Literature Search
SciFinder. Use the Guide at Mason University Libraries to register first and then search scientific literature.
Web of Science. Search scientific literature.
Google Scholar. Search Professors/Scientists’ publications with google.
Mason Libraries-Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Request articles that we don’t have access to.
Journals
Science: Science, Science Advances
Nature: Nature, Nature Chemistry, Nature Communications, Nature Materials, Nature Physics
ACS: JACS, Materials of Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, ACS omega, Inorganic Chemistry, Accounts of Chemical Research, Chemical Reviews
Wiley: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Chemistry – A European Journal, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
RSC: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Chemical Communications, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, Inorganic Chemistry Frontier, Materials Horizons, Materials Advances, Dalton Transactions
APS: Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Physical Review Materials
Elsevier: Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Chemistry-Related Database/Programs
Alloy Phase Diagram Database. Log in through Mason Library to check binary/ternary phase diagram.
Space Group Diagrams and Tables. Symmetry for all 230 space groups.
Shannon Radii. Check ionic radii with different oxidations states and coordination number.
The Materials Project. DFT calculations and electronic structure database.
Bond Valence Parameters (Hosted by David Brown). Calculate bond valence summary.
Crystallography Open Database (COD).
Mineral Crystal Structure Database.
CheckCIF. Verify cif files before depositing structures.
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC). Deposit structures and access structures.
Neutron Scattering Lengths and Cross Sections. Check scattering lengths for all elements in a compound.
Neutron Attenuation and Activation. Estimate the neutron scattering and absorption cross sections.
X-ray Absorption – Argonne. Compute X-ray absorption.
FullProf Suite. Rietveld refinement of crystal structure and magnetic structure.
GSAS-2. Rietveld refinement of crystal structure and magnetic structure.
VESTA. 3D Visualization program for crystal structure, magnetic structure, electron densities.
Bilbao Crystallographic Server. Magnetic structure space group and refinements, group-subgroup symmetry and applications, and other useful crystallography resources.
NIST Chemistry WebBook. Access to chemical and physical data for chemical species.
NIST Physical Reference Data. Access to physical properties.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Chemistry and physics reference handbook.
Funding Resources/Opportunities
Graduate Students
NSF-Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs. Predoctoral, dissertation, and postdoctoral fellowships; 2023 Dissertation and Postdoctoral application deadline is December 8, 2022
The Hertz Fellowship. You’ll receive five years of funding, valued at up to $250,000, and the freedom to pursue innovative ideas wherever they may lead. (Application opens in August 2022)
DOE Graduate & Postdoctoral Opportunities
DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program. The SCGSR program provides supplemental funds for graduate awardees to conduct part of their thesis research at a host DOE laboratory/facility in collaboration with a DOE laboratory scientist within a defined award period.
Mason-Internal Awards and Grants
- Dissertation Completion Grants
- High Impact Grants
- Doctoral Research Scholars
- Summer Research Fellowships
- Graduate Student Travel Fund
- Graduate Inclusion & Access Scholarship
L’Oréal USA for Women in Science Fellowship (for postdocs)
Undergraduate Students
NSF-Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Summer School/Workshops (deadline changes every year)
JHU-PARADIM school on Materials Growth and Design (JHU)
Magnetic Structures Workshop (ORNL, NIST, University of Maryland)
National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering (APS-ORNL)
NIST-Summer School on Neutron Scattering