RaDMaX online: a web-based program for the determination of strain and damage profiles in irradiated crystals using X-ray diffraction

TL;DR

RaDMaX online is a web-based tool that enables users to determine strain and damage profiles in irradiated crystals from X-ray diffraction data without software installation.

Contribution

It is a complete rewrite of the original RaDMaX software, now accessible via a user-friendly web browser interface and implemented in Python within a Jupyter notebook.

Findings

Web-based, no-installation required tool for X-ray diffraction analysis.

Open source and freely accessible online.

Interactive graphical interface for data analysis.

Abstract

RaDMaX online is a major update to the previously published RaDMaX (Radiation Damage in Materials analysed with X-ray diffraction) software [Souilah, Boulle & Debelle, J. Appl. Cryst. (2016) 49, 311-316]. This program features a user friendly interface that allows to retrieve strain and disorder depth-profiles in irradiated crystals from the simulation of X-ray diffraction data recorded in symmetrical $\theta/2\theta$ mode. As compared to its predecessor, RaDMaX online has been entirely rewritten in order to be able to run within a simple web browser, therefore avoiding the necessity to install any programming environment on the users' computers. The RaDMaX online web-application is written in Python and developed within a Jupyter notebook implementing graphical widgets and interactive plots. RaDMaX online is free and open source (CeCILL license) and can be accessed on the internet at: https://aboulle.github.io/RaDMaX-online/.