-angle scattering to biological macromolecules.

List of EMBO practical courses for biological macromolecules with recommended reading, hosted by the EMBL Hamburg BioSAXS group.

Tutorial on grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering by A. Meyer from the University of Hamburg.

Wikipedia article on grazing incidence small-angle scattering techniques.

Tutorial on classical molecular dynamics simulation methods for the analysis of scattering data using Python.

Tutorial on classical molecular dynamics simulation methods for the analysis of scattering data, with accompanying Python tutorial materials.

A collection of SANS-related tutorial materials and lecture notes by Boualem Hammouda at the NIST Center for Neutron Research.

Tutorial on SAXS data reduction available from the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center in Taiwan.

Wikipedia article covering the principles and applications of small-angle neutron scattering.

Wikipedia's overview article on small-angle scattering techniques, covering fundamentals of SAXS and SANS.

Web tutorials on small-angle scattering using Shape2SAS and SasView, covering data collection, reduction and analysis.

Wikipedia article covering the principles and applications of small-angle X-ray scattering.

Introduction to spin-echo small-angle neutron scattering with examples and further reading, from TU Delft.

Series of recorded seminars about facilities for, and applications of, Small-Angle Scattering organised by the APS SAXS Special Interest Group.