SunBIM
SunBIM is a suite of integrated programs which, through a user friendly Graphical User Interface, is optimized to perform:
i. q-scale calibration and 2D→1D folding of SAXS/GISAXS/WAXS/GIWAXS data, also including possible eccentricity corrections for WAXS/GIWAXS data;
ii. background evaluation and subtraction, denoising and deconvolution of the primary beam angular divergence on SAXS/GISAXS profiles;
iii. indexing of 2D GISAXS frames and extraction of 1D GISAXS profiles along specific cuts;
iv. scanning microscopy in absorption and SAXS contrast. This includes: the collection of transmission and SAXS data, in a mesh across mm2 area, the organization of the collected data into a single composite image of the transmitted intensity values or 2D SAXS frames, the analysis of the composed data to derive the absorption map and/or the spatial distribution and the orientation of nano-scale structures over the scanned area.
SunBIM is developed in MATLAB language.
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- Scattarella, F., Altamura, D., Sibillano, T., De Caro, L., Siliqi, D. & Giannini, C. SUNBIM 4.0 software: new developments in small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering data analysis for scanning mode and grazing-incidence geometry. J. Appl. Cryst. (2025) 58. doi.org/10.1107/S1600576725005904
- Siliqi D., De Caro L., Ladisa M., Scattarella F., Mazzone A., Altamura D., Sibillano T. and Giannini C. SunBIM: A package for X-ray imaging of nano- and biomaterials using SAXS, WAXS, GISAXS and GIWAXS techniques. J. Appl. Cryst., (2016) 49, 1107–1114,2016. doi:10.1107/S1600576716006932
SunBIM was applied and cited in:
Zhang B., Altamura D., Caliandro R. et al. “Stable CsPbBr3Nanoclusters Feature a Disk-like Shape and a Distorted Orthorhombic Structure” (2022) J. Am. Chem. Soc., 144, 5059–5066. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c13544
La Manna S., Florio D., Di Natale C. et al. “Type F mutation of nucleophosmin 1 Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A tale of disorder and aggregation” (2021) Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 188, 207-214. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.08.023
Toso S., Baranov D., Altamura D. et al. ”Multilayer Diffraction Reveals That Colloidal Superlattices Approach the Structural Perfection of Single Crystals” (2021) ACS Nano, 15, 6243-6256. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.0c08929
Ray A., Martín-García B., Martinelli A. et al. “Impact of local structure on halogen ion migration in layered methylammonium copper halide memory devices” (2020) J. Mater. Chem. A, 8, 17516-17526. doi: 10.1039/d0ta06248k
Procopio A., Malucelli E., Pacureanu A. et al. “Chemical Fingerprint of Zn-Hydroxyapatite in the Early Stages of Osteogenic Differentiation” (2019) ACS Cent. Sci., 5, 1449-1460. doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b00509
