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.
SunBIM is free of charge for academic and non-profit research institutions. Commercial users, however, are required to purchase a software license. To download the software, academic and non-profit users must register and accept the terms explicitly stated in the Academic License Agreement. After registration, users will receive a confirmation email containing instructions on how to log in and download the software. Commercial users must complete the order form and send it by email or fax to the IC administration, together with a signed copy of the Commercial License Agreement. They will then receive, by email, all the necessary instructions to complete the registration process. Registered users can download the latest version of SunBIM free of charge here. The software is available as a standalone executable for MS Windows (64-bit installer packages are provided) and for macOS (Apple Silicon). SunBIM relies on the MATLAB Compiler Runtime (MCR), which is free of charge and already included in the distribution package
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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: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
