The Materials Research Collaborative Access Team This is the home page for the The Materials Research Collaborative Access Team (MRCAT), a multiple-institution consortium for building and operating x-ray beamlines at the Advanced Photon Source .

MRCAT Research

Instrumentation and Capabilities

Scientific Program

Research Highlights

 

MRCAT Publications

Journal Articles     Conference Papers     Dissertations     Conference Proceedings

Funding Acknowledgement

All publications resulting from experiments performed at MRCAT are required to include the acknowledgement:

MRCAT operations are supported by the Department of Energy and the MRCAT member institutions.

We request that any publication resulting from work done at MRCAT be added to The APS Publications Database.

Information for Users

Beamline Phone Numbers:   630.252.1710 (ID)    630.252.9762 (BM)    630.252.0342(LOM)

2008-2 beamtime schedule
2008-1 beamtime schedule
2007-3 beamtime schedule
MRCAT General User Access

MRCAT is accepting General User proposals. Please submit proposals through the APS User Administration Office (UAO) web site for review.

Absorption Edge Reference Spectra

Ti   V   Cr   Mn   Fe   Co   Ni   Cu   Zn   Ge   Zr   Nb   Mo   Pd   Ag   Ta   Pt   Au

Useful Software

iXAFS 2 β1 — IFEFFIT and the Horae suite for the Mac (universal binary for Tiger and Leopard).

Windows SCP client

WinSCP is a program that can be used to copy data from MRCAT computers to your Windows computer. It uses the secure copy protocol to go through the APS firewall.

RealVNC version 3.3.7 for Windows

RealVNC version 4.0 for Windows

RealVNC 3.3.7 and 4.0 for Windows in case the newer version doesn't work for you.

Safety

Online Experimental Safety Forms

We ask that ESAF's be submitted at least 4 weeks prior to the experiment in order to give sufficient time for evaluation.

Printing Safety Forms

Active ESAFs may be printed only be authorized MRCAT staff. Log in and search on the badge number of the experimenter, the sector (10), the approval status (Approved) and any other criteria you wish. Select the desired ESAF and press the "Generate Report" button. After printing, have the Verifier sign and then submit to the Floor Coordinator.

APS Safety Information

All MRCAT Users must follow APS Safety Guidelines. Please make sure to familiarize yourself with APS procedures. If you have any questions, please contact Carlo Segre, MRCAT Safety Coordinator.

APS Electrical Equipment Inspection

All MRCAT users bringing electrical equipment to the beamline need to arrange to have it inspected by the APS. This request can be submitted at the bottom link on the page referenced above.

Executive Committee and Institutional Membership

MRCAT is a partnership of four universities (University of Notre Dame, Northwestern University, University of Florida and Illinois Institute of Technology, two Argonne National Laboratory Divisions (Chemical Technology and Environmental Research) and one company (BP). Each institutional member has a seat on the MRCAT Executive Committee, which is responsible for the operation of the CAT. The Executive Committee members are:

Director:
	Bruce Bunker	University of Notre Dame, Physics Department	(bunker.1@nd.edu)
Deputy Director:
	Carlo Segre	Illinois Institute of Technology , Physics Division	(segre@iit.edu)
Executive Committee Members:
	Mark Davidson	University of Florida , Microfabritech	(mark@microfab.ufl.edu)
	Jeffrey Miller	BP Corporation	(jeffrey.miller@bp.com)
	Ken Kemner	Argonne National Laboratory , Biosciences Division	(kemner@anl.gov)
	Jeremy Kropf	Argonne National Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Division	(kropf@cmt.anl.gov)
	Kirk Scheckel	U. S. Environmental Protection Agency , Land Remediation and Pollution Control Division	(scheckel.kirk@epamail.epa.gov)

Staff Members

The MRCAT staff is responsible for developing and maintaining the experimental facilities at the MRCAT sector. The Beamline Scientists are also responsible for user support at MRCAT. The staff can be reached at APS Sector 10, Bldg. 433, beamline: (630.252.1710), LOM: (630.252.0342), FAX: (630.252.0358) or at the individual contact points listed below.

	Jeff Terry	Beamline Scientist	(630.252.9708)	(terryj@iit.edu)
	Soma Chattopadhyay	Beamline Scientist	(630.252.0348)	(soma@agni.phys.iit.edu)
	Tomohiro Shibata	Beamline Scientist	(630.252.0354)	(shibata@agni.phys.iit.edu)
	John Katsoudas	Physicist	(630.252.0351)	(katsoudas@agni.phys.iit.edu)
	Vladislav Zyryanov	Chemist	(630.252.5167)	(zyryanov@agni.phys.iit.edu)
	Ken McIvor	Applications Programmer		(mcivor@iit.edu)
	David Ehle	Computer Systems Administrator	(312.567.3751)	(ehle@iit.edu)
	Bill Lavender	Software Specialist	(510.612.4747)	(lavender@agni.phys.iit.edu)
	Bruce Ravel	Beamline Scientist / Developer	(630.252.5033)	(bravel@anl.gov)
	Faith Kancauski	CAT Coordinator	(312.567.3403)	(kancauski@iit.edu)

Contact Information

Prof. Bruce Bunker
Physics Department
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
219.631.7219 (voice); 219.631.5952 (FAX)
bruce.a.bunker.1@nd.edu (e-mail)

Other Synchrotron and X-Ray Resources

Mactel tarball Advanced Photon Source
Other APS CATs
IIT Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and Instrumentation (CSRRI)
IXS/XAFS Database
McMaster X-ray data
McMaster X-ray data periodic table
Original McMaster publication
X-Ray WWW Server
Matt Newville's IFEFFIT Home Page
Bruce Ravel's EXAFS Software
FEFF Home Page
Synchrotron labs around the world

Please send mail to David Ehle (ehle@csrri.iit.edu) to report problems with this server.
Last modified 10/19/2005